>In San Diego we can buy mini-cases for as cheap as $25.00. But the switching
>PS is a noisy dog, and there is no filtering. Replacement of the a.c. input
>connector with a filtered type is an easy one-hour job, start to finish and
>it will probably get rid of 95% of your problem. For the remainder you
>might want to play with snap-on chokes, but after I ran coax braid from the
>computer chassis to the station ground buss to get everything at the same
>potential, I needed only one or two chokes to finish the job.
>
>I also noted reduction of video noise when I powered the monitor from the
>accessory a.c. socket on the back of the computer p.s., instead of just a
>random socket in the station. When inside the p.s. box I also had added some
>ferrites to the leads going to this output socket, as a precaution. I
>recommend powering your monitor the same way.
>
>It would be a HUGE JOB to successfully shield a monitor completely, for
>example, and may not be necessary at all if you take care of business in the
>computer p.s. first.
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Gentlemen, Macintosh not only makes quiet computers and monitors, they make
one that has a PII microprocessor as well so that you can run both Mac OS
oriented software and PC/DOS oriented software. This is not a software
emulator, it is an honest to God dual processor unit that allows you to cut
and paste from a PC application to a Mac application and vice versa.... and
it is all deadly quiet. I run 3 Macs and one PC in my hamshack. The only
noise I hear in my FT-1000MP on ANY band eminates from the PC.
Rod, N5HV
w5hvv@aeneas.net
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