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RF in the shack!
I posted this over on the Zed so I thought I'd copy and paste it here too.
I have a homebrew OCF dipole at 40 feet and a Butternut HF-9V vertical out in the yard. When I key my rig at any power (5W to 100W) it knocks out my internet (DSL with WiFi), but bothers nothing else. I've installed 10 Ferrite beads as well as Ugly Chokes at the antenna end (Both antennas) and at the switch in my shack (both antennas and both radios). That is a total of 60 Ferrite beads (I purchased a bag at a hamfest 1 time and this is the first time I've needed them. They are supposed to be Type 31 material but are not marked). Still, it kills the internet.
I'm thinking my problem might not be with my station and I am out of Ferrite beads, so I ran about 10 turns of the phone line feeding the DSL Modem through a T130-2 Torroid on both ends. My problem still persists.
I'm using RG-213 from the antenna switch to antennas (Both of them) and RG-8X from rigs to switch. Both switches are connected together with one of those double pl-259 adapter thingies (Sorry to get so technical).
Also, this happens when transmitting into antennas or dummy load. No beads on Dummy load. I relocated my DSL Modem to the opposite end of the house away from shack and antennas.
Does anybody have any other ideas? I'm about to pull my hair out.
"One man with courage makes a majority." ~ Andrew Jackson
Steve KA9MOT
Macomb, IL
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