Re: OT: Routing coax near CAT5
Posted by
Vic K2VCO on
May 26, 2007; 11:31pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/OT-Routing-coax-near-CAT5-tp448126p448131.html
Brian Lloyd wrote:
> OTOH, RF noise from your networking equipment might get coupled to your
> feedline. Remember you are trying to listen to very weak signals and
> ethernet, while well-crafted so as not to radiate, does leak just a
> little. I would probably choose to route my feedline away from my
> ethernet wiring just to reduce noise pick-up in your rig.
A balun at the antenna would help with this too. RF from the network
(and other local sources) will run up the outside of the feedline; a
balun at the top will choke it off so it does not get to the antenna and
flow back to your receiver.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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