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[Elecraft] K3 picking up "noise" from monitor
Bill Wiehe via Elecraft
2014-10-15 16:40:08 UTC
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This maybe a bit off topic but I recently discover, by accident, that my K3 been picking up noise from my computer monitor which can be seen on the P3-VGA as a 1-2 S unit uptick in background noise on 40 - 80 meters. Turn the monitor off and it drops. The monitor is a Samsung unit and is the only one of the three I have that cause the "inference." Has anyone else experienced this problem??I have tried all the 'usual' fixes, chokes, re-locating coax & cords, etc, and nothing seems to help. Even if the monitor is not connected in anyway to the radio, ie; used with a different computer in the shack, it still causes interference. On thing to note is that this monitor uses a laptop type power supply while my other two monitors run off regular 120v. Not sure if that makes an difference as I use a laptop ?and it works with causing no such interference problems.?I would appreciate any additional ideas to try and solve the problem. ??To save bandwidth here, please respond off line. (w0bbi at arrl.net)?Thanks all in advance,Bill - W0BBI?
Jim Brown
2014-10-15 17:25:04 UTC
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Post by Bill Wiehe via Elecraft
This maybe a bit off topic but I recently discover, by accident, that my K3 been picking up noise from my computer monitor which can be seen on the P3-VGA as a 1-2 S unit uptick in background noise
Study k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf and put common mode chokes on both cables
connected to the monitor. I would start with 10 turns through a 2.4-in
o.d. #31 toroid. It may or may not fix it.

73, Jim K9YC
Tom Blahovici
2014-10-15 17:48:16 UTC
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It worked in my case.
Post by Bill Wiehe via Elecraft
This maybe a bit off topic but I recently discover, by accident, that my K3 been picking up noise from my computer monitor which can be seen on the P3-VGA as a 1-2 S unit uptick in background noise
Study k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf? and put common mode chokes on both cables
connected to the monitor.? I would start with 10 turns through a 2.4-in
o.d. #31 toroid. It may or may not fix it.
73, Jim K9YC
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