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- From: kharstin@MtHolyoke.edu (Ken Harstine)
- Subject: EMI/RFI on VHF channels
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- Organization: Mount Holyoke College
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- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 15:20:17 GMT
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- If you are having interference from an electronic device, remember that it
- takes an antenna to radiate RF. All the cables attached the offending
- device are antenna's. Your primary goal is to make them poor antennas.
- You can raise the impedance (and thereby reduce the radiation) of the cable
- antennas by adding ferrite loops to the cables at the equipment end. Radio
- Shack sells clip on ferrites for this purpose.
-
- I would suggest placing the ferrites on all the cables from the device. If
- you want to trouble shoot, you should then remove the ferrites one at a time.
- The other way to trouble shoot would be to add the ferrites one at a time,
- until the problem goes away. Then you could test remove each one until
- the problem comes back. The reason you can't trouble shoot with just one
- ferrite, is that the interference is cumulative, and if the cables are
- radiating at similar power levels, you would at best see a 3dB difference
- when one cable is eliminated, and the other continues to radiate, this may
- not be enough reduction to be detectable without lab equipment.
-
- I hope this is a help.
-