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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Re: T2FD results (58 ft)
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2021, 1250 UTC »
If you're getting RFI into the shack on the incoming coax, you can try grounding it in multiple places along the run, I've found this helps. A few years ago I did this with all my incoming coax, which is also buried in conduit. I use cable TV RG-6 grounding blocks which are plentiful and cheap on eBay.

This post about my beverage antennas describes the general principles: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74042.0.html

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Re: T2FD results (58 ft)
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2021, 1357 UTC »
Going to add a series resonant LC filter for 1090 to the BC band stop board and see what that does.

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Re: T2FD results (58 ft)
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2021, 2146 UTC »
A HAM reported much reduced rfi after porting his coax runs through a dryer vent hose, the kind with the wire spiraling, said spiral of wire grounded at one end. Jussayin.
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