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Re: "Birdies" from Linksys Wireless router
- Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: "Birdies" from Linksys Wireless router
- From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 16:59:55 -0700
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> If they ever get around to using it, there is also a nice birdie on 145.870!
> My solution is to use ferrites on both the power and Ethernet cables from
> the router, and also use the mast mounted preamp. That is far enough away
> that the downlink swamps the birdie. Since most of the noise goes away when
> you unplug the Ethernet cable to the desktop, I have been considering
> switching that to RF as well, as I have an unused PCI card handy.
Another option beyond the ferrites may be to try a different power supply
or AC adapter. Most of these routers are now using a small switching
power supply, which are lighter and smaller than a traditional
transformer-based wall-wart adapter would be for the same
voltage/current requirement.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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