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As I mentioned before, I've been in a fog lately. (Literally as well as
figuratively. I heard a report that dementia has been correlated with poor vision.
I can verify that!) As I think about it more, I remember now that, on that
intercom RFI problem from years ago, the solution wasn't to go with triax but
rather with 100% shielded wire. That is, foil wrapped audio cables.
The numbers vary, but IIRC, the shield on ordinary braided coax is only about
60%. So a lot of energy leaks out. (This is why new house TV cable installers
recommend "quad shielded coax.") That doesn't sound like Tom's problem,
since, when he tried the dummy load, most of his RFI went away. (Sounds like he
must have some good coax (or triax) in his installation.) But for others, the
usual trick to identify the culprit is to wrap a continuos piece of aluminum foil
along the coax (or any other suspected wire). Then take a bare wire and
spiral wrap that (about a turn per half foot is fine) along the length of your
foil. That's called a "drain wire." Ground that at one end or the other (usually
near your common ground point) and see if that reduces your problem. It's a
little hokey, but it works.
In our Glasair, I made the mistake of ordering the shorter of the two ADF
antenna cables that King offered. The original plan was to have all receiver
cables go down the pilot side of the fuselage and all transmit cables go down the
center. (Strobe wiring to the tail and potential autopilot altitude servo on
the right side.) But, due to the shortness of the wire, I had to run the ADF
cable near the transponder cable down the center. Wrapping both in aluminum foil
and doing the drain ground reduced the "rrapp pop" sound from the transponder
in the ADF to the point that it doesn't interfere with ADF operation. (ADF?
What's that?)
Hope this helps,
Mike Palmer <><<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Gas prices getting you down? Search
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