Try hosting the neighborhood wireless RAP at the top of your tower [in exchange for free, pretty-high speed Internet in an area with no DSL, no CATV, and no sewers. OK the last doesn't count]. Truthfully, the number of external signals I hear are fewer and of lower amplitude than I thought I would see, I know where they are, and I'm good at ignoring things ... ask my wife.
73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org On 11/16/2010 4:05 PM, Kok Chen wrote: > > I can attest to the effectiveness of shielded Ethernet cables (for me > anyway). > > After fighting with Ethernet noise, I finally swapped out all the > Ethernet switches in the house with ones that have metal enclosures > (Netgear GS series), and replaced all UTP CAT-5 cables to STP CAT-6 > cables. The shielded switches by themselves didn't do much until I > went to the STP cables. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html