Gents, My setup uses four ()4 12v batteries in parallel for powering my K3 and SGC powercube amp that I float with a battery maintainer.
I believe that I have an RF problem with the power setup. I have put chokes in the power leads to the equipment but at certain times I can hear the ferrites buzzing with either the digital code being sent of matching my voice with SSB. The chokes are clamp on types. I am not observing any RF problems or reported problems on the air. But I think that something is not right as of yet so I want to go after it to make my shack even better. It has been suggested to me by a ham on the air that batteries just pass this thru as they have no filtering capability. His suggestion is to but a bit CAP across the batteries to kill this phenomenon. So my question as I am not an EE by education is how would I properly pick a CAP size and would different materials that CAPS are made out of make any difference. It would be easy to go out and get a large CAP like used on car stereo systems but I want to have a better shot of fixing it right than just hacking away. As always thanks in advance for your help. ~73 Don KD8NNU FH#4107 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
