RF chokes! I replaced my garage door opener with a new unit - whisper quiet.
Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Sep 14, 2018, at 9:57 AM, Stephen Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Patrick et al, > > I have found the worst RFI generator I have heard in quite a while. We had > a nice garage built and the contractor installed two brand new Chamberlain > garage door openers. The RFI comes from a cheap, dirty switching supply that > uses the leads going to the sensors at the bottom of the doors and to the > switch by the people door as antenna. It ruins the BCB and 160M. I tried > to post a photo of the screen on my Flexradio showing the interference but it > doesn't get through. It is bad despite replacing all the wires with cat5 and > winding an extra 9 feet of twisted pair striped out of the cat 5 through a > Mixture 31 toroid. I have to power them off at night. > > I'll email photos to anyone who wants. > > Steve NG0G > > -- > Stephen Hawkins NG0G > [email protected] > 73 49 111 01001001 > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
