The standard solution to this involves chokes (ferrites) on every piece of antenna and power to all electronics, and copper screening around the entirety of the reefer compressor. Having a direct connection to the battery for the reefer also sometimes helps...
L8R Skip Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Peters" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:13 AM Subject: [Liveaboard] Refrigeration radio interference > Hi all: > > I have a marine/ham SSB radio onboard which is being interfered with by my > refrigeration system. The radio is a marine SSB system - ICOM 802. The > refrigerator is a generic hermitically sealed (Danfoss?) 12 volt packaged > system. > > The interference is broad spectrum - i.e. I hear it on a wide range of > frequencies. If "sounds" like cricket chirping at about 100 or 120 > "chirps" > per second. > > Any suggestions to filter or otherwise eliminate the problem? > > Thanks for your help. > Jerry Peters > s/v Mucho Gusto > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
