Herb (& others) — I struggled to keep my 160- and 80-meter RF out of my DSL equipment for a number of years. Multiple turns of all cables in/out of the DSL modem (Siemens Speedstream) on #31ferrites, etc. The best progress occurred when I wrapped the modem in common kitchen aluminum foil and very carefully attached a ground wire to the foil. (Use very big flat washers on both sides of the foil!) But I still experienced occasional disconnects.
This past year my telco started supplying Westell Model 7500 DSL modems to new customers and my favorite telco tech saw that I got one, too. I haven't observed a single DSL outage since then. And I haven't even wrapped it in aluminum foil! Other things that will help: * If you can do it, relocate your incoming telephone line and/or your 160-meter antenna (and its radial field) for greater separation of the two or for altered orientation between the two. * Get your 160 (and perhaps 80) antenna farther from both the outdoor telco line and the indoor telco lines (i.e., your house). Bud, W2RU On Jul 16, 2012, at 9:34 PM, KL7RA wrote: > I solved this exact problem by blowing up the DSL modem on 160 and > ACS came out with a new one they said was more RFI proof and it was. > Westell is on the factory logo. _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
