We ran into this once. Solution: upgrade to shielded Ethernet cable with a drain wire. Then attach the drain wire to ground.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> > To: 'WISPA General List' <[email protected]> > Date: 03/29/09 23:56 > Subject: [WISPA] harmful RFI from ethernet to HAM RADIO? > > Has anyone else here ever been co-located on a tower with a HAM radio > (144-148mhz) VHF repeater or perhaps even a commercial system in the 150mhz > band and gotten complaints that your Ethernet cable is causing them > interference on their repeater? We are trying to locate the source of noise > on an amateur radio repeater system locally and last time I went up on grain > leg there was a whole lot of Ethernet cabling strung everywhere and I've > read some links such as these. http://www.hamuniverse.com/linksys.html that > apparently some brands of equipment give out much more spurious emissions > than others. > > > > Also how did you work with the radio people to solve it? Seems to only be > apparent in the VHF band. > > > > > > > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
