RigBlaster Advantage USB
Apr 24th 2012, 17:04 | |
N4DCTJoined: May 25th 2011, 15:36Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
I have a RigBlaster Advantage and a Dell Laptop that I use with my Icom 737a. I am in the second floor of an apartment. When I connect the USB cable, or the Laptop AC Adapter, or both, I lose 95% of reception on the rig. Any thoughts? |
Apr 26th 2012, 01:29 | |
W1VTSuper Moderator Joined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Yes, it it quite common for AC adapters to use efficient switching power supplies that are quite noisy--I've heard complaints about cheap ones that don't even meet the various regulatory standards for radiated and conducted emissions--and these don't come anywhere near what you need to protection. You may want to try additional filtering--perhaps common mode chokes--winding 10 or 15 turns of the cables through large type 43 or 31 ferrite material. Zack Lau W1VT ARRL Senior Lab Engineer |
Sep 15th 2015, 01:28 | |
N4DCTJoined: May 25th 2011, 15:36Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Solution was RigBlaster exhanged it for the Plug N Play. Lost some features but it works great. |