Maximus wrote:

Radio Shack has a website and you can browse their catalogs in it. That may
save the time and humiliation of physically going in therer to shop with
those deliberately ignorant jackasses. I can't beleive they don't educate
their workers to comprehend a bit about what they sell the public. It is a
testement to the quality of their products though, when you have to rebuild
what you buy there in order to use it.

I was looking for a shorter RG58 cable in RS a couple weeks ago because
my 20' was all wound up (not enough room) and it was causing QRM. At
least the worker knew what RG8 was and the RG58 was right next to that.
The weird thing was that the only 6' they had has one male end and one
female end. How do they expect me to plug it in? At least they had a
double male connector so I didn't have to worry about that.



Strength and Honor

"Dxluver" wrote in message
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small mistake. Cat#42-2472A, it's a 6 ft. (smallest they had) shielded
Audio
Extension Cable.

I neatly encircled the access cable and put a hit of electrical tape on it
and
tucked it behind the radio and then plugged my sloper into that. Problem
solved
(I hope.)

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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I was looking for a shorter RG58 cable in RS a couple weeks ago because
my 20' was all wound up (not enough room) and it was causing QRM.

???!!!

CW wrote:


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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I was looking for a shorter RG58 cable in RS a couple weeks ago because
my 20' was all wound up (not enough room) and it was causing QRM.

???!!!

Heh. The 20' lead in coax cable for my SW antenna-the cable I'd used
in a pinch when I moved in-was too long for the space it needed to
cover, and it was picking up spurious signals (electronic noise and
such). I know this because the signal would improve when I moved the
coax. So I went to RS to buy a shorter lead in cable.

If your coax is picking up signal then you have system problems. Just using
coax without proper configuration is a waste of money. You might as well use
hook up wire. In a properly functioning setup, that extra length would
actually be beneficial if it had any effect at all. A length of coax in a
coil can act as a very effective RF choke.

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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CW wrote:


"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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I was looking for a shorter RG58 cable in RS a couple weeks ago
because
my 20' was all wound up (not enough room) and it was causing QRM.

???!!!

Heh. The 20' lead in coax cable for my SW antenna-the cable I'd used
in a pinch when I moved in-was too long for the space it needed to
cover, and it was picking up spurious signals (electronic noise and
such). I know this because the signal would improve when I moved the
coax. So I went to RS to buy a shorter lead in cable.

tommyknocker wrote:
Heh. The 20' lead in coax cable for my SW antenna-the cable I'd used
in a pinch when I moved in-was too long for the space it needed to
cover, and it was picking up spurious signals (electronic noise and
such).

Moving coax around should have no effect at all. How is your system
grounded?

--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

Neutrinos are into physicists.

John Miller wrote:

tommyknocker wrote:
Heh. The 20' lead in coax cable for my SW antenna-the cable I'd used
in a pinch when I moved in-was too long for the space it needed to
cover, and it was picking up spurious signals (electronic noise and
such).

Moving coax around should have no effect at all. How is your system
grounded?

Insulated, stranded copper wire hooked to a small pole stuck in the
earth.

tommyknocker wrote:
John Miller wrote:

Moving coax around should have no effect at all. How is your system
grounded?

Insulated, stranded copper wire hooked to a small pole stuck in the
earth.

You have a multimeter? While your rig is all connected up, measure the
voltage, both DC and AC, between the shield of the coax and the ground
"hole" of one of your wall sockets. Please note that I am *not* suggesting
that your house electrical ground is a good RF ground (although it could
possibly be better than a small pole in the ground). But if there's
significant difference in electrical potential, it's a good indication that
your radio grounding system needs work or re-thinking.

Maybe someone can post a link to a site with good grounding info.

--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without the
supervision of a licensed engineer.

But if there's
significant difference in electrical potential, it's a good indication that
your radio grounding system needs work or re-thinking.

Maybe someone can post a link to a site with good grounding info.

I know you're right there John, I'm not txing yet so everything in my shack is
just receiving so I didn't think it'd make that big a deal.

But I spent about a whole day in just concentrating on each piece and properly
grounding everything and it was the best 'accesorie' ;-) I ever bought. The
difference in the noise floor, which was low to begin with because of my
location, dropped noticably......to the point that I think I actually posted a
thread in here trying to convince people, that if their receivers weren't
*properly* grounded to get out there and ground them. You won't be sorry,
heck with the lightening thing (even though it's a biggie), just in your dxing
experience.

The weird thing was that the only 6' they had has one male end and one
female end. How do they expect me to plug it in? At least they had a
double male connector so I didn't have to worry about that.

When in doubt Tommyknocker, 'adapt.' You know...lol....thank the Lord
(literally) for them. My two adapters I got are doing the job exactly like I
was wanting, I 'almost' thought it couldn't be done, but it sounded so simple
I knew there had to be a way. :-)

Question:That audio cable that I use for my external antenna 'sleeve' is a lot
longer than I need so I circled the majority of it up and put a swatch of tape
on it. This won't cause a problem will it? Having it wrapped like that.
Should I untape it and just let it hang? I mean, no one will see it or
anything, I just thought it'd be a little neater. {?}

Coiled up is the best way.

"Dxluver" wrote in message
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Question:That audio cable that I use for my external antenna 'sleeve' is a
lot
longer than I need so I circled the majority of it up and put a swatch of
tape
on it. This won't cause a problem will it? Having it wrapped like that.
Should I untape it and just let it hang? I mean, no one will see it or
anything, I just thought it'd be a little neater. {?}