While I was sitting here staring out the window at my bird feeder, I was totally bored and wanted something to do, since skip isn't going to cooperate at all this month.
The Uniden 980SSB comes with about 4 feet of heavy Ga stranded copper wire with a fuse in line. For most of the length, the wires are fused together. Near the end I have soldered in a 4 pin Molex connector to fit the Computer Power Supply I have salvaged to run the radio. The PS puts out a good clean 12.07v DC @ 17A. At least the noise at the radio is not bad, unless conditions make it bad. At night, it's almost silent.
So anyway, being bored, I wrapped the last 18 inches or so around a medium sized Sharpie Barrel, I got about 8 or 9 wraps, then taped it a bunch of turns with clear plastic packing box tape. When I pulled the Sharpie out, it held it's shape.
So I plugged the Molex back in, turned on the PS, the radio and found I had just lost a full or little more s number of static. And who doesn't want to get rid of static? By the way, I already have little clamp on ferrites on both ends of the red and black power wires.
Now, a question for people who know these things, is there a better way to get more buzz kill out of this? Is the diameter enough, is the number of wraps enough? Should it be right at the end of the wire before the PS? there isn't much length before the radio though.
The Uniden 980SSB comes with about 4 feet of heavy Ga stranded copper wire with a fuse in line. For most of the length, the wires are fused together. Near the end I have soldered in a 4 pin Molex connector to fit the Computer Power Supply I have salvaged to run the radio. The PS puts out a good clean 12.07v DC @ 17A. At least the noise at the radio is not bad, unless conditions make it bad. At night, it's almost silent.
So anyway, being bored, I wrapped the last 18 inches or so around a medium sized Sharpie Barrel, I got about 8 or 9 wraps, then taped it a bunch of turns with clear plastic packing box tape. When I pulled the Sharpie out, it held it's shape.
So I plugged the Molex back in, turned on the PS, the radio and found I had just lost a full or little more s number of static. And who doesn't want to get rid of static? By the way, I already have little clamp on ferrites on both ends of the red and black power wires.
Now, a question for people who know these things, is there a better way to get more buzz kill out of this? Is the diameter enough, is the number of wraps enough? Should it be right at the end of the wire before the PS? there isn't much length before the radio though.