[amsat-bb] 2 meter interference from WiFi hub
Burns Fisher
burns at fisher.cc
Sun Oct 21 15:08:16 UTC 2018
Turns out it was NOT the hub. It was the camera I had plugged into it with
CAT5. The camera is looking at my antennas so I can see where they are
rotating, but the wire runs a ways. Probably radiates nicely, and
conveniently right in the 2 meter band. More fooling around required...
On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 9:08 AM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> Thanks, Jerry. This one is clearly mine. I unplug it...the frequency
> comes back. I thought it might be beating two different channels, and I
> guess that's possible but the WiFi channels are 5MHz apart, although they
> do overlap. For now, I'll just turn it off when trying to use AO-91 :-)
>
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 12:57 AM Jerry Buxton <n0jy at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> On 10/20/2018 18:57, Burns Fisher wrote:
>> > So the question is: I want to replace this with another WiFi hub. Does
>> > anyone have good or bad recommendations for a hub that does not
>> generate a
>> > lot of RF? (When you google Wi-Fi and RF interference, you mainly get
>> other
>> > things that interfere with Wi-Fi :-))
>> I have an older router that caused me some problems, but it's not made
>> any longer so you don't have to worry about not buying one. I solved
>> that problem by moving it out of the attic, to a downstairs bedroom
>> farther away.
>>
>> But just FYI for possible future problems, I do still pick up
>> interference from a neighbor that gets in the way of AO-73 and AO-92 at
>> the lower end of their passband/Doppler shift. So it may not always be
>> your own!
>>
>> Jerry Buxton, NØJY
>>
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