[bars] Coax runs through attic?

Tony Brock-Fisher barockteer at aol.com
Thu Feb 9 09:56:59 EST 2023


Properly terminated good quality coax should not be susceptible, but 
just in case, adding some ferrite chokes will be 'belt and suspenders' 
protection.

-Tony, K1KP

On 2/9/2023 9:35 AM, Tim KC1RET wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm contemplating the placement of the aptly named 'Franken-beam' and 
> one of the likely locations would require a coax run (AMR400) the 
> length of my house.  One of the easier routes is through the 
> unfinished attic space (approx 40ft). There is an HVAC air-handler and 
> an attic fan in the space but it is otherwise unused.
>
> I'm wondering if I am inviting QRM from devices in my house, power 
> lines, etc. with such a run.  I would elevate it by running along the 
> peak rather than along the floor, mostly to avoid someone stepping on 
> it or 'critters' noshing on it.
>
> 73,
>
> T.
> -- 
>
> Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that /includes/ a headphone 
> jack.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <https://kc1ret.com/img/kc1ret-qsl-card-front-v3.png> 	
>
>
>       Tim Carter - KC1RET
>
> 			
>
> 	+1.978.710.0133 <tel:1.978.710.0133>
>
> 	kc1ret.radio at gmail.com
>
> 	https://kc1ret.com
>
> "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are 
> incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful 
> beyond imagination." -- /Albert Einstein/
>
> Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor 
> school system. Pay teachures more than athletes.
> IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual 
> addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is 
> confidential privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons 
> with low self-esteem, no sense of humor or irrational religious 
> beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, 
> distribution or copying of this email is not authorized (either 
> explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social 
> fauxpas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, 
> although the mutt next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> bars mailing list
> bars at w1hh.org
> http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.w1hh.org/pipermail/bars_w1hh.org/attachments/20230209/70bd652c/attachment.htm>


More information about the bars mailing list