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CAN USE A SINGLE CABLE FROM THE RECEIVER AUDIO OUTPUT TO YOUR SOUND CARD
INPUT AND MONITOR WHATS GOING ON WHILE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET USED TO THE
SOFTWARE CHOICES.  I RECOMMEND STARTING THERE, IN ANY CASE.  Q BILL, W0HBH,
ASKS I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1500 W HF LINEAR AMPLIFIER.  UNTIL THAT TIME I
HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH RFI IN THE HOUSE THAT I KNOW OF.  DURING ONE
OF THE RECENT CONTESTS, I PUSHED THE POWER UP TO ABOUT 1300 W ON 20 METERS
AND MY WIFE CAME INTO THE SHACK AND TOLD ME THAT I WAS CREATING A NOISE AND
SOMEWHAT OF A SMELL UPSTAIRS.  IN ADDITION, THE VIDEO ON THE TV WAS GOING
BLANK DURING MY TRANSMISSIONS.  I WENT UPSTAIRS TO INVESTIGATE WHILE
ANOTHER HAM KEYED THE TRANSMITTER.  IT TURNED OUT THAT AT LEAST TWO GROUND
FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS GFCI WERE CHATTERING AND KILLING THE POWER TO
THE APPLIANCES PLUGGED INTO THEM SUCH THAT THEY HAD TO BE RESET.  A THANKS
TO ARRL LAB RFI ENGINEER MIKE GRUBER, W1MG, FOR RESPONDING TO THIS ONE.
USUALLY THE MOST PRACTICAL AND ECONOMICAL SOLUTION IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS
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607,005 A C K1DG 1,982,916 A C N5DX 1,389,545 A C KE9I 497,484 A C K5NA
1,249,620 A C K1LZ 1,787,478 A C W4AN 1,029,155 A C VE3XN 245,291 A C W5KFT
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