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"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
: Have you priced a crimping machine that is capable of dealing with most reasonable moisture proof connectors? Doug There aren't any "moisture proof connectors" on any NMEA crap I ever had....just wires hanging out of a box or screw terminals on a box.... |
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"engsol" wrote in message
... As to 4800 baud radiating for 1 inch unshielded...not much chance of that. The only exception might be if the rise time of the pulses was quick enough...often seen in switching power supplies....to cause the old 'comb' of harmonics. Indeed, that's why any decently designed device should have some form of limit to the risetime, which is not hard at all. We simply put an RC network on each dataline. But also having galvanically isolated inputs, which is dictated by the NMEA standard, will ensure a proper balance in both wires of an NMEA connection, ensuring minimal radiation. The problem is however, that many manufacturers try to cut corners here. Meindert |
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Meindert --
I generally agree with your statement regarding shields. The question I have, though, is as follows Given that the ground for an SSB antenna carries a lot of RF current, and given that all grounds end up tied together at some point aboard a vessel, by leaving the shields ungrounded at one end, isn't there a risk of creating a parasitic antenna out of your signal shields. I have heard reports (not my experience) of the AC safety grounds being capacitively tied back to ground at their other end to avoid this problem. I would think this would only be a problem where the cable approximated a quarter wavelength - which might explain why I have only heard this problem reported on AC grounds, which could grow to be pretty long. Has anyone else in the group experienced such a problem, and if so, what did they do to correct it? Dave Morschhauser "Meindert Sprang" wrote in message ... "Larry W4CSC" wrote in message ... I'd rather see shielded connectors so I can run shielded pair cables and RF bypassing of all inputs to keep the HF SSB from screwing all the NMEA crap attached to it. Shielding everything would also make it so we could HEAR the HF receiver and get our WEFAXes without the constant drone of NMEA radiated interference from all the unshielded, unbalanced connections with just open wires sticking out of things. NMEA needs to get its act together and enforce some standards on its members.... Funny thing is: you don't need shielded connectors to be HF-quiet. The physical size of two screw terminals and an inch of bare wire ends are simply not enough to be able to radiate sufficient RF. What does radiate on HF are long cable runs that are either unshielded or unbalanced. Raymarine have put our multiplexers to the test to comply with IEC945 for instance, which limits for susceptibility and emission are rougly ten times more stringent than FCC Part 15 class B. And it passed that test while being in a plastic box and having screw-terminals. The really important thing is to have it wired correctly and, most important, not to connect a shield *at both ends*. Meindert |
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"Dave M" wrote: Meindert -- I generally agree with your statement regarding shields. The question I have, though, is as follows Given that the ground for an SSB antenna carries a lot of RF current, and given that all grounds end up tied together at some point aboard a vessel, by leaving the shields ungrounded at one end, isn't there a risk of creating a parasitic antenna out of your signal shields. I have heard reports (not my experience) of the AC safety grounds being capacitively tied back to ground at their other end to avoid this problem. I would think this would only be a problem where the cable approximated a quarter wavelength - which might explain why I have only heard this problem reported on AC grounds, which could grow to be pretty long. Has anyone else in the group experienced such a problem, and if so, what did they do to correct it? Dave Morschhauser RF Grounds should NEVER be used as DC Grounds. RF Grounds should ALWAYS be as short as possible. RF Grounds are not all created equal, and never will be as good as you want, or think they should be. Ground is not Ground, the world around....RF Grounds are different than other Grounds, and should not be confused with these other Grounds. Bruce in alaska more explainations, require more serious study.... -- add a 2 before @ |
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"Dave M" wrote in message
news Meindert -- I generally agree with your statement regarding shields. The question I have, though, is as follows Given that the ground for an SSB antenna carries a lot of RF current, and given that all grounds end up tied together at some point aboard a vessel, by leaving the shields ungrounded at one end, isn't there a risk of creating a parasitic antenna out of your signal shields. As long as the indiviual runs of cable are shorter than 1/10 wavelength, they don't have any influence. You can break longer runs from an RF point of view by placing toroid cores every 1/10 wavelength and turn the cable a few times through these toroids. In such a case, grounding the shield at both ends is better, but should be done through a capacitor, to prevent any DC of low frequency currents from floating through the shield. The basic idea is that you prevent any current from flowing through the shield. Meindert |
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I guess that explains how Aircraft are able to transmit and receive, too.
Thanks Larry, Meindert, and Bruce for your comments. Dave. "Larry" wrote in message ... Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg- : Ground is not Ground, the world around....RF Grounds are different than other Grounds, and should not be confused with these other Grounds. 1/4 wavelength down the wire from "ground", a voltage reference to which other points are measured, is an OPEN. At this point, induced voltage in the "ground wire" or "shield" is at maximum, and can be high enough to kill around high powered transmitters. As you approach 1/2 wavelength from "ground", once again you find a null of voltage. Again at 3/4 wavelength from "ground", we once again find a maximum voltage lobe that may burn you. We don't HAVE to connect anything in RF to "ground ground", Mother Earth, to get a "ground". If we lay out a piece of wire and keep the end from touching anything conductive, usually by putting an insulator there or using tubing at higher frequencies which requires no insulator and support structures to hold it up...we get an "artificial ground". Look at any common CB "ground plane" antenna and note the "radials" sticking out from the base where the coaxial shield is connected to these "radials" that are 1/4 wavelength long. The end of the radials is open, at least a very high impedance in common air. 1/4 wavelength back from that "open" is the artificial ground, where the coax shield is connected. This point performs at some high altitude just as if the shield were connected to "ground ground", as far as the RF is concerned (but NOT the lightning!). A 1/4 wavelength "sleeve" (beer cans with the ends cut out welded together end to end work great for hams), with the coax going up inside the sleeve but not touching its open end, also makes an artificial ground 1/4 wavelength away from the open end. -- Larry This jerk called my cellphone and was nasty. Continental Warranty -- MCG Enterprises -- Mepco- 24955 Pacific Coast HWY Suite C303 Malibu California 90265 888-244-0925 Fax: 310-456-8844 Email: Read about them he http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp...3&view=printer |
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