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brizzotheizzo

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Getting ready to set up a new base station. However I have one concern. I’m putting my radio shack in my garage. I’m going to mount the radio fairly close to my power panel utility box. However, the antenna is located far away and in the clear .

Just wondering if I have to have any concerns of stray R.F. bleeding over into the power panel from the radio unit itself? Or possibly from the coax line. The feedline run actually runs from the radio, and away from the power panel. Has anyone else had any experience with this? If it’s going to be a problem, I will locate the RadioShack elsewhere.
 

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The antenna is what picks up signals and interference. Since the antenna will be far from the electrical panel I would not expect any problems from the electrical panel but you could have switching power supplies in various devices in the house that can radiate interference for quite a distance.

Get every thing installed and receiving, then if you have interference you can turn equipment off or shut down circuit breakers to see if its coming from something withing your own house.
 

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Getting ready to set up a new base station. However I have one concern. I’m putting my radio shack in my garage. I’m going to mount the radio fairly close to my power panel utility box. However, the antenna is located far away and in the clear .

Just wondering if I have to have any concerns of stray R.F. bleeding over into the power panel from the radio unit itself? Or possibly from the coax line. The feedline run actually runs from the radio, and away from the power panel. Has anyone else had any experience with this? If it’s going to be a problem, I will locate the RadioShack elsewhere.

As long as everything's grounded properly, I don't anticipate problems. I'd be more concerned about dirt/dust getting into the radio, and temperature/humidity extremes.
 

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As long as everything's grounded properly, I don't anticipate problems. I'd be more concerned about dirt/dust getting into the radio, and temperature/humidity extremes.

In agreement about problems of dust + condensation summer & winter.

A garage (or basement) needs to be very well insulated to keep these problems away.

The value of radio shouldn’t be relegated to worst conditions.

These are real people . . put the unreal people (TV) in the garage.

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Getting ready to set up a new base station. However I have one concern. I’m putting my radio shack in my garage. I’m going to mount the radio fairly close to my power panel utility box. However, the antenna is located far away and in the clear .

Just wondering if I have to have any concerns of stray R.F. bleeding over into the power panel from the radio unit itself? Or possibly from the coax line. The feedline run actually runs from the radio, and away from the power panel. Has anyone else had any experience with this? If it’s going to be a problem, I will locate the RadioShack elsewhere.


Power panels as are any wiring are only possible issues at HF. At higher frequencies, the problem is more from cable TV/INTERNET drops and from newer power meters with RF reading (usually at 900 MHz)-that might be just on the other side of the wall from the power box. I would try to be as far from these as possible. Personally I could not be that far from my radios having two stations--one in the living room (the main one) and one in the bedroom.
 

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Yo: Being next to the power panel no interference problem. The good thing is that if you want to add a little more steam in your output power the power panel is close by.

Jay in the Mojave
 
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