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Re: 600VDC and 802.11?

  • From: Jack Bates
  • Date: Fri Apr 11 08:42:01 2003 
Stephen Sprunk wrote:

Anyone know about the compatibility of high-voltage DC systems and 802.11b?
The gear itself will be running on 120VAC via an inverter, but 600VDC/300A
creates a strong EM field that messes with a lot of off-the-shelf RF gear
and even some non-RF electronics.
To give you a vague idea, we had an issue with a 5 mile 802.11b run early on. It turns out that the signal was crossing a power line at less than 5 degrees. Cutting sharply across the power line fixed our problem. In general, it's best to just try it and see what happens.

-Jack