"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 02:15:39 GMT, "Gerry Caron" wrote:

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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I figure the foil isn't worthwhile as a permanent solution. A guy at
the
airport suggested using aluminum window-screen material. It appeals to
the
cheap side of me. Any drawbacks, or suggestions for alternates?

Use what the pros use -- copper tape. Call friendly neighborhood EMI
engineer or go to McMaster-Carr; www.mcmaster.com. Search for "copper
tape".

The trouble is, to shield everything, I need to completely wrap around the
back end of the radio. It's 3.375" per side, so I'd need copper tape
about
16" wide, and about the same dimension long to have some overlap on the
back of the radio and still go along the wiring harness a bit."
McMaster-Carr's got copper tape 50 feet wide, but it's only 3" long. :-)

I see M/C's got some nice copper mesh sheet. It probably would work
nicely, but they want $700 for a 11" square sheet....and I'd need two of
them. I bought a 36" square sheet of aluminum window screening for $5.
I'm hoping it'll work....

Ron Wanttaja

Have you checked www.digikey.com for a "shielded hood" for the
DB-whatever-it-is on the Microair? Their quantity 1 price will seem kind of
pricey, but it's certainly cheaper than 700 bucks -- probably more like 7.

Tim Ward