Hi, Herman!

 HT> I suspected something along these lines.

I had a Hauppauge PCI TV/radio receiver card and it worked very well
until one of the solder joints on the shield went bad, then all went
to crap.  Luckily, I whipped out the trusty continuity tester, checked
it, then resoldered it.  No more problems.

 HT> Yup.  On Friday, when I have some time to fool around, I'll try using a
 HT> length of shielded cable to connect the antenna to the card.  Doubt that
 HT> will help, though, if the interference is ocurring INSIDE the computer!

Some things to check: make sure the case is correctly connected with
all the screws, make sure your power supply is correctly grounded
(you'd be amazed at how much noise a power supply can introduce into
the system).

 HT> I tried that.  Should the antenna be a closed loop or open?

I use a "T" antenna for my FM stuff.  Loops are better for AM, really.

 HT> Who knows, if there are enough of us around Fidonet might never die.

Well, I'm still here.  I put a lot of time into my learning (I'm an
amatuer radio operator and an A+ tech) and I love to help people and
learn things m'self.  I've still got a lot of learning to do in my
life yet. :)

Later,
Sean

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