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From: digex@world.std.com (doug e humphrey)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: room shielding
Message-ID: <1991Apr13.031643.3772@world.std.com>
Date: 13 Apr 91 03:16:43 GMT
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Organization: Digital Express Group, Inc.  Greenbelt, MD  USA
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I am building out a computer room in my basement, to hold all of 
the fun machines that are sitting around running and producing 
bad EMI.  Not a real problem before, but now I am getting into
shortwave and other DXing, and suddenly my basement seems like
a bad place to receive anything at all.  

Since it is basically new construction, it might be the time for
a faraday cage type of enclosure.  Since my chances of getting
the local fusion lab to cut an enclosure loose for me are low,
I will have to do it myself.

References as to books on the subject (leaning toward the practical,
since I want to get this done fairly quickly) and places to obtain
materials would be welcomed.  Ways to cover the power lines and
phone lines coming in, and of course the data lines going out of
the room would be useful too, etc.

Thanks.  Hope this is a fun discussion for all of you too!

Doug Humphrey
Digital Express Group
Crypto Systems Division (this week...)