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201. Re: [RFI] Low RFI 60w CFL bulb (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:04:23 +0000; When CFLs first appeared, ARRL bought a mess of them from the big box stores and found that the ones being sold are pretty RF quiet. They were better than the FCC Part 18 limits, often by quite a bit; /archives//html/RFI/2015-02/msg00055.html (10,784 bytes)
202. Re: [RFI] Electric Fence pulsing (will get worse soon !) (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:17:12 +0000; Ed Hare, W1RFI Worked on many, many electric fences in CO growing up farming and ranching throughout Pueblo County. Big to small farms and all kinds of animals. One thing farmers do is always try it; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00046.html (16,865 bytes)
203. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:04:14 +0000; I bought one multi-LED bulb that came from China. It was dead quiet. My guess is that it simply put the LEDs in series and connected them to the line. Not all of them will have a switcher in them. AR; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00064.html (10,592 bytes)
204. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:23:18 +0000; We haven't done any of that sort of thing, David. It's hard enough to find the time to test the products we test. Unfortunately, there is probably little that can be done about such QC problems. FCC; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00066.html (10,334 bytes)
205. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:25:53 +0000; Actually, we don't. We have the screen room to do receiver and transmitter testing, and a room set up in compliance with ANSI C63.4 to do conducted-emission measurements, but not an anechoic chamber.; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00067.html (12,648 bytes)
206. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:59:11 +0000; Great. I also have a ham who works in the electric-utility industry sending me one to test. They will not all be made by one company, but this is a very encouraging sign. The LED bulb is NOT an RF-dr; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00070.html (15,766 bytes)
207. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:49:41 +0000; We have tried to take the issue of LED traffic lights to the FCC. Based on the reported signal levels, it is very likely that they meet the FCC emissions limits for conducted emissions below 30 MHz a; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00077.html (12,581 bytes)
208. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:09:24 +0000; ARRL just turned in 3 more measured results of grow lights operating way above the FCC limits. Please don't let that bone go... THANK YOU for your past and future work as well!!! -- Thanks and 73's,; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00078.html (9,829 bytes)
209. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:33:57 +0000; Do these look like LED lights from the ground? I can be on the lookout for them here, too. If we ever start seeing noisy LED streetlights, we are in BIG trouble. Ed, W1RFI Hi, As I said, (and told th; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00086.html (11,795 bytes)
210. Re: [RFI] Birdies every 8.5 kHz (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:35:45 +0000; "Birdies" can mean any of a number of things. They could be rock-steady carriers, they could be the modulation or modulation sidebands of a digital signal or they could simply be broad peaks in the n; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00087.html (12,580 bytes)
211. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:38:23 +0000; Oh, that is scientific enough, Dave, telling me that the noise is below the measurement noise floor of an active loop and spectrum analyzer. Good job! Hi, These lights are obviously LED, several very; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00094.html (14,364 bytes)
212. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:46:18 +0000; Thanks. Any and all reports are really appreciated. I am glad not to hear of major problems, but a "bad" manufacturer could crop up at any time. I want to build on my IEEE connection to the Power and; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00095.html (10,460 bytes)
213. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:50:24 +0000; Here is one offer you can make that may sweeten the pot. Offer to buy him replacement bulbs. If you tell me the size and type, I will buy 6 of them at Home Depot, test them for noise and if they are; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00096.html (10,544 bytes)
214. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:55:45 +0000; I would think yes, but the hard part is convincing the FCC that they need to worry about a hypothetical scenario. The EMCom communications generally are in theory designed to accommodate existing reg; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00101.html (10,268 bytes)
215. Re: [RFI] Other Noise Challenge For Ed! (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:57:02 +0000; I'd love to see that graph, or the measured data, if you still have it. It may be useful on RFI web pages or publications. Joe, A few years ago, I had a RFI source from an area with underground utili; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00102.html (12,125 bytes)
216. Re: [RFI] LED lighting (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:20:12 +0000; Your wish is my command. :-) http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-files-more-grow-light-ballast-complaints-with-fcc God Love you people!!!!! Please publicize this on your web site! It helps bring the issue; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00104.html (12,121 bytes)
217. [RFI] ARRL Board of Directors resolution related to FCC enforcement of radio-interference issues (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:55:59 +0000; This is from the minutes of the July 2015 meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors: 39. On motion of Mr. Frenaye, seconded by Mr. Isely, the following resolution was ADOPTED: Whereas, there exist unacc; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00111.html (8,846 bytes)
218. Re: [RFI] ARRL Board of Directors resolution related to FCCenforcement of radio-interference issues (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:47:34 +0000; Actually, that's not really intended to be an easy out. If we want FCC enforcement to have teeth, the old paradigm will not work. We can't expect to identify a thousand RFI problems, turn them all ov; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00152.html (11,234 bytes)
219. Re: [RFI] ARRL Board of Directors resolution related to FCC enforcement of radio-interference issues (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:52:25 +0000; I'd suggest that hams send an email to their directors, letting them know how they feel about the resolution. I personally am glad, as a ham and as HQ staff, and pleased that MY director made the mot; /archives//html/RFI/2015-07/msg00153.html (13,328 bytes)
220. Re: [RFI] ARRL Board of Directors resolution related to FCC enforcement of radio-interference issues (score: 1): Author: "Hare, Ed W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org>; Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:17:38 +0000; The FCC can and does have teeth any time it chooses. It has issued fines again and again in support of whatever agenda exists What partisan politics reason would the FCC have for not taking action on; /archives//html/RFI/2015-08/msg00015.html (10,385 bytes)

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