One wonders what a KW of AM into a nearby vertical might
do to these meters ...
> The good folks here at the Ontario Hydro generating outfit (or
> WHATEVER it is that they might call themselves this week) have
> elected to install so-called "smart meters", in place of the regular
> old-fashioned ones, at the street AC drop point outside of everyone's
> house...
>
> For the uninitiated, "smart meters" automatically keep track of power
> usage in each home, and then charge rates according to whether or not
> it's "peak / prime" time, or otherwise...apparently (as I understand
> it) these odious devices are in constant communication wirelessly
> with "Big Brother", feeding the data to some central collection
> point, to calculate final billing...and they mark the end of days for
> the old-fashioned, traditional humanoid meter reader.
>
> Oh yes, did I mention that this is all a "...GOOD thing" for
> Ontario...?
>
> Anyway, I'm VERY curious if any Hams reading this, who may have
> already had smart meters installed at their respective QTHs, have
> experienced any sort of RFI either to, or from, the readers...? I
> wrote a strongly-worded letter to the local co-ordinator of this
> effort, and received a phone message back from one of his minions
> that I would be hearing from them shortly...that was about a month
> ago.
>
> The monitor was installed at my QTH here a coupla days ago, but the
> system is not yet operational.
>
> Any sage words from the ranks of the knowledgeable...?
>
> Thanks in advance, & my vy
>
> ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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