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Re: [TowerTalk] Query RFI

To: Peter Dougherty <w2irt@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Query RFI
From: kd4e <kd4e@verizon.net>
Reply-to: kd4e@verizon.net
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:59:21 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>>      There was also a more recent thread in which Levitron and 
>> Lutron were mentioned as makers of low-RFI dimmers.  FWIW.
> 
> When we put in new lighting in the house last month we went with 
> Lutron "smart" dimmers (3-way dimmers that "talk" to each other), and 
> so far not a whit of detectable RFI from them, nor from conventional 
> light dimmers in the house or from two plug-in types. Most are within 
> 10' of the shack, too.
> 
> When I heard some noticeable QRM, the first thing I did was power off 
> all those dimmer -equipped circuits and no change was detectable. I 
> suspect I have a bad pole insulator somewhere in the neighbourhood - 
> it's especially bad in summer. The only thing that causes problems is 
> the Viewsonic LCD flat panel monitor on the other computer.
> 
> Cheers, Peter, W2IRT 

Please advise if they age well -- I have been warned in
the past that some lights and switches start out quiet
but as they age become increasingly noisy.

-- 

Thanks! & 73,
doc, KD4E
... somewhere in FL
URL:  bibleseven (dot) com
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