Please explain your comment! It's the first I've ever heard of PV systems being RF noisey - this could be a major problem with the push for green technologies!
73, Jeff -- KE7ACY CN94 ----- Original Message ----- From: Juergen Don't forget the photovoltaic systems which are becoming very popular now because of financial benefits (at least in Germany). Nice rural areas with a very low level of noise will be more and more very noisy. 73 Juergen, DL8LE --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "cq_k7ng" <cq_k...@...> wrote: > > > Obviously the Yanks aren't listening to BBC quite as much, but if it matters, > my closest neighbors, about 1/4 mile (or 400m) away would make 30M unusable > when their plasma TV was turned on. I have empirical data... My RF > environmental noise is something to boast about until the plasma TV's come on. > > Dave K7NG > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Andy obrien <k3ukandy@> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Mike Terry <miketerry73@> > > Date: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:44 AM > > Subject: [dxld] Are plasma TVs killing radio? > > To: DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > > > > > The Register > > Posted in Wireless by By Bill Ray > > 12 August 2010 > > > > The Radio Society of Great Britain is asking anyone with a plasma TV to let > > it know if they've had trouble getting BBC Radio 4 lately. > > > > The Radio Society of Great Britain represents the radio ham community, > > though it sees itself as having a wider remit. When not organising > > competitions to see who has the biggest beard can transmit a 10MHz signal > > furthest, the RSGB tries to protect the interests of radio users of all > > kinds by tracking possible causes of interference, which prompts its latest > > appeal. > > > > Recently the interference effort has been focused on mains networking kit - > > people running Ethernet signals over in-home electrical wires - but the > > Society reckons that plasma TVs are another source of interference worthy of > > greater attention. > > > > Anecdotal stories abound of plasmas putting out interference below 30MHz, > > and even extending into the higher frequencies where commercial radio can be > > found, but the Society is trying to cast a wider net to see if it's a > > genuine problem. > > > > The plan is to make a presentation to CISPR (the International Special > > Committee on Radio Interference) in the next few weeks if enough complaints > > can be accumulated - so if you've got a plasma and you think it's plotting > > against your radio, drop the RSGB a line at > > plasma.tv@<plasma.tv%40rsgb.org.uk> > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/12/plasma_tv_interference/ > > >
