Paul,
A matter of interest: A number of years ago, I ran a test program in
our EMC lab on LED traffic lights. We tested a number of different
brands because they'd been failing prematurely. Texas has a
requirement that the lights crowbar the 120 VAC line from the control
box when 15-25% of the L
A couple of years ago took a QS1R SDR RX to St John Island while attending
a conference just to see what a 160 CW contest sounded like from down
there. Hung about 50 ft of wire from the balcony in daylight and tuned
the bands with lots of signals. Came back after dinner at night and fired
up. 'S
I have been complaining to ARRL and my Director for YEARS about the RFI
from LED traffic signals.
Even sent them requested tape recordings. An absolute waste of time--they
could care less.
73
Paul N4XM
At 05:01 AM 4/7/2012 -0700, you wrote:
>Thank you Mike Great advice,
>
>and another g
Thank you Mike Great advice,
and another good reason to support the ARRL.
73
jim / W1FMR
--- On Sat, 4/7/12, Mike Waters wrote:
From: Mike Waters
Subject: Re: Topband: Home Depot LED bulb interference.
To: "topband"
Date: Saturday, April 7, 2012, 6:00 AM
Right now, the FCC is
Right now, the FCC is actively seeking input concerning impediments to
amateur radio communications. IMO, if there was ever an impediment
--especially to weak-signal Topband communications-- it is RFI like this.
There is a narrow window of opportunity (until May 17, I think) before the
FCC will st
