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Re: [RFI] Power pole equipment/smart meters.

To: "'Bob K6UJ'" <k6uj@pacbell.net>, <rfi@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Power pole equipment/smart meters.
From: "Michael C Martin" <mike@rfiservices.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:17:29 -0400
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Absolutely, noise sources or symptoms have not
limitations

Michael C. Martin
RFI Services
PO Box 411
Traceys Landing, MD 20779
240.508.3760
mike@rfiservices.com
www.rfiservices.com


-----Original Message-----
From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Bob K6UJ
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 1:02 PM
To: rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] Power pole equipment/smart
meters.

We also have smart meters that operate in the
896/935 commercial band.
You aren't immune from RFI though as you might
think.  After they converted our neighborhood over
to the smart meters, I was plagued with RFI that
seemed like power line noise.  It turned out to be
my neighbors smart meter.  It was from the
electrical circuit inside the unit.  It took me 4
months of badgering our electrical company to
finally get it resolved. They kept saying it was
not possible for it to be the smart meters because
the operate at such a high frequency, blah, blah.
When the technician finally came out I walked with
him over to my neighbors house with my portable
radio on AM.  The AM signal roared when we got
close to the smart meter.  A half hour later, the
smart meter was replaced with a new one and the
RFI was gone !

Bob
K6UJ




On 7/26/16 7:46 AM, Michael C Martin wrote:
> They can relay from meter to meter as well as
from the meter to a 
> repeater that is usually mounted to streetlight
brackets utilizing the 
> photo cells mount as a power supply access
point.
>
> Michael C. Martin
> RFI Services
> PO Box 411
> Traceys Landing, MD 20779
> 240.508.3760
> mike@rfiservices.com
> www.rfiservices.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Mike - W5JR
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 8:59 AM
> To: KD7JYK DM09
> Cc: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Power pole equipment/smart
meters.
>
> Our smart meter utilizes the 896/935 commercial
band. It's polled by 
> their prominent "mountain"
> site. I receive an email when the mains
disconnect from the co-op and 
> when they reconnect.
>
> tnx
> Mike / W5JR
> Alpharetta GA
>
>> On Jul 26, 2016, at 1:05 AM, KD7JYK DM09
> <kd7jyk@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> : Probably SmartGrid equipment.  Could be
> wireless on any range of freqs.
>> I've always wondered about that stuff.  We were
> switched over to smart
>> meters a few years ago.  Fortunately no RFI and
> they operate on 900
>> MHz and
>> 2.4 GHz.  I was told by several meter readers
> and techs in the are
>> that they relay to repeaters in the area.  I'm
> out in the desert.
>> There is no other equipment for several miles,
> nothing on any poles
>> that's ever been seen and the hills with
> communications equipment are ten to fifteen
miles out.
>> What could these new meters possibly be sending
> to?  I can't imagine
>> their range much more than to get across my
> land.
>> Kurt
>>
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