Jim: My neighbor leased his 36 panel system from Solar Edge in 2016 and I can tell you that it produces horrendous RFI. His monthly lease payments are $120 per month and that figure increases by 2.9
Ken: I know of several hams who are experiencing RFI caused by Generac home solar. In each case, the interference turned out to be emanating from a neighbors installation. In one particular case, Mar
All: I received word from one of the engineers at Solar Edge that they will be installing a newly designed filter to suppress the RFI emanating from my neighbors installation. The work is supposed to
Will do Ed. Thanks for working with Solar Edge and not giving up on tough cases like mine. The company went from denying any RFI issues with their products to actively working to find a solution. I d
Ed: Today's appointment to install the Solar Edge RFI filter was cancelled. Will keep you posted. Tony -K2MO _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http:/
All: I just tested the power lines coming off my neighbors home and found that the solar panel noise is making it's way onto the line. I attached a probe on a long wooden pole I could hear the RFI al
All: My neighbor informed me that Solar Edge installed a newly designed RFI filter on his solar panel installation this week. We were hoping for the best, but the filter had no noticeable effect on t
All: The list of complaints regarding solar panel RFI issues continues to grow. I just received yet another message from a fellow ham who is experiencing RFI from a GroWatt 3000TL system -- see below
All: Just received word from yet another ham who is experiencing solar panel RFI. Jeff, KD2SCR said he recently became a new ham and noticed that his home solar system was causing interference. The s
All: Eric, KJ4YZI has an interesting video on Solar Panel RFI from an RV system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFmmwQTVG54 Tony -K2MO _______________________________________________ RFI mailing lis
All: Dayton seems to be a good place to inform hams about solar panel RFI and it's potential for wide-spread interference. With 400 cases and counting handled by the ARRL and FCC regulations that car
Dave: Absolutely. The ARRL is our ONLY advocate and it's a shame they have to walk on eggshells begging for cooperation from Big Solar. I don't blame the FCC for that - I blame hams for not taking ac
Dave: We can buy a lot of leverage in Washington with 700,00 hams donating annually to the ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund. That's $14,000,000 annually with a measly $20 donation from each ham. It's still
There is a dbm meter that works simultaneously with the S-meter. There's also peak-hold on the S-meter but it's very short-lived. Unfortunately there is no peak hold on the dbm meter. Tony -K2MO ____
Right now, ARRL has 2-1/2 solar companies working on resolving cases and looking to improve the product. The League is also looking to form an industry standards working group to develop an IEEE rec
That does seem logical Dave. I'm on 0.4 acres and I suspect most hams have similar plots of land where a neighbors solar panel system is likely to be within 200 feet or less of ones antennas. My neig
On 5/28/2022 4:54 AM, Hare, Ed, W1RFI wrote: so far, most manufacturers ARE offering considerable cooperation to try to resolve harmful interference. Solar Edge has replaced over 500 systems in the f
Ed: It's obvious that the ARRL has a lot more influence on countering threats to ham radio than one would imagine. I remember the BPL issue and I have no doubt that we'd be dealing with horrendous no
Dave: Have you been able to figure out what's causing that wide-band noise that starts at 06:40 a.m. and ends at around 40 minutes after midnight? I'm referring to the noise that's roughly 70 kHz wid
All: Here's some encouraging news about a solar panel manufacturer and the Australian "FCC". I recently had a QSO with Dale, VK7DG and noticed that the street level photo of his QTH showed a row of s