- 21. Re: [RFI] Bulb rumors. (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:34:14 -0600
- "High-lumen CFLs." In terms of lighting, wattage, as I know you know, means the amount of power consumed and has little to do with amount of light output. The lighting industry has done itself a diss
- /archives//html/RFI/2010-11/msg00149.html (9,255 bytes)
- 22. Re: [RFI] Phone (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:13:48 -0600
- Stop talking on the phone when you are supposed to be working DX! :-) -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@c
- /archives//html/RFI/2010-12/msg00115.html (7,425 bytes)
- 23. Re: [RFI] Phone (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:17:04 -0600
- In seriousness, let me add that when you say "old" you open up a can of RF worms. Most cordless phones are UHF *now* (35-cm band or higher), but go back a decade and a lot were still VHF-lo (45-50 MH
- /archives//html/RFI/2010-12/msg00116.html (7,607 bytes)
- 24. Re: [RFI] RFI and Smart meters (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:09:50 -0600
- Our neighborhood's two power providers each have different types. The coop I'm in has had "smart" meters for years and years (long before we moved in 5 years ago). Data runs over the powerlines. No n
- /archives//html/RFI/2010-12/msg00146.html (8,625 bytes)
- 25. Re: [RFI] Amateur Radio and terrorism (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:08:44 -0600
- Of course there isn't. It's no different from a few ARES/RACES types claiming to be "first responders". It's all hooie. -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! ____________________
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-01/msg00033.html (7,302 bytes)
- 26. Re: [RFI] Cell Phone Charger Duracell made in China (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:25:53 -0600
- Mobile manufacturers have decided to standardize on Micro-B USB connectors. Since they are also usually the USB connector for the phone and thus are USB-standard, that pretty much limits it to 5 V dc
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-01/msg00056.html (8,291 bytes)
- 27. Re: [RFI] Cell Phone Charger Duracell made in China (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:20:20 -0600
- But I bet none of those 12 or 28s are new. With the cellphone industry trying to standardize on USB Micro B, I would assume that manufacturers of other devices would want to leverage that if technica
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-01/msg00063.html (9,032 bytes)
- 28. Re: [RFI] RFI and Smart meters (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 13:44:29 -0600
- Reprinting what I said earlier in this thread ... Our neighborhood's two power providers each have different types. The coop I'm in has had "smart" meters for years and years (long before we moved in
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-01/msg00077.html (7,871 bytes)
- 29. Re: [RFI] Aquarium Heater (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:02:42 -0600
- The guy at the fish store will NOT know these answers. :-D -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.c
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-02/msg00045.html (8,971 bytes)
- 30. Re: [RFI] Another look at Geothermal H&V (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:45:38 -0600
- You have an outside unit? My Waterfurnace (Envision) just has the unit where the furnace used to be. Pipes through the attic to the wells. Unfortunate architecture means the poor pipe location and no
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-02/msg00066.html (8,369 bytes)
- 31. Re: [RFI] U-Verse problem update (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:28:18 -0600
- Not all U-Verse installs are FTTH - your friend is lucky. Many are FTTN with copper from there. -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! ____________________________________________
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-02/msg00074.html (7,704 bytes)
- 32. Re: [RFI] The "new" light bulbs; it is accurate. (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:25:50 -0600
- We did this 10+ years ago. No issues. I assume the same people whining about efficient lighting now were the ones whining about efficient cars 35 years ago. Between the efficient lighting and the eff
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-03/msg00015.html (9,404 bytes)
- 33. Re: [RFI] The new light bulbs (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:52:48 -0600
- Facts? Bah, humbug. -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-03/msg00032.html (7,941 bytes)
- 34. Re: [RFI] RFI Digest, Vol 99, Issue 5 (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:43:20 -0500
- I gather it's grid-tied (UL-listed inverters stop passing AC when the grid power drops ... or is crappy). Is the utility on-board with distributed generation? Or did they accept it because your state
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-04/msg00019.html (7,556 bytes)
- 35. Re: [RFI] OT: RE: solar problems (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:26:43 -0500
- You're not up-to-date on the latest in the solar industry. Most grid-tied systems these days have no batteries (because they reduce system efficiency). The system generates power while the sun is up,
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-04/msg00024.html (8,254 bytes)
- 36. Re: [RFI] LED streetlight noise. (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 20:26:35 -0500
- I believe the OP was referring to traffic signals and not actually street lighting. -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! _______________________________________________ RFI mail
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-05/msg00022.html (8,859 bytes)
- 37. Re: [RFI] Comcast Wall warts (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:35:36 -0500
- Care to cite a source for this? -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-06/msg00009.html (7,130 bytes)
- 38. Re: [RFI] Comcast Wall warts (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:36:54 -0500
- Thanks. So it's like "banning" incandescent lamps: there is no law banning anything but there is a law mandating efficiency. IOW, if you can build a linear power supply (or incandescent lamp) that me
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-06/msg00021.html (9,181 bytes)
- 39. Re: [RFI] Solar Panels (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:49:10 -0500
- The PV *panels* will be silent; the inverter (and possibly charge controller, if the owner has batteries) may be another story. If it's a modern inverter, installed to code by qualified installers, y
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-08/msg00018.html (7,131 bytes)
- 40. Re: [RFI] Solar Panel RFI - Noise begins (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:40:06 -0500
- The *panels* won't make noise. The inverter that converts the DC to AC for household loads (and for feeding back to the grid) can, and in your case, apparently does. -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws pla
- /archives//html/RFI/2011-08/msg00023.html (7,133 bytes)
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