Every light inside & outside my house is some form of fluorescent, either
spiral or straight tube. There is a fluorescent tube on the bottom side of
the shelf my rig is on lighting up my keyboard. I didn't see any increase in
the noise floor while I was replacing the old bulbs. There is a small
savings on the electric bill and the fluorescent bulbs do generate anywhere
near the heat the old bulbs did.
73
MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul J. Piercey
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:27
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Mini-Spiral Flourescent Lights and Amateur Radio
I have been using these bulbs for a few years now without much problem.
Now
that the trend is to ban the incandescent bulb in favour of these
low-energy
types, will there be an impact on radio in the future? I read the warning
label on a box of bulb one day and it never gave me a warm fuzzy feeling
inside.
Has anyone had any issues with them RE: RFI to their receivers? I know
that
the older type did cause interference to one of our club stations. Made
the
receiver virtually unuseable. Are there any brands that are a problem
moreso
than others?
Just thought I'd change the subject :)
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Paul J. Piercey VO1HE/VO2HE
Computer Support Specialist
Assistant Director, Avalon - Radio Amateurs or Canada
QSL Manager - VO1AA, VO1IMD, VO1BZM, VO1FLY, VO1IMD, VO1MGY, VO1MZL,
VO1RAC,
VO1S, VO1SAR, VO1SDX, VO1VIMY, VO500JC
vo1he@rac.ca
http://home.thezone.net/~ppiercey
http://sonra.ca <http://sonra.ca/>
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