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Re: [RFI] Another Solar Panel RFI System

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Subject: Re: [RFI] Another Solar Panel RFI System
From: Gary Johnson via RFI <rfi@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Gary Johnson <gwj@me.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 12:17:06 -0800
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> 
> But there is no certainty that the noise will be radiated at a level strong 
> enough to hear, so it is not really correct to think that SE equipment is 
> radiating from the AC mains.

I can verify with 100% certainty that my neighbor’s SE system does NOT generate 
conducted emissions through the primary AC wiring at any significant level. I 
actually used a current probe and a spectrum analyzer to check, as well as my 
portable radio and loop antenna. ALL of the RFI is radiated from the panel 
wiring. 

The company was very responsive and completely rewired the array per their 
current specs, and changed the panel optimizers to a newer version which use 
spread spectrum comms. Unfortunately the final result was that instead of the 5 
kHz wide peaks of crud every 200 kHz, my noise floor is raised about 6 dB 
everywhere. Having my dipole 30 ft away is optimally bad too!

Thankfully I have a FB remote station and am able to abandon my ever-noisier 
home station. Everyone should be so lucky…..

Gary NA6O 
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