> Please read what was actually written, Tom.
The EA5's post must have choked in a spam filter, but my
points are twofold.
1.) even when the supply meets or exceeds FCC and CE specs,
it can cause bad RFI problems.
2.) even if we don't see an obvious filter it may have one
I certainly agree a unit that fails CE and is labeled CE in
theory gives a complainer great power, but I can tell
everyone from first hand experience units that meet or
exceed CE can cause slight problems a mile way and can be
devastating within a few hundred meters.
There is a chicken farm about two miles from that has a
controlled made in the Netherlands that does pass CE and FCC
but still has birdies several dB out of my noise on 160
meters.
I worked on good three phase controllers at another location
that were several hundred feet from the receiving antenna
and caused bad problems in a moderate background noise
environment.
It is virtually impossible for most people to test for CE or
FCC compliance or to know if there are really filters in the
unit (if they are necessary to pass). The bottom line is if
it bothers the radio... and a device that passes certainly
can be a problem. In such cases, and they are common,
filters from the manufacturer often are useless.
73 Tom
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