Interesting,
I wonder how close one of these units would have to be...I know some U-links
here in VA are some 25 miles from the repeater...running 10-20 watts to a 6
ele yagi at 500ft ASL...seems that would spray a significant signal across
miles of area that these sensitive devices might hear and block. The
inverse problem is interference to the U-link receivers. Lucky for us hams
we have PL and DCT, etc.
What a hoot,
dave
wa3gin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>
To: "Dennis Vernacchia" <n6ki73@gmail.com>
Cc: <RFI@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 12:54 AM
Subject: Re: [RFI] Alarm Systems and EMI/EMC
>
>
> Dennis Vernacchia wrote:
>> Jim,
>>
>> here is a more detailed answer from my amigo John WB6IQS who has a lot
>> of
>> practical experience in the EMI/EMC field.
>>
>> 73, Dennis N6KI
>>
>> Security Systems:
>> They are all over the place actually. Honeywell uses 345 MHz, GE uses
>> 319.5
>> and Linear has numerous frequencies but most of them now are on 315 MHz.
>> There are also some narrow band FM European types that are imported into
>> the
>> US that operate on 433.92 MHz.
>>
>> The security receivers are generally superhets now, fairly broad in
>> frequency bandwidth (+/- 125 KHz) and they typically use pulse position
>> encoded AM modulation. Older systems have super-regenerative receivers
>> that
>> are much more susceptible to outside interference.
>>
>> Garage door operators:
>> These are all over the place. 372.5 MHz for Genie, 390 MHz for
>> Chamberlain
>> (old frequency), 315 - 318 MHz is commonly used now for Chamberlain and
>> Linear products.
>>
>> Other systems had 288, 310, 318 MHz all the way up to 433.92 MHz.
>>
>>
>
> I would think that most in the VHF - UHF range would be easily
> overloaded and blocked. They may not decode due to being blocked, but
> one being next door to a 440 system might be down most of the time. The
> one batch of imports operates right on the section of the 440 band used
> for repeater links.
>
>> Most garage door operators are also AM pulse modulation and some of the
>> cheap systems still use super-regenerative receivers. These receivers
>> are about 5 MHz wide in bandwidth for only -3dB down. Really broad as a
>> barn door.
>>
>>
> Garage door openers are notorious for failing to respond to control
> signals with signals that block them and they are not much more than an
> wide open front end.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>> Sorry that there is no easy answer but "that's the way it is".
>>
>> EMI/EMC:
>> Ham HF or VHF operation is unlikely to cause false alarms. For HF
>> frequencies we are far enough away that the only problem might be that
>> their
>> EMI microprocessor noise may interfere with our receivers. For VHF/UHF
>> operations we may jam them for a short while, but they will normally
>> reject
>> our FM signals since they only demodulate AM pulse coded signals.
>>
>> I have heard of a number of instances where very high power HF stations
>> caused false alarms to the panels, but that was due to so much RF
>> saturating
>> the remote signal wires that the ICs sensed a push button or sensor
>> signal
>> where there really was no signal. Using some ferrite cores and wrapping
>> the sensor wires around the core at the alarm panel fixed these problems.
>>
>> The new microprocessors are getting very fast, have more EMI output and
>> are more sensitive to outside EMI. Every time that Microchip does a die
>> shrink to make their processors faster, cheaper and better we get bit in
>> the
>> butt.
>>
>> John Kuivinen, WB6IQS
>> EMI/EMC Engineer
>> Linear LLC
>> Carlsbad, CA.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, 09 May 2009 12:28:05 -0700, Michael Tope wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anyone know any home security equipment dealers who are hams or who
>>>> know anything about EMI/EMC?
>>>>
>>> No experience with these guys, but security systems are notorious
>>> for RFI susceptibility. FWIW -- that 300 MHz range is commonly used
>>> for garage doors and remote control of A/V systems. I don't know of
>>> instances of RFI to the RF functions, but expect problems with RFI
>>> to other circuitry. The usual fixes are twisted pair wiring, caps
>>> across wiring from dry contacts, and chokes to kill common mode.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Jim K9YC
>>>
>>>
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