Mike, I forwarded this to my ham friend at Menards, minus all the headers.
I'll see what he says. At least it's a heads up. If he comes back with
anything interesting I'll post it.
Thanks again
73
Dale, k9vuj
On 10, Feb 2014, at 16:40, "Mike Ryan" <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Dale, I think PORTFOLIO is Lowes brand. The other stores may and most likely
> do have the same or similar product but under another name. -Mike
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Dale J.
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 4:40 PM
> To: Mike Ryan
> Cc: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] LED Bulbs
>
> Noted. I don't have a Lowes close by, but I do have a Home Depot and
> Menards. Next time I'm there I will look for this product and perhaps drop
> some suggestions. I do know someone who works in the electrical department at
> Menards, he's a ham operator too. I'll pass this information along to him,
> minus all the headers etc.
>
> Thanks Mike.
>
> 73
> Dale, K9VUJ
>
>
>
> On 10, Feb 2014, at 15:25, "Mike Ryan" <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Dale, The brand name is PORTFOLIO, and sold around here at LOWES. The
>> model number is #0068062. It is called a 'wall wash light'. They are LED,
>> low voltage 8w draw, with 420 lumens / 3000k. The box says they are
>> comparable to a 35w halogen floodlight. Very, Very, nasty light fixture.
>> -Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Dale J.
>> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 3:06 PM
>> To: Mike Ryan
>> Cc: rfi@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [RFI] LED Bulbs
>>
>> I'd like to get the numbers of those lights. Post them if you will, mfg too
>> and where they are sold.
>>
>> Tnx
>> Dale, k9vuj
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10, Feb 2014, at 13:36, Mike Ryan <mryan001@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry Jim but the power supplies that these lights are connected to are not
>>> always the case. I mentioned in an earlier post here about some 50w LED
>>> lamps which use 12 vot AC, that's AC. The power supply is clean. The BULBS
>>> have switching power supplies of some nature in them. LOEWS has a line of
>>> exterior landscaping lights which will pretty much drive you QRT. My
>>> neighbor has 10 of these in his yard. They are dirty from HF to at least
>>> 440mhz. When his outdoor lights timer goes ON, I am OFF. I'd be happy to
>>> post info on these again should someone care. - Mike
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: David C. Hallam
>>> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 1:48 PM
>>> To: rfi@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [RFI] LED Bulbs
>>>
>>> I may have made an unwarranted conclusion, but I assumed the LED were
>>> substituted for halogen without any other changes. I will see if I can
>>> get a clarification on that point. Would a change in bulb types make
>>> any difference in the RFI being generated?
>>>
>>> David
>>> KW4DH
>>>
>>> On 2/10/2014 1:14 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>>> On 2/10/2014 11:07 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
>>>>> Who would have thought the LED's could radiate so far?
>>>>
>>>> It's not the LEDs, it's the wires (antennas) connected to the switching
>>>> power supply for the LEDs. This should come as no surprise to any ham --
>>>> switching power supplies are generators of RF trash, that puts RF current
>>>> on those wires, and like any other antenna, those wires radiate the trash.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you VERY much for posting details of part numbers and vendors for
>>>> the bad products.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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