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Re: [RFI] RF Noise Free LED Lighting

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Subject: Re: [RFI] RF Noise Free LED Lighting
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:29:41 -0800
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On 12/22/2022 12:05 AM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
Most LED lighting seems to produce noise due to the switching mode power supply.

Yes, whether outboard, or built into the fixture or the bulb. This is not conjecture, it is firmly established. I published a tutorial on RF noise noting that more than ten years ago. LEDs themselves are NOT generators of RF noise. It is always the associated electronics, usually modulating DC with a rectangular wave, which consists of an infinite string of harmonics, and that current is radiated by wiring that carries it. For several reasons related to how equipment is (poorly) built, that current (RF noise) is common mode.

73, Jim K9YC
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