[CQ-Contest] (good) luck with AC dimmers?

[Mike DeChristopher]

Several Lutron Caseta came with my house, with four in the shack (I
think the sellers called it "a basement" or some nonsense). Count me
among those without any noise, at least from 160 to 10; no VHF/UHF
gear here to check above that.

Mike N1TA


On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 11:24 AM, rjairam at gmail.com <rjairam at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no issues with Lutron Caseta on all bands 2200m to 70cm with the
> smart bridge and my setup therefore works with Alexa. I found that newer
> switches from reputable brands don’t cause issue but also the bulb you use
> matters. Some LEDs give problems but some only when used with dimmers and
> some only when they age. Likely culprit is capacitors failing.
>
> Also beware of GFCI and AFCI required by recent codes. They trip on RF,
> sometimes very destructively. Newer ones don’t have issue as they have
> proper filtering.
>
> See my blog post.
>
> http://www.n2rj.com/2017/12/led-lamp-qrm-solved.html
>
> 73
> Ria, N2RJ
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 7:36 AM <wigi at kl0r.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any success or suggestions about a particular dimmer
>> switch that can be used in the contest station? I'd like to have a little
>> more control over the light level in the station, but not at the expense of
>> QRN.
>>
>> Wigi, KL0R
>>
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