[RFI] FW: [K0USA-AKSARBENtalk] Traffic Signal RFI

[Jim Smith]

    Many communities including my own are replacing the old incandescent
traffic lights with the new, more brilliant lights made up of several LEDs.
They are more expensive, but use only a fraction of the power used by the
old ones. This was brought on by the energy crises.
    Jim Smith, KQ6UV

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed - K0iL" <k0il@arrl.net>
To: "'RFI Reflector'" <rfi@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: [RFI] FW: [K0USA-AKSARBENtalk] Traffic Signal RFI


>Since the
> intersection to Home Depot is new, I notice it has a new style of cross
walk
> lights that appear much brighter than ones using ordinary incadescent
lamps.  I
> wonder if these are some type of low energy, long life gas discharge lamps
> similar to the ones that have been written up in QST that are known to
cause
> RFI?