[RFI] CFLs and LEDs

[Cortland Richmond]

Some years ago, I was living on a mountainside ranch at 1500ft ASL near
Santa Rosa CA and while it wasn't routinely as cold as Michigan in Winter,
it got below freezing.  I'd put a CFL in the main house's (unheated)
laundry room and after a couple of months it started generating S9++ noise
on all the HF bands. W1RFI asked if I could send it to him but I was moving
and had already disposed of it.. Now I am in Michigan I have CFL's for all
my outdoor lamps and they are not (yet) acting up at all.  A 3-month-old
Sylvania in my hallway went pzzzztt! and arced over, base to lamp, in
December, but it had been RF quiet before.   Don't ask about the track
lightning's SMPS.

Cortland
KA5S


> [Original Message]
> From: Alan NV8A <nv8a at att.net>
> To: RFI Mail Reflector <rfi at contesting.com>
> Date: 2/1/2009 2:20:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [RFI] CFLs and LEDs
>
>
> The 2005 supplement included in the following document shows LOA CFLs 
> outlasting Sylvania:
>
>  > http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/NLPIP/PDF/VIEW/SR_SB_CFL.pdf
>
> 73
>
> Alan NV8A