[RFI] Am I hosed? RFI problems

[Howard Lester]

When I lived in Arizona, the electric company had an "RFI guy." A ham I knew
was having trouble with RFI radiating from a neighbor's house. The fellow
from the electric company pinpointed the source to be at this house and,
being from the electric company was granted access. He found the noise
source to be an electric blanket, demonstrated the noise it was putting out,
and told the owner that it could catch fire. No more RFI.

Howard N7SO

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:34 AM, dalej <dj2001x at comcast.net> wrote:

> Contact ARRL Mike Gruber <mgruber at arrl.org> and explain the situation.
>
> <http://www.arrl.org/the-lab-staff>
>
> Maybe he can give you some advice.  I believe he coordinates with the
> FCC on some RFI matters.
>
> Dealing with neighbors, especially renter neighbors, can be a sticky
> problem.  You may have better luck contacting the landlord.
>
> Sounds like a switching ps or light dimmer.  Some of the light dimmers
> can be horrible radiators of RFI.
>
> Good luck
>
> Dale, k9vuj
>
>