[RFI] Smart meters

[Eddy Swynar]

Hi Guys,

Up here in THE LAND OF NO---a.k.a. Ontario, Canada---EVERYONE has been converted (FORCED) over to the so-called "smart" meter by the provincial power authority...

The reason...? The government has instituted a "...a pay scale" based upon time of use: if you use electricity during so-called "prime time" (7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, I believe) your rates per kilowatt hour are higher---similarly, if you use electricity during off-peak hours, your rates are lower.

This applies during weekdays only, too, BTW.

It's all for the sake of "conservation" the authorities tell us, but it's more like a cash grab. Watch YOUR utility company do the same thing to you in the very near future...

On a different note, before these devices were installed here, I wrote a long, scathing letter to the power authority here stating that I was a licensed Amateur radio operator, & that I neither expected to interfere with the devices, nor receive any RFI in kind, with their installation. The respondent was very sympathetic, and assured me repeatedly that there would be no RFI issues whatsoever...

And in truth, there haven't been any---but I am rather weary of running the dish washer at 5:00 AM, & saving-up all the laundry for the weekend! Hi Hi

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ



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On 2012-01-15, at 1:38 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:

> Oklahoma Gas and Electric installed smart meters in my city as an initial experimental tryout. I can run about a kW (peak) output. Mine works fine, causes me no interference and I don't bother it. Not all smart meters are the same, apparently. 
> 
> N5OP
> 
> 
> On Jan 15, 2012, at 12:08, Joe <wa6rkn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Just read in the paper that our local power company is going to install 
>> smart meters in all of Reno/Sparks.  If we choose to decline a smart meter 
>> and stay with the old analog meter, there will be a $300.00 charge plus a 
>> $16.00 surcharge on our monthly bill.
>> 
>> Talk about highway robbery..
>> 
>> Will be intresting to see what happens at my house..my nxt door neighbor 
>> opted for a smart meter a year ago..My amplifier smoked it...3 
>> times......power company then went after me to pay for the meter(s).  Lots 
>> of words until I showed their legal eagle part 15 (??) that said they have 
>> no legal protection from amateur radio interference, but they had best not 
>> interfere with us.
>> 
>> The neighbor is running an analog meter again..
>> 
>> Now Sierra Pathetic (Pacific) Power is going to foist smart meters on 
>> everyone...should be interesting if they are to experience the same issues 
>> as before and will they be forced to stay with analog at my house, and will 
>> they try to soak me (us) their illegal (IMHO) fees for having to run analog 
>> meters.
>> 
>> Stay tuned..this is going to happen over the next year...all conversions 
>> should be done by December, 2012.
>> 
>> Joe Wolfe
>> WA6RKN
>> Reno, Nevada 
>> 
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