[RFI] Smart meters

[Jim Miller KG0KP]

Sounds like most contesting will be in the clear at least.  73, de Jim KG0KP

Subject: Re: [RFI] Smart meters


> 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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