[RFI] Update for RFI/Grow Light Problem

[Tom Thompson]

Thanks for the update, Tom.  Your kind of followup is helpful to all.

Tom  W0IVJ


On 4/7/2014 3:14 PM, t.izak wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Got a call today by a lady from the FCC and asked me if I still had the RFI
> issue. Apparently, the RFI ceased about four weeks ago. The FCC apparently
> mailed a letter to the party in question who were causing the RFI issue and
> they replied to the FCC that they shut off the "timer".
>
> All this started about a year ago with the 12hr on/off timer cycle then
> would cease for about a week then start up again for about three days
> straight and on for 24hrs...then back to the 12/hr timing cycle for a few
> months until the "crop" was mature for "picking". This caused havoc on HF
> and mostly 6m and this was during our summer Es season. I missed out on some
> of the southern propagation, especially the HC as the timing sequence would
> start around 4p.m. (EDT)...that really sucked !
>
> After a couple of months of this, I finally wrote to Mike Gruber @ ARRL and
> I also sent him an audio file of the RFI I was putting up with here. Not
> only did the grow lights cause the RFI, the timer and fans running removing
> the "hot air" from the building were a big part of RFI issue. The parties in
> question were sent a letter about this issue but they apparently thought
> that it was a "joke". I let this run for about another three or four weeks
> and then notified Mike again about still having this RFI problem...the next
> step was for the ARRL to submit this to the FCC and they probably included
> the audio file I gave him.
>
> I think two weeks after I notified Mike Gruber about this second episode,
> the RFI ceased. Maybe the letter from the FCC, a Government agency, must
> have given them second thoughts about running this equipment.
>
> So, I guess the FCC can help us amateur radio guys out on some of the RFI
> issues that we have to put up with!
>
> 73
> Tom/k1tl...
>
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