[RFI] LED Bulbs

[Mike Ryan]

"...just the mention of the fcc.."

Brother I don't know what state you live in or what power company serves 
your needs but come down to Florida and experience the real world. -Mike

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Robbins
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:06 AM
To: rfi at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] LED Bulbs

I would dare to say that most complaints can be resolved without the fcc... 
just the mention of the fcc can be enough to get action from utilities to 
grow light owners.  a short explanation of how much interference electric 
fences cause, and how much efficiency they are losing, can get them repaired 
or replaced in days.  pointing out that a mast head tv preamp is defective 
and may burn up, or that a door bell transformer may be arcing and ready to 
burn up usually gets them shut off instantly.  showing someone that their 
battery charger is using power and radiating even when it isn't charging a 
battery usually gets it unplugged.  explaining how much radio frequency 
power something is radiating in this day of total fear of electromagnetic 
fields causing all sorts of disease can be an effective tool, people are 
afraid of milliwatt level wifi and cell phone rf but don't realize their tv 
is radiating hundreds or maybe thousands of times that much right in their 
living room!   in 3
0 years of policing the bands around here I have yet to have to actually 
contact the fcc to resolve a problem.

I bought 2 different led bulbs years ago at Dayton... Chinese generic 
things... one is still in use and perfectly quiet even with a sw rx with 
ferrite rod antenna right next to it... the other one got sent to the arrl 
lab for dissection as it radiated all over the place, so I lost a few bucks, 
but maybe the arrl got some experience with bad bulbs.

suggestion... for the neighbor with led bulbs that are noisy..  if they 
don't want to return them to the store, buy them old halogen bulbs or find 
quiet led's to replace them and ask for the bad ones so you can send them to 
a lab for testing as they are obviously defective imports that must be 
reported.  a cheap investment for years of quiet and good will from 
neighbors.


Feb 12, 2014 10:25:53 AM, dj2001x at comcast.net wrote:

Hi Roger,

Now that statement I'll agree with. I will too.

Even if I were to call the FCC to complain would I talk to a live human who 
knows what I'm talking about or would it be a robot that directs me to a FAQ 
on how to deal with RFI.

73
Dale, K9vuj


On 12, Feb 2014, at 8:12, Roger D Johnson wrote:

> Unfortunately, interference to amateur radio appears to be VERY low
> on the FCC priorities list. I'll probably be an SK long before they
> act on my complaint!
>
> 73, Roger
>
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