[RFI] cops zero in on noisy grow light ballasts

[Pat]

Dave:

That is not a rant. It is spot on.

Pat
wa4tuk

On 2/11/2016 10:19 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
> The whole damn thing is just too murky for my tastes.  Here is what RFI
> hunting does to an Amateur Radio Operator.
>
> RANT MODE ON
>
> The Amateur Radio Operator is placed in the enforcer/locater position,
> for something that is not his/her doing, and may, or may not be legal,
> (depending on who you talk too), reporting their findings to an agency,
> that probably does not have enough money to combat the problem in teh
> first place, for which that same agency has explicit rules saying the
> Amateur Radio Operator is being infringed upon.  Add to that, the fact
> that the Amateur Radio Operator might get shot for his/her trouble,
> depending on who's door is knocked on and you have an RFI hunting
> experience.
>
> RANT MODE OFF
>
> So just how many things are wrong with the above picture...
>
> This is why I think the ARRL approach of taking the
> vendors/manufactures to task for selling this sort of thing is one of
> many ways to pursue the issue.  Get rid of the sources as early in the
> food chain as possible...
>