[RFI] Power pole equipment/smart meters.

[Gary Smith]

Question: was the noise all over the AM band or was it on a specific 
frequency?

Tnx,

Gary...wa6fgi


On 7/26/2016 10:17 AM, Michael C Martin wrote:
> Absolutely, noise sources or symptoms have not
> limitations
>
> Michael C. Martin
> RFI Services
> PO Box 411
> Traceys Landing, MD 20779
> 240.508.3760
> mike at rfiservices.com
> www.rfiservices.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Bob K6UJ
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 1:02 PM
> To: rfi at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Power pole equipment/smart
> meters.
>
> We also have smart meters that operate in the
> 896/935 commercial band.
> You aren't immune from RFI though as you might
> think.  After they converted our neighborhood over
> to the smart meters, I was plagued with RFI that
> seemed like power line noise.  It turned out to be
> my neighbors smart meter.  It was from the
> electrical circuit inside the unit.  It took me 4
> months of badgering our electrical company to
> finally get it resolved. They kept saying it was
> not possible for it to be the smart meters because
> the operate at such a high frequency, blah, blah.
> When the technician finally came out I walked with
> him over to my neighbors house with my portable
> radio on AM.  The AM signal roared when we got
> close to the smart meter.  A half hour later, the
> smart meter was replaced with a new one and the
> RFI was gone !
>
> Bob
> K6UJ
>
>
>
>
> On 7/26/16 7:46 AM, Michael C Martin wrote:
>> They can relay from meter to meter as well as
> from the meter to a
>> repeater that is usually mounted to streetlight
> brackets utilizing the
>> photo cells mount as a power supply access
> point.
>> Michael C. Martin
>> RFI Services
>> PO Box 411
>> Traceys Landing, MD 20779
>> 240.508.3760
>> mike at rfiservices.com
>> www.rfiservices.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike - W5JR
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 8:59 AM
>> To: KD7JYK DM09
>> Cc: rfi at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [RFI] Power pole equipment/smart
> meters.
>> Our smart meter utilizes the 896/935 commercial
> band. It's polled by
>> their prominent "mountain"
>> site. I receive an email when the mains
> disconnect from the co-op and
>> when they reconnect.
>>
>> tnx
>> Mike / W5JR
>> Alpharetta GA
>>
>>> On Jul 26, 2016, at 1:05 AM, KD7JYK DM09
>> <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> : Probably SmartGrid equipment.  Could be
>> wireless on any range of freqs.
>>> I've always wondered about that stuff.  We were
>> switched over to smart
>>> meters a few years ago.  Fortunately no RFI and
>> they operate on 900
>>> MHz and
>>> 2.4 GHz.  I was told by several meter readers
>> and techs in the are
>>> that they relay to repeaters in the area.  I'm
>> out in the desert.
>>> There is no other equipment for several miles,
>> nothing on any poles
>>> that's ever been seen and the hills with
>> communications equipment are ten to fifteen
> miles out.
>>> What could these new meters possibly be sending
>> to?  I can't imagine
>>> their range much more than to get across my
>> land.
>>> Kurt
>>>
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