[RFI] Politics and RFI

[Gary Smith]

Wait till we start getting stuff made in "Inja" as the Brits like to 
call it.


Gary...wa6fgi



On 3/19/2018 11:13 AM, David Eckhardt wrote:
> The two largest offenders in this home are:
>       1)  The new appliances - all contain Chinese switchers that came
> through Customs as a 'component'.  And....., FCC specifically
>            exempts home appliances from any regulations regarding RFI ! ! !
>    Must have a good lobby in Cangress?
>       2)  My ISP, Jab Broadband, or what ever they are called these days
> (localy Rise Broadband).  I've aggressively loaded their line
>            from the dish to the radio room with massive amounts of ferrites
> and done a responsible job of terminating the shielding on
>            the CAT 6 cable.  Can't totally reduce them to the noise floor on
> HF or low VHF (I play radio astronomy as well as amateur
>            radio).
>
> Dave - WØLEV
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Roger (K8RI) via RFI <rfi at contesting.com>
> wrote:
>
>> MI and a number of states are offering FREE solar installations to the so
>> called middle class. IOW most home owners.
>> Although you seem to be targeting imports from China, they come in from
>> all over the world with many as components.  Currently because of taxes,
>> parts from Europe tend to cost more so the impetus is to purchase cheap
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> Save 10 cents here and there in computer power supplies and with millions
>> sold, ea 10 cents saved can quickly add up to millions of dollars.  TV
>> sets. computers, networks, and so on.  I counted an easy 10 to 12 wall
>> warts here in the den depending on what I'm running. Modem (1), Router(1),
>> Telephone(1), servers (2), USB drives (2)(can be 4 or 5), assorted
>> accessories (2 to 4 more).
>>
>> It seems like everything comes, powered by a wall wart. At least my
>> wireless headset is powered by USB from the computer.
>>
>> "So far" with 5 computers, and 2 smart TVs on a CAT5 Gigabyte network
>> along with numerous laptops, tablets, and smartphones, on wifi I've had no
>> interference from "MY" stuff. I did have something running S9 that was
>> between 60 and 120 degrees that "appeared" to be at least a mile away. It
>> was just a strong white noise that fell off rapidly around 60 and 120
>> degrees. For frequency it fell off between 15 and 20 meters on one end and
>> above the 6-meter band on the other. I haven't heard it in a couple of
>> years. About the time the local hams got serious, it disappeared.
>>
>> It hasn't been many decades since we complained about Japan, then Korea,
>> then China. Whose next as the noise floor continues to climb?  Right now
>> (4:15 AM) the noise floor on 40 is between S1 and S2 on the FTDX5000 with 1
>> preamp.  There's too much junk in front of the rig to adjust much of
>> anything.    There will always be someone on the horizon who will build
>> cheaper and sell for less.
>>
>> In many cases it's American companies buying and assembling cheap,
>> imported junk. We were the originators of planned obsolescence.  I had a
>> car in the late 60s or early 70s that had the right front quarter panel
>> rust out before the car was a year old. The manufacturer offered to pay
>> half the cost of fixing and painting. I had a custom shop do it for less
>> than that and I trusted their work.
>>
>> 73, Roger (K8RI)
>>
>>
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