[RFI] 2 MW Solar Farm

[Jpock]

To rfi at contesting.com

Kim, I am in the same type of situation about Commercial Solar Farms in 
LaGrange Indiana.  The county commissioners passed a ordinance allowing 
agricultural property to be transformed into solar farms.  This type of 
change can cause alot of problems for amateur radio operators.

Any type of information that can be shared will be useful!  Thank-you 
Scott K9MA for sharing.

Respectfully,
Jim N9PXO

------ Original Message ------
From: "K9MA" <k9ma at sdellington.us>
To: rfi at contesting.com
Sent: 9/21/2020 23:42:36
Subject: Re: [RFI] 2 MW Solar Farm

>Hopefully not as bad as the 2.3 MS Siemens wind turbines in New Zealand. ZL6QH had to abandon a huge antenna farm because of RFI. Their noise floor went up 50 dB on 80, and only a few of the planned turbines were in operation. While not quite the same, solar and wind power systems both use high frequency switching converters capable of generating lots of RFI.
>
>http://www.zl6qh.com/rf-noise-measurements-quartz-hill-2009-v3.pdf
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>73,
>Scott K9MA
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>On 9/21/2020 11:56 AM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>>I just learned that a 2 MW solar farm is being built about 3/4 mi from my QTH. I don’t know who is behind it, though I ssume it’s a utility company of some sort as 2 MW sounds moderately large. Does anyone have any experience with these? How much of an RFI source are they?
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>>Kim N5OP
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