[RFI] Another Solar Panel Interference Case

Tue Apr 5 13:54:38 EDT 2022

Here is where the FCC is: 
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fcc-requests-budget-increase
The FCC has 1550 employees to manage all the spectrum issues for a 
country of 330,000,000 citizens and a GDP of $21,000,000,000,000 (that's 
trillions).
Verizon alone has 130,000 employees. AT&T has 200,000.
For comparison, the FCC budget request is .05% of the defense budget 
request.
AT&T, Verizon, Charter and T-Mobile spent $107M in lobbying in 2020.
Perhaps most telling is this graph of FCC headcount 1983-2016. 
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-331835A1.pdf
I would say we are getting the level of service and outcomes we are 
paying for.
73,
Steve
W1SRD
> And the "official" reply from FCC to the impacted (RFI) coverage areas for
> AM BC, "Increase your output power."  Sure.....Yea......That costs the BCer
> money both for a new transmitter and continuing additional fees to pay the
> electric bill.
>
> Yes, where is the FCC??
>
> Dave - WØLEV
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 3:24 PM EDWARDS, EDDIE J via RFI <rfi at contesting.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I've only seen RFI mentioned in passing a few times in Radio World a
>> broadcast magazine.  Doesn't seem to be an issue for broadcasters typically
>> operating from 5,000 watts to 50,000 watts.
>>
>> If you think about it, it's not going to be much of an issue to local AM
>> broadcasters who are using very strong local transmissions on ground wave
>> to the receivers.  They may only lose fringe or rural area listeners, and
>> only if those listeners get solar systems.  Compare that to amateur radio
>> operators running only 100 watts (typical) or less or rarely up to
>> 1,500watts (max) transmitting through the ionosphere once or multiple times
>> with 40-70db or more of loss and requiring highly sensitive receivers to
>> pick up the weak signals.
>>
>> Most AM broadcasters won't be affected much at all with minimal loss of
>> listeners.  But Amateur Radio will be.
>>
>> 73, de ed -K0iL
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RFI <rfi-bounces+eedwards=oppd.com at contesting.com> On Behalf Of
>> bill steffey
>> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2022 7:20 PM
>> To: Rfi List <rfi at contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [RFI] Another Solar Panel Interference Case
>>
>>
>> not having a BAD solar System, but a good one , I wonder what happens to
>> receiving AM broadcasting ?????
>>
>> The AM broadcaster is a guy with a commercial license, a big investment
>> AND THE PROFIT MOTIVE destroyed by interference.
>>
>>
>> Where o'  where did the FCC go????
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/4/2022 7:59 PM, Hare, Ed, W1RFI wrote:
>>> Get these reports to Steve Anderson, W1EMI at arrl.org, or rfi at arrl.org.
>> The more we bring these to the involved companies, the more they will do to
>> try to improve future designs.
>>> Ed, W1RFI
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: RFI <rfi-bounces+w1rfi=arrl.org at contesting.com> On Behalf Of
>>> Tony
>>> Sent: Monday, April 4, 2022 7:44 PM
>>> To: Rfi List <rfi at contesting.com>
>>> Subject: [RFI] Another Solar Panel Interference Case
>>>
>>> All:
>>>
>>> Just received word from yet another ham who is experiencing solar panel
>> RFI. Jeff, KD2SCR said he recently became a new ham and noticed that his
>> home solar system was causing interference. The system is made by Solar
>> Edge so no surprise there.
>>> I continue to hear from hams both here and abroad and there is no doubt
>> in my mind that wide-spread solar panel interference will not only
>> discourage new hams, but it will kill HF radio for the majority us --
>> especially those living in cities and suburbs where home solar saturates
>> these areas.
>>> See Jeff's comments below.
>>>
>>> Tony -K2MO
>>>
>>> /Hello, //
>>> /
>>> /
>>> /
>>> /I just saw your videos on YT on interference from solar panels.
>>> notable from the neighbors solar city install with solar edge
>>> equipment. I also have solar city with solar edge equipment and 3
>>> weeks ago I got my General license and a new Yaesu FTDX10./ / / /The
>>> only band I can transmit on is 40m. but not very far, like ct and va
>>> and I'm in new jersey. Wondering if this was ever resolved as your
>>> videos are 2 years old ?/ / / /73//thanks! Jeff KD2SCR. // /
>>>
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