[RFI] Another Solar Panel Interference Case

[David Eckhardt]

Steve, I believe the real push here is to do something about the whole
Solar Power industry when we have whole cities and states, California,
especially, mandating all new construction be outfitted with solar.

I've written enough for the time being.  It's all related from personal
experiences as an EMC/RFI engineer for the last 30+ years.

Dave - WØLEV

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 8:25 PM Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Enough pointless hand wringing. Can we please stick to constructive
> suggestions ?
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 2:09 PM David Eckhardt <davearea51a at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> QUOTE W2TTT, GORDON:  " As for VZW and AT&T staffing, there are
>> surprisingly few engineers
>>                                  available and equipped to troubleshoot
>> noise and other forms of interference, but they
>>                                  do an excellent job when tackling a
>> reported issue.  Keep in mind that their networks
>>                                  (wired and wireless) are often impacted
>> by
>> issues with SMPSs and solar panels in
>>                                  particular.  The trick is to recognize,
>> measure, isolate and mitigate those issues.  These
>>                                  networks are massive with millions of
>> components and even with comprehensive
>>                                  monitoring, there are things that can be
>> below the radar or be ambiguous as to their
>>                                  cause without correlation or further
>> investigation."
>>
>> So, VZW and AT&T (and others) have joined ARRL in doing the job of FCC.
>> Whether it's private industry or ARRL, we all pay for this "service".
>> But,
>> isn't this what FCC was originally chartered to do??
>>
>> When it comes to SMPS from China, FCC allows them to sail through Customs
>> with no attention paid to EMC/RFI.  FCC allows the integrator to be held
>> responsible for the EMC solution when these SMPSs are incorporated into
>> products.  Once sold to a consumer, the consumer becomes responsible
>> (solar
>> power et.al.).  What a "pass-the-buck" approach by FCC!  And FCC has
>> allowed all home appliances to go Scott free w.r.t. EMC/RFI.  Again, what
>> a
>> scam on the part of FCC.  FCC is NOT..... N-O-T ....fulfilling its
>> chartered duties.  We are all paying directly or indirectly for this
>> shirking of responsibilities on the part of the FCC.
>>
>> Again, this could have been avoided for the most part, if FCC had done due
>> dilligence during the early days of the digital revolution.  They did very
>> little (even when they had more clout!!  And, yes, OET has been gutted.
>>
>> Dave - WØLEV
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 6:40 PM EDWARDS, EDDIE J via RFI <
>> rfi at contesting.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > And the internet as well, which is less reliable than the geographically
>> > distributed AM/FM broadcast sites.
>> > But lawyers aren't worried about reliability of communications.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
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>> > MICHAEL ST ANGELO
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>> > Subject: Re: [RFI] Another Solar Panel Interference Case
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>> > Many AM station bother staying on the because they can on operate on the
>> > FM  band via a FM translator license.
>> >
>> > Mike N2MS
>> >
>> > > On 04/05/2022 12:53 PM David Eckhardt <davearea51a at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 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
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