[RFI] Solar Panel RFI Awareness At Dayton

[Dave (NK7Z)]

Hi Tony,

Please be sure to coordinate this with the ARRL first!  They may be 
working with vendors, and if this is done in a vacuum, (from the ARRL), 
it could easily cause bad feelings, or worse break some relationships 
the ARRL already has built.   Suggest this to the ARRL, and let them 
coordinate it.

That said, if something like this were to happen, PLEASE don't just deal 
with Solar, include all RFI as the issue.



73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

On 5/9/22 13:33, Tony wrote:
> All:
> 
> Dayton seems to be a good place to inform hams about solar panel RFI and 
> it's potential for wide-spread interference. With 400 cases and counting 
> handled by the ARRL and FCC regulations that carry little weight, this 
> subject needs to be addressed.
> 
> Companies like Kenwood, Elecraft and others as well as tower and antenna 
> manufactures should be made aware of the potential impact on equipment 
> sales. They need to get on board with the ARRL and push-back on 
> manufactures who continue to install horrendously noisy solar 
> installations.
> 
> A petition requesting the FCC to act with regard to solar panel RFI is 
> long overdue. As Ed Hare has mentioned, solar systems along with the 
> wires attached to inverters and optimizers do not have specific 
> emissions limits. Ed also points out that this needs to be addressed and 
> that those kinds of changes to emissions limits are going to take YEARS 
> to resolve.
> 
> The FCC needs to hear from 700,000 U.S. hams before things gets out of 
> hand with solar installations. The ARRL can't do it all.
> 
> Tony -K2MO
> 
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