[RFI] Solar Panel RFI Awareness At Dayton

[Dave (NK7Z)]

https://www.nk7z.net/sdr-rfi-survey-p1/

Also see the Presentations available there.

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

On 5/10/22 09:29, Christopher Wawak wrote:
> I would love to see a “What to do about RFI” type slide deck that can be 
> passed around to clubs and presented. It would cover identifying and 
> characterizing RFI, direction finding, and how to loop ARRL in the case 
> it’s solar or some other thing ARRL has influence on.
> 
> Would other folks think their clubs might be interested?
> 
> Chris KC2IEB
> 
> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 10:33 AM David Eckhardt <davearea51a at gmail.com 
> <mailto:davearea51a at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Again:  This "ARRL FIRST" needs to be widely distributed among the ham
>     community.  Without that, only those who subscribe to this small
>     group are
>     aware.
> 
>     Dave - WØLEV
> 
>     On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 11:03 PM Dave (NK7Z) <dave at nk7z.net
>     <mailto:dave at nk7z.net>> wrote:
> 
>      > 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 <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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