[RFI] Solar Panel RFI Awareness At Dayton

[Dave (NK7Z)]

...and I forgot Jim's site at:

http://www.k9yc.com/publish.htm

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 10:01, Dave (NK7Z) wrote:
> 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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