[RFI] Solar Panel RFI Awareness At Dayton

[Don Kirk]

Hi Kurt,

You said "We already have specific emissions values, I just suggest
lower.", but I don't believe there are radiated emission limits below 30
MHz, just conducted emission limits below 30 MHz in the US.  If you
introduce radiated emission limits in the FCC rules for frequencies below
30 MHz then you do in fact risk overriding the protection we have with the
current "harmful interference" stipulation.

On the other hand maybe you're talking about reducing the "conducted
emissions" limits for frequencies below 30 MHz which would not necessarily
put the "harmful interference" stipulation in jeopardy.

Hopefully someone better educated on the current FCC rules will step in and
correct me if I've misspoken.

Just FYI,
Don (wd8dsb)

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 2:06 PM KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> "Adding a specific emissions value to the regulations, and a value that
> would be a compromise that most hams won't like at all..."
>
> We already have specific emissions values, I just suggest lower.
>
> "...doesn't require removal of the words "harmful interference"."
>
> Right, a different issue, not related to emissions values already in place.
>
> "In fact adding the specific emissions value to the regulations would
> redefine those words and lock them in to that specific emissions limit
> value."
>
> No change in current regulations with specific emissions values (other
> than lower potential RFI levels), and unrelated to harmful interference
> enforcement.
>
> "So having "Harmful Interference" vague enough to account for these
> differences works better for the most hams than does setting a specific
> emissions limit that will be a compromise between ARRL and the
> commercial industry."
>
> There was no suggestion to separate, or remove any of this, or even
> compromise, just lower the potential of one other thing, with the hope
> it would have a broader affect overall.
>
> Imagine, RFI, being 1/10th, or 1/100th of what it currently is, with no
> other changes, removals, or compromises.  RFI, at a fraction of what it
> is, that might be a good start...
>
> "Why is it so hard to understand that the commercial industry will have
> equal or possibly more influence in new regulation creation than the
> smaller ARRL probably will?"
>
> I don't believe for a moment that just one radio club would have an
> adequate affect on the matter.
>
> If we compare the relative size of the ARRL to the FCC and the entire
> global industry, one which has few abilities, control, enforcement, or
> incentive, another which doesn't even care, the ARRL (more specifically,
> "1.5 staff in the ARRL Lab have managed to be the focal point and do all
> the legwork for the cases that FCC does handles" per Eds April 5th post)
> isn't a large influencing group, not even a few fussy individuals,
> relatively speaking, I dare say, more of a vague memory, if anything at
> all, that someone made a comment about something, before others do as
> they always have, hence, my support of the suggestion of everyone else
> with an interest or concern of the issue, being involved at some level
> that matters, note, however, not in any counterproductive manner at all,
> as suggested by Dave.
>
> Kurt
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