[RFI] LED Street lights

[AA5CT]

 Hmmm ... if an exotic receive apparatus is required to 'spot the noise', how serious could the noise really be? 

First tier inspection ought to be a portable SW radio brought to the pole and a quick survey made of the ham bands.
Just an observation of the situation on my part.
de AA5CT Jim
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    On Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 6:09:14 PM GMT-5, Dave (NK7Z) <dave at nk7z.net> wrote:  
 
 Hi,
Your best option is to spend a hundred bucks and get an RSP 1A from 
SDRPlay, any SDR will work, but the RSPPlay RSP1A works very well for a 
tool to evaluate RFI issues..  Then see:

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

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

On 8/23/23 15:57, Eric Rosenberg wrote:
> Yesterday my city (Washington, DC) replaced our neighborhood’s street lights with LED ones. I suspect they will be installed in the alley on the other side of my city (140 ft x 40 ft) lot.
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> I didn’t get a chance to take a picture of the one on the pole in front of my house, nor have I checked out ow noisy they are, if at all.
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> I hope to o do that in the next week or so (been very busy at work).
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> I don’t have a pan adapter or and test gear other than  m y K3.
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> That being said,  what should I be listening for?  I nothing else, I assume they’ll be brighter.
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> Thanks & 73,
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> Eric W3DQ
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