[RFI] New ARRL Mission statement > Was solar fix

Hare, Ed, W1RFI w1rfi at arrl.org
Sun Jul 28 06:02:15 EDT 2024


Steve Anderson, W1EMI, is a member of the broadcasters AM Improvement Working Group.  One of their concerns is the increasing noise levels.  In ARRL's measurements of noisy devices, we have often found that they "pass" emissions limits above 1.5 MHz, but fail below that frequency.  Now that we have a mechanism to report these more effectively to the FCC, we can encourage the broadcast industry to join in.  Now that we have 630 and 2200 meter amateur allocations, our standing to complain about excessive noise below 1.5 MHz is also enhanced.

By my guess, most "ignition" noise in modern vehicles is from fuel injectors, not spark systems, based mostly on the sound.

Ed, W1RFI
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Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2024 4:48 PM
To: jim at audiosystemsgroup.com <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>; rfi at contesting.com <rfi at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] New ARRL Mission statement > Was solar fix

Whenever I hear a particularly vicious ignition signal on the bands, it's usually a Ford driving past my QTH.
73 de Gene Smar AD3F

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  On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM, Jim Brown<jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:   On 7/27/2024 11:13 AM, Joe wrote:
> We need to get the AM Broadcasters onboard and join us.

I'm a longtime member of SBE (Society of Broadcast Engineers). That
fight by AM broadcasters has been going on for decades, and they keep on
losing. At least 30 years ago, the Chief Engineer of 50kW WLS licensed
to Chicago, told me that he was fighting noise from Ford ignition
systems that was so bad that the station was being wiped out in their
across town!

73, Jim K9YC




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