[TenTec] False Alarm

[Thomas Jednacz]

Howdy, I was the Vice President, Engineering of a company that pioneered the
high frequency electronic ballast and compact fluorescent lamps. Being a
ham, I made sure that we met the FCC requirements for RFI. No problems with
our products. However, in China there are some companies that print phony
FCC labels on their product and leave out the components that reduce RFI in
order to save money. You will be safest if you buy product from Philips, GE
and Osram. If you buy a complete fixture, then make sure the ballast inside
is from one of the above.
73, Tom, W7QF

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of David W LeJeune, Sr
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 21:07
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] False Alarm


I use the florescent replacement bulbs throughout my house, and have large
florescent fixtures in the radio room.  Haven't noticed any increase in
interference here.  Ambient noise on 20 meters was about S1.

Dave WN5V

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Wayne Whitman
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 6:26 PM
To: wn3vaw at verizon.net; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] False Alarm

Actually, since we will be here for a number of months, I think we'll
find an apartment.  Lots of them have balconies here on the upper floors
so hanging out an antenna should be pretty easy.

The other hotel problem is that most of them seem to be using these
florescent replacement bulbs now and I don't know if that is the source
or not, but I have an S6 to S7 noise level that just sounds like hash
noise.  I tried tuning around 40m a few times today, but no signals
above the noise level.

Hopefully we will have an apartment in a couple of weeks and try again.

Thanks for the suggestions :)

73,
Wayne


On Sat, 17 May 2008 13:14:54 -0400, "Ron Notarius W3WN"
<wn3vaw at verizon.net> said:
> Change hotels?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Wayne Whitman
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:24 PM
> To: TenTec List
> Subject: [TenTec] False Alarm
> 
> 
> Picked up my new Omni VII at the factory today.  What fun.
> 
> Get back to the hotel and set everything up.  Hang a HamStick for 40m
> out the window and turn on the autotuner.
> 1.1:1 SWR, not bad.  Tune the band, a few cw signals.  Have to give it a
> try.
> 
> Now the sad part.  Every time I transmit a few cw characters, the hotel
> fire alarm goes off - in the whole building!
> Very nasty.  I have lots of egg on my face now.  The first time I
> thought maybe it was a fluke.  But the second time, well I was sure.
> So now I have this great portable rig and an antenna that tunes, but I
> can't transmit.  Bummer!  Time for an 807 (guess that expression makes
> me an old timer!).
> 
> Maybe it's time to look for an apartment on a high floor.
> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 73,
> Wayne
> K4ELO
> k4elo at fastmail.fm
> 
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73,
Wayne
K4ELO
k4elo at fastmail.fm

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