Topband: Home Depot LED bulb interference.

[Jim F.]

Excellent advice Jim, 
 
And another thought...Since this bulb complies with
part 15 of FCC rules our only hope may be with the ARRL.
 
My QRP club is visiting ARRL on the 21st. of this month and the topic
 will be brought up.
 
Top Band is a great forum / list !
 
73,
 
jim
 


--- On Fri, 4/6/12, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:


From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Home Depot LED bulb interference.
To: topband at contesting.com, "Jim F." <j_fitton at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, April 6, 2012, 1:56 PM


On 4/5/2012 9:45 AM, Jim F. wrote:
> I will continue to use one upstairs well away from my operating
> table turned off while operating because I like the bulb and the
> price.

That's a very bad move -- by buying an RF-noisy product, we cause RFI to ourselves and our neighbors, and we cause more RF-noisy products to be sold.

Take it back and demand a refund. Tell them why -- but don't say ham radio, say that it interferes with your AM and/or FM radios.  If you hear it on 160M, chances are it will also be be killing an AM or FM table radio near the lamp.

73, Jim Brown K9YC