Re: [IRCA] noise issue (What about the FCC?)

[Mike Hawkins <michael.d.hawkins@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know that the FCC pays any attention to this anymore.  Considering
the RF noise that is generated by CFL lighting, fluorescent lighting (across
the board), Sharper Image (and other electrostatic) air cleaners, I think
the other cheek has been turned in unimaginable ways.  I am currently
isolating a source of noise that starts every week day at 0400, and on the
weekend at 0500 that I believe is coming from the new smart meters that the
utility is using.  Who knows what the result will be.

On the house wiring topic specifically, the last house that I lived in was a
electrical mess.  I could not listen to AM radio inside the house, and
walked around with a battery-powered Grundig to home in on the noise
source.  The main electrical panel was markedly warm.  I called the utility,
and they said there was strong arcing inside, but it was the responsibility
of the owner.  The owner didn't care at all, because he hoped it would burn
and he could use insurance money to put up a custom home on the huge lot.
If the noise is coming from the house, you might be stuck,  If its wiring
going to the house, the utility may have responsibility to repair it.

Mike Hawkins


On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 12:24 PM, BARRY DAVIES <
barry.davies25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Doesn't the FCC come in to the picture? I see the odd bit of gear from the
> USA with some kind of "meets FCC standard XYZetc." message on the box. Last
> year I had a pulse from an electric fence. It went after a couple of months.
> I do hope it's a faulty piece of gear at your neighbours house which will go
> kaput before the new season starts in the fall hi!
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> Barry :-)
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> --- On Sun, 26/6/11, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] noise issue
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <
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> Cc: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <
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> Date: Sunday, 26 June, 2011, 16:05
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> The issue is the houses are close on my West side and it radiates right
> into my house wiring. Oh yes, matching transformers, isolation
> transformers. Infact I tried running the R8 off 12v last night and the
> noise was just as loud. If I cut the main power to the house, the noise
> goes down. I hate to think I will have to DX that way the rest of my
> life.
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> Patrick
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> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
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