Re: [IRCA] Interference source- LED bulb

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder how far a bad LED bulb will radiate? Could one in the neighborhood or next door cause a lot of noise? 

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

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> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 19:58:26 -0400
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> Subject: [IRCA] Interference source- LED bulb
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> I have been plagued by nasty harsh "line noise" type interference for past couple of months . I finally decided to see if something in the house was causing it. 
> 
> I found it pretty quickly. It was an LED lightbulb that must be going bad. I have 2 of them in ceiling fan. 
> 
> I was amazed at how much hash this thing threw out and how much distance it covered. It was picked up even by external antenna (inverted vee). 
> 
> I got the LED bulbs as I thought they would be radio friendly. The other one is quiet, so something must be going wrong in the offending bulb. 
> 
> If you are using these and have mystery hash interference in the AM band, you might check them. 
> 
> Mine was a Utilitech LA190M. A 7.5 watt bulb that replaced 60 watt incandescent. From Lowes. Probably 2 years of use.   FYI 
> 
> Russ Johnson
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