Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have no fluorescents, no CFL's and no LED bulbs in my house. There is a fluorescent tbe lamp in my shed some 75' from the house, and I'm the only one who uses it, so...

I have no expectations of having any of them because I have almost finished stocking up on enough incandescent bulbs to last as long as I'm likely to be here - even if that's another 15+ years !

I am not concerned about the relatively minimal increase in power consumption by remaining with the old and am willing to pay for that inefficiency in order to continue DX'ing.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Mon, 6/27/11, Russ Johnson <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Russ Johnson <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] noise issue update
> To: rtetro@xxxxxxxxx, "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 2:16 PM
> I have avoided CFLs just for the
> noise factor.   I purchased a couple of LED
> bulbs (yes, pricey) recently.  While they seem to have
> a lot of advantages,
> I was disappointed to see that they generated noise up to
> about 3 feet.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Rene Tetro <rene@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > Fluorescent lights have always been a source of RF
> pollution, however.  So
> > they probably made the situation worse by moving to
> them.  I have never
> > allowed fluorescent lighting in my houses for that
> very reason.
> > Unfortunately, the world is moving away from
> incandescent to fluorescent
> > because of the energy savings, with little thought to
> what they do to the
> > RF
> > Spectrum.
> >
> > 73,
> > Rene'
> >
> > >Is ironic that all the lighting there has been
> replaced
> > >with energy smart fluorescent tubes and the like
> but the
> > >noise level has gone from -121dbm (less than S1)
> to -63dbm (10db over S9)
> >
> >
> >
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