Re: [IRCA] FCC may help remove electrical noise

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, sure. Let's increase powers and put more stations on at night. That doesn't really address the interference problem at all. What's needed is more enforcement of existing regs. For instance, the power supply which is used to maintain charge on the battery backup for my fiberoptic ( FIOS ) telephone service in the event of a power outage is one of the dirtiest power supplies I've ever experienced.

But enforcement costs money and the FCC hasn't got much of a budget and it probably isn't likely to. Besides, that enforcement would naturally adversely affect business in the electronics industry.

Bottom line, I'm not going to hold my breath for any of this, because I think the initial question posed in the article - "Is AM still relevant ? " is probably more reasonable. And we probably need fewer stations at night - and perhaps in the daytime too - not more.

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 Sun, 3/3/13, Craig Healy <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Craig Healy <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] FCC may help remove electrical noise
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 9:12 PM
> The FCC is considering acting on
> their current laws to remove noise on the AM band. 
> There is an article about this.  The link is posted on
> the AM-DX.COM site.
> 
> http://www.am-dx.com
> 
> If that actually happens, it will at least stop the increase
> of electrical noise that degrades DXing.  I certainly
> hope they do enforce their laws.
> 
> Craig Healy
> Providence, RI
> 
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