[AMRadio] "Magic" lamp QRM

[George Pritchard]

Slightly off topic: My neighbor has it all. Touch lamps, cordless phones,
wireless keypads/mouses, and of course TVs. I get into all of it!
Fortunately I can demonstrate NO INTERFERENCE AT MY QTH on anything
(filters, toroids etc...).  When I handed him printed info on "the how and
whys" of RF interference and volunteered to help solve it... He threw the
papers to the ground, started to call me &@&@$# and everything else in the
book! At that point I stepped back from him and realized that I did not have
to (or want to) help him at all. I told him that he could fix it himself and
that I'm not legally obligated in any way... especially as long as he acts
like that. After his performance, I said: "It's your problem, not mine. I
hope you enjoy my conversations." Case closed. However, I did mail him all
the info "certified receipt" with his signature so he could do it him self
since I will never step into his house again. Fortunately I do not hear any
of his crap on my receivers (quad loops help?). Actually... I'm glad he
acted like that. Now I know I will not get any more complaints, or have to
spend the time with the jerk.
George AB2KC 1KW AM

-----Original Message-----
From: amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Ed Sieb
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 12:48 AM
To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] "Magic" lamp QRM


Those lamps are quite sensitive to RF fields. One of my neighbors has one of
those wretched things.  When he decides to use it, I just fire up the 100W
rig, and key up a few random carriers in sequence. That sequences his lamp
in varying brightness, and he eventually unplugs the thing in frustration.

All my neighbors run RF trash producing junk.  I have a contant +20dB over 9
roar of buzzies, warbles, farts and raspy hum all over HF.  When ever I key
up a nice carrier, I can hear all these signals shift around and settle back
to their natural frequencies, when I unkey. It's quite amusing.  Sending CW
must cause quite some kind of disruption around my neighborhood.  I can't
wait untill I get my big 1KW big rig online.  maybe that'll just blow up all
that junk, once and for all.

Ed, VA3ES

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