[ARC5] BC 453 request - ham radio

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 1 Nov 2019 at 12:35, AKLDGUY . wrote:

> I had an enormous amount of noise on 80m which proved to be due to LED lighting in the house. 
> When I turned off all the lights except for one known to be the old incandescent type, the level 
> dropped to S5.
> Neil ZL1ANM

I think it depends on the CFL or LED light: our home is full of them, and I have zero noise 
from any of them. I went around our home to each light fixture with a portable all band radio, 
and found nothing from any of them unless the antenna was touching the light. Even then, 
the noise was minimal.

In fact, I have given up on trying to even FIND incandescent lamps any more.

However, our middle son once built a hot-rod computer using the cheapest parts he could 
find. The 600 watt computer power-supply output the worst noise I have ever expernenced. I 
bought him a new top-grade power supply and used his as a target for some 7.62 X 54R

Other folks, like you, have reported terrible amounts of noise from LED and CFL "bulbs".

I have no idea what is the difference.

Ken W7EKB