[Boatanchors] CFLs

[Troglodite at aol.com]

One thing no one has mentioned that I have encountered is RFI from CFL's.  
Perhaps the newer ones are better, but some generate noise all the way up 
into  the GHz region. I cannot use one in the lamp that sits next to my home 
wireless  phone system, as it operates marginally when near the CFL. It runs 
at 2.4GHz or  thereabouts. Now it may be that some lower frequency component 
is interfering  with the phone's processor, I don't know for sure.
 
I also pick up noise on several communications receivers if there are CFL's 
 in the same room. Has anyone else noticed this?
 
Doug Moore kb9tmy