[Elecraft] FCC rules part 18

[w6jd at comcast.net]

We've used nothing but CF bulbs in our home for the past 7 years and I've never experienced RFI from any of them. The desk lamp in the shack is about a foot from the K2 and the IC-706 with nary a whisper of interference. Now the COMPAQ laptop is another story!

Doug
W6JD

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From: w2bvh <w2bvh at comcast.net> 

> I just got back from the home center. While there I looked at the 
> instructions for a 42 watt (150 watt equivalent) helical compact 
> fluorescent (the kind that screws in as a replacement for a regular bulb). 
> 
> The instructions said that it complies with fcc rules part 18. If it 
> causes radio interference it should be moved or the radio should be 
> moved. That there may be radiation in the 0.5-30MHz range. And that it 
> should not be used in proximity to marine radio equipment. 
> 
> So my question is: is the sky falling, or is this a non-issue? 
> 
> 73, 
> Lenny W2BVH 
> 
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