[Elecraft] OT: Oh the lovely noise

Stephen Prior eastbrantwood at gmail.com
Sun Nov 18 13:47:57 EST 2012


I agree.  I have a house full of CFLs and have had for many years.  I don't
believe I have every come across a noisy one.  Some of the LED lamps are
horrendous however.

73 Stephen G4SJP


On 18 November 2012 18:02, hawley, charles j jr <c-hawley at illinois.edu>wrote:

> Seems unlikely. I have a number of these bulbs in my home and see nothing
> like that. There is some noise from these but manageable. Look further for
> your sources of noise.
>
> Sent from my iPad
> Chuck, KE9UW
> (Jack for BMW motorcycles)
>
> On Nov 18, 2012, at 11:33 AM, "Thom Durfee" <pof at priest.com> wrote:
>
> > Just hooked up my Ten-Tec RX340D  SDR to my 40 meter dipole.
> >
> > from all the new CFL lightbulbs in my neighborhood I get more than S9
> > +40db of noise.
> >
> > looks like no ham radio at home.
> >
> > maybe I will have better luck at my daughters 75 miles away.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Thom WI8W
> >
> >
> >
> >
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