[HCARC] Ham Shack Lighting

[Harry Folk]

Kerry,
Am I glad I read your reply to Garry. We have at least 4 Ott floor lamps in our motor home. We migrated to them due to their superior light. Now that I am installing a TS-480 and a TM-V71A in the coach I will have to do some checking. In my case both the VHF and HF antenna are attached to the coach.
Hank

> From: kerryk5ks at hughes.net
> To: qltfnish at omniglobal.net; hcarc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:03:11 -0600
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] Ham Shack Lighting
> 
> Gary,
> 
> The lights you have to be wary of are the ones with switching type systems 
> to reduce the voltage.  My wife has an Ott light that is very bad.  I don't 
> know how it ever passed the FCC EMI tests.  I've used flourescents (old tube 
> type), incandescent, and compact flourescents without problem.  The key is 
> not to have your antenna any where's near the shack.  My antenna is 100 ft 
> from the shack and gives me no problems.  If you have an indoor antenna 
> you're going to pick up noise.
> 
> I haven't had any problems with dimmers, ceiling fans or a/c units.  But, 
> again, my antenna is 100 feet away from the ceiling fans and a/c unit in the 
> shack and 200 feet away from the ceiling fans dimmers and ac unit in the 
> house.  Just be sure that all the stuff with dimmers or variable speed 
> controls has an FCC registration number with it.  There is a fair amount of 
> foreign stuff that has been illegally imported and is not approved and does 
> cause problems.  Oh yes, in previous QTH's I've heard microwave ovens but 
> not here because of the distance.
> 
> Likewise, I haven't had problems either direction with LCD TV's, stereos, FM 
> radios, boomboxes, etc, but again I don't let them near my antenna.
> 
> Kerry 
> 
> 
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