[600MRG] [Lowfer] Smoke alarm woes...

[Pat Hamel]

Warren,
Tell the neighbor to use the FCC info as justification to jawbone or sue the
installer for not doing the job right.
He paid for something (a properly-installed system) that he did not get.
He may need to find another company with union electricians who have been to
school longer than just to learn how remove the calf-slobber (wire
lubricant) from their clothes.
About the mound of ferrite - remember EMT - iron conduit acts like a choke.
It is cheap and comes as small as 3.8 inch (half inch is standard).
Pat /6




-----Original Message-----
From: 600MRG [mailto:600mrg-bounces at w7ekb.com] On Behalf Of Warren K2ORS
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 3:01 PM
To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net; 600MRG
Subject: Re: [600MRG] [Lowfer] Smoke alarm woes...

Neil,

      I trigger the neighbor's smoke alarm when transmitting QRO on 160m 
- its one of the new alarms that are all hard-wired into the power and 
also networked together so when one goes off they all go off. The 
neighbor has been a real a**hole even before this came up ... they 
complained to the FCC and the FCC asked what I was running - long story 
short the FCC gave me the green light and told the neighbor to go to 
Radioshack and buy some filers :-)

      I do get into my security camera system when on 500kHz - not 
surprising given the long cables connecting the cameras to the dvr - and 
this is when I run 60W output on 500...   Tough one to solve, it would 
take a mound of ferrite to have appreciable choking action on 500kc!

    73 & GL!
Warren




On 10/20/2014 3:17 PM, Neil Klagge wrote:
> I am bummed. This morning I put my amplifier on 630m at the 50 watt level.
> The smoke/fire alarm was triggered in the new house immediately. So, for
> the time being, I am stuck at 15 watts into the coax and ~20mW ERP.
>
> Read some similar woes on eham.net and not too encouraged about finding an
> acceptable solution at this time.
>
> Have any of you had a similar experience that you were able to solve??
>
> Bummed in Vancouver WA
> Neil
>
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