Good article. Ham operators are easy to spot, they will have abnormally large antennas of all configurations all over the place. Might as well start adding filters to your ballasts before they come knocking. If a utility transformer is putting off rfi, one call to the FCC and you'll see a new transformer going in pronto. Hams have some power!
As far as RF goes, I can pick up 2 am stations one wall away from my grow room and only a little bit of one station inside the room. Do you think that's anything to worry about?
Do you have cable TV? If so any static in the TV?
Lol yeah I just put it back on, just wanted them to dry a bit before cappingYou might want to keep the cap on your test meters sitting on that table.
I have satellite I think technically. Direct tv if you've ever heard of it. No static that I've noticed
No static on TV and radio gets Am reception. I think k your RFI foot print is small. Mine was 4 blocks square and affected hundreds of customers... Cable people were pissed and came back and trapped my line because I wouldn't let them in.
Only if you got a ham operator next door.
I'm sorry but what's ham?
Amateur radio operator code name ham
I would take a walk around your property. Look for the meter socket/pedestal. You should see either overhead wires coming into your service drop or if you have underground service it just comes up from the ground into the socket. Either way it should be easy to spot if it's outside.
So basically your saying landlines? If any of my neighbors have landlines it could screw with it?
Yes it is a possibility but even your sat dish would be affected. You would get static and patterns. Phone signal would degrade some if it is across the band.
And I had solistek 1st gen Matrix's a few of them. The RFI comes from the lamp side cord. Why some of the de sheet has the ballast attached with no lamp cord.
Yeah I was just going to ask you what you were using next. I'm looking into one or two 630 watt de cmh from growers choice. They are advertised to have an rf block on them. Currently just using a vivosun 600w dimmable hps/mh and 2 blurples for veg on some seedlings. Those cmh, specifically GC with the 3000k de full spectrum red supplement bulbs seem sweet
The power company should have their own lock ring around the meter. You probably won't be able to put anything of yours on it. They usually keep it sealed with a plastic lock to see if meters have been tampered with.
Just get a backup diesel or petrol generator then, include it in the price of your build for peace of mind. I mean even in a big power outage maybe a week tops you would be without power?