[arrl-odv:24903] Grow Lights
The Washington State Legislature is considering a Bill to allow up to six marijuana plants to be grown in a private residence. This coupled with the already blossoming (pun intended) industry in Washington, Oregon and Colorado, will bring about more 'grow light' interference to Ham Radio. Are we (ARRL) pursuing this interference issue, and is the FCC at all receptive of the Ham Radio Community complaints? I will be speaking against this legislation at the Science and Technology Committee, just after the first of the year. 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director
Oh my God! (Jonathan Quayle Higgins IIII ref. quote) I've had an episode with these damnable appliances and they are heavy QRM generators! At least the DEA solved my problem- no such remedy available where they legalized dope. Oh my! 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Director, Delta Division Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX <nwdvd@comcast.net> wrote:
The Washington State Legislature is considering a Bill to allow up to six marijuana plants to be grown in a private residence. This coupled with the already blossoming (pun intended) industry in Washington, Oregon and Colorado, will bring about more 'grow light' interference to Ham Radio.
Are we (ARRL) pursuing this interference issue, and is the FCC at all receptive of the Ham Radio Community complaints? I will be speaking against this legislation at the Science and Technology Committee, just after the first of the year.
73 and good Hamming
Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director
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Jim, yes, we are pursuing the interference issue and yes, the FCC is at least somewhat receptive. There is a case right now to which they are devoting significant resources, apparently to make it an object lesson. Unfiltered electronic ballasts are the issue. The absence of proper filtering is the main problem. Switching from electronic to magnetic ballasts is an even better fix than filtering. 73, Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Pace, Jim, K7CEX Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 10:20 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24903] Grow Lights The Washington State Legislature is considering a Bill to allow up to six marijuana plants to be grown in a private residence. This coupled with the already blossoming (pun intended) industry in Washington, Oregon and Colorado, will bring about more 'grow light' interference to Ham Radio. Are we (ARRL) pursuing this interference issue, and is the FCC at all receptive of the Ham Radio Community complaints? I will be speaking against this legislation at the Science and Technology Committee, just after the first of the year. 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
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Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ