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W8LV

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RE: Dipole in the attic has an interesting side effect.
« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2019, 12:48:15 AM »

Good and appropriate technical advice, IMO, and It doesn't matter if you are using an outside antenna, or you are stuck with an indoor one in an HOA Occupied Territory... It happens!

I had the same thing with a "Pulse 21" furnace a dipole mounted outdoors.
It would get cold in the house, because RF was getting into the thermostat wire and shutting the furnace down. Several hours later, it would reset itself. And so without the "instant" cause and effect, it took me a while to figure it out. A couple of ferrites on the thermostat line, and the problem was solved.

Sometimes, I wonder in general about the usefulness of a thermostat that you can adjust remotely, the Internet of Things, Hot Tea makers, and Electric Can Openers. No Doubt, someone from Shenzhen will market an internet controlled Electric Toothbrush. Or they already have.


I just adjust my thermostat to three "settings" namely, "Home" "Sleep" and "Away", and find that just doing this whilst I'm actually at home works out pretty well, with "Away" being set just before I leave the house, and then setting it to "Home" when I come home... But sometimes I do have a problem with the "Sleep" mode, in that I press that one, and then sometimes still can't fall asleep.

And if I want to save on electricity, I just turn the thermostat entirely off and: 1) Open the window when I am hot, and 2) Close the window if I am cold.  

In my experience, it's much harder to mitigate "QRF", although luckily, one finds that the Inverse Square Law works in this instance, too.

My Dad would just turn down his hearing aid....
;D

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KD4MAO

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RE: Dipole in the attic has an interesting side effect.
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2019, 04:29:34 AM »

To anyone that has or is contemplating offering unsolicited "advice", I ask that you first read the stickied post in this forum:

https://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,98199.0.html

You aren't being helpful.

Thank you.





The sad truth ham radio like nearly ever other area of our lives is gradually being squeezed out and made much harder until it will eventually vanish. "Political Correctness". will eventually be used to destroy and replace every activity that the few elites that are working hard to control us all actually put in place way to make it happen. HOA are just one tool. of course the beautiful is being used to remove the practical. Educated folks are now so indoctrinated as to no longer be able to understand the difference. Today in some cities in China where "jay walking" is illegal a person that tries it is recognized by facial recognition software  used with the millions of cameras everywhere identified and sent an email or text advising them they were caught and a fine has been extracted from their bank account or a charge applied to their credit card.  I realize this comment is likely to be deleted by the forum sensor but have posted it any ways. For folks to be required to give up the right to install an antenna on property they are suppose to own proves my point that it is all about the loss of our liberty and rights. 

Ham radio will eventually die because the elites don't want anyone having to much freedom?
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