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That's just the point. This grow will be found. If its affecting me from more than 500 meters away it will not be long before it affects someone else like a cop who may be passing by.Fuck the police, catch me if you can.
At the min that's un known. I know the source is more than 500 metres away from my antennas.What's the distance between source to reception? 100-200 ft? Does mylar interfere?
Where are you located, how many plants? If you’re that paranoid, you shouldn’t even grow honestly or you could fork up the cash and buy the ballast you’re talking about. Problem would be solved after that.That's just the point. This grow will be found. If its affecting me from more than 500 meters away it will not be long before it affects someone else like a cop who may be passing by.
Once RF interference like this is created and picked up it becomes a big problem. This is on emergency broadcasting frequencys along with military frequencys.
Yes I'm all for fuck the police. But at the same time there is certain things we don't want to affect. Military communication and satellites being one of them.
This post was to give everyone a visual representation of the RF cheap ballasts make.
If the lights was powered by a magnetic (linear) ballast you would see nothing on the spectrum scope.
I am not paranoid at all. I myself do not create any RF interference with any of my gear.Where are you located, how many plants? If you’re that paranoid, you shouldn’t even grow honestly or you could fork up the cash and buy the ballast you’re talking about. Problem would be solved after that.
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OK so someone local to me has decided to set up a grow.
This person is using cheap nasty ballasts from China. They clearly are not true CE spec.
Now I have been out with a small radio and antenna looking for the sorce and so far said grow is not within 500 metres of my home.
I will continue to look for said grow and have a chat once found.
But I wanted to show you all how bad the switchmode ballasts are.
If you don't have to use switchmode ballasts and can get hold of linear (magnetic ballasts) then do so.
You may well have a AM radio and think your RF interference is not that bad but your am radio is not going to show you how bad the harmonics of the RF is on other bands.
In places where growing weed is illegal and the police bust someone the chances are its because they are creating interference on emergency broadcasting frequencys and amateur radio bands.
As you see in the images the sign wave moves and harmonics of harmonics are created.
The thin lines in the images are radio transmissions. The splatter, swerling lines are harmonics created by grow ballasts.
The other thing is the electrical safety aspect. If the makers couldn't be bothered to add some farite rings and magnetic wire to be compliant with the RF emission laws the chances are they don't give a dam if it smokes and burns down your house.
Just because you can't hear the rfi on your AM radio it doesn't mean its not making harmonics else where.
Some of the junk from China kills the VHF radio spectrum too. And as some have mentioned the UHF bands to.
Keep it clean guys. Keep it safe. Don't buy that China junk.
Must be someone who hasn't decided to switch to LED's.This person is using cheap nasty ballasts from China
OP is a HAM radio operator and the supposed grow is interfering (causing static) in OP's transmissions and reception. OP really didn't give us enough to know if this even is a grow. For example, does the static occur during certain times every day? If it really is a grow causing the static, then the static should come on and go off in accordance with a timer. Whatever has caused OP to conclude that the static is the result of a grow with noisy lights, OP seems to have made this post in hopes that the grower peruses this forum. OP being a HAM should be able to deduce the size of the grow and its potential location from the radio interference.How is this grow affecting you?
OP is a HAM radio operator and the supposed grow is interfering (causing static) in OP's transmissions and reception. OP really didn't give us enough to know if this even is a grow. For example, does the static occur during certain times every day? If it really is a grow causing the static, then the static should come on and go off in accordance with a timer. Whatever has caused OP to conclude that the static is the result of a grow with noisy lights, OP seems to have made this post in hopes that the grower peruses this forum. OP being a HAM should be able to deduce the size of the grow and its potential location from the radio interference.
Cheap electronics give off electromagnetic radiation and it can be tracked. That's his point.Speak English! I have no idea what amy of this means.
Cheap LED lights will also give rfi like this. Lol a cheap laptop charger from China will also do this kind of mess along with dimmers attached is a image of the noise my own dimmer makes.Must be someone who hasn't decided to switch to LED's.
Edit: That's probably how a lot of indoor grows used to get busted. Not many using ballast-type lights anymore, so pretty much moot.
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