On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:02:31 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:


I was running 100 watts from a Kenwood TS-520. The bedroom light was
not being run from the 240-volt power wiring to the TS-520. After
years of thinking about it, I have never found an entirely
satisfactory explanation.

To add complexit to this puzzle, was your dinner being cold caused to
some extent by the apparent drop in mains voltage at the light socket
in the shack (bedroom)?

Did your light have a phase controlled dimmer (you know, to set the
mood)... they not only emitted huge quantities of RF, they were also
very susceptible to ingress of RF.

It wasn't by chance some other interaction like RF interference with
street lighting controllers and the street likes were operating in
sympathy with your keying?

Perhaps some other on-site high power appliance affected by RF. I had
one of the early heaters with a fully solid state thermostat that was
susceptible to RFI, and it took a while to work out why when I went
into my office sometimes the heater had been running even though it
appeared to be "off"... until I associated the effect with recent
on-air activity.

At my coastal retreat, SSB RF was getting into the irrigation
controller recently, causing water hammer in sympathy with speech.

There are limitless possibilities!

Owen
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