RFI from LED lighting.

I certainly like the many options we have with LED lighting and the energy savings and long life are hard to beat!  I really don’t like the RFI that radiates from some of these lighting products, though.  Some screw-in bulbs that I have purchased from big box home improvement stores, I have simply returned when they caused my VHF radios to un-squelch with raucous static.  I have read other accounts of LED lighting interference with other services such as wireless networking and GPS.  The Coast Guard even issued a bulletin about LED lighting interference.

If you think you are noticing more noise on your amateur radios bands, it’s likely not your imagination!

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