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Can't you get the local RF assocation enforcement authority to deal with them? Sounds like blatant EMI violations at that reach.

by namibj 4y ago

op00to 4y ago
No one cares about EMI violations anymore, which is funny because all that radiated energy could have been turned into useful electricity! In the US, there is literally a single person at the FCC who handles such complaints. It is the same in every country. Anyway, what would the local RF association do? Send a letter? There is an IEEE working group to establish residential solar installation “good engineering practices”, but we are years off from seeing anything, and even then it’s just a recommendation.
- namibj 4y ago
  https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Vportal/TK/Funktechnik/Stoerung/start.html https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Vportal/TK/Funktechnik/S... gives this example: > Der Flughafen Bremen meldete ein Störungssignal in der Kommunikation zwischen Tower und Cockpit. Nach einer aufwendigen Ermittlung haben unsere Messtechniker einen Mardervertreiber auf dem Dachboden eines Familienhauses in der Nähe des Flughafens gefunden. > Bremen Airport reported a fault signal in the communication between tower and cockpit. After an elaborate investigation, our measurement technicians found a marten repeller in the attic of a family home near the airport. That sounds like EMI to me, but a different example they gave was that the wireless keyfob of the complainant's car didn't work on one side of the house (but worked on the other side), with the culprit being a small weather station at a neighbor that ran on the wrong frequency "due to a defect". I'm not sure to what extend the offending devices affect safety critical infrastructure, but if they are sufficiently broadband, I'd expect them to hit such a frequency allocation. In that case, the BNetzA can and afaik will order the offender to turn off and fix before turning back on. Also note the german amateur radio club's information on the subject: https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/emv/emv-abhilfemassnahmen/ https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/emv/emv-abhilfemassnah... "EMC (the EMI-sense) mitigation measures".

Can't you get the local RF assocation enforcement authority to deal with them? Sounds like blatant EMI violations at that reach.

by namibj 4y ago

Can't you get the local RF assocation enforcement authority to deal with them? Sounds like blatant EMI violations at that reach.

op00to 4y ago

No one cares about EMI violations anymore, which is funny because all that radiated energy could have been turned into useful electricity! In the US, there is literally a single person at the FCC who handles such complaints. It is the same in every country. Anyway, what would the local RF association do? Send a letter? There is an IEEE working group to establish residential solar installation “good engineering practices”, but we are years off from seeing anything, and even then it’s just a recommendation.

namibj 4y ago
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Vportal/TK/Funktechnik/Stoerung/start.html https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Vportal/TK/Funktechnik/S... gives this example: > Der Flughafen Bremen meldete ein Störungssignal in der Kommunikation zwischen Tower und Cockpit. Nach einer aufwendigen Ermittlung haben unsere Messtechniker einen Mardervertreiber auf dem Dachboden eines Familienhauses in der Nähe des Flughafens gefunden. > Bremen Airport reported a fault signal in the communication between tower and cockpit. After an elaborate investigation, our measurement technicians found a marten repeller in the attic of a family home near the airport. That sounds like EMI to me, but a different example they gave was that the wireless keyfob of the complainant's car didn't work on one side of the house (but worked on the other side), with the culprit being a small weather station at a neighbor that ran on the wrong frequency "due to a defect". I'm not sure to what extend the offending devices affect safety critical infrastructure, but if they are sufficiently broadband, I'd expect them to hit such a frequency allocation. In that case, the BNetzA can and afaik will order the offender to turn off and fix before turning back on. Also note the german amateur radio club's information on the subject: https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/emv/emv-abhilfemassnahmen/ https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/emv/emv-abhilfemassnah... "EMC (the EMI-sense) mitigation measures".