Isn't it amazing the lack of regulation there now is on this stuff! Remember my 10-meter interference problem last year that turned out to be caused by a faulty computer server power supply in a house a block away? Tom Behler: KB8TYJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:04 PM Subject: RFI Menace Washing Machine > If this weren't a true story, it would be funny! > > K5XU > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "QRP-L" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:29 AM > Subject: [QRP-L] Everyone! I need your help!!! RFI Menace Washing > Machine > > > Hello All, > > After six years of living in RFI Heck, we are replacing our broadband > DC to Daylight (500kHz to 60MHz and beyond) Kenmore branded Whirlpool > high efficiency washing machine! The machine is an RFI menace! > Follow the link for a YouTube video to see it in action on a spectrum > analyzer. You can pick it up loud and clear on a consumer portable > SW receiver for two full city blocks from my house. I don't want > another one like this one! > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjjUOwstofc > > > My request to all of you! > > PLEASE take a moment to help keep me out of RFI Heck for another 6 > years (or more). > > 1) If the washing machine in your home DOES NOT cause RFI > interference please send me a reply with the make, model, and model > number so I can purchase the same or similar washing machine. > > 2) If the washing machine in your home DOES cause RFI please send me > a reply with the make, model, and model number so I can avoid > purchasing that washing machine. > > 3) If you make any jokes about wash boards or laundry tubs, I will > find out where you live and donate my washing machine to your > neighbor... AND I will throw in the matching RFI dryer that goes with > it. OK, you have had your chuckle... this is a serious request. > Please help. > > 4) Same question for dishwashers.... We will be replacing that at the > same time. > > > I will tally everyones responses and report back what the > recommendations from the group are. I know I am not the only one > with this type of appliance RFI. > > We plan to replace the washing machine (and the dishwasher) within the > next two weeks. Please kindly respond to my desperate plea!!! > > > Ed, > > What do you have in your laundry room? Any advice based on complaints > reported to the ARRL? This the Kenmore washer and dryer that I > reported to you and the ARRL, the FCC and Kenmore/Whirlpool 6 years > ago... I am tempted to ship it to Newington for your use in the test > lab. (Either that or I am going to drag it behind my car all the way > to the dump.) > > > Many thanks in advance. > > Mike > ab2ts >