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Category: Ham Radio
What’s the buzz? Pot-growing lights vex ham radio operators
Retired Coast Guard officer Roger Johnson sometimes notices a harsh buzz when he turns on his amateur radio, and he blames high-powered lighting used to grow pot. Amateur radio operators say the legalization of marijuana is creating a chronic nuisance thanks to interference caused by electrical ballasts that regulate indoor lamps used to grow pot.
Growing problem: Pot lights give ham radio operators a buzz41 minutes ago
Retired Coast Guard officer Roger Johnson sometimes notices a harsh buzz when he turns on his amateur radio, and he blames high-powered lighting used to grow pot. Amateur radio operators say the legalization of marijuana is creating a chronic nuisance thanks to interference caused by electrical ballasts that regulate indoor lamps used to grow pot.
Growing problem: Pot lights give ham radio operators a buzz
In this Feb. 21, 2017 photo, lifelong ham radio operator and expert tinkerer Tom Thompson poses for a photo inside his basement home office, where he operates a ham radio and other devices in Boulder, Colo. After discovering that radio interference was being caused by high-powered lights from home marijuana growers, Thompson built an electronic filter and has given them to nearby growers.
Ham radio hobbyists to have festival at N. Hunterdon High on March 11
More than 30 vendors of radio, electronics, and accessories at bargain prices are expected at the North Hunterdon Regional High School cafeteria on Route 31 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2017, for the annual Cherryville Repeater Association “Hamfest.” The Hamfest has been presented for more than a decade at North Hunterdon Regional High School.