jimport
Senior Member
- Location
- Outside Baltimore Maryland
- Occupation
- Master Electrician
Maybe they hired a new security company that uses different 2-way radio frequencies.Except that there has been no issue for 5 years and to have to same 6 breakers tripping across multiple units defies the odds.
A suggestion is to replace some of the breakers in a given panel (for example 4 of the 6) GFCI breakers with new ones and leave the others as is. Then if any of the breakers trip in this panel you can check if it was: 1.) just the old ones that tripped, 2.) all of them, or 3.) something in between.@synchro , I may try removing the load wires and/or a limited change out for new breakers next week. I like your idea. Just don't know where to come up with over 200 gfi breakers with the supply issues if this idea works.
Guy with the Ham radio just moved in...Except that there has been no issue for 5 years and to have to same 6 breakers tripping across multiple units defies the odds.
(Jargon for an RF power amplifier, used by either a legal or illegal operator. Famously used totally illegally back in the heyday of CB radio.)With a foot warmer.![]()
A.k.a a linear amp. I once helped a guy wire one powered by a motor-driven alternator powering a truck battery, using a 6/12v charger to feed the alternator field. He said he could exceed 100 miles of transmission, but reception required a couple of CBers to relay at that distance.
A.k.a a linear amp. I once helped a guy wire one powered by a motor-driven alternator powering a truck battery, using a 6/12v charger to feed the alternator field. He said he could exceed 100 miles of transmission, but reception required a couple of CBers to relay at that distance.
I used to use one back in the "CB" days. During the high "skip" periods you would hear or talk to people from all over. People would send their cards with their "CB Handle" on them for confirmation of talking with you. I've gotten them from hundreds of miles away.I used to build them for people. 100 miles is nothing. SSB under skip conditions could go 10 times that far or more. High sunspot activity was thought to help.
Thought to help? It's about the only way you will get 1000 miles out of the 11 meter band. The amps just make you louder than your neighbors and make a bunch of noise. When the sunspots are active, it's very easy to get 1000 miles using 5 watts. That's why 'you can talk across the country, but not across the street'.I used to build them for people. 100 miles is nothing. SSB under skip conditions could go 10 times that far or more. High sunspot activity was thought to help.
Very possible. And could be more than a block away. If that is the case it will be hard to track down, and if you do, realize the radio operator is probably doing nothing wrong and you will have to do something to the breakers anyway.Guy with the Ham radio just moved in...
Thought to help? It's about the only way you will get 1000 miles out of the 11 meter band. The amps just make you louder than your neighbors and make a bunch of noise. When the sunspots are active, it's very easy to get 1000 miles using 5 watts. That's why 'you can talk across the country, but not across the street'.
I quoted a generator install for a ham radio operator, he said he was a relay station or something, and not legally transmitting. He said he was an engineer from Germany. He wanted the generator in his basement so the city wouldn’t know he had it. Quoted it in a fire rated room with external air flow and exhaust. Pretty pricey. Didn’t get it, don’t know if another contractor threw one in there, or he decided it was too expensive. Maybe somebody did that in the subdivision!
It was probably zoning that made him illegal, thats probably why he didn't want the city to know about it.Ham enthusiasts don't take kindly to illegal transmitters. Generator or not, city knowing or not.... he'd get rooted out pretty quickly and the FCC would shut him down.
It was probably zoning that made him illegal, thats probably why he didn't want the city to know about it.
The long antenna wire in his back yard should have tipped off the city. LOL!He admitted he's transmitting illegally. Most cities don't care about radio transmitters as it's a federal issue.
The long antenna wire in his back yard should have tipped off the city. LOL!