Kenmore Oasis Washer RFI

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   gmacie says:

   January 28, 2012 at 11:33 AM

   I have the same washer. It rfi is horrible. I have been in email contact with a couple of people who say they send out a kit to repair the problem but it didn’t help. This washer is a piece of junk in many ways. Just google it.

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   Amishman35 says:

   January 28, 2012 at 10:42 AM

   In the name of Odin! That’s a LOUD fracking washing machine! It could probably do an RF SPL(?) competition with my cable modem (which is 3 bars on a Grundig G5 with built in antenna at 5.000 Megahertz.

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   supertruckertom says:

   January 28, 2012 at 9:58 AM

   No wonder the ARRL started doing RFI tests in the upgraded lab last year.
   Guess they may have to start prodding the FCC or FTC on this. Just beat BPL but more crap will keep coming up. I hope the greenies don’t ban simple transformer power supplies and make everything have to be a switched style.

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   rfiVictim says:

   January 28, 2012 at 9:34 AM

   @supertruckertom
   Actually the ARRL has shown little interest in this. I’ve submitted a complaint to the Kenmore, the FCC and the ARRL. The ARRL’s position (without doing actual testing) is that this RFI is within permissible limits. The FCC says that I am the offending operator and I should stop doing laundry. Kenmore has not accepted responsibility.

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   ender06026 says:

   January 28, 2012 at 8:47 AM

   Thanks for posting this. The plague of incidental radiators spewing garbage across the HF bands has devolved into a never-ending issue. The official “solution” of the regulatory agencies to leave it to consumers, hams, and swl’s to sort it out is a perfect example of the dysfunctional agencies in charge. Unfortunately, the general population is clueless and really isn’t interested in the AM BCB or HF/VHF so there isn’t much of an outcry. What a shame…

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