** Reply to note from w7ni@teleport.com 02/07/96 01:39am -0800
> I am glad you were able to solve this telephone interference problem, but
> you solution is do a disservice to the rest of us. Think of the poor guy
> who lives a stone's throw from 100 appartments, all with bad phones. At $80
> a crack, it will cost him $8000 to implement your solution!
>
> You may not think so, but you are helping to set a very UNDESIRABLE
> precedent. You TOLD your neighbors it was not your responsibility to fix
> their phone (you are correct, of course). But then you ACTED like it WAS
> your responsibility by buying them a phone. ACTIONS speak louder than
> WORDS. Any of their friends who have a similar problem will now expect a
> similar solution, ie: a free phone paid for by the poor ham involved.
>
>
aw, comon Stan, lighten up!
How close is the closest neighbor you YOUR house?
My closest neighbors house is no less that 10 feet from the end of my tribander
element tips... I have to live with these people and would like to have
pleasant
neighbors.
Bill did exactly the right thing by letting them know he did not HAVE to fix
their phones, but was doing so in order to be a good neighbor.
And your neighbor has no idea if you paid $2 or $200 for the phone that fixed
his
problem.
I have had MUCH BETTER results in working with my neighbors and fixing their
problems. That allows me to stay on uninterrupted during a contest without that
familiar not-too-nice knock at the front door.
How do think our friends in Japan feel? Many of them can't even operate because
of these issues.
I think a lack of cooperation is more likely to harm our hobby than drawing a
line in the sand.
Now of course I recognize that many times neighbors simply refuse to deal with
the issue, and will not cooperate in any way. Those are the ones that you send
the registered letter to and don't help at all.
To date, I have provided 11 K-com filters and 6 Ameco TV hi-pass filters to my
various neighbors. None have been back.
73,
Brian
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* Brian McGinness WA3WJD *
* Potomac Valley Radio Club *
* wa3wjd@wirelessinc.com *
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