At 03:43 PM 3/24/98 -0500, Scott Ellington wrote:
>Something I should have mentioned in my first posting:
>
>Writing letters to your power company, PSC, FCC, etc. should be considered
>a last resort. Make every effort to solve the problem first
>through the usual channels. If these agencies get flooded
>with letters every time a little noise is detected, letters will no
>longer be effective. Unless you have an unusually enlightened
>utility, YOU will have to find the source of the noise yourself, or
>at least narrow it down to a small area. If you have done that,
>and still can't get action from the power company, THEN it may
>be time to consider writing.
Amen, Scott. I live in a rural area where a very large power company tries
to operate at long distance by remote control. Luckily, I was able to find
out who locally would be assigned the job if the bureaucrats above chose to
do so, and I wrote to him. He, in turn, sent a lineman out to work with me
on the thing. The guy found the problem very quickly. I put a little
effort into the relationship with the lineman, and now I have a "just call
me" situation if I ever have RFI again.
At least in this case, the faceless bureaucracy turned into "just a guy,"
who, like most people, liked being appreciated for doing his job right.
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
"That's WEST Virginia. Thanks and 73"
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