Hi Dale,
I actually don't care if the neighbor takes kindly or not to his
$1000.00 plasma TV messing up my $2000.00 radio... I have no intention
of becoming so politically correct as to lose my hobby for want of
ticking someone off. Let the neighbor worry about ticking me off...
After all, it is not me spraying RFI everywhere.
Don't get me wrong, I will bend over backwards working with someone who
is attempting to help, I will even buy replacement items, (not TV's),
but if they take the attitude that it is just too bad, and won't work
with me, then I have no recourse but to involve the FCC, or lose my
hobby.
I had a neighbor who installed two of those xenon lamps using Chinese
switchers, 40 watters... Wiped out my radio totally, and three other
hams radios as well around the area.. He decided he did not need to do
anything about it, and it was just too bad for us... I tried to be
nice, I tried to be sweet, I even offered to buy new lights, he just
decided that he was not going to do anything about them... A note from
that FCC ended that instantly...
Turns out he had enclosed two wall warts in sheet rock cavities, and did
not want to spend the money to dig them out of some enclosed space he
had built them into... Don't ask me how or why he did that, but that
was the reason given... In any case within 30 days my radio was back to
working again...
If we are to keep our bands clean, we all must start reporting this sort
of thing to the FCC and the ARRL every time...
Look at the results, some folks reported Grow lights as an issue to the
ARRL, and the ARRL did testing, and then damned near demanded that the
FCC get this item removed...
As of this morning, neither Sears, or whoever the distributer was in CA
has them on their websites, I know the fellow in CA did, and now it is
gone... THIS IS POSITIVE ACTION, and it helps every one of us.
So... If you have an RFI problem, report it, use your rights to enjoy
your radio-- clear of RFI...
Report RFI when it is a problem for you. Don't report RFI if it is not
an issue, but if it is bothering you, report it!
Please... You are not only helping yourself, you are helping every ham
in your general area.
--
Thanks and 73's,
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On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 09:19 -0500, Kim Elmore wrote:
> I'll ask again: How does this help you solve your RFI problem? This may help
> vent your spleen, but I don't understand how this helps solve your immediate
> problem. I await enlightenment.
>
> Kim N5OP
>
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
> music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>
> > On Mar 21, 2014, at 8:53, "Dale J." <dj2001x@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I think you all are missing the point.
> >
> > The idea is to be proactive and stop the junk from ever hitting the shelves
> > in the first place. True, it's too late for the junk that's already out
> > there, If you want to go to war with your neighbors, fine, complain and
> > hope for the best, but your neighbors I don't believe will take kindly to
> > the FCC letter stating their TV is illegal and interfering with a ham radio
> > operator therefore must be shut down or risk a $10000 fine.
> >
> > Dale, k9vuj
> >
> >
> >
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