Hi Tom,
That is essentially the method I use as well, and up to now it has
worked every time. Our club has a handout we pass to the folks
generating teh RFI.
What steps do you take when the person ignores your handout, or tells
you to take a hike?
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On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 22:18 -0600, Tom Thompson wrote:
> Don,
>
> Your approach is right on. When I knock on the door I essentially tell
> the person the following and leave a written notice if they are
> uncooperative:
>
> Official Notice of Interference
>
> Hi,
>
> I have traced electrical interference coming from your residence.It is
> interfering with my Federally licensedradio station.This violates
> Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules.I am willing to work with
> you to fix this problem
>
> My name is Tom and my contact information is:
>
> Cell:303 519 XXXX
>
> Email: rfinoise@gmail.com.
>
> Thank you.I hope to hear from you soon.
>
> Tom
>
> The response is usually positive. In fact one grower volunteered to
> introduce me to other growers in the neighborhood if it was necessary.
>
> 73, Tom W0IVJ
>
> On 3/28/2014 8:34 PM, Donald Chester wrote:
> >> Without going back in the thread, since you probably don't need to worry
> >> about a grow operation, how about approaching them nicely and talking to
> >> them? This noise could be causing other problems for them and they
> >> could be happy to have some help.
> >>
> >> The noise could also be some problem with their electrical system which
> >> could be very dangerous? Who knows.
> >>
> >> Mike W0MU
> > If you suspect a near-by light is being used for some kind of "illegal"
> > growing operation, you might be able to use that as leverage, to your
> > advantage. If the people with the lights are less than totally cooperative,
> > tell them, or better still demonstrate with a portable radio, that the
> > thing is radiating all over the neighbourhood and could well attract
> > unwanted attention unless they clean it up immediately. You could offer
> > them advice on how to do it or tell them where they could go to find out
> > the information for themselves. Be friendly and let them know you don't
> > care what they might be growing in the privacy of their own home, and that
> > you aren't interested in reporting this to anyone further, on the condition
> > that the interference goes away.
> >
> > Maybe the story would spread by word of mouth amongst their friends and
> > associates, perhaps even over internet, and this would help alleviate this
> > problem elsewhere as well.
> >
> >
> > Don k4kyv
> >
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