It may depend who you contact. Hams that call the FCC toll-free number may be
told that, but if Amateur Radio is mentioned, the case should be shuttled over
to Laura Smith. Those that work with Laura Smith are usually funneled into the
process ARRL has worked out with the FCC. The first step of that process IS to
work with the neighbor or electric utility. In cases involving neighbors, ARRL
and the ham often agree that skipping the "ARRL tries to help first" step is
appropriate. Once these initial steps are done, it has been shown that
reasonable attempts were made to resolve the case. ARRL helps establish that
the level of and nature of the noise is actual harmful interference and
documents the attempts made to resolve it. The FCC then sends an advisory
letter to the suspected noise source operator.l
-----Original Message-----
From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dale Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 3:14 AM
To: Tony
Cc: rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] FCC RFI Question
If you make a complaint to the FCC they will tell you to work with your
neighbor to resolve the problem. In other words you are on your own.
With the unfettered RFI, radio will die a slow death as the RFI becomes worse,
that is unless you live far away from neighbors.
Dale, k9vuj
On 14, Aug 2018, at 20:20, Tony <dxdx@optonline.net> wrote:
All:
I was wondering how the FCC measures the level of RFI emanating from a distant
device to determine whether it's above or below FCC limitations?
The reason I ask is that the RFI emanating from the device might meet a certain
criteria when measured some number of feet from the unit, but the bottom line
for the ham is whether the noise is still heard on his or her receiver.
That brings up the question of whether or not the FCC deems a certain level of
RFI as "acceptiable"? My neighbors solar panels generate RFI ranging from S-5
to S-9 throughout the day and even at lower levels, the noise makes S-9 signals
difficult to copy.
This video demonstrates how intrusive it can be at S-5 levels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc4uMkWYYBc
Tony -K2MO
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