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Re: [RFI] Portable DFing at HF

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Subject: Re: [RFI] Portable DFing at HF
From: Dave Cole <dave@nk7z.net>
Reply-to: dave@nk7z.net
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 19:44:20 -0700
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On Sat, 2016-08-13 at 18:09 -0700, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
> : 3. The grow is less than 1000 feet from a school, which is a magic
> : number for local enforcement... 

> Now that is VERY exciting news!  Around here, if someone finds an
> overly large bag of weed during a "routine" traffic stop, the Sheriff
> comes in, they call SWAT, ATF, and the DEA.  I always wondered why a
> beat up car warranted what looked like a military coup for rolling
> through a stop sign, then I heard the details on the radio.
> 
> Do you have the "Anonymous Tip Line" in your region?
> 
> A call about a suspected grow could get it checked out and if in
> violation, solved by the end of the day with no effort beyond a free
> phone call on your part.

Hi Kurt,

Respectfully, I must disagree with you here.  I think that is absolutely
the wrong way to handle this issue.

The Amateur Operator involved has a family.  That family could be put in
actual, physical danger, if word got back to the party purported to be
generating the RFI that the Ham across the street reported it.  

How could that happen?  If the police were to mention it, if the power
company were to mention it, if the issue ever came to court, the accused
would be informed of who reported the possible violation.  

If an anonymous tip line were used, the purported generator of RFI might
figure out that the guy across the street with all the antenna hardware
in the air pointed him out to the police.  The Amateur and his family
may be placed in actual danger as a result of any report.  

Given the history of the "odd" behavior I mentioned in my first post,
(throwing bricks at moving cars, laying down the roadway in order to
stop traffic), I would not report it to the police, nor could I in good
consensus suggest to the Amateur Operator that reporting it is a good
idea.  In fact I suggested just the opposite to him.  

In RFI issues time and thoughtfulness are your friends.  I carefully
outlined what options I believe he has available to him, and what I
thought about each, and why.  These options were the ones I posted a bit
ago. 

This is of course not fair to the Amateur population, and I think it is
an absolutely intolerable situation, but it is unfortunately the way
things now work.  

The Amateur Operator must now contemplate actual, physical violence, as
a possible outcome of any RFI complaint.  Off the cuff, feel good,
instant solution have pitfalls, and having your home burned down by a
nut-job is now unfortunately one of them.

In my mind this is all a direct result of the FCC's failure to maintain
standards for RFI in this country, and as such they should be held
accountable.  Will they be held accountable?  Not a chance, until big
money gets into the picture.  Fortunately for us, the ARRL is involved
in a lot of anti RFI issues, and I think any pressure the ARRL puts on
the FCC to solve this is good pressure.  Until he FCC begins enforcing
RFI standards, get used to this method of handling RFI.  We are all
walking on eggs with RFI issues.  

Speaking of the ARRL-- it saddens me greatly that the FCC has not acted
upon the ARRL's RFI very complete complaints which were filed a year or
more ago...  

The ARRL handed the FCC a done deal, all the homework was done for them,
all the testing was done for them, and they still ignored, and are still
ignoring the RFI issue the ARRL brought up.  What might fix this?  Write
your representative.  Write or call your congress critter, but whatever
you do don't sit quietly.  Make noise about this to the folks that can
fix it if they decide too, else, this will become the new standard!  

The Amateur in question, now has an MFJ-1025 in hand, and will be
putting up his sense antenna up this week.  Lets hope that solves the
problem.

-- 
73's, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
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