[CQ-Contest] re: fringe reception

Grillo's ah3c at frii.com
Thu Mar 11 19:35:33 EST 2004


This message is to all who answered my inquiry.

First I want to thank you all for having taken the time to do some research on my problem.

For anyone who might be interested, I learned and did the following:
  a.. My first e-mail listed the offending station as transmitting on 87.9.  I had captured this by trying to hear the distorted sound coming from my television set.  The frequency was later repeated after I had sent that e-mail and also the call sign of the station.  It was 89.7, KXWA.  
  b.. The 87.9 frequency threw some responders off, because it is directly within channel 6.  So I got a few "too bad, Pete, your hosed" type of responses I would expect from Richard King, K5NA ...BTW, anyone know of his whereabouts?
  c.. I got other great comments about filtering.
  d.. Doug, W9WI, has a delightful web page (http://ww.w9wi.com) full of information about FCC and other great amateur radio memorabilia, well worth a browse.  You may have read Doug's response to me taken from his research we discovered that my QTH is in the "blanketed zone" of this new station.
  e.. I telephoned the station manager at KXWA this morning.  Today was their first day on the air.  He promised to get back with me on the issue.  I will wait my turn, after they have had a chance to get all their excitement cleared from kicking off their new adventure.  But now, I have a plan, with clear definition of what steps I need to take.
I want to thank all who responded, and especially thank Doug, W9WI, who dug deep into FCC regulations and licensing issues so I could proceed in a calm orderly fashion to resolve the issue.

73 & KB,
Pete
W0RTT


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