[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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