[RFI] RFI Trends

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owner-rfi@contesting.com wrote:

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> From: "J. Bradshaw" <ac6tk@cybertime.net>
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> Subject: Re: Local police and RFI problems
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 10:52:39 -0800
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> Bryan,
>
> >       Our local newspaper has just carried a story about
> >the police charging a local CB operator with criminal
> >mischief because he was causing RFI to a neighbor's computer
> >modem...
> >One of the
> >people that I talked with said that the city attorney planned
> >to pursue charges against the cb'er on the basis of the new
> >law PENDING in Congress that would give local authorities some
> >degree of legal control over interference caused by CB operators.
>
> This is a rather disturbing trend.  Radio is considered to give
> certain
> tactical advantage to criminals (and civilians) so has been a target
> law
> enforcement types.  Out here, RACES or other volunteer government
> participation is encouraged so that we as hams might be perceived as
> "good
> guys".  The only difficulty with that comes from those who are so
> "privileged" as to beat down the rest of ham radio for "good guy"
> points.
>
> Yes, the FCC is the responsible agency who has jurisdiction over radio
>
> matters in the United States and has reserved jurisdiction over the
> states,
> because radio signals don't hold to political borders.  However, in
> the Los
> Angeles area we have seen little enforcement because The FCC has had
> some
> embarrassing setbacks with cases here.
>
> Recently a state court case over a local repeater pitted a bunch of
> "newbies" and fresh CB converts against a veteran ham control
> operator/owner.  In a hail of dis-information and mis-interpretation
> of the
> FCC laws, it was determined that since the "control operator" of the
> repeater was one who had "physical control" of the repeater, and since
>
> possession was 9/10 etc., etc., then the "new repeater committee" who
> had
> changed the lock on the vault, the ID'er and posted guards at the site
> must
> be the "control operators".  Further, the court decided that it was a
> state
> court matter to decide owner/control operator status in cases of
> dispute.
> Now the "New Committee" could proceed to jack up the power and the
> antenna
> and talk to Mexico.
>
> Anyone with any practical and theoretical technical experience, knows
> that
> audio devices become receivers most often due to compromises in
> engineering.  It took 5 turns of the phone line on a torroid to allow
> me to
> operate on 80m with a tuner and still be connected to my ISP.  This
> simple
> $1 fix for a worst case scenario might be beyond someone not qualified
> by
> our stringent technical standards.  Heck many people don't even
> understand
> the "funny noises" on their cordless phone, or what the "channel"
> button is
> for, but the neighbor 2 doors down has the same problem!  So we are
> left
> with trying to convince those without technical justification and the
> determination of a hammer, not to strike.
>
> I bet a lot of people who questioned the technical merit of executing
> the
> Jews, were killed by those who wondered the same thing but kept their
> mouths shut.  A lot more were killed for just riding the train to the
> end
> of the line.




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