[RFI] Video

[Hare,Ed, W1RFI]

So far, from our best info, about 60% of the cases are resolved.  A few are poised to go to more rigorous enforcement steps, but that needs to be done absolutely flawlessly, at least for the first few cases.   Those will set a precendent within the FCC.
 
Naturally, the BPL issue has clouded this somewhat.  Anything related to power lines is a real hot potato right now and if the Commissioners were to send the word down to back off on power-line interference enforcement, I don't think we would like the results. Also, any attempts to ratchet up the enforcement right now would create an appearance that ARRL was doing so only to gain advantage in the BPL proceeding. And that would not be fair to those involved in the cases.
 
In reality, the biggest problem is one of  ignorance. Power companies don't know how to find the correct noise source, and they end up spending a lot of time spinning their wheels and fixing noises that the ham can't even hear, but not finding the correct one.  
 
Mike Gruber, ARRL's RFI guru, is working on an article that we will try to publish in one of the power-industry trade journals.  RFI Services also offers an excellent 2-day course that we are promoting like crazy, just to get these companies up to speed.
 
73, Ed Hare, W1RFI

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Chuck Gooden [mailto:CGooden at insightbb.com] 
	Sent: Fri 8/8/2003 9:36 PM 
	To: Hare,Ed, W1RFI 
	Cc: rfi at contesting.com 
	Subject: RE: [RFI] Video
	
	

	Ed,
	
	I don't mean to be so cynical, but besides the FCC sending a letter
	to the utilities what, if anything, has been done to correct these
	problems.  I know as of June 2003 Brad Enbro N9EN was still
	having trouble nearly a year after the FCC sent a letter to
	Commonwealth Edison in Chicago.  In fact he is in the process of
	taking down his 4 towers and moving to a new location.
	
	It would be nice to know if any of these power line problems have
	been resolved.  In fact it could be a good artile for QST.
	
	On 8 Aug 2003 at 20:47, Hare,Ed, W1RFI wrote:
	
	> Maybe so, but many an electric utility company whose noise has been well below S9+30 dB has received correspondence from ARRL, then from Riley. 
	>
	> See http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/FCC_enforcement/FCC_Enforcement_Letters.htm for an overview of why we don't have to live with this.
	>
	> 73,
	> Ed Hare, W1RFI
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	> > -----Original Message-----
	> > From: David Jordan [mailto:wa3gin at erols.com]
	> > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:47 PM
	> > To: Rob Atkinson, K5UJ
	> > Cc: rfi at contesting.com
	> > Subject: Re: [RFI] Video
	> >
	> >
	> > Wasn't speaking exclusively about local RFI from the
	> > vehicle...but the
	> > pole top noise that one finds along the highways, byways,
	> > city streets,
	> > etc. I lived in a place and do so now where the local area RFI is
	> > sometimes 20-30db over S9 across the entire band...the noise
	> > comes from
	> > burglar alarms, street lamps, cracked insulators on power
	> > poles, etc.  I
	> > can imagine the proponents for BPL will find similar
	> > locations and say
	> > the RFI is comparable to RFI currently in existance...
	> >
	> > I agree the RFI is distinctive and easily recognizable but signal
	> > strength wise I've heard worse ...
	> >
	> > Have Fun,
	> > Dave
	> > wa3gin
	> >
	> >
	> > Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
	> >
	> > > No, the stacatto popping noise was distinctive--not at all like
	> > > ignition noise.
	> >
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