[RFI] Help with Plasma!

[k2qmf at juno.com]

Hi Eddy,

Boy, you sure make a good point regarding this issue!
I don't know how I will handle this problem but many thanks
for your input.  This is something to be considered!!

Another approach would be for me to offer to buy the TV from
them with the promise that they stay away from plasma in the future.

Just thinking out loud...

73,
Ted  K2QMF

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:59:27 -0500 "Diane and Edward Swynar"
<deswynar at xplornet.ca> writes:
> Hi Ted,
> 
> I have 101% sympathy for you in your current plight there, believe 
> me...!
> 
> But please, indulge me whilst I play "...devil's advocate" here, & 
> ask the
> group this question: what if the situation was reversed, i.e. what 
> if the
> NEIGHBOUR just purchased some new contrivance, and---through no 
> direct fault
> of your own---YOUR radio transmissions interfered with the enjoyment 
> of HIS
> new toy...? What would he/she do...?
> 
> Judging by past precedents that I've read about, or otherwise heard 
> of
> through the years, he/she would not hesitate to either (A) sic the
> authorities (i.e. the FCC) on you, or, (B) file a personal lawsuit 
> against
> you.
> 
> Correct...?
> 
> For the life of me, I don't understand why some daring Ham has not 
> as yet
> (A) filed a lawsuit against a particular consumer whose imported
> RFI-generating junk is disrupting HIS personal pursuit of happiness 
> through
> Amateur radio, or, (B) joined a class action suit against the FCC 
> for
> allowing the sale of such trash to the buying public in the FIRST 
> place...
> 
> Can't you just imagine the consequences to the owner of a plasma TV 
> (or
> whatever), if said consumer lived next to, say, some sensitive 
> military
> base, and the RFI from his acquisition severely compromised 
> operations
> there...?! Now, I realize a Ham station would HARDLY be in the same 
> league
> as a miltary installation, but aren't both services essentially 
> under the
> very same umbrella of government licensing, and by default, entitled 
> to the
> very same protection from interference...?
> 
> Amateur radio seems to be in a constant state of retreat, or 
> retrenchment,
> because of RFI which is caused through no direct fault of our own. 
> Maybe
> it's time for us to start collectively pushing back---failure to do 
> so will
> surely push this hobby into non-existance, IMHO...
> 
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
> 
> 
> 
> *****************************************
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <k2qmf at juno.com>
> To: <rfi at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:16 AM
> Subject: [RFI] Help with Plasma!
> 
> 
> > Hello All and Happy New Year,
> >
> > A neighbor of mine must have gotten
> > a new "Plasma" TV for Christmas...
> >
> > In the evenings 160 meters is useless here!
> > Other bands are not as bad and I can live with them but
> > not having 160 in the evenings is too much!!
> >
> > Is there anything that can be done? Is there any filtering
> > that I could suggest or provide to the neighbor??
> >
> > Any help or info would be very much appreciated...
> >
> > 73,
> >  Ted   K2QMF
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