[RFI] ARRL to FCC...

Dale J. dj2001x at comcast.net
Fri Mar 21 11:55:10 EDT 2014


David, it helps to have more than one ham station affected.  Three against the neighbor lends some support to the problem and ultimate resolve, especially if your ham friend is 6 ft 5 in, 240 and a body builder.

Dale, k9vuj



On 21, Mar 2014, at 9:52, David Cole <dave at nk7z.net> wrote:

> Hi Dale,
> 
> I actually don't care if the neighbor takes kindly or not to his
> $1000.00 plasma TV messing up my $2000.00 radio...  I have no intention
> of becoming so politically correct as to lose my hobby for want of
> ticking someone off.  Let the neighbor worry about ticking me off...
> After all, it is not me spraying RFI everywhere.  
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I will bend over backwards working with someone who
> is attempting to help, I will even buy replacement items, (not TV's),
> but if they take the attitude that it is just too bad, and won't work
> with me, then I have no recourse but to involve the FCC, or lose my
> hobby.
> 
> I had a neighbor who installed two of those xenon lamps using Chinese
> switchers, 40 watters... Wiped out my radio totally, and three other
> hams radios as well around the area..  He decided he did not need to do
> anything about it, and it was just too bad for us...   I tried to be
> nice, I tried to be sweet, I even offered to buy new lights, he just
> decided that he was not going to do anything about them...  A note from
> that FCC ended that instantly...
> 
> Turns out he had enclosed two wall warts in sheet rock cavities, and did
> not want to spend the money to dig them out of some enclosed space he
> had built them into...  Don't ask me how or why he did that, but that
> was the reason given...  In any case within 30 days my radio was back to
> working again...  
> 
> If we are to keep our bands clean, we all must start reporting this sort
> of thing to the FCC and the ARRL every time...  
> 
> Look at the results, some folks reported Grow lights as an issue to the
> ARRL, and the ARRL did testing, and then damned near demanded that the
> FCC get this item removed...  
> 
> As of this morning, neither Sears, or whoever the distributer was in CA
> has them on their websites, I know the fellow in CA did, and now it is
> gone...  THIS IS POSITIVE ACTION, and it helps every one of us.
> 
> So...  If you have an RFI problem, report it, use your rights to enjoy
> your radio-- clear of RFI...  
> 
> Report RFI when it is a problem for you.  Don't report RFI if it is not
> an issue, but if it is bothering you, report it!  
> 
> Please...  You are not only helping yourself, you are helping every ham
> in your general area.
> 
> 
> -- 
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> 
> On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 09:19 -0500, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> I'll ask again: How does this help you solve your RFI problem? This may help vent your spleen, but I don't understand how this helps solve your immediate problem. I await enlightenment. 
>> 
>> Kim N5OP
>> 
>> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>> 
>>> On Mar 21, 2014, at 8:53, "Dale J." <dj2001x at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think you all are missing the point.  
>>> 
>>> The idea is to be proactive and stop the junk from ever hitting the shelves in the first place.  True, it's too late for the junk that's already out there, If you want to go to war with your neighbors, fine, complain and hope for the best, but your neighbors I don't believe will take kindly to the FCC letter stating their TV is illegal and interfering with a ham radio operator therefore must be shut down or risk a $10000 fine.
>>> 
>>> Dale, k9vuj
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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