[RFI] RFI Digest, Vol 134, Issue 39

[Tom Thompson]

Don,

Your approach is right on.  When I knock on the door I essentially tell 
the person the following and leave a written notice if they are 
uncooperative:

Official Notice of Interference

Hi,

I have traced electrical interference coming from your residence.It is 
interfering with my Federally licensedradio station.This violates 
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules.I am willing to work with 
you to fix this problem

My name is Tom and my contact information is:

Cell:303 519 XXXX

Email: rfinoise at gmail.com.

Thank you.I hope to hear from you soon.

Tom

The response is usually positive.  In fact one grower volunteered to 
introduce me to other growers in the neighborhood if it was necessary.

73,   Tom   W0IVJ

On 3/28/2014 8:34 PM, Donald Chester wrote:
>> Without going back in the thread, since you probably don't need to worry
>> about a grow operation, how about approaching them nicely and talking to
>> them?  This noise could be causing other problems for them and they
>> could be happy to have some help.
>>
>> The noise could also be some problem with their electrical system which
>> could be very dangerous?  Who knows.
>>
>> Mike W0MU
> If you suspect a near-by  light is being used for some kind of "illegal" growing operation, you might be able to use that as leverage, to your advantage. If the people with the lights are less than totally cooperative, tell them, or better still demonstrate with a portable radio, that the thing is radiating all over the neighbourhood and could well attract unwanted attention unless they clean it up immediately. You could offer them advice on how to do it or tell them where they could go to find out the information for themselves. Be friendly and let them know you don't care what they might be growing in the privacy of their own home, and that you aren't interested in reporting this to anyone further, on the condition that the interference goes away.
>
> Maybe the story would spread by word of mouth amongst their  friends and associates, perhaps even over internet, and this would help alleviate this problem elsewhere as well.
>
>
> Don k4kyv
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