[RFI] FCC Complaint Filing

Michael Martin mike at rfiservices.com
Thu Nov 21 20:31:59 EST 2019


Hey Brad I'm sorry to hear about your issue too bad it's not uncommon!
I don't remember seeing or hearing about how you determined that there's lights were the issue! 
I'm not second-guessing you I'm just curious as to the method you used to determine they were the cause of the problem. 
I'd also be interested in knowing where this is, the state & town.
Best wishes to you

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On Nov 21, 2019, 7:12 PM, at 7:12 PM, N8GLS <n8gls at arrl.net> wrote:
>I filed an "informal" complaint with the FCC a month ago regarding RFI
>emanating from a neighbor's installation of LED Deck Lights done back
>in May
>2019.  I did receive one response that a ticket number was assigned and
>have
>been regularly checking the status but no further "action" yet.  I
>realize
>this may be a fairly long process and may not go anywhere but was
>curious if
>anybody here has ever filed a complaint and if so how long it took
>before
>some indication of status was received ??
>
> 
>
>A little history:  The interference affects almost the entire 2m band. 
>This
>neighbor was initially cooperative and once I found a solution (a
>simple
>combination of Chokes) I bought and gave him all the chokes needed for
>the
>entire deck as well as offering to install them myself or at least
>help.  A
>reply of "no help needed, I can install myself no problem" gave me an
>indication of sincerity ..that was back in July.  These lights have
>turned
>on at dusk and off at about 1am every single day since May.  I politely
>called him again the beginning of Oct reminding him the interference
>was
>still emanating from the lights and I would still install if he didn't
>have
>the time.  That call ended with an agitated response of  "its not my
>problem" and "I don't believe by merely buying these lights in any way
>makes
>me responsible for anything", followed by "If they were so bad they
>wouldn't
>be sold".  It was clear there was no intention of installing anything
>at any
>time and further conversation about the situation would be fruitless. 
>Left
>with no other solution I filed the informal complaint and included a
>summary
>of the issue, timeline of events and links to a couple videos showing
>the
>interference being received as well as one solution to remedy it. 
>
> 
>
>Frustrating to say the least, and sadly, words like "cooperation",
>"politeness", "neighborly" and "respect" don't seem to mean much these
>days.
>
> 
>
>73 de Brad, N8GLS
>
> 
>
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