[RFI] Solar Panel RFI Awareness At Dayton

KD7JYK DM09 kd7jyk at earthlink.net
Thu May 26 02:38:51 EDT 2022


> But, please......PLEASE, if you are experiencing problems with a solar
> power home installation, document it carefully and take it to the ARRL, NOT
> FCC.  FCC will ignore your problem submission.  They listen, so far, to
> ARRL.

One of hundreds, of not thousands, of radio clubs in the US, but not 
from an affected user licensed by them, in response to a violation of 
their own rules, that in theory, only they enforce?

Sounds legit...

Anyone have the link that was going around a few years ago where RFI 
issues were filed directly with the FCC for investigation, and 
enforcement?  The process worked like this, as discussed extensively in 
this forum:

"you fill out an online complaint form with the FCC, the offender is 
"red-flagged" in the computers as being a violator, and sent a notice to 
resolve the issue.  They are sent another letter in a couple of weeks or 
a month or so asking both you and them how it was resolved and if done 
to your satisfaction.  If not, they give them a set time to resolve it, 
then ask again, if not, maybe a couple more, if not resolved then they 
start to send the threatening letters, quoting all sorts of violations 
of Federal law, fines per incident per day, et cetera and inform them to 
resolve it again and so forth.  Once they are flagged, it doesn't stop 
until YOU inform the feds it's now fixed.  Since it's computerized, it's 
automated and perpetual and doesn't stop until resolved and the "red 
flag" is removed from their name."

I don't imagine many people want to get caught up in a scenario like the 
movie "Brazil", and may go out of their way to resolve the issue, on the 
other hand, they can ignore the process, and see how it plays out.

This looks like the current link, has a drop-down for interference:

https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=38844

Kurt



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