[TowerTalk] Weekend from hell

[K9MA]

Imagine the FCC taking an interest in such a case today!

73,
Scott K9MA

On 11/19/2019 06:14, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
> I was first licensed in 1962 and when in the USAF in 1966 I had the 
> base commander's permission to operate an electronic entertainment 
> system repair business from my on base house. My main parts supplier 
> was in town 15 miles  and an expensive long distance call away so I 
> used CB to talk to the supplier as well as to coordinate with two 
> partners. A near neighbor said nothing to me but turned in a formal 
> interference complaint stating I was jamming his TV with my CB.  I got 
> a letter from the FCC and had to get a 2nd class radiotelephone 
> licensee to investigate and report via a form the FCC supplied.  My 
> equipment checked out OK but upon checking the complainants TV it was 
> found to be a very old obsolete unit with an IF frequency in the 27 
> MHz band.  I was transmitting directly into his RF chain.  I was not 
> required to do anything and the complainant could suffer the 
> interference or get a different TV. The 2nd class was a USAF officer 
> who did the work pro bono as he was a pilot and I was the instrument 
> trainer operator/instructor he came to for 2 hours per quarter. 


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Scott  K9MA

k9ma at sdellington.us