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@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.
>
>
> --
> Thanks and 73's,
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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@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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