On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe, maybe not, but it's not your problem. If his audio equipment is responding to your transmissions then HIS equipment is malfunctioning, not yours.
Dennis, I respectfully disagree - in a lot of cases, taking a pro-active tack can mean the difference between 'happy hamming' and bad feelings, lawsuits and neighborhood retaliation.
If GuitarMan has all that gear, maybe he'd like to have someone nearby with some electronic chops would be able to help him with a little soldering, or tube test / replacement. Then, the Ham can offer to install capacitors or toroids - if TVI does occur. At any rate, one gets to be on friendly terms with one's nearby folk.
Works both ways in this case, too - GuitarMan might be more inclined to watch his "rehearsal levels" if he thinks he's going to bother 'my electronic buddy next door' - but consider the case where it turns out like you've described - the transmitter gets into all those stompboxes, complaints are made, Ham tells GuitarMan to go pound sand, "it's your equipment design, go complain to Boss and Roland and Yamaha..." well, you can extrapolate the rest.
Kind of speaks to "The Amateur is a Gentleman..." Just my 200 millidollar.... Cheers John KB6SCO
