Actually Mike I found this not to be the case. Both Ed Hare and Mike Gubber where not only a big help in my case, but offered to help me take it to the next level as I was about to give up on Ham Radio due to the bad scooter charger. Maybe I was lucky?
73 de jay/w5jay.. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mike Sawyer" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:21 PM To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] QRM fron Neighbor's Security System > Rob, (et al), > I wouldn't count on the ARRgghhL doing anything to help you other than > send you a few pamphlets. A good friend of mine went through the > "Neighbors > complaint about ham radio in their stereo" routine. Every time he lit off > his T-368, he would get phone calls. It got so bad that it became a > political issue. The neighbors complained to the mayor and the mayor told > my > friend "I'm going to shut you down!" This made the local news as well. > Anyway, one day he gets a phone call from the FCC office out of NYC. They > want to come down and check his station out, see how he operates, etc. Two > guys from the FCC show their credentials and say they want to run tests > etc. > Only one of the neighbors was home at the time so the other guy went there > and listened to the stereo while the one stayed with my friend at his > station. He tuned his T-368 for 375watts stating that was all he was > allowed > to operate at. The FCC tech instructed him to tune for max power out. They > went through all the bands and found some slight audio reaching the stereo > on 40M but that was it. They packed up. Told my friend that they loved all > the classic radios that he had there and they thought they were cool. The > tech also told him not to worry that his signal was clean and with in the > parameters of his license. When my friend referred about what the mayor > had > threatened him with. The guy said, "WE are the ones that say WHO may > operate > and WHO MAY NOT!!! Don't worry about your mayor, we will take care of > him." > Nothing else came of the issue other than the fact the mayor lost to his > opponent in the upcoming election. > When I asked my friend if the (be)League(d) did anything for him. He > just pick up a pamphlet that said how to keep RFI out of your house, > (about > a 2 page pamphlet). > Thus began and feeds my cynicism about the ARRgghhL to this day. > Mod-U-Lator, > Mike(y) > W3SLK > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Atkinson" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "JAMES HANLON" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:39 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] QRM fron Neighbor's Security System > > > You can certainly avail yourself of the FCC but before you start > contacting them I would (after following through with your plan to > make sure something your neighbor has, is indeed the problem) attempt > to work something out with your neighbor first. I have been through > the RFI dance myself on the sending and receiving ends. You must be > mindful that your neighbor is happily operating his appliance > oblivious to your misery so be in a calm and polite frame of mind. It > can be a big help if you bring along a portable sw rx so you can stand > there with it tuned to a clear 40 m. frequency and have it blast out > the RFI to demonstrate what you are dealing with. Don't start going > off on being a licensed station, Federal Law, Part 15 or any of that > just yet. You may be surprised at how cooperative they might be -- > they might even offer to disable the thing until it can be fixed. Not > everyone is a crab (at least not everyone here in the midwest). > It is tempting to charge in and blow a gasket when you have your > operating wrecked, i know as I am dealing with that now on 75 and 160 > but do your homework first and know what to do about the appliance so > you have some measures ready if it does turn out to be this X10 thing. > You'll have to have a plan to explain to them once you start talking > to them. You can get some ideas on how to deal with this stuff from > the ARRL Tech. Info. Service on their website, or call them and talk > to someone there on the phone and use google to hunt for RFI > information on these things. Also the RFI reflector at contesting.com > has a searchable archive you can go through in case this has been > dealt with in the past. ARRL has a list of hams, I think many are > lawyers, who are experienced at being ombudsmen and helping you work > with a 3rd party unknowingly causing you RFI. At this point if you > contact FCC they will probably just tell you to do everything I am > advising you to do first. I believe they consider themselves a last > resort. 99% of the time, these things are resolved without them > getting involved. If, unfortunately, your X10 folks are nasty then > you have established a series of failed attempts at seeking a > resolution and once you and maybe an intermediary have failed, and you > have documented this, then you'll probably be able to get the FCC to > intervene. One other thing is it's a good idea to have a RFI kit bag > of common suppression items to take with you or have in your car. I > have found it nice to have a bunch of ferrite snap on beads, > doughnuts, and rods of various materials, usually 31, maybe 77, J or F > --anything that is effective below 20 meters where I usually operate, > plus some tools, flashlight, electrical tape, some extension cords, 10 > and 20 foot lengths of 75 ohm coax with F males, phone line filters, > and anything else you can think of for fixing a problem. People are > usually a lot more agreeable once they realize they won't have to > shell out any money. If a switching supply wall wart is causing grief > for example, just replace it with a linear supply and add it to the > cost of being a HF ham these days. > > 73 > > Rob > K5UJ > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. 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