> This as a VERY serious problem for all radio users - there seems to no > longer be any interest in control of incidental RF radiators. For > example, when I got an FCC field engineer to come out and test some > noisy LED traffic signal systems, he said (paraphrasing), "Yes, I can > see none of these are meeting Part 15 requirements, but hey, people can > just listen to the stronger signals that get over the noise." And > shrugged and went back to the office. > > Steve WD8DAS
Steve, Did you attempt to contact his supervisor? Sounds to me like this guy was not doing his job. We are paying his salary with our tax money and we should expect service in return. Since, by his own admission, the traffic signals were found not to meet FCC requirements, the decision to "do nothing" is not his to make. If the supervisor offered no better cooperation, I would keep going up the chain of command and then start contacting congressmen and senators, demanding action. One of them just might jump on this, since it would at least leave the appearance that as a member of the present do-nothing, grid-locked congress his was actually attempting to provide some kind of service to the pubic beyond promoting a political agenda. This might be something that would catch the attention of NAB and other broadcasting interests, since any broadcast station might be next in line not to be "strong" enough to "get over the noise", and apparently these traffic signals are proliferating nationwide. And it wouldn't hurt to notify the ARRL's RFI committee, particularly Ed Hare, W1RFI. I overheard another ham discussing the same issue a short while ago, and he implied that he was afraid to complain about a traffic signal because he was fearful of what local officials might do if he tried to "fight city hall". Come on, this isn't Iran or N. Korea just YET. >From recent reports, Laura Smith really is going after electric utilities that have neglected to clean up power line noise. See "RFI Matters" at http://www.fcc.gov/eb/AmateurActions/Welcome.html This is a far more serious issue than some ham hitting 20 watts over the power limit on a voice peak or allowing 10 minutes and 15 seconds to pass before ID'ing. Don k4kyv _______________________________________________________________ This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
