I find this sage advice. In years past once my neighbors discovered I was a ham, I was blamed for everything from vacuum cleaners not working to their kids getting colds. And no, I am NOT exaggerating. In today's world I can't begin to imagine the "perceived liability" that could result from these interactions. I don't tell >ANYONE< living near me I am a ham.
Bob WB0POQ On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 8:45 PM Phil Kane <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/22/2021 5:24 PM, Richard wrote: > > > All help will be gratefully received. > > I second what Jim Brown posted earlier. It's a problem of front-end > overload and/or audio rectification within the affected devices, not of > the transmitter. Those devices should be ignoring your signals, not > reacting to them. > > As an engineer and attorney assisting amateurs who have to deal with > those problems, I advise strongly to not make any modifications to the > neighbors' devices themselves. Offer advice such as the clamp-on > ferrite chokes or referral to the manufacturers of those devices. It's > THEIR problem. Offer to make a reasonable number of on-the-air tests of > your station as necessary to reveal the effectiveness (or non-) of any > remedial measures. Otherwise any any problems with the affected deices > will land on you. > > Just some valuable advice. > > > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > ARRL Volunteer Counsel > ARRL Volunteer Consulting Engineer (Electrical) > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
