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FCC Cites Homeowners for Causing Interference to R
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by KT0DD on January 9, 2005
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Yeah, They'll cite a homeowner no problem, but just try to get them to cite one of the BPL companies that are creating willful and malicious interference! HA!
The FCC needs a good housecleaning to get rid of all the politicians and get technical expertise back as their foundation. 73.
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FCC Cites Homeowners for Causing Interference to R
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by W5GNB on January 9, 2005
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YES, K0TDD has it right on!!
Since these devices were radiating such a high level of trash, I wonder if they were "FCC APPROVED" devices???
It wouldn't suprise me to see the big "STAMP of APPROVAL" on these chargers and no telling how many other devices JUST LIKE THESE are being sold to the general and NON-TECHNICAL public....
I am sure the FCC would have a real pretty MULTI-PAGE report "verifying" the Part-15 compliance of these devices if they are of the approved type!!!
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RE: FCC Cites Homeowners for Causing Interference
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by KT8K on January 10, 2005
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Beyond the squabbling of neighbors (which will occur, and can't be predicted or necessarily accounted for,) poor quality products that generate RFI are just more hidden costs of the government deregulation trend started during the Reagan era. Isn't government supposed to be protecting the public, as one of its reasons for existence? Seems like it's become "screw the little guy, protect commerce."
I don't like big government any more than anyone else, but there are certain functions that can't be done otherwise. "Big money" would have us forget that, if possible, so they have free reign (pun intended).
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RE: FCC Cites Homeowners for Causing Interference
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by KT8K on January 10, 2005
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Thanks to Riley & company for wading in on this one. If you have a problem like this, document the heck out of it - it might come in handy.
73 de kt8k - Tim
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by WA2JJH on January 10, 2005
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Hmmmmm, It seems so strange when the foot is on the other hand!
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by WA2JJH on January 10, 2005
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Hmmmmm, It seems so strange when the foot is on the other hand!
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RE: FCC Cites Homeowners for Causing Interference
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by W9WHE-II on January 12, 2005
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WOW...kinda like "man bites dog" stories. Gotta love it. Now mabey some of you will get off Riley's back!
W9WHE
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by KL7FH on January 13, 2005
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I had a Dewalt 24V drill battery charger pulsing at my place. I had a friend doing some plumbing and he put the charger on in the afternoon. It drove me nuts! I finally found it in my own home..I could hear it 1/4 mile in all directions from the source. Just a heads up for those who may hear the same thing..constant cyclic clicking from 3.5 to 432 mhz!
73
Frank KL7FH
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by WB9OMC on January 18, 2005
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This really doesn't surprise me at all. I have
tracked all kinds of odd noises that were wreaking
havoc on one radio or another. Some of them came
from within my own home; for instance, my TV set
creates more interference to my radios than vice
versa. That's an interesting turnaround from the
middle 70's, when I first became an Amateur. I
shelved one answering machine because its
microprocessor generated so much crap it pinned the
needle on my HF rig on nearly all bands! I have a
pair of GE circleline flourescant lights in my
garage that are supposed to be identical - one of
them is clean but the other generates a huge amount
of trash in the 2 meter band. Shut off the light
switch, problem goes away. And yes, I have tracked
some noise to neighboring homes. As a rule, it has
never been bad enough for me to even approach them
about it - BUT, after reading this article, I may
keep copies of it around and hand them out to
offending neighbors.
Duane
WB9OMC
please read the article "FCC Buries Amateur Petition"
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RE: FCC Cites Homeowners for Causing Interference
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by WB5WPA on February 4, 2005
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W5GNB on January 9, 2005 wrote, in part:
"Since these devices were radiating such
a high level of trash, I wonder if they
were "FCC APPROVED" devices???" "
W5GNB, I had an opportunity to track down a 'set'
of these kinds of scooter chargers last summer.
The source was a block west, one street over, we
share the same 'alley way' and I think the same
primary AC (distribution) line (7 or 14 KV I don't
know which through the underground, buried
utilities in the alley).
The interference was notable on 20 Meters and was
obscuring signals in the PSK31 portion of the band
(around 14.070 MHz). I utilized a Sears AM/FM/SW
portable to track down within a few houses the
source to the offending residence; a subsequent
conversation started with a gentleman outside
and near the are I had DF'd the source to revealed
that he was having trouble with 'noise' occasionally
on his TV set! Eureka! We worked to solve the problem
through some searching and found out that these
'scooter chargers' were the source of both his
noise (they _were_ affecting VHF low-band TV
channals) and my noise!
Additionally, upon close visual inspection
of the chargers and their manuals, there
were _no_:
a) required Part 15 'markings' (or labels) on
the chargers themselves
b) nor was there the required Part 15 'wording'
in the manuals.
Regards, Jim / WB5WPA /
P.S. I've also got a noisy 'Guest' model 2623 charger living next door; most of the time they leave it unplugged at my request (otherwise 80M is wiped).
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