[AMRadio] Can they 'really' know?

[rbethman]

I used to run my R/C airplanes, helicopters, and cars on 50Mhz.

Never got a squawk.  Then again, nothing around here below Channel 4.

It made for more time flying and racing, as there was only one other 
that was licensed to operate on 50Mhz, (And shared the same hobbies), 
and he lives a good hour drive from me.

Things were a lot different when Angelo used to visit.   It's been over 
30 years.  The guy next door to me in Georgia had a problem with his 
antenna picking me up on 10 mtrs.  He came and talked to me.

I got out the ladder, climbed up on his roof and cleaned the corroded 
antenna connections.  Problem went away

Today, it appears the *first* thing that gets done, is *call the 
Government* to get a problem fixed.

My *very* next door neighbor had the same Apache come in on the portable 
phone.

I paid his house a visit, and bypassed his phone line with the requisite 
capacitor and inductor components.

His wife doesn't even hear the BC-610.

It is kind of "funny" how things have changed.

Bob - N0DGN

On 1/27/2012 11:16 AM, Bob Macklin wrote:
> My experience was a neighbor complained to the FCC that I was bothering his
> TV when he was watching the 10 o'clock news.
>
> I got a visit from an OO. He found out I had a 6M model airplane
> transmitter. The news was on Channel 2. We lived in a channel 2 fringe area.
> The neighbor had an antenna in poor condition.
>
> The OO told the neighbor to get his antenna fixed. And he suggested that I
> don't use the transmitter between 10 and 11!
>
> No FCC visit or notice!
>
> I had more complaints from my wife in the early days when all we had for the
> TV was Rabbit Ears!
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>