[AMRadio] Can they 'really' know?

[Bob Macklin]

I had it on the bench testing the controls!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Schultz Sr" <w5ry at cox.net>
To: "'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Can they 'really' know?


> Where in the heck would you be flying a model at 10pm??????
>
> W5RY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Macklin
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 10:16 AM
> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Can they 'really' know?
>
> 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"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 8:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Can they 'really' know?
>
>
>> An OO doesn't have the equipment to determine your power output levels.
>>
>> Most don't even have a Spectrum Analyzer ability.
>>
>> OOs are volunteers.
>>
>> The only visit I have had was from someone in the neighborhood, whom
>> heard me on his Part 15 portable phone.
>>
>> He got a friend to look up the callsign.
>>
>> Net result, he ended up changing phones.  Even a 100W Apache was getting
>> into his Part 15 device.
>>
>> No OO notice, no FCC visit.
>>
>> Bob - N0DGN
>>
>> On 1/27/2012 10:26 AM, Bob Macklin wrote:
>>> It's my understanding the FCC does not monitor the ham bands. They 
>>> depend
>
>>> on
>>> the OOs to do the monitoring.
>>>
>>> If someone files a complaint against you it is an OO that will visit 
>>> you,
>>> not the FCC.
>>>
>>> But if you are creating a problem the OO cannot cure the FCC will visit
>>> you.
>>>
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