[GreenKeys] Wiping out your neighbor's reception

[Tim McNerney]

Don,

To be truly welcomed as a new "Ham", you have to somehow
put together a transmitter that wipes out your neighbor's
TV sets...then you've made it!! The icingon the cake would be
to get an Official Observer's "postcard" at the same time....
I'm sure a lot of the oldtimers know what I mean by that!

73,

Jack WA2HWJ

Radio+Teletype...it don't get no better....


First, of course, congratulations are in order! 
Your note reminded me of my current peave about today's
unlicensed RF scene...

The modern equivalent wiping out your neighbor's TV reception,
I'm sad to say, can be perpetrated by anyone.  Since the 2.4GHz
ISM band is unlicensed, and the FCC is too busy catering to
corporate BOPL interests seemingly intent on wiping out ham
reception (oops, that's a rant for another day), all your neighbor
has to do is to buy a cheap cordless phone, and he can wipe out
your entire investment in 802.11b "WiFi" equipment.  And, though
I could be mistaken, practically speaking, I don't think
there is anything you can do about it, except maybe knock
on all your neighbors' doors offering to buy them new phones.

Actually, maybe you guys know...  What sort of equipment might
one use to figure out which neighbor is the "perp"?

--Tim McNerney
  Newton, MA