[Milsurplus] Imaginary TVI (was BC-640 TVI)

mikea mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Thu Oct 8 09:26:49 EDT 2009


On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:22:28PM -0500, Tom Norris wrote:
> 
> On 10/6/09, at 9:39 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> 
> > [...] The comment about "even when turned off..."
> 
> General TVI
> 
> When I was with the state of TN, we got more tvi complaints from our  
> agencies non-active or seldom used sites than those that were hopping  
> 24/7.   Same with me at my parent's old place -- never got a tvi  
> complaint when I was actually on the air, they all came when I wasn't  
> home, I was asleep, etc.  If I put up or changed one of my antennas,  
> same thing.
> 
> When my old state agency had to replace a tower due to old age, as  
> soon as the new tower was built, the complaints came in right and  
> left.  No antennas nor cable was installed on the tower during the  
> peak complaint period, though there was another peak after than  
> antennas and cable were installed - with no equipment connected.
> 
> Arrrggghhh!

After I got settled again, but before I got my ham ticket back, I put
up some SWL antennas. No transmitter(s) at all, just a fair number of
receivers for HF, some for VHF, and a few for UHF, with appropriate
antennas. My lot backs up onto a busy street, and everything inside the
fence is quite visible.

TVI complaints by the score -- in a neighborhood where 95% of the people
have cable TV.. Some people wouldn't be happy if you hanged 'em with a silk
rope; I had a list of folks I was ready to try it out on.

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin 


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