[Milsurplus] solar panels RFI

[gl4d21a at juno.com]

I lost track of the proceedings about a year ago.  The ham made field strength measurements, complained to the FCC.  Response, "Are you sure the problem is from the solar system?"  Neighbor allowed non-invasive measurements to be made on the solar system.  Very noisy, RF wise.  A formal technical report was generated by a couple of PEs and delivered.  FCC notifies neighbor.  Neighbor kicks it up to solar system manufacturer.  Manufacturer claims no responsibility, claiming the system, containing no 'computer', does not fall under FCC purview.  Neighbor refuses to turn system off, citing investment and "green" incentives.  Manufacturer continues to stonewall, and may now have folded anyway.  So, short of shooting neighbor, or starting a classic neighbor feud by lawsuit, realistically what are his alternatives?  Remember, this is in California.

73,
George
W5VPQ

---------- Original Message ----------
From: WA5CAB at cs.com
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] solar panels
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 23:01:51 EDT

The crew that's in there now are lawyers, typical IQ in the low 70's.  If 
someone mentioned RFI to them they'd think he was dislectic and meant RIF.

In a message dated 10/3/2010 8:21:02 PM Central Daylight Time, 
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
> >Another rarely mentioned aspect of some systems is RFI.  
> >I know of one ham in CA who can no longer operate 
> >75 or 40 Meters since his neighbor installed a big solar system.  
> 
> I don't know about the crew that's in there now,
> but during Reily's time, the FCC would have taken
> some action on that if the neighbor didn't fix it.
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

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