[TriLUG] Television & RF interference -- yes computer related -- I think

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Wed, 6 Mar 2013, R Radford wrote:

> Hmmm, that is not how I interpreted the action, and also 
> does not seem to match up with what I read on the ARRL 
> website.  In fact, the ARRL was one of the big proponents 
> of the bill that basically states that as long as you are 
> doing everything legal in your transmitter (ie: a ham 
> radio operator), it is not your responsibility if it 
> causes interference on another device.

That was an unintended consequence that the ARRL grabbed 
onto.

> The FCC has the authority to investigate and go after 
> noisy transmitters, but if the transmitters are operating 
> within specification, there is no requirement that they 
> must stop or change if it interferes with your equipment.

I know all that.

> This kinda makes sense to me as the old method would make each ham
> radio operator responsible for tracking down and fixing interference
> from their equipment, even if the fault was not in their equipment.

that wasn't reasonable.

>
> A little discussion about it here:
>
> http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=85072
>
> And a good writeup on the ARRL site on their efforts to push the bill into law:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/bill-becomes-a-law

it wasn't to benefit the consumer. The ARRL's action was 
quite short sighted.

Joe

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