Adam, you have the right idea. IF you call the FCC, and they contact Verizon, and Verizon says you never contacted them directly, that will not look good in the FCC's eyes. The FCC Will consider hams to be a bunch of whiners who can't do anything for themselves. Now, if you do contact verizon and they don't want to do anything about it, that will look very nice in your favor if/when you *have* to contact the FCC about the problem. Too many people are too quick to look to the government to solve their problems. Who loses? We all do. Keep up the good work.
I also do NOT agree that it matters if you repeater is coordinated or not, as this is not a ham-to-ham interference case. Your repeater is licensed - that's all that matters. And 1-meg split in NY? I think that's in the NY bandplan - at least in some parts of the state. It's common in the NE US for outputs from 146.415 - 146.505 MHz. Joe M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Eric, > > I know it is a violation....... However, don't we owe them the benefit of > a chance to clean up their act...... If you had a repeater on the air > that starting emitting spurs, wouldn't you want someone to let you know > before they went to the commission...... Chances are, that they do not > even know they have a problem..... My .02..... > > Regards, > > Rich > > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:10:01 -0800 Eric Lemmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Adam, > > > > Any emission by a commercial/industrial system that causes > > significant > > interference to a licensed user in an adjacent band is a violation > > of > > FCC rules, period. You don't need to spend any more time trying to > > contact Verizon to resolve this issue. Write the FCC's Enforcement > > Bureau, and let Riley Hollingsworth take it from there. Believe me, > > once an FCC "Nastygram" gets Verizon's attention, they'll be all > > over > > that site, looking for the cause. If the problem is not corrected > > in a > > timely manner, a whopping fine will be assessed for every day it > > continues. Rest assured, every cent of the cost of correcting this > > interference problem will be paid by Verizon, not you. It will > > greatly > > help your case if you can show that the offending carrier is at > > 147.457 > > MHz, and is not the result of an image response in your receiver or > > of > > IM occurring in a poorly-designed receiver's front end. It will > > also > > add credence to your complaint if you can use repeatable T-Hunt > > tactics > > to pinpoint the source of the carrier to a specific antenna or > > cabinet. > > Take note as to whether or not the carrier is modulated and/or > > identified in any way, and whether it is continuous 24/7 or > > intermittent. Turn off all of your equipment before making these > > searches, just to be absolutely certain that the carrier is not > > generated within your own repeater. Many receivers, and a > > surprising > > number of controllers or IDers, generate "birdies" that render > > certain > > frequencies unusable. Be certain your own equipment is innocent > > before > > filing a complaint. Of course, you had better be certain that > > Verizon > > is, in fact, the offender before pointing a finger at them! > > > > If your repeater is officially coordinated, your case is even > > stronger. > > A 1 MHz split, in New York? Hmmm... > > > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > > > "Adam C. Feuer" wrote: > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > Back in September, I sent out a message asking if anyone had any > > interference experience with the 2 meter pair 146.460 / 147.460 as I > > have a constant carrier on my input. I didn't really receive any > > substantial replies and have been looking for the source ever since. > > Yesterday it was found! My input (147.460) is being crushed by a > > Verizon Light Span which is mounted in an outdoor enclosure at the > > site. It is emitting a strong carrier on 147.457... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
