radio-speficic account - @n8cn
joe n8cn
@n8cn
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@12 @abraxas3d makes sense. I mean I would always encourage everyone to do things the correct way. But when the system is broken, there are few benefits to doing it the right way and no real consequences for not, then yeah I got nuthin lol
@12 @abraxas3d true. An acquaintance of mine was relegated to GMRS for this very reason. I cannot say I'm particularly proud of the inclusivity tenets of the licensing structure.
@abraxas3d to make matters worse, my friend feels abandoned entirely and now considers himself a freebander, laughs at the licensing structure "because why?" and laughs at discourse around improving enforcement and proper licensing.
And know what? I don't blame him. I can't offer him ANY reason to think otherwise. By acting this way, the FCC is encouraging people to not bother with the process. Because there is no support for licensees, and no consequences for the unlicensed.
@abraxas3d basically legally acknowledging that the grow lamps were a violation, were not type accepted, were interfering with most HF bands, and actively choosing to not enforce it, and telling my guy "we encourage you to come to amicable terms of grow lamp operation so you can use your radios during times when they are not on."
unbelievable.
@abraxas3d The funniest part (and most offensive IMO) is that the FCC field agents acknowledged there was an issue and their "answer" was to ask the ham who reported the issue to work with the business to determine "hours of operation" for the businesses' devices so that my friend could "enjoy HF radio" during hours when the business wasn't going to be using their devices. The devices in question? Grow Lamps. 4 years ago a dispensary growing-plant moved into a warehouse near him.
@abraxas3d yep. consistency in enforcement completely depends on how profitable to the FCC the industry being affected is. Ham Radio is a "service" but I'm sure its the lowest peg on their list. I mean there's definitive evidence in my friend's case where a consumer product being used by a business is making spectrum swaths unusable. but the impact is to a ham, so they basically wrote it off.
@abraxas3d TBH I just spent a year being NOT an ARRL member due to at least 4 major issues that have come up since 2020, not the least of which was basically ignoring a local member reporting harmful interference from a business. FCC basically responded that the Amateur service is not a revenue center so they won't enforce type acceptance. Meanwhile we see news of lawsuits over webcams messing up a neighbor's SiriusXM. Anyway things looked better this year so I renewed.
Abraxas3d W5NYV@n8cn would you be willing to talk about the issues to me so that we can ask the right (gently worded) questions during this insurance meetup? I'm [email protected]
@abraxas3d would love to. the insurance thing was ages ago and was with Marsh and most of the issues were on the Marsh side TBH. not sure if that's still the partnership. I'll send an email