ham radio interference filter
neighbor ham radio – big trouble?
My next door neighbor has an ugly antenna on his roof and backyard. He causes interference to all of my electronic items such as turning on lamps, my subwoofer warbles like a strange voice. He gave me filters to wrap around my wires. This helped mostly but he won’t provide me any more filters since they are expensive. He wants to run tests but I don’t have time. I made sure to call him every time I hear him. Once time I called him at 3:00 a.m. and he said it wasn’t him because he was sleeping. HE HUNG UP ON ME!!! He stopped answering the phone now. I also reported him to the police. He sent me a letter to stop calling him or coming to his door. This HAM is a jerk. He says that it is MY equipment’s fault since he doesn’t have any problems with is own. I talk with an FCC man and he said the same thing that it is likely due to my defective equipment. Can I sue him? I am also afraid of radiation and property values.
Imagine someone getting in your face, demanding that you do something for them when you don’t have to. No matter how nice you are, you wouldn’t put up with it forever. When you stop, you get labeled a jerk. That’s what’s happening here.
The fact is he’s a licensed Amateur Radio operator. Part of his training as a Ham is to know how to make sure his equipment isn’t putting out interference. Home electronics are supposed to be built to reject RF spurious signals. This is why much of the equipment have filters built into their cords. He is obligated by the FCC, to a point, to help resolve the interference.
Instead of taking advantage of his help, you have badgered him into slamming the door on you. He wasn’t a jerk until you made him one.
The description you gave about your subwoofer does sound like it’s picking up strong Ham voice signals. It could also be a CBer using single side band (SSB) voice mode (similar to Ham voice transmissions) and running an illegal amplifier or something. Do you see any “ugly” CB antennas near you?
What equipment of yours is still getting interference? There is nothing to fear from the type of RF interference your friend is transmitting.
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