[net.audio] Curing TVI

phl@druxy.UUCP (LavettePH) (01/13/84)

   I thought the law required the offending transmitter to correct the
   problem. To the best of my knowledge, it is illegal for ANY
   transmitter to interfere with commercial transmissions. Depending on
   how diplomatic you feel, you can require the person who owns the
   transmitter to pay for correcting the problem or contact the FCC.

	Dave Burris
	AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il.


Wrong,Dave, you are confusing transmission with reception.

The FCC requires licensed transmitters to operate within assigned frequency
limits at a specified maximum power.  CB and HAM operators are subject to much
undeserved harassment from ill-informed neighbors who expect them to correct
problems which are caused by poor quality designs in their RECEIVER'S front end.

Most operators I know will offer to buy an inexpensive filter for the offended
party even though they are under no obligation to do it.  In those cases where
diplomacy and generosity fail and a complaint is filed, the FCC will side with
the broadcaster and tell the complainants to take their troubles to the people
who manufactured the faulty tuner.  The broadcaster is in trouble only if the
transmission is not within legal limits, in which event he must get his signal
cleaned up or face a fine and/or prison and/or the seizure of the transmitter
and/or the loss of his license.

I've had extreme problems with a local FM station that located their transmitter
a quarter mile from my home.  I not only picked up their hillbilly music all 
over my FM dial, but also with my tone-arm wiring, my speaker wiring, my pre-
amp and amplifier wiring, my house wiring and my interconnecting cables.  I 
solved the problems with some filters, some re-wiring in the units and a lot of
shielded wire.  Anytime I buy something new I insist that I can first try it
out at home.  A few years ago I went through four manfacturer's products before
I found one that played Waylon and Willie only when I wanted to hear them.

The point is that it was my responsibility to correct my receiver and not KLMO's
to fix it for me.  It can be done.  To the horror of my audiophile friends I
sometimes listen to the stereo while I work the CB.  I only had one problem 
with the neighbors and when I worked the CB with a portable TV on the bench
next to it without any audible or visual noise they just walked away shaking
their heads and bought another TV.

- Phil Lavette, AT&T ISL (or whatever) Denver