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Re: FCC Regs
Original poster: "Steve Stuart by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sstuart-at-glasscity-dot-net>
I got it... I'll just invite the neighbors over for the show.
:-)
Tesla list wrote:
>
> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
> > As to the likelihood of FCC DF'ing you for coiling, as a fellow ham,
> > consider this: We once had somebody jam the weekly 2-meter net,
> > regularly and consistently. We DF'd him with Adcock antennas, on
> > multiple dates, and had it pinned down to a local telco facility that
> > took up a block or two of real estate. Calls were made, FCC supposedly
> > was going to be there on a particular night.... the jammer cooperated,
> > FCC never showed. It wasn't like they had to do any sort of detective
> > work, we had him located. Hopefully your neighbors have less sway
> > with FCC than licensed ops.
> > I lack the knowledge to say myself, but others have said that the Q of
> > the coil circuit tends to lend itself to not having alot of spurious sigs.
> >
> > 73 de N4MBL.
>
> 1. The coil is very short compared to a wavelength and as a result is a
> very inefficient radiator. Use the formula for helical radiators to
> estimate the radiation resistance.
>
> 2. The neighbors might actually have more say, as you would be
> interfering with something other than the ham service, which is already
> so screwed up that they don't ordinarily care much. However, unless
> they can hear the noise the neighbors probably won't be able to figure
> out whas is going on.
>
> Ed
>
> W6IZJ
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73 de Steve w8an
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