Greetings TOM!   
      
      
    RW>> When I was a youngster in the 50s, we had a ham that lived two   
    RW>> houses up and across the street from us. His xmitter interfered with   
    RW>> our TV reception and my parents complained to him about it. He   
    RW>> didn't xmit during primetime TV and everybody was happy. I don't   
    RW>> think my dad knew that if he complained to the FCC, they'd put a   
    RW>> stop to his interfering, but I know my dad never complained to the   
    RW>> FCC.   
      
    TW> Teh cause of hte 6 meter interference was because of Poor Design of   
    TW> the TV front end   
      
   Interference (TVI) was because of the IF frequencies used in the TV.   
   Especially on the low band stations. We were watching Ch6 out of   
   Davenport, IA at the time.   
      
    TW>  and the FCC did not really clamp down.   
      
   I think it was more or less because most people at the time hadn't ever   
   experienced interference before and knew nothing of FCC regulations. Not   
   to mention that TV was something new at the time.   
      
    TW> There were traps avilable to help and of course the cooperation by   
    TW> the Ham like your neighbor hepled.   
      
   And then along came CB and things like this got worse.   
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
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