One of the easiest ways to handle an interference complaint is to get a tape recorder and feed audio in to your transmitter.

Now go out on your front porch or something and crack open a beer and relax.

When the complaints come in tell them how can it possibly be me since I am on the front porch having a beer?

Let them scratch thir heads over that for a while.

Not a great idea to do things this way but if there is no other way to reason with them and their often isn't since they have no knowlege of electronics then it usually will solve your problem.

This will work whether your interferring or not, it doesn't matter much.

Don
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:55:23 -0500, Steve Dresser wrote:

>Jeff,

>Yeah, it's tougher if you don't know them well.  Maybe I'm just lucky
>that I've never run into any real nut cases.  I hope I never do,
>because I'm not sure how I'd handle them.

>Steve

>On Monday 10/31/05 09:34 Jeff Kenyon wrote:
>>Well, part of it is that I don't know my neighbors that well, and they are
>>older neighbors, and there are some people in my neighborhood who know
>>that I  am a ham, but they are not immediately close to m.
>>
>>
>>
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>>On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Steve Dresser wrote:
>>
>> > Jeff,
>> >
>> > I've never hidden the fact that I'm a ham, and in thirty years, I've
>> > never had any trouble with neighbors either.  I just ask them to
>> > please call me any time they're getting interference, and I'll stop
>> > transmitting immediately if I happen to be on the air.  I think most
>> > people are just happy to know that you're willing to cooperate with them.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> > On Monday 10/31/05 09:02 Jeff Kenyon wrote:
>> > >I am glad that my neighbors don't know that I am a ham, and I' like to
>> > >keep it that way!  A few of them I think find things to complain about,
>> > >so thankfully I have my rig and antenna inside and just operate 2-meters
>> > >and 440 for now.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Walt Sebastian wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Sorry Anthony, this should gone to the group.
>> > > >
>> > > > Hi Guys,
>> > > > I think it was in the eighties when a guy a block and a half away
>> > > came to me
>> > > > and said you are causing interference again.  I asked, I
>> am?  I said, to
>> > > > him, go him and keep a record for the next week and them we
>> would compare.
>> > > > About 4 days later, he called me on the phone, I didn't even know
>> > > he knew my
>> > > > phone number.  He said, you are causing that interference.  I
>> asked, is it
>> > > > happening right now?  He said yes.  Well, its not me, I am
>> > > talking to you on
>> > > > the phone.  I never heard from him again.
>> > > > Walt
>> > > >     WA4QXT
>> > > > Quaker Hill CT
>> > > > [log in to unmask]
>> > > >
>> >