Hey I sell coffee, I wonder if I drink more than you did

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> On Jun 5, 2014, at 2:01 PM, "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Pat,
> 
> Somewhere I heard that it would take about 500K to get through the B S here 
> in Illinois and then at least 200K each year to continue.  If the State 
> collects this from several producers, then the State will end up with less 
> money then it had before the cost of regulating the production and sales. 
> Go figure!!
> 
> Howard #3
> 
> 
> ---- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Radio airwaves get buzzed from pot
> 
> 
>> I don't know what the parameters are here, particularly in
>> Illinois.  If the state is meddling, it will all certainly be screwed
>> up as Illinois can't do a single thing right, procedurally or
>> fiscally.  When I was in the business of selling coffee I drank a lot
>> of it - would have to be careful about pot!
>> Pot - whoops Pat, K9JAUAt 02:24 PM 6/5/2014, you wrote:
>>> Being the curious fellow I am, I've actually researched a bit about 
>>> starting
>>> a legal grow operation...it can be hugely lucritive, in the order of 
>>> 200,000
>>> bucks a month once you are up and running.
>>> About 200 G's to get started and a bunch of paper work, but they don't
>>> refuse permits to anyone here in Canada as long as you send in the correct
>>> paper work.
>>> and the market is in need of another couple hundred large production
>>> suppliers right now in this country.
>>> I don't use it myself, but I can certainly see the up side of growing it 
>>> for
>>> proffit.
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 1:18 PM
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: Radio airwaves get buzzed from pot
>>> 
>>>> Damn; will have to re-evaluate my career path!!
>>>> Pat, K9JAUAt 01:49 PM 6/5/2014, you wrote:
>>>>> BlankRan across this in USA Today.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Radio airwaves get buzzed from pot By Trevor Hughes,
>>>>> 
>>>>> A few years ago, retired electrical engineer Tom Thompson noticed it 
>>>>> was
>>>>> getting harder and harder to hear his friends across the country 
>>>>> talking
>>>>> to
>>>>> him on their ham radio sets. So Thompson built a portable antenna 
>>>>> system
>>>>> to
>>>>> track down whatever was interfering with his radio transmission.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The culprit? Marijuana grow operations, whose powerful grow lights can
>>>>> emit
>>>>> interference blocking radio broadcasts on the ham and AM spectrums.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The first grower he encountered wasn't pleased to know Thompson, now 
>>>>> 73,
>>>>> could tell what was going on. "He said, 'What are you going to do, call
>>>>> the
>>>>> cops?' Thompson said. "And I said, 'Well no, it's a federal matter.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ' With 22 states and the District of Columbia allowing medical 
>>>>> marijuana,
>>>>> and Colorado and Washington permitting recreational use, there's been 
>>>>> an
>>>>> explosion in the number of people growing their own pot, much of it
>>>>> indoors.
>>>>> With that growth has come increasing interference from the grow lights,
>>>>> which suck down huge amounts of electricity to shine upon budding
>>>>> marijuana
>>>>> plants. Growing pot indoors is usually more secure and gives the grower
>>>>> more
>>>>> control over light, water and insects, which results in higher-quality
>>>>> plants commanding a premium price.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The interference problems from one type of system have gotten so bad 
>>>>> that
>>>>> the amateur radio association, ARRL, filed a formal federal complaint 
>>>>> on
>>>>> behalf of the country's 720,000 licensed ham operators. The problems 
>>>>> are
>>>>> worse in Colorado and California, said Sean Kutzko, an ARRL spokesman.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The interference is caused by what are known as "ballasts," electronic
>>>>> systems controlling the grow lights. Unless they're properly shielded, 
>>>>> the
>>>>> ballasts can throw off a wide range of interference. "We're seeing
>>>>> numerous
>>>>> cases ... and that's causing us a problem," Kutzko said. "We just want 
>>>>> to
>>>>> make sure the manufacturers are in compliance with FCC laws. The FCC 
>>>>> has
>>>>> the
>>>>> power to regulate anything that interferes with licensed radio
>>>>> transmissions, such as ham sets, but also cellphones and AM radios.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Steve, K8SP
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