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
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>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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