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The lighter side of part 15 AM

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radio8z

Hello all,

Just to have some fun, I want to tell a tale which I know to be true. I witnessed it and this is a first hand account of events.

When I was in college and AM was king, one of the dorm residents caused disruption by playing his radio loudly. It could be heard several rooms away. Despite "counseling" from the floor monitor and his neighbors, he persisted.

Someone had a part 15 broadcaster and hit upon an idea. He would tune on top of the offender's chosen station and create heterodyne interference. This could be heard from an adjacent room so tuning the transmitter was easy. After a while, the offender would be heard muttering discouraging words and would thump his radio. As soon as the thump was heard, the broadcaster would turn off the transmitter. This provided the offender with positive reinforcement that thumping his radio fixed it.

As the days went by, the offender's radio intermittently would "break" and he would fix it by hitting it. It wasn't long before the noise problem was solved. His radio quit working for good (death by thumping?). He never did know the real story.

Maybe this is why the FCC rules prohibit intentional interference.

Neil
 
LMAO..

This reminded me of a situation at my job.. :)

We had a parts girl that liked a certin type of music that didn't fare well with most of the other techs in the surrounding area. She played it rather loud so there was no way to get away from it. We were allowed to have a radio at our work stations..

A service monitor set on "That" frequency + P.L. injection of 60 cycles = Not something you want to listen to..

We blamed it on the fluoresent lighting.. :)

We finally installed a wireless F.M. mic in the drop ceiling connected to a homebrew power supply above her work station to assure the issue wouldn't return again. Connected the P.S. to the light fixture so the fluoresent light theroy still held true.. (And she couldn't work in the dark..lol)<P ID="signature">______________
"What is this R.F. and How Does It Do That.."</P>
 
> LMAO..
>
> This reminded me of a situation at my job.. :)
>
> We had a parts girl that liked a certin type of music that
> didn't fare well with most of the other techs in the
> surrounding area. She played it rather loud so there was no
> way to get away from it. We were allowed to have a radio at
> our work stations..
>
> A service monitor set on "That" frequency + P.L. injection
> of 60 cycles = Not something you want to listen to..
>
> We blamed it on the fluoresent lighting.. :)
>
> We finally installed a wireless F.M. mic in the drop ceiling
> connected to a homebrew power supply above her work station
> to assure the issue wouldn't return again. Connected the
> P.S. to the light fixture so the fluoresent light theroy
> still held true.. (And she couldn't work in the dark..lol)
>
What's interesting is that the victim seldom catches on. A few years ago I discovered that I could change channels on my neighbor's TV by aiming my remote at his picture window (I could see the set). I only did that a few times, but it was fun to watch the show.
 
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