Subject:	Re: Legal Advice Re: TVI
Date:		Mon, 19 Jan 1998 23:24:41 -0800
From:		"Robert J. Carpenter" rcarpen@erols.com
Reply-To:	w3otc@amsat.org
To:		the.hiltner.family@sympatico.ca
References:	1


If your Canadian portable phones are like most of those in the USA, they
operate on 20 kHz centers starting at 49.98 MHz (or is it 49.99?) and
working down, and have poor receivers.  If you're in that situation,
your neighbor is surely correct about hearing you.  

All 49 MHz phones sold in the USA have a notice on the case stating that
they must accept any interference they receive.  Try telling you
neighbor that!  Only W3ZZ could (maybe) get away with that approach.

Your meighbor needs to switch to a 900 MHz portable. While they operate
in the (US) 900 MHz ham band, that's a small penalty to pay for
completely clearing up 6-m problems, in my opinion.  One approach that
people have used is to show the neighbor that your ham receiver picks up
his portable phone - he won't understand band edges.

        Sorry about your truly difficult problem.

                73 de Bob  w3otc