KA2DZT - Serious interference from neighbor's new solar array. Part 97 ?

[Opcom]

It would be interesting to read all of the contracts involved.

[Steve - K4HX]

Glad to hear Fred "fixed" the problem.

Now, if he could just get a transmit signal, we all wouldn't need noise cancellers to hear him.   

[steve_qix]

Fred always has a good signal at my place (in Northern Massachusetts).  So, not exactly nearby.

[Steve - K4HX]

It's an old joke going back to the days when he was known as "51-watt Fred."

[kb2vxa]

The bear doth ROAR! That's an angle I hadn't thought of, the lack of a construction permit. That reminds me of when I lived in the bottom end of the county and heard about the FCC being notified that an FM transmitter construction site I visited on their day off was going up without a CP. That put the kibosh on construction, lots and lots of money wasted. Now I hear about a solar cogen installation going up without a CP, putting a few bugs in ears in the right places (zoning board, power company, etc.) should produce some interesting results.

I was thinking of the broadcast radio test, AM AND FM, with some neighbors involved. Don't go to the FCC directly and get ignored, let the engineers of some local broadcast groups do it for you. Identify stations being interfered with, find their contact info and complain "I can't hear Rush Limbaugh with all the static (no matter what it is they call it static) that guy with the new solar panels is making!" They, whomever "they" may be take notice when the engineer(s) of stations being interfered with get involved. I got the idea from a newspaper article a few years ago I archived in my computer about an unlicensed FM station (transmitters and high power amplifiers are for sale on the Internet) causing interference to a popular station in the central NJ area. People complained to the station and the upstart is the local police shut down the station, the antenna violated some zoning ordinance. THAT was just a bit unexpected, the FCC gone wimpy replaced by men wearing Glock 10s. <Dr. Evil MUAHAHAHAHAAAAaaaaaa.>