swen_out_west
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So I have been taking an older gentleman/neighbor around to his appts after hip surgery and stopped near his house (60 yards away) to check a message he had left for me before I headed to town. I was talking on GMRS 5/ CC 19 and complaining how his old cordless phone is so hard to understand with my hard hearing through all of the static and the TV being loud in the background.
Turns out about 10 minutes later he left another message reminding me about picking him up at 7:30 AM. He ended the message with BTW, I heard everything you were saying through my 'crappy old cordless phone' and I turned down the TV volume.
Yes, I did the math 462.650 x 2 falls right in the 902-928 MHz range of the old 900 Mhz FM phones.
I guess my post has one of 2 points.
1. Radio traffic can be overheard even by people not on that particular frequency/band. So the old adage of watch what you say even when you think someone isn't listening applies.
2. I was right about his old crappy cordless phone. Even though I am sure he is going to point the finger at it being my problem even though this is a brand new Midland MXT 115 and I am legally complying with all FCC Part 95 regulations.
So the question is: other than not transmitting when I am that close to his house is there any way to minimize this. Some of you may know my past problems of finding a clear channel void of interference from illegal FRS repeaters around here so changing the frequency is not an option. I could ask him to change the channel on his phone (if it's an option), but knowing him, I doubt he will, just say how it's all on me.
I guess my biggest question is that he also is a big stickler for rules and regs, (he's proud of how many CB'rs he turned in to the FCC 'back in the day', causing even the slightest interference to TV's and Radios), is there any fallout on my end? The caveat of that is, if there is any past history of complaints they'll just chalk it up as him whining yet again.
I am actually surprised he even heard me since I don't even start using that channel until I head to town around 7:45 and he is usually to bed by 7pm.
I guess the only thing I can do is apologize and say I'll not transmit when I am that close to his house and try to downplay the conversation saying something like 'well, it explains why your old phone has so much static if it's not properly filtering my 2nd harmonic'. Besides if he complains too much he can always find another friend or relative to take him around and take care of his dog, (wait he doesn't have anybody else but me).
Turns out about 10 minutes later he left another message reminding me about picking him up at 7:30 AM. He ended the message with BTW, I heard everything you were saying through my 'crappy old cordless phone' and I turned down the TV volume.
Yes, I did the math 462.650 x 2 falls right in the 902-928 MHz range of the old 900 Mhz FM phones.
I guess my post has one of 2 points.
1. Radio traffic can be overheard even by people not on that particular frequency/band. So the old adage of watch what you say even when you think someone isn't listening applies.
2. I was right about his old crappy cordless phone. Even though I am sure he is going to point the finger at it being my problem even though this is a brand new Midland MXT 115 and I am legally complying with all FCC Part 95 regulations.
So the question is: other than not transmitting when I am that close to his house is there any way to minimize this. Some of you may know my past problems of finding a clear channel void of interference from illegal FRS repeaters around here so changing the frequency is not an option. I could ask him to change the channel on his phone (if it's an option), but knowing him, I doubt he will, just say how it's all on me.
I guess my biggest question is that he also is a big stickler for rules and regs, (he's proud of how many CB'rs he turned in to the FCC 'back in the day', causing even the slightest interference to TV's and Radios), is there any fallout on my end? The caveat of that is, if there is any past history of complaints they'll just chalk it up as him whining yet again.
I am actually surprised he even heard me since I don't even start using that channel until I head to town around 7:45 and he is usually to bed by 7pm.
I guess the only thing I can do is apologize and say I'll not transmit when I am that close to his house and try to downplay the conversation saying something like 'well, it explains why your old phone has so much static if it's not properly filtering my 2nd harmonic'. Besides if he complains too much he can always find another friend or relative to take him around and take care of his dog, (wait he doesn't have anybody else but me).
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