Re: RFI shields. Was: Star Wars power

All that usually happens in that case is that the FCC notifies the local
cable company(s) about it, and they are then required to do a follow-up
test and file the results with a report to prove the problem either no
longer exists or was fixed. Unless of course it's a massive emissions
source, in which they tend to get on the stick and fix it pretty quickly.
But, for that to happen, we're talking being right under a landing flight
pattern less than a mile from a major metro airport with a six foot Tesla
coil in your back yard :)

In the case of a vid party, or even an extended weekend party, you'll long
since had the bulk of your cabinets turned off before anyone gets around
to a "drive by" check. Even then, generally speaking, schools and
hosiptals (yes, hospitals - seen it personally) tend to be the leaky
commercial offenders, and "Radio Shack Specials" for home installs usually
the worst offenders. Think plier-crimped F-connectors, using RG59 for
550MHz or higher CATV distribution. Ick.

Emissions are a real fuzzy beast to deal with, lab and real world. Been
there, done that, hated it. Nothing to worry about until you get a letter
from the FCC itself ;)

Brad

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Kev wrote:

>
> When I moved into my house about a year ago I must have pissed the cable
> people off (I told them I wasn't paying for a service tech to come in my
> house just because they changed the billing info into my name). Shortly
> after that I was given a notice that my house was guilty of "RF Leakage" and
> that they would need to inspect my house so I did a bit of research on RF
> leakage. The FCC places limitations on Cable companies on the amount of RF
> leakage that they may have. This limitation is to prevent inteference with
> air traffic communications. Cable companies apparently are required to do a
> leakage sweep quarterly & may be done by airplane, vehical mounted radar or
> simply by measuring point to point losses.
>
> In my case I told the cable company to send me a copy of the "leakage
> report" filed with the FCC & I would be happy to let them in. Never heard
> another word.
>
> But this does raise an interesting concern, what happens if I'm having a
> video party with all the games & pins rocking when the RF leakage police fly
> over my house?
>
> Kev
>
> > Finally, arcade games are not constructed or FCC licensed for residential
> > use -- meaning if you were to get 'caught' by the Feds, you may have to
> > remove ALL of you games. (It is a long shot, I know, but it is still a
> > possibility -- especially if you cause lots of RF interference for your
> > neighbors...)
>
>
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