Subj : XRF PROBLEMS
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Tue Jul 12 2016 10:15 am

> Bob,
>
>>   I saw a similar item at moencomm.com -- the thing is, I can't have
>> RF gear, due to antenna prohibitions. So, if these require a D-Star
>> Radio, I'm out of luck.
>
>BS> Well, I cannot see/understand how anyone could prohibit a 6 3/4 inch
>BS> antenna connected to my DV4Mini, sitting on the desk in my shack, and
>BS> the use of a HT (Icom ID-31), also inside my house.
>
>   They are VERY PICKY with inspections (I live at H.U.D. subsidized
> housing for the disabled...I've been fully disabled for 12 years). They
> do NOT allow things like antennas (indoor or outdoor), cable across the
> floor (tripping hazard), and because RFI might interfere with medical
> devices of the residents (considering the law of entropy, or that the
> users didn't have them set up right)...never mind that folks would file
> a lawsuit at the drop of a hat.
>
>   Plus, I was always interfered with when on the air, and with the
> analog
> repeaters, you had no idea who was causing the interference. The idiots
> who were doing it were too cowardly to admit who they were, or why they
> had a grudge with me. So, I operate "internet radio" (much to the angst
> of the ham radio purists), but operate OUTSIDE of Arkansas, where I
> feelmore welcome.
>
>   Inspections are done on a regular basis to make sure the resident
> isn't
> living in squalor (never mind the apartment being overrun with
> "clutter"),
> with things clean and orderly (sinks, toilets, showers, floors, etc.).
> At
> times, I wonder if it's a hospital or a military deal, where the floor
> should be so clean that you can eat off of it, or the bed should be
> madeup so tight that you can bounce a quarter off of it. Should one fail
> an
> inspection, they can be given a 30 day notice to leave the property
> (eviction). I believe they have to give residents a minimum of 24 hours
> notice, but it wouldn't surprise me if they implemented "surprise
> inspections".
>
>   They will NOT do things like "random drug testing" because "it's an
> invasion of privacy"...although during one recent inspection, they did
> open up my medicine cabinet in the bathroom to see what was in there
> (the
> same was done when requiring home health care nurses after minor
> surgerylast year). However, because all of the medicines had been
> legally
> prescribed, they couldn't touch me in that regard. To me, if you're not
> doing illegal drugs, why are you worried??
>
>   They won't make it a "gated community" to keep the non-residents,
> somewho may be dealing in illicit drugs, out...because the gates would
> be a
> hinderance to the local transit system (which leaves a lot to be
> desiredaround central Arkansas), as well as to police, fire, and
> ambulatory
> personnel. Several years ago, one of the residents grandsons had a meth
> lab set up in the storage shed.
>
>   The management has a complete list of all my medical conditions,
> surgeries, prescriptions, doctors, etc. I *WANT* them to know what
> is going on with my health, so they know I'm not doing illegal drugs.
> I doubt they'd ever implement a policy to get a warrant and do a "strip
> search" to check for "track marks" (i.e. from those doing injections of
> heroin, etc.)...but I'd comply with it, since I'm not doing illegal
> drugs,
> nor have the desire to do so. They are free to contact my physicians
> forblood work reports, etc. So many out here would probably get "a
> friend"
> to substitute for them in providing a bodily fluid sample for analysis.
>
>   One time, they were going to come in, while I was prepping for a
> needed
> colonoscopy. I told them that "you'll find me naked"...because you have
> to be, once taking the purgatives, as you'll spend the next several
> hours
> on the toilet. Their reply "it's a normal bodily function". While they
> have found polyps 3 times, they've never found colon cancer.
>
>   While it seems there are more negatives than positives living here,
> the
> apartments are handicapped accessible, which has become a necessity for
> me over the years. I use a cane wherever I go, with a walker on standby
> for the really bad days. I may eventually wind up in a wheelchair. And,
> being able to manage my health is necessary, because without my health,
> the hobbies go by the boards.
>
>   I have to have fellow Volunteer Examiners help me with the testing
> supplies at the sessions now...mainly moving the heavy cases. I print
> my exams with the ARRL/VEC Exam Maker Software, which guarantees that
> every exam is DIFFERENT. No point in trying to cheat, when the exam of
> ones neighbor is going to be completely different, in both questions
> and answers.



This totally sounds like a prison, me, I would NEVER consider living under
those conditions.  As far as RF interfering with medical equipment, there is
nothing they (or anyone else) can do about vistor's vehicles using two-way
radios, and I'm yet to see any form of emergency (or security) vehicle not have
a two-way radio of some kind, usually capable of transmitting with serious
power..


I do know that my DV4Mini transmits with 1.2 milliwatts, and my Icom ID-31
transmits with less than one watt.  That's considerably less than a typical
wi-fi router radiates.





                      .....Bob, VE5XEF


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