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From: Larry on 11 Dec 2009 19:32 Jeff Liebermann <jeffl(a)cruzio.com> wrote in news:oqk5i59v88tg2lit12ci5703l172jog93u(a)4ax.com: > Actually, that didn't quite work. I installed a 19" DBS dish on the > roof, which was common enough that it didn't attract any attention. > However, when I installed a much larger 1 meter dish, one neighbor > decided that I was "irradiating" her and causing all manner of > maladies. I now have a large trash bag, with dead oak leaves glued > all over it, covering the dish, so hopefully it won't be as > noticeable. > I probably would have had less trouble if I hadn't had two 40 watt flourescent tubes about 2/3 the way out on each side of the 80 meter dipole that lit up the whole yard like day, modulated by the SSB as I spoke way into the night....(c;] "Did you see the tubes lit up when your TV interference was going on?", I'd ask them, their faces blank. "No, but I know it was you!" "It couldn't have been me. Here watch.", I retorted switching to 75M and whistling into my mike lighting up the neighborhood like day. "I'm only on the air when those tubes are lit." That usually got rid of them....and impressed a local judge when they dragged me into court. Of course, I made no mention that the tubes didn't light up on 20 meters from the beam. They didn't need to know that.
From: Larry on 11 Dec 2009 19:40 Jeff Liebermann <jeffl(a)cruzio.com> wrote in news:oqk5i59v88tg2lit12ci5703l172jog93u(a)4ax.com: > Incidentally, during the 1970's, there was a nearby cold war era > 200mhz long range radar transmitter on Mt Umunhum: > <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7565270773> > The radar would get into everything. I heard the buzz on every radio > I dragged home, on my hi-fi, TV, test equipment, and even the coils in > my toaster oven. Needless to say, there was plenty of RF exposure for > everyone. > I know a ham who lives about 400 feet off the front end of a 3 tower AM array with a 50KW Harris blowtorch radiating through his house. In the attic is a big loop antenna with a tunable cap in series with all the yard, garage, outside shed and porch lights that have been running on RF for over 30 years! If you watch them close, you can see the positive overmodulation, an old AM trick to increase range. The cap is not tuned right on the station. All the bulbs blow if you tune it up all the way. He just uses the cap as a light dimmer, setting it for maximum bulb life, not the brightest yard on the block...(c;] I'd guess he's bleeding off 400-500 watts from the beast. Every electrical appliance on the AC powerline "talks" to you all the time. Two of the flourescent AC-powered lights in the bathrooms can't be shut off. Think he's in danger of frying his kids? He's about 70, his wife even older. They raised 4 healthy kids in that house who all have big families, too! Doesn't seem to be a problem.....It may have even made them more fertile!
From: Richard Johnson on 21 Dec 2009 15:25 "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote in message news:hfi6f6$gvq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote in message > news:hfi0ub$8kk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote in message >> news:hfhvv9$2es$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> with several cities now up and running on WiMax, >>> as it was just launched in Chicago, >>> and I have seen several kiosks with the Moto live running receivers - >>> desktop & USB - >>> wondering how ClearWire will do as an investment ? >>> http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CLWR >>> >>> It seems like Clear has several partners, >>> as I've seen co-op ads from - Sprint, Comcast, etc - >>> >>> Both the base station + USB being offered for $55/month >>> -- >>> ---------------------------------- >> >> Wondering - >> >> How much of a lead does Clearwire & WiMax have >> before the cellular carriers have 4G like LTE deployed ? >> > > hmmmmmmmm - > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23280391-Clear-in-Chicago > > Larry: I have been a user of Clearwire in Portland Oregon. I subscribed to the home service via the network router unit and the moble service with the USB modem. I subscribed to the 6 Mb service. I rarely get that level. It usually runs at half that speed. Pings were running at 80 ms but now seem to be around 160 ms. I have had intermittent interuptions averaging once per week, once up to 8 hours. Calling customer service for them was an experience of listening to people that have no real concept of customer service. According to the rep's I talked to, they refuse to announce planned outages. They also have no back up plan to minimize the outage times. So, my experience is that they are not long for this world. If they continue to disregard customer service and treat the system as something that needs to have minimized down time, and also provide the level of service that people pay for, they will go out of business because of the competition. Rich
From: Larry on 22 Dec 2009 00:23 "Richard Johnson" <richj(a)bounce.this.com> wrote in news:hgomj40skl(a)news6.newsguy.com: > Larry: > > I have been a user of Clearwire in Portland Oregon. I subscribed to > the home service via the network router unit and the moble service > with the USB modem. I subscribed to the 6 Mb service. I rarely get > that level. It usually runs at half that speed. Pings were running > at 80 ms but now seem to be around 160 ms. I have had intermittent > interuptions averaging once per week, once up to 8 hours. Calling > customer service for them was an experience of listening to people > that have no real concept of customer service. According to the rep's > I talked to, they refuse to announce planned outages. They also have > no back up plan to minimize the outage times. > So, my experience is that they are not long for this world. If they > continue to disregard customer service and treat the system as > something that needs to have minimized down time, and also provide the > level of service that people pay for, they will go out of business > because of the competition. > > Rich > > Thanks for your personal experience, Rich. I'm very disappointed reading all the negative reports like this from across the country. I think your assessment of Clear is quite close to the mark. We Americans just can't seem to do anything right.....
From: George on 22 Dec 2009 07:46
On 12/22/2009 00:23, Larry wrote: > "Richard Johnson"<richj(a)bounce.this.com> wrote in > news:hgomj40skl(a)news6.newsguy.com: > >> Larry: >> >> I have been a user of Clearwire in Portland Oregon. I subscribed to >> the home service via the network router unit and the moble service >> with the USB modem. I subscribed to the 6 Mb service. I rarely get >> that level. It usually runs at half that speed. Pings were running >> at 80 ms but now seem to be around 160 ms. I have had intermittent >> interuptions averaging once per week, once up to 8 hours. Calling >> customer service for them was an experience of listening to people >> that have no real concept of customer service. According to the rep's >> I talked to, they refuse to announce planned outages. They also have >> no back up plan to minimize the outage times. >> So, my experience is that they are not long for this world. If they >> continue to disregard customer service and treat the system as >> something that needs to have minimized down time, and also provide the >> level of service that people pay for, they will go out of business >> because of the competition. >> >> Rich >> >> > > Thanks for your personal experience, Rich. I'm very disappointed reading > all the negative reports like this from across the country. I think your > assessment of Clear is quite close to the mark. > > We Americans just can't seem to do anything right..... > > Actually as usual you don't have a clue what you are talking about. Plenty of American businesses offer good service but you need to pay for it. You think there are no costs associated with providing service and think everything should be free but that isn't reality. The problem with Clearwire is that they are underfunded and have a poor business model. |