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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