Is "Prepping" Practical Or Paranoia?

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138. if you get RF interference in any electronic system in your house, you can alert the FCC

Well, you can, however you also need to know that works in REVERSE, that is, IF YOU have something that makes RF interference on my HAM RADIO equipment, I can report YOU to the FCC to ! It could be your fan speed control, your electric blanket, your computer, your sat. tv equipment, all of them make RF noise in our ham radio equipment. I have been a ham radio operator for 56 years and I have seen it all. I had a neighbor with a bad electric cloths dryer, the contacts on the timer were bad, after putting up with it for years, i reported him to the FCC, he received a letter and then was inspected by the FCC and got so mad .....he MOVED ! You need to understand just how sensitive our receivers are, we are not trying to listen to the radio station 75 miles away putting out 5,000 watts, we are trying to listen to a radio station on the other side of the world putting out 5 watts ! Most of the time you will have no problems as long as you
1 keep the wires SHORT
2 use shielded wire ONLY with the shield going to ground
3 buy GOOD tv and sound equipment and not some hunk of junk
and
4 before you report your ham neighbor to the FCC, go talk to him, please