TVI Article

[K9STH]

Although it happened over four decades ago, there was a certain TVI situation in northern Indiana that was basically humorous. I definitely know, for I was there!

The article is entitled "The Great Tavern Caper" and is towards the bottom of the list of links on either of my websites

http://home.attbi.com/~zcomco or http://home.attbi.com/~k9sth

Glen, K9STH

[wb6bcn]

Shame on you Glen!!!

[K9STH]

It were not I who did the deed! I was just an "innocent bystander"! An "impressionable youth" (the amateur who did the deed was in his late 20s at the time).

Glen, K9STH

[WA2ZDY]

I love it. There's a "less" legal equivalent going on lately with drive-in windows at fast food places. I admit, the idea is hilarious, even to me, basically a law abiding citizen. I can just imagine the yahoos at the fast food joint and/or the drive-up customers. Oh well, not something I'll be participating it, but still . . . heh heh heh . . . .

[K9STH]

There was a local root beer stand that the "car hops" always came out and took your order. #Since we all knew the girls from school, there was a lot of talking, etc. going on. #Then, during my junior year in high school the stand added the intercom units and the girls only came out to bring your order. #That cut down on the "fun". #Well, several of us discovered that we could place our order from our 40 meter AM mobiles 3 or 4 blocks away! #Of course we couldn't hear what they were saying at the root beer stand, but they got used to us ordering a hot dog and a root beer and then driving up in 3 or 4 minutes. #Again, this was in the 1960 - 1962 time frame.

By the way, we were complete "legal" and didn't make a "broadcast". What we would do is say something like "I'm going to Terry's A&W for a hot dog and a root beer". We knew that we were coming through their system and they knew our voices. When 2 or 3 of us drove up, they had our orders in process. We just did it to "get even" for installing the intercom units and cutting down our chats with the girls. I dated one of them when I was a senior.

Glen, K9STH

[N7WSB]

I really liked the article - Its funny - because whenever I operate I have my TV set on so I can kinda keep an eye on TVI - most I ever see is a little bit of fuz over the screen (while tuning up) - and this is on an inside antenna running over 100 watts pep - my TV set sits less then 6 feet away from it and I don't have cable.

Still get people claiming I'm trashing their signals. My TV is a piece of junk (Sony that has been repaired more than once) - I wonder what these guys are using.

[AI4EP]

one interesting part of being the #TVI #recieptant for the neighborhood is when you get a lot of complaints for T V I from the night before, or the week before, and you were gone out of town, on vacation, or just out for the evening when "YOU" were causing all the T V I. No one was even in the house, much less operating the radio. Of course you had a relative/friend keep the yard mowed, mail out of the mailbox, timer set for the different lights during the time you were gone to make it LOOK like some one was at the house, when actually there was NO one in the house.

We used to do the same thing at the local DQ.

Jack

[AG3Y]

I had a next door neighbor that swore on a stack of Bibles that I "Blew up her television set" with my Collins KWM-2! #She had complained and complained that I was causing interference on her television set, although every time I tried to go over to see what the problem was, she would refuse to let me go anywhere near the set ! #( What did she think I was going to do, #put a HEX on it, or something? #) #

Well, anyway, I never saw any form of TVI on my own TV, so I knew that my installation was "clean". #

It turned out that the day I "blew up" her set, I was at Church, and no where close to my rig or her home. #Apparently a huge ball of smoke came out of the set, and, of course, it never worked from that point afterword. #

She had to go and get a new television to replace that one, and I never heard another word from her about the incident. #Come to think about it, though, I never heard another word from her about ANYTHING, because she refused to talk to me from that day forward! #

The only cure for the situation came when she moved far away from our neighborhood. #

In case you are wondering, I never had another complaint from anyone else in the area and operated for years after that from the same location. #

The only problem with this world is that there are so many PEOPLE in it !

Oh well, 73, and "Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will" #

Jim AG3Y