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Distress Signal Emitted By Flat-Screen TV
pinqkandi writes "CNN is a running a story on an Oregon college student's flat-screen Toshiba TV which was releasing the 121.5 MHz international distress signal. He was unaware of the issue until local police, search and rescue, and civil air patrol members showed up at his apartment's door. Apparently the signal was strong enough to be picked up by satellite and then routed to the Air Force Rescue Center in Virginia. Quite impressive - luckily Toshiba is offering him a free replacement."
It's depressing that the most powerful satellite telescopes aren't pointing up but down.
Another vote for avoiding personal responsibility. No, the way the law is written, the equipment operator is responsible for what gets broadcast. Not understanding the equipment that you own and operate is not an excuse for you to violate the airwaves, sorry.
There is lots of off-the-shelf equipment that you can buy that is capable of causing interference with your neighbor's TV reception. Guess what, you are responsible regardless of who made it, what it says on the sticker, what tests it passed, or anything else. If you turn it on, then its your problem; and that's exactly how it should be.
Civil Air Patrol? I thought they just guarded the parking lot at air shows.
Your post says "parent is troll"
No, I was quoting his subject line.
and calls the poster of the parent post "a pinhead".
OK, you got me on that. But would you disagree?
Look, $10K is peanuts.
For some, yes.
I have an oscilloscope that costs that on my desk.
Nice scope. Mine samples at >3gs/s and cost a lot less. Maybe you got ripped off?
If you can't afford it, rent it from rentelco. If you can't afford to rent it, charge more for your product. If that won't work either, then we'll just have to do without your product.
You must be a geek, not the business guy. Have you looked at renting vs buying this kind of equipment? It's not like renting office space.
It simply doesn't make sense to allow companes to not pass the regs. What would be the point of the regs then?
Are you going to address my arguments, or just suggest that the whole thing makes no sense? I think I might have a point... care to refute it?
What cable company is in competition to TWC in Austin? As soon as local governments grant franchises to more than one cable TV provider or the FCC effectively preempts all prohibitions on satellite dishes, I will stop calling cable providers unregulated monopolies. The only real difference between the 1980's and the 2000's cable TV monopolies is that the 1980's cable TV monopoly was regulated by the Federal Government.
Bush doesn't have to think for himself, Cheney does it all.
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