What is the Impact on Amateur Radio?
With all of the Part 15 devices that are out in the world, what are the threats and perceived threats, and how can Amateur Radio tell one from the other? The occasional video game or touch lamp in a neighborhood is a very real problem to the involved ham, but these types of devices only occasionally cause problems and those problems are local in nature. These are best dealt with on a case-by-case basis. The ARRL publishes an excellent book, the ARRL RFI Book, edited by W1RFI (what a perfect call for the League’s RFI “guru”) and written by a collection of real RFI experts. The League also offers considerable starter information about RFI on its TIS Web page. But there are other potential problems that can be widespread. These must be dealt with on a broader front. ARRL does this by participation in industry standards organizations, maintaining contact with industry and regular contact with the FCC. The League can also help with individual cases of interference. Many of these potential p
