Re: Reidsville
Keith
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> Reidsville squelches electronic interference
>
> By MICKEY POWELL
>
> Staff Writer REIDSVILLE--Residents who get irritated when a neighbor's
> use of a citizens band radio interferes with their home TV reception
> may now find their problems over and out, so to speak. An amendment to
> the city's ordinance, recently approved by the Reidsville City
> Council, limits the use of electronic devices that may interfere with
> private radio, television or telephone reception. Basically stated, it
> is now unlawful for someone to operate within city limits any device
> "designed to transmit or receive communications signals, broadcasts
> or frequencies," according to the amendment, between 6 p.m. and
> midnight every day, as well as from noon to midnight on weekends.
> Those are the times when officials think people are more likely to be
> listening to AM or FM radio or watching television "prime viewing
> time," as City Attorney J. Michael Thomas called it. Such devices as
> CB's and HAM radios are targeted by the ordinance. When they are
> caught, violators will face a $100 civil penalty each day until the
> problem is corrected, although council must approve the fine before
> it is imposed. The ordinance amendment was spurred by frequent
> complaints about interference. It is not designed to prevent people
> from using communications devices, but rather limit use to hours when
> it will be less intrusive to other people. "People have a right to use
> this equipment," said Councilman Reid King. Thomas said it can be hard
> to trace down people causing interference. But with most of the people
> making complaints so far, he said, it has been "obvious" who the ones
> causing the interference were. Originally worded to mention only
> radio and TV reception, King asked for the word "telephone" to also be
> included in the amendment. Interference can occur on both conventional
> and cellular phones, he noted. The ordinance will not apply to any
> transmitter or broadcasting station operating under provisions of the
> federal or state regulation such as the local radio and television
> stations, the police fire and departments, municipal services,
> emergency workers and health care providers are also excluded.
>
>
This article is from 1997.
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Keith <kilowa...@use-reply-to.invalid> wrote:
And this local Ordinance would be Patently Unenforceable in court today,
as the FCC, by Federal Statute, is the only Agency with Police Powers,
with regard to Interference caused by Licensed Radio Services in the
USA, PERIOD.....
kb9...@yahoooo.com
<radio...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>X-No-Archive: Yes
>
>Reidsville squelches electronic interference
>
>By MICKEY POWELL
>
>Staff Writer REIDSVILLE--Residents who get irritated when a neighbor's
>use of a citizens band radio interferes with their home TV reception
>may now find their problems over and out, so to speak. An amendment to
>the city's ordinance, recently approved by the Reidsville City
>Council, limits the use of electronic devices that may interfere with
>private radio, television or telephone reception. Basically stated, it
>is now unlawful for someone to operate within city limits any device
>"designed to transmit or receive communications signals, broadcasts
>or frequencies,"
which would include cordess phone baby monitors radio and TV as well
door oppertors
> according to the amendment, between 6 p.m. and
>midnight every day, as well as from noon to midnight on weekends.
>Those are the times when officials think people are more likely to be
>listening to AM or FM radio or watching television "prime viewing
>time," as City Attorney J. Michael Thomas called it. Such devices as
>CB's and HAM radios are targeted by the ordinance. When they are
>caught, violators will face a $100 civil penalty each day until the
>problem is corrected, although council must approve the fine before
>it is imposed. The ordinance amendment was spurred by frequent
>complaints about interference. It is not designed to prevent people
>from using communications devices, but rather limit use to hours when
>it will be less intrusive to other people. "People have a right to use
>this equipment," said Councilman Reid King. Thomas said it can be hard
>to trace down people causing interference. But with most of the people
>making complaints so far, he said, it has been "obvious" who the ones
>causing the interference were. Originally worded to mention only
>radio and TV reception, King asked for the word "telephone" to also be
>included in the amendment. Interference can occur on both conventional
>and cellular phones, he noted. The ordinance will not apply to any
>transmitter or broadcasting station operating under provisions of the
>federal or state regulation
which should exclude what they are trying to target ham radio and CB
radio
> such as the local radio and television
>stations, the police fire and departments, municipal services,
>emergency workers and health care providers are also excluded.
>
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