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OTHER ISSUE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS.  IF THE INTERFERENCE IS SPORADIC OR MINOR,
MOST OF US WILL JUST LIVE WITH IT.  OUTSIDE INTERVENTION FOR EXAMPLE, A
LETTER FROM THE FCC TO THE OPERATOR OF THE OFFENDING DEVICE IS NEEDED BUT
RARELY.  ON THE OTHER HAND, INTERFERENCE FROM GROW LIGHTS HAS BEEN OBSERVED
A HALF MILE AWAY.  TRACKING DOWN THE SOURCE MAY BE TIME CONSUMING AND
DIFFICULT.  THE LIKELIHOOD OF KNOWING SOMEONE THAT FAR AWAY IS MUCH LESS
THAN KNOWING A NEARBY NEIGHBOR.  YOU MAY BE RELUCTANT TO APPROACH THEM,
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DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU THINK THEY MAY BE GROWING.  GIVEN THE VERY LIMITED
RESOURCES THE FCC CAN DEVOTE TO ENFORCEMENT THE SUBJECT OF ANOTHER RECENT
ARRL FILING IN GN DOCKET NO. 14 25, AS REPORTED ON PAGE 72 THIS MONTH IT IS
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF INTERFERENCE FROM GROW
LIGHTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.  THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO PREVENT ILLEGAL
ELECTRONIC BALLASTS FROM ENTERING THE STREAM OF COMMERCE, AND TO REMOVE
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