Two example cases of neighbouring pulsars raising the question whether conal components are visible due to a geometrical effect or to the pulsar’s state. Spin parameters were taken from the ATNF pulsar catalogue: J1932+2220 (branch 4, level 5): P ∼ 0.14 s, Ṗ ∼ 10^−13.2, Ė ∼ 10^35.9 erg s⁻¹, B ∼ 10^12.5 G; J1807–0847 (branch 4, level 6): P ∼ 0.16 s, Ṗ ∼ 10^−16.5, Ė ∼ 10^32.4 erg s⁻¹, B ∼ 10^10.8 G; J0452–1759 (branch 4, level 3): P ∼ 0.54 s, Ṗ ∼ 10^−14.2, Ė ∼ 10^33.1 erg s⁻¹, B ∼ 10^12.3 G; J1900–2600 (branch 4, level 4): P ∼ 0.61 s, Ṗ ∼ 10^−15.7, Ė ∼ 10^31.6 erg s⁻¹, B ∼ 10^11.6 G.