Derek that wouldn't be the first time a man couldn't drink a problem away. 


1.      What is your IF setting on your SA? It should be on your widest setting 
not
narrow band.
2.      Is there any military around, possible running troppo?
3.      Squelches are designed not to respond to pulses so I am not surprised 
the
squelch must be turned off.
4.      Is the ham receiver FM? A SSB receiver (rare at UHF) would probably give
you a better idea what is going on rather than something that is designed to
ignore AM.
5.      Have you tried putting a directional antenna on the Ham receiver and
finding the direction of arrival?
6.      Finally get an IFM receiver. They are designed to capture a single 
pulse. 

7.      Any new cars parked around? Several new cars, including Corvettes use 
900
MHz bursts in the security systems.



Fred Townsend
DC to Light

Derek Walton wrote: 

Hi folks, 

2 questions in one day: my apologies if I'm exceeding my share of bandwidth!

I'm helping a company track down what sources there may be to interfere with a
short wireless data link running at 916 MHz.

In our lab out of town we get almost 100% packets transmitted. In a bar in
town ( were there because this is used in a bar and we were not sampling their
wares, well, until we were done ), the packet success rate drops to only 60%. 
A SA shows little interference, but a Radio ham receiver tined to 916 MHz can
pack up a strong click every second or so. The click is very loud, BUT, it
does not lift the receiver squelch implying its very fast.

We don't think this is local, since that signal can be received over several
square miles.

Anyone have suggestions as to what this could be?

Thanks,
-- 
Derek N. Walton
Owner L F Research
www.lfresearch.com
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