This could be a commercial radio transmission. We had interference to a repeater here with transmissions on 146.10. We found that this is a legal commercial channel in other parts of the world. The ship's crew did not know that they could not use that channel here!.
73 Glenn WB4UIV At 12:17 AM 04/18/04 +0000, you wrote: >This stuff is very common in the gulf of mexico. > >I often hear illegals in the 158-161 range speaking Vietnamese. >Possibly shrimpers. > >73 Tom >Lafayette, LA > >--- In [email protected], "Steve Grantham" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In recent days (nights), the band conditions being a bit longer for > > two-meters than usual, we have been hearing some Chinese language >stations > > (..definitely sounds like an oriental language..) transmitting on >146.010 > > MHz. Such stations are being heard around midnight CDT, plus or >minus a > > couple of hours, coming through the local club repeater here in >Laurel MS. > > > > I suspect that this may be foreign shipping traffic, either off >shore in the > > Gulf of Mexico, or navigating on the Mississippi River. It sounds >like the > > two operators are communicating inter-ship, and possibly using >marine-VHF or > > other 2-meter station antennae mounted somewhere high up on ship. >(Could be > > ship to shore intercom too..) > > > > I have an idea that this may be coming from the Convent Louisiana >area, > > where a Chinese rice shipping terminal is located. If there are any > > stations down south with rotatable Yagi antennae, please listen and >let me > > know the bearing from your location to the source of any such >signals. > > Please keep a log of times, etc. > > > > Also, if you are able to monitor and record these signals, that >would be > > helpful too.. Particularly if you are able to receive them on the >repeater > > input frequency (146.010 MHz.) > > > > I appreciate your assistance in this matter. If you are unable to >help, > > then please excuse the bandwidth. > > > > Thanks! > > Steve Grantham, AA5SG > > Laurel / Ellisville MS > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
