You know, you may be right as one of the sources, as more of the Wireless stuff seems to be cropping up now, especially with the holidays spawning all new electronic qizmos.
I'll get my daughter-in-laws laptop and WiFi stuff and snoop around later. I know the guy next door has his wireless going and my son who lives a few miles away says he always has his pick of unprotected wireless inputs around his house using a coffee can antenna in the living room. Seems like there is always some that are too lazy or not bright enough to protect their computers. Roger W5RD ----- Original Message ----- From: George Henry To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] New QRM on 220 MHz.......? I just read on the AMSAT BB about a certain Linksys wireless access point that had a very strong spur in the 430 band, right next to one of the satellite downlink frequencies.... I wonder if you might be encountering one with a 224 spur? Take your laptop with WiFi and use NetStumbler to see if there's a strong access point listed in the areas where you pick up the interference. The nearest cable channel appears to be 24 ("K") with a video carrier frequency of 223.5 MHz. George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 ----- Original Message ----- From: res1q6fs To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:10 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] New QRM on 220 MHz.......? As I mobile around while monitoring the output of my 224.18 MHz repeater as I have done for many years (it has been on the air since the late 70's), I have never heard any kind of strange signals on its output freq. or any 220 output freq. I have a 3 band Kenwood in the car and am used to hearing signals break the squelch on certain 2M and 440 frequencies, but never 220. The past few weeks, I have heard signals (CW, no modulation noticed) of a fairly strong nature break the squelch on 224.18 MHz, much like the signals that break the squelch on certain 440 repeater output freqs, which were eventually traced to cable TV leakage. I am wondering if anyone else has heard signals of this nature on the 220 band? I know of three places within a few miles of my house that emit these signals. I am going to take my talkie out one of these days ands see if I can "home" in on one of these new signals. Roger W5RD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.0/1180 - Release Date: 12/10/2007 2:51 PM
