RE: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread Kevin King
.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF I can always tell when the AWACS are flying near our area Our C-band digital satellite signals crap out every ten seconds or so... My boss keeps telling me to fix the uplink transmitter I keep telling him to buy the bandpass fi

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread Joe
Years ago, when the president was coming to the area, something was fired up in the Westover Mass air base area. It wiped out UHF spectrum for many miles. Maybe they were testing a jammer for possible use during his visit, or forgot to turn something off. When I worked for Nextel, we had inte

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread Joe
It may have been military PAVE PAWS if we had an exceptional band opening. Look at Wikipedia for a description. Joe Nate Duehr wrote: > On Jun 18, 2009, at 8:09 AM, dmur...@verizon.net wrote: > > >> The buzz you are hearing on 440 is from airborn radar. I know on the >> B52s that they turn

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread ka9qjg
>> Is anyone hearing a strange noise (buzz/whine) on UHF? I have not read all the threads on this , But did this Problem happen just after the Switch over to DTV . I did read somewhere that Problem have been noticed on Some Freqs after the Switch Happy repeater Building Do

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread Corey Dean N3FE
lol... I like that one. I actually think the noise is worse today. I am in North Central, PA about 20 miles south of the NY border. Everything cleared up about 7:00pm last night but it started again about 10:00 am this morning... It does sound like radar. I have heard it on other repeaters

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread Nate Duehr
and audio over ROIP to control TX on the other end. Seems like it aught to be simple... -Jon - Original Message - From: [1]Nate Duehr To: [2]repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF On Jun 18, 2009, at 8:09 AM

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread Doug Bade
app_rpt is a possible.. if you have the hardware .. if not the interfaces are pretty reasonable... Doug At 01:27 PM 6/18/2009, you wrote: >I can always tell when the AWACS are flying near our area Our >C-band digital satellite signals crap out every ten seconds or so... > >My boss keeps t

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread Jon Bivin - WB0VTM
Message - From: Nate Duehr To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF On Jun 18, 2009, at 8:09 AM, dmur...@verizon.net wrote: > The buzz you are hearing on 440 is from airborn radar. I know

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 18, 2009, at 8:09 AM, dmur...@verizon.net wrote: > The buzz you are hearing on 440 is from airborn radar. I know on the > B52s that they turn on ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) when > leaving the coast and when returning. ECM doesn't transmit unless it's attempting to jam incoming

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-18 Thread n5ppr
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -Original Message- From: "Ralph S. Turk" Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:16:23 To: Cc: Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF Hi All Just be thankful that the Military is still using 420-450mhz. We share it and if they sto

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Nate Duehr
Yeah, but usually we just call them "club members". :-) -- Nate Duehr Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2009, at 14:41, "Chuck Kelsey" wrote: Is anyone hearing a strange noise (buzz/whine) on UHF? Chuck WB2EDV

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Ralph S. Turk
.com Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:04:36 PM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain Time (Arizona) Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF  Isn't 2.4 GHz also shared with the federal government? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Ralph S. Turk To: Repeater-Builder@

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Corey Dean N3FE
NY and Western PA. > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Adam Feuer" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF > > >> Yes, I'm getting it in Rockland County, NY

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Yep. It went away at 7:00 PM. Six meters has been open most of the evening, too. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: "Jeff DePolo" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:19 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF > > Radar buzz (colloquial name around h

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Jeff DePolo
Radar buzz (colloquial name around here is "the bees"). We get it quite often here in eastern PA/NJ/DE/MD/NY. 440 propagation has been a bit enhanced today (I wouldn't say "wide open"), but hearing stations in NYC and LI here in Philly. --- Jeff > -Original

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Isn't 2.4 GHz also shared with the federal government? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Ralph S. Turk To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Cc: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise o

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Ralph S. Turk
, W7HSG - Original Message - From: "AJ" To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:17:29 PM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain Time (Arizona) Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF Same question - are you within line of sight of an

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Doug Rehman
It sounds like the down looking radar that we have been commonly experiencing for decades in Florida. It is operated from an aircraft for spotting low flying aircraft that are below the beam of ground based radar. Down here, the primary target is smuggling aircraft and border security. Doug K4

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread John Dewitt
issue until I read the post. Thank You. John Installer/Tech Midstate Communications 1st Lieut, S.T.V.F.D.  KB3DOL www.midstatecomm.com http://stvfd.homestead.com/ www.repeater.net/n2hlt   --- On Wed, 6/17/09, wb2...@aol.com wrote: From: wb2...@aol.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Chuck Kelsey
ilder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF Same question - are you within line of sight of any military installations? We had a lovely buzz saw sound happen about 6 months ago interferring with some sattelite downlink equipment

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread AJ
Same question - are you within line of sight of any military installations? We had a lovely buzz saw sound happen about 6 months ago interferring with some sattelite downlink equipment here in the valley and would wipe our UHF repeater up on the hill... It primarily happened between 5 and 10 pm lo

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Thanks Dick. Do you know where it originates? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: wb2...@aol.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF Yes, it has been on and off for the past few

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Chuck Kelsey
OK, I was afraid of that. It's almost wiping out several repeaters here and can even be heard on simplex transmissions. Western NY and Western PA. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: "Adam Feuer" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread wb2...@aol.com
Yes, it has been on and off for the past few weeks in Western New York and very bad today.  Sounds like the radar we had on our cross state M/W in the 90,s. Dick Message sent from Sprint Pre 3g device.Chuck Kelsey wrote: Is anyone hearing a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Noise on UHF

2009-06-17 Thread Adam Feuer
Yes, I'm getting it in Rockland County, NY on one of my UHF machines. I'm told that the noise I'm hearing, which I only hear every "blue moon", is some sort of military radar. Adam N2ACF Chuck Kelsey wrote: > Is anyone hearing a strange noise (buzz/whine) on UHF? > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > > -