Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-25 Thread Chuck Kelsey
- From: Mike Besemer (WM4B) To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 11:01 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited You're reading my mind, Gary! 73, Mike WM4B

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2010-04-24 Thread Barry
So has anyone conducted tests to determine if it is a mixing problem ? sig gen and proximity ? To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com From: mwbese...@cox.net Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:28:41 + Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

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2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
Elaborate please Barry. you lost me. Mike WM4B From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 2:36 PM To: repeater-builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

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2010-04-24 Thread Barry
Portable sig gen into the repeater site and swing it about the place in various locations , sort of a revrse hammer to the power poles if it is coax introduced you quickly confirm your suspicions but if its ac introduced or grounding or some other oddity it usually helps to eliminate the

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
Of Barry Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 2:44 PM To: repeater-builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited Portable sig gen into the repeater site and swing it about the place in various locations , sort of a revrse hammer to the power poles

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2010-04-24 Thread Chuck Kelsey
How close is Robins AFB? Maybe? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Mike Besemer (WM4B) To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 2:48 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited Given that the interference

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 3:16 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited How close is Robins AFB? Maybe? Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Mike Besemer (WM4B

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2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 3:36 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited I don't think so, Chuck. I work on Robins and traverse it pretty much from end-to-end daily. I also have to traverse it quite a ways just to get off

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2010-04-24 Thread Matthew Kaufman
How do the paging signals get to the three transmitters? Wireline? 72 MHz link? 930 MHz link? Matthew Kaufman

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2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
1 is wireline, two are satellite. From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Kaufman Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 4:44 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited   How do

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2010-04-24 Thread Oz-in-DFW
Yes, but odds are good you are dealing with three different problems - similar mechanisms but different participants. Unless of course you can hear it at all three sites on the same frequency. On 4/24/2010 1:48 PM, Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote: Given that the interference is in three

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Oz-in-DFW
Mike, I'm coming to this late, but I have comments and questions. What type of hardware are the paging transmitters? What are the repeaters in question, and what type of duplexers, feedline, and antennas are used? On 4/24/2010 3:42 PM, Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote: Not sure what you mean by

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Milt
on one of the transmitters you can control things a bit. Good luck hunting. Milt - Original Message - From: Mike Besemer (WM4B) To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 4:42 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

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2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
hardline and WACOM cans. Mike WM4B From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Oz-in-DFW Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 5:17 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

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2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited OK, this is probably not going to be an easy one. I have seen several instances of mast-mounted TV preamps oscillating and acting as miniature transmitters capable of sweeping over wide swaths of spectrum

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
Laryn, I don't 'think' there are any forgotten links, but I'll certainly ask the question when I speak to the owner again. He's very open about his systems and I believe he's very involved, but like any of us who is getting older, it's possible he forgot something. I agree about the spur

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Barry
As mentioned finding the trigger both with and without the antenna would assist with a solution , it could be very simple but you need to establish possible triggers and monitor accordingly with the Spec unit

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
No guys. The signals on the INPUT are heard in many places around town. If the signals are on the INPUT it ain't the ham equipment. Aside from that, I've already stated that the hardline is 7/8 and the antennas are DB-224. WM4B _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Gary Schafer
, 2010 6:15 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited Problem is Milt, the darn signal level varies like crazy from day to day and location to location. I can be in a certain spot and receive the signal very well, drive until

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited

2010-04-24 Thread Mike Besemer (WM4B)
) Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:15 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Pager Interference Revisited Problem is Milt, the darn signal level varies like crazy from day to day and location to location. I can be in a certain spot and receive the signal