[Fourlanders] Strance Signal

[Rogers, Ron]

As Mac pointed out, I would have first suspicioned a pager transmitter somewhere on a mountaintop with a severe problem. I have seen this numerous times with pagers in the 157-158 MHz pager band. 

However, you mentioned that John notices this beginning at 6 and 36 minutes after the hour.  So, it sounds like this could be linked to some sort of  faulty telemetry transmitter of some sort ?  

NOAA uses telemetry transmitters in the 130 MHz range for monitoring creek and river water levels. Certain power line companies use a section of the 150 MHz band for power grid monitoring telemetry transmitters. You will notice in some areas a VHF antenna sidearm mounted on power poles. That is what those are used for.

Since he can hear it throughout the county, it would almost have to be located on a tower or mountain top to get that kind of range. If he can find someone up there with some direction finding equipment they might be able to triangulate on the signal to narrow down the location of the source. 


Ron
WW8RR

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From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com [fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ronald B. McEntire [k4rbm at windstream.net]
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 5:44 AM
To: Fourlanders
Subject: [Fourlanders] Strance Signal

Kim,

This is Mac, k4rbm, don't say much but I had the same thing up here in Cleveland, Ga. a few years back and it was driving our repeater crazy along with a bunch more.  It took me a week to catch it and it turned out to be paging transmitter running 500 watts located over by 985 and friendship road.  It was tough to find but we got ahold of the owner and it was fixed.

That's all I can think of.  Our signal was doing the same thing it would sweep through the band and stop almost on 146.310

See ya'll from the Cleveland, Ga. Farm
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