[FADCA] Request for assistance

[Paul Toth-NB9X]

Freeman....

First....check with the Florida Repeater Council to see if any D-Star 
Repeaters have been coordinated on the frequency in question 
(www.florida-repeaters.org).  If there are none, then some DFing may be in 
order to determine the source of the interference.  If this is something 
that is occurring with regularity (and it sounds like it is), I cannot 
imagine ductung would be the only underlying cause.

If you need to get the FCC involved, the nearest Field Engineering Office is 
in Tampa.  I have several contacts there and will be happy to pass along 
their contact information if needed.

73 de Paul-NB9X

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Freeman Crosby" <mail at fcrosby.com>
To: <FADCA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:43 AM
Subject: [FADCA] Request for assistance


> This came to the FADCA.org mailbox today.
>
> 73/Free
> W1npr
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> Greetings,
> As President of the Amateur Radio Club Bradford Area, sponsors of the
> K4BAR repeater in Starke Fl, I am writing to request assistance in
> locating a station, or stations which have been transmitting
> (possibly D-Star) on our repeaters frequency (145.150). The
> transmissions are NOT going through the repeater, and vary in
> strength, depending on the listener. We have had reports from members
> of full scale transmissions from Middleburg, Orange Park, Keystone
> Heights, and sometimes Jacksonville. Half scale or lower have been
> heard in Waldo, Green Cove, Hampton, Interlachen, and Ocala.
> We have had our repeater serviced, aligned, re-tuned, and installed
> the PL tone of 127.3, thinking that would help in reducing the
> 'interference', but it hasn't seemed to reduce it much.
> A month ago or so, we did locate some operators near Orange
> Park/Middleburg, who had arbitrarily picked the frequency of 145.150
> to experiment with their D-Star radios. They were contacted and at
> that time ceased transmitting, apparently moving away to other
> frequencies, including 145.450 (another repeater near Cresent City).
> But recently have been hearing it again, some in the mornings(6-7),
> off and on during the day, and a lot beginning around 9pm. Typically
> more so on the weekends.
>
> I do realize we can expect, and do get some "propagation", "ground
> wave", etc., IE: Macon, Ga group, Tampa, Fl., that are also on
> 145.150, however, it is getting more and more irritating to have the
> transmissions interfere with local communications.
>
> Our Repeater Coordinator has contacted other Clubs in our area, we've
> put out pleas to Amateurs to try to locate a source, and have also
> tried to 'fox hunt' the signals. So far we've not had much luck.
>
> Thus, I am writing to ask if there is any possible help we could get
> from your group, or to point us in a direction to resolve this issue.
> I do realize the FADCA is a busy group and our request may not be of
> a high priority, but, we are trying to access any available resources
> that can help.
>
> I may be reached on the K4BAR machine(145.150/PL 127.3), by landline
> - 352-473-7589, or by cell - 904-238-2809, If there is a need for
> more information.
> Even if the group cannot get involved with this, we'd appreciate any
> "Go TO's" you may know of that could assist.
>
> Thank you for your time, we appreciate the work the FADCA does.
>
> Paul Christensen (aka Chris), w4iok
> Keystone Heights
> ARCBA President
>
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