[GCARC] 2M repeater power issue?

[Herb Dyer]

I would start with any new RF interference. Any electronics acting up?
Neighbors get a new non compliant TV? New cheap wifi router?

Time to take a walk with the AM radio when the interference starts.

Herb KT2Y

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 7:42 PM Vinnie Sallustio <Yankees_1996 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Over the last 2 Sundays, I have not been able to hear the Ares/Races net
> at 8pm. This is a new problem and nothing in my radio has changed. My
> antenna is in the attic and has not changed in 15 years. The symptoms sound
> like a whole lot of white noise like a kid AM walkie talkie from the 1970s.
>
> I notified Karl and Jim who were the net ops. I just got on the repeater
> with Jim, and he totally distorted and unreadable. So we trouble shot. I
> copy several repeaters fine, like Newtown, the 145.390, the KC3DUX, and the
> 440 N3KZ. All are normal.
>
> I decided to try an HT with my tape measure beam, and that worked. I put
> the HT on the base antenna, and I get the same noisy reception, as I get on
> the base unit.
>
> I have ruled out my radio(s) and antenna.
>
> I live in southern Gloucester County in Woolwich, and I can throw a
> baseball to the Salem County line.
>
> It appears that it may be a weak signal issue, which points to a power
> problem
>
> Is there any way this can be investigated?
>
> Vinnie
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