[InHam] OT: Region OP QRMing Lafayette repeater

[Paul Webster]

Hi To All, 
I believe in promoting/protecting amateur radio & doing what I can to assist a brother/sister amateur radio op out whenever I can. 
God only knows when I may need assistance w/something & want someelse to help me out.  
 
I fielded a request from Duane Mantick <wb9omc at yahoo.com> to assist w/a QRM problem that the main repeater in Lafayette is having.
 
He explained the situation & asked me to spread the word, so I am doing what I can to help him out. 

Unfortunately, Duane couldn't give me a call sign of the offending station & I asked him to please send me any/all info he can about the op ASAP. 

I also told him that all we up here can do to help now is to listen on 147.735 w/a pl of 88.5C programmed into the receiver so that when the op keys up, hopefully someone will be able to get beamheadings & a call sign.  
73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster



--- On Fri, 2/26/10, Duane Mantick <wb9omc at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Duane Mantick <wb9omc at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter 36] OT IndianaWeatherOnline covers Ohio & maybe parts of other states
> To: "Paul Webster" <ka9jwx at yahoo.com>
> Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 5:45 PM

> Hey OM, owing to your location
> (and also the "To:" list in the email I am
> replying to) you may be able to help
> me out.  

Down here in Lafayette, we have a repeater
> (our main local 2-meter machine) on 147.135 output, 147.735
> input PL 88.5hz.  

There is apparently a similarly
> paired machine up in "the region" and it has ONE
> ham who for some reason seems to like transmitting an 88.5hz
> PL tone to that machine when I am told that it isn't
> needed.  

I have yet to get a callsign on the guy (and I
> realize that it would help a LOT).  

On nearly any even
> slight band opening on 2 meters, he'll be on in the
> evenings bringing up our machine but seemingly not able to
> hear it (well........) or with no intention of *working*
> it.
>  
> I personally do NOT recall hearing other stations from
> his area bringing up OUR machine, opening or not, which
> tends to add some credence to the claim that the other
> machine either is an open machine or uses a different PL
> tone (which you would *think* would cause him to be
> transmitting whatever THAT tone is, and NOT 88.5).
>  
> I am Assistant Net Manager for the Thursday evening
> net held here as well as one of the Net Control stations,
> and yep - he has interfered with our net on occasion. 

> It is S.O.P. for us to drop the PL during our thursday net
> so that anyone who still is using a rig without PL
> capability can participate.......in cases where we get
> either this guy specifically or other interference of some
> sort we may opt to turn it back on to try and keep such
> stuff out.
>  
> What you could do is either spread the word or if you
> are already aware of a similar situation (meaning it could
> be the same guy with a bad habit) get me in touch with him
> via email or with the trustee of that repeater.  

We *think* it is Chicago area, which makes the most likely
> possibility the W9NXP machine in Markham (PL listed as
> 107.2) [south side of Chicago, just north of where 80 and
> 294 split] and the ARRL repeater directory that I have
> lists the sponsor as "AREA".  Illinois has
> some other machines on the same frequency and so these
> cannot be totally ruled out:
>  
> Savanna N9FID listed sponsor P.A.R.C.
> Mt. Vernon KB9KDE listed sponsor ARCOM
> Quincy WB9OTW listed sponsor WB9OTW
>  
> Any help you can give would be appreciated.  
My goal isn't to stomp on anybody, but just to try to
> locate the Amateur in question and "suggest" that
> he may be "accidentally or inadvertently" causing
> interference under certain circumstances, and possibly
> without being aware of it (I hope).
>  
> TNX and 73
> Duane
> WB9OMC