[NLRS] FM carrier with roger beep on 144.200 at 85 degrees azimuth

[Bill - ND0B]

Mary and the group:

Quite a few years ago I started occasionally seeing FM on 144.100.   It was not consistent and would come and go.  One day it was particularly loud and after listening a bit I decided to bend the rules a bit and, on the theory I did not know they were not amateur operators, asked them who they were.   Turned out it was truckers out of Manitoba whose company had bought radios for a supplier without the benefit of having them programmed to anything other than the default.   They were loud as they were passing through ND about 10 miles from me when I talked with them.   They were very forthcoming with information including the name of their company.    

I was an OO at the time so reported the incident up the chain.   I got back a "not much can be done about it" type note from the OO coordinator at the time.  

After sitting on the situation for a few months I happened to mention it here, on the NLRS reflector.   To say things happened after that is an understatement.   Within a couple of days the trucking company had been visited, helped to get a frequency and their radios reprogrammed. 

In any event if there is ever any chatter I would, on the theory you do not KNOW it is not an amateur, hop on and ask them who they are.   They just might answer. 

73 de Bill KH6/ND0B

-----Original Message-----
From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net <nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Mary Brown
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2023 8:34 AM
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Subject: [NLRS] FM carrier with roger beep on 144.200 at 85 degrees azimuth

I am hearing an FM carrier with a roger beep on 144.200 pointed at 85 degrees... about S5 at its strongest... this is  looking over open field so isn't being generated in my house....


Mary

W0AAT

EN24ho

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