[SkyHub] SkyHub Digest, Vol 40, Issue 1

Sun Oct 1 12:58:21 EDT 2023

Bruce,

My apologies for no email explaining the how this interference was resolved, but several of us were away from our QTH last night and didn’t get home until very late. Here are the details:

Fox hunters literally working all week narrowed down the search to the area around 14th and Franklin. The work they did was remarkable!  

Then they determined there were only two licensed hams in that specific narrowed area and I went to both locations knocking on doors. No one was home at either location, so I left notes. Several hours later, I got a phone call!

A fairly new tech (licensed in 2019) who apparently has a bad mic switch on his transceiver called and said he thought he was responsible. The radio was on and he didn’t even know it. He shut the radio off and our problem was solved!  He was very apologetic and I have offered to help him fix his rig. 

Thanks, again, to everyone for their help in tracking this down!  I am absolutely amazed and in awe of the collective brain power and willingness to help from this group. On behalf of my fellow Park County Radio Club members, thank you to everyone who participated. 

John Stevens
WB4HZA 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 1, 2023, at 8:56 AM, Bruce Hofer via SkyHub <skyhub at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> So what’s the details of the interference ?
> What was found ?
> Was it a malfunction of equipment ?
> Or malicious in nature ?
> Ham related or commercial ?
> A little info to educate others is helpful……
> Thanks to those involved in the search 
> Sent from my iPad
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>>  1. Saturday Noon Swap Net - Check Ins - 9/30/23 (Part 15 Engineer)
>>  2. Re: NEED FOXHUNTERS! Interfering signal to Bailey Park County
>>     affiliated repeater. (Jack Roland)
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>> From: Jack Roland <ke0vh at outlook.com>
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>> Cc: Darrell Walters <Darrell.Walters at ab0pc.org>,    Mike Borrego
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>> Subject: Re: [SkyHub] NEED FOXHUNTERS! Interfering signal to Bailey
>>   Park County affiliated repeater.
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>> Yessir they found the source and was able to get it shut off.  GREAT EFFORT!  THANKS TO ALL who participated and helped.
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>> WHAT A GREAT COMMUNITY the SkyHubLink folks are.  Thanks to EVERYONE who helped!
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>> We will not usually mass email everyone with this but when the community needs help! ?
>> 73?
>> Jack
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>> Jack E. Roland KE?VH
>> www.ke0vh.com<http://www.ke0vh.com>
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>> From: stan denvermail.net <stan at denvermail.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2023 5:56 PM
>> To: Jack Roland <ke0vh at outlook.com>
>> Subject: Re: [SkyHub] NEED FOXHUNTERS! Interfering signal to Bailey Park County affiliated repeater.
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>> Hapy Saturday, Jack ...
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>> ... and just as I was heading out with a junk-box attenuator  146.295 went quiet.
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>> I wasn't watching it "all day", but dead-key this morning, and sometime between~1000 & 1530, it's gone.  Sorry I didn't hop on it sooner (super busy & LONG days).  I may spend some time and make a 'proper' loop for future (and try to scale to 70cm).
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>> Take care, my friend; hope all is well,
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>> -- Stan / NG0L
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>> From: skyhub-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:skyhub-bounces at mailman.qth.net> <skyhub-bounces at mailman.qth.net<mailto:skyhub-bounces at mailman.qth.net>> on behalf of Jack Roland <ke0vh at outlook.com<mailto:ke0vh at outlook.com>>
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>> Cc: Darrell Walters <Darrell.Walters at ab0pc.org<mailto:Darrell.Walters at ab0pc.org>>; Mike Borrego <mike.borrego at ab0pc.org<mailto:mike.borrego at ab0pc.org>>
>> Subject: [SkyHub] NEED FOXHUNTERS! Interfering signal to Bailey Park County affiliated repeater.
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>> Greetings all,
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>> We need some able equipped and experienced amateurs who can help to find an Interfering signal to our friends with the Bailey Park County affiliated repeater.
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>> The offending signal is on 146.295 and sounds like a constant key down, readable here in the Denver Metro area but MAY be in the mountains too.
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>> I can hear the signal just below S7 here in Wheat Ridge, but am shielded to the south by Crown Hill.  The Bailey repeater is staying in an almost constant key down state due to this and is unusable at this time.
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>> We would like to help our friends with the Park County ARS to find and eliminate the issue, sure that it is accidental but it needs to be found and rectified.
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>> Thanks for Responding if you can help!  PRETTY URGENT NEED!  Please email or contact one of the cc?d email addresses.
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>> 73?
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>> Jack
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>> Jack E. Roland KE?VH
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