[amsat-bb] Noise on band affecting SAT OPs

[Ted Krempa]

Steve, it's an MS-EET thing (look that one up !!)

73, K7TRK

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Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 3:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Noise on band affecting SAT OPs

Wow. A person politely offers a few reasonable suggestions and the
shields go full up, yes? Remind me to bow down to you if I ever meet you
in person, oh conqueror of Pathfinder T-hunts. (All-night) 

Steve AI9IN

On 2018-05-04 17:58, Dale Kubichek via AMSAT-BB wrote:

>> Sir,
>> Before you lecture me on etiquette, how to kumbaya, or methods I need to
know if you were ever a LA Section OOC? And how many Southern California
All-Day, Fullerton, Nohl Ranch, ALL-Night, Pathfinder T-Hunts have you ever
won? Do you know who started the Pathfinder T-Hunt or won the WA6FAT OIALT
Hunt? Thank you very much. 
>> 
>> Best regards,   
>> Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX
>> 
>> On Friday, May 4, 2018, 3:20:09 PM EDT, Eric Fort
<eric.fort.listmail at fortconsulting.org> wrote:  
>> 
>> Maybe the better solution is a bit more neighborly. Get a group of hams
together to definitively find the source of the interference and go talk
with those who are responsible and be nice about it. Also just because there
is a big tower in the same area as the interference does not mean the tower
is the source. Correlation does not equal causation. Some other things to
consider..... is this broadband noise you describe a constant carrier or
does it rise and fall possibly with another source or sources on another
frequency or frequencies (which ones)?  Where specifically does the
interference come from?  Can and have you triangulated and tracked it down
definitely to its source of origin and can you prove the geographic source
location with hard data down to a radius of oh at least a couple hundred
feet or so?  Most of the people I know that work with radio and
communications systems are pretty conscientious about keeping their systems
in good working order and fixing things (like
interference) when they know they have a problem. Could it be that no one
has alerted the proper responsible parties in a polite and helpful way with
hard data to back it up and document the issue as to time, place, and
characteristics as documented above?  Also note that if the source *is*
found to be something related to emcomm systems they generally have another
reason to be nice, helpful, and responsive to hams.  We tend to be their
backup when all hell breaks loose. So go get a group of friends together and
organize a t-hunt. Once you can define exactly where, when, (and how) the
interference occurs, make some polite and inquisitive calls to find the
parties responsible and offer to help resolve the issue however you can. The
relationships you build through this process will likely be long lasting and
have the potential to pay dividends over the long term for the entire
amateur community. 
>> 
>> Af6ep 
>> 
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