About 10 years ago I had a problem where a local packet node (coordinated 10KHz away from my packet node in the same city) was deviating so wide that my node controller was able to decode the callsigns coming from THIER node controller! I used my cushman service monitor and found their node deviating at about +/-9KC!! I notified their tech person and got no response. Then I notified their trustee twice and received unpleasant responses. So then I notified the local coordinating body. The problem was fixed within about 2 weeks. Then I received nasty words from the club pres of that node for not telling him their was a problem. I suggested he find out why thier tech person and thier trustee wouldn't respond.
> --- On Tue, 9/16/08, Kris Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Kris Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Audio War Stories (Story #741) > > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 2:26 PM > > On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Bob M. wrote: > > > The people in charge of the repeater 25 kHz away (and > > on the opposite > > > split) DID contact the guy in charge of the > > over-deviating repeater. > > > He turned down some of the audio sources, again with > > no test > > > equipment, but the lack of > > pre-emphasis/limiting/low-pass-filtering in > > > the transmitter still exists, and signals with a high > > noise level > > > wreak havoc. > > > > > > Definitely time to "bump it up a notch" by > > going to the coordinating > > > body to get some pressure put on this guy. > > > > > > He was into the hard rock stuff in the 80s and his > > hearing has been > > > poor since then. > > > > A few things to keep in mind here: This is just a hobby > > after all. Not > > everyone who builts a repeater has a clue about how to > > operate it, or > > some of the intense technical knowledge to make it operate > > "correctly" > > when using commercial land-mobile as a model. It seems that > > no one > > bothered to tell this gentleman that telephone audio and > > FM, for the > > most part, have the same audio bandwidth. Explaining how > > the reciever > > works from one end to the other might go a long way as > > well, as I doubt > > he is aware that all of his efforts for repeating audio > > from 20Hz to > > 20KHz are for naught since his HT and Mobile radios both > > attenuate > > everything above three kilohertz. > > > > Then again, he may just be an audio nut or former roadie > > who "knows > > sound" and wants to bring those skills to radio. > > > > -- > > Kris Kirby, KE4AHR > > > >
