This stuff is very common in the gulf of mexico.
I often hear illegals in the 158-161 range speaking Vietnamese.
Possibly shrimpers.
73 Tom
Lafayette, LA
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Steve Grantham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In recent days (nights), the band conditions being a bit longer for
two-meters than usual, we have been hearing some Chinese language
stations
(..definitely sounds like an oriental language..) transmitting on
146.010
MHz. Such stations are being heard around midnight CDT, plus or
minus a
couple of hours, coming through the local club repeater here in
Laurel MS.
I suspect that this may be foreign shipping traffic, either off
shore in the
Gulf of Mexico, or navigating on the Mississippi River. It sounds
like the
two operators are communicating inter-ship, and possibly using
marine-VHF or
other 2-meter station antennae mounted somewhere high up on ship.
(Could be
ship to shore intercom too..)
I have an idea that this may be coming from the Convent Louisiana
area,
where a Chinese rice shipping terminal is located. If there are any
stations down south with rotatable Yagi antennae, please listen and
let me
know the bearing from your location to the source of any such
signals.
Please keep a log of times, etc.
Also, if you are able to monitor and record these signals, that
would be
helpful too.. Particularly if you are able to receive them on the
repeater
input frequency (146.010 MHz.)
I appreciate your assistance in this matter. If you are unable to
help,
then please excuse the bandwidth.
Thanks!
Steve Grantham, AA5SG
Laurel / Ellisville MS
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