Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-13 Thread Dave
It could also be riding on the Governments Pave Paws, SADL, EPLS, and other digital signals they transmit regularly. There are numerous areas in the US where these signals are just transmitted in the Amateur Radio Spectrum (440 is the worse) and they mix with other sigs with unpredictable resul

RE: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread kf0m
Well if you can hear a commercial FM station coming through your repeater it could be a spurious STL. We have chased down two different malfunctioning STL's here in the last ten yrs that had spurs that would drift around across several repeater frequencies. John Lock kf0m at arrl.net -Orig

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread DCFluX
Ummm, How far are you to the Air Port? 144.63 - 21.6 (VHF IF) = 123.03 FAA 5010 Data for ARB/Ann Arbor Muni UNICOM Frequencies Available At The Airport 123.000 On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:45 AM, DCFluX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The actual carrier is 145.25, which is cable channel 18. You wou

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread DCFluX
The actual carrier is 145.25, which is cable channel 18. You would hear a buzzing sound but only on the output, it wouldn't go through the repeater. Hmm, Cant find a VHF manual for the VXR-5000, do you know what the 1st IF freqency is? In the UHF it is 47.9 MHz which seems goofy to me but may be s

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Channel 18 video carrier is 145.25 on most cable systems. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Richard MI Ranta To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 1:26 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem. I&#x

RE: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread Richard MI Ranta
I'll get my head right one of these days! This is important. I just remembered that the trustee of W8UM in Ann Arbor MI told me that 145.230 mhz is also the carrier frequency for Comcast cable. Does this help any? Rich k8jx "Solve the problem yourself or accept a fate you may not lik

RE: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread Richard MI Ranta
Sorry, I should have provided more info. The repeater is a Vertex Standard on a frequency of 145.230 mhz out, 144.630 mhz in. We have moved the repeater since the photographs displayed on the web site. We're now using a Antenna Specialist 711 ( I hope I have that model number right), brand new, an

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Their website indicates 2-meters. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Scott Zimmerman To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem. What band? VHF, UHF, 220

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread Chuck Kelsey
I see from your club website that you are running braid/foil coax and RG-213 as jumpers to the duplexer. You might want to consider a change to heliax for the antenna run and superflex heliax to the cans. That said, you may still have other issues at play. But it's always best to clean house fi

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread Dave
What frequency are you hearing it on? Fred Townsend wrote: I have been chasing a similar problem here in California. If we are hearing the same signal it must be from a satellite! I think it is more likely intermod from the local PD data packets. The police cars have full data terminals. I ha

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread Scott Zimmerman
What band? VHF, UHF, 220?? Scott Scott Zimmerman Amateur Radio Call N3XCC 474 Barnett Rd Boswell, PA 15531 - Original Message - From: Richard MI Ranta To: Repeater-Builder yahoo Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:02 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noi

Re: [Repeater-Builder] RE: Strange oscillating noise problem.

2008-09-12 Thread DCFluX
Tell us more about the repeater, like the frequencies. Also if you are hearing it on the output it is most likely intermod or a mix. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Richard MI Ranta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good morning on this soggy, Friday Morning. > > > > We've been experiencing a recurrin