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@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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