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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on December 09, 2013, 2221 UTC

Title: PACKET ^H^H^H^H^H^H WEATHER VIOLENCE
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 09, 2013, 2221 UTC

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1110 AM EDT FRI SEP 06 2013

...NOAA WEATHER RADIO NEW YORK CITY REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE...

THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER THAT SERVES THE NEW YORK CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA HAS BEEN CAUSING RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE ON
THE U.S. COAST GUARD CHANNEL 16 TRANSMITTER FOR INTERNATIONAL
DISTRESS...SAFETY AND CALLING SINCE LATE JULY.

THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSMITTER BROADCASTS ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.550
MHZ AND THE U.S.COAST GUARD TRANSMITTER BROADCASTS ON A FREQUENCY OF
156.800 MHZ. OTHER TRANSMITTERS...IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE NYC
TRANSMITTER BROADCAST ON A FREQUENCY OF 168.3 MHZ.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WORKING WITH SEVERAL U.S. GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES TO ISOLATE AND RESOLVE THIS TECHNICAL PROBLEM. WE HAVE
INSTALLED A FILTER ON THE NYC TRANSMITTER...WHICH REDUCED...BUT DID
NOT ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM. WE WORKED WITH ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
AND OVERSAW THE INSTALLATION OF ANOTHER FILTER...ON A TRANSMITTER
BROADCASTING OVER 168.3 MHZ...WHICH DID NOT FURTHER REDUCE THE RADIO
FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD TO RESOLVE THIS
PROBLEM AND APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION OF OUR ROUTINE WEATHER
BROADCASTS.

...NOAA WEATHER RADIO WILL BE PLACED IN OPERATION TO BROADCAST SHORT
FUSE LIFE THREATENING WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

Title: Re: PACKET ^H^H^H^H^H^H WEATHER VIOLENCE
Post by: paranoid dxer on December 10, 2013, 0011 UTC

now that is funny

Title: Re: PACKET ^H^H^H^H^H^H WEATHER VIOLENCE
Post by: Pigmeat on December 10, 2013, 0823 UTC

There were always rumors those NOAA transmitters were a mean bunch.

Title: Re: PACKET ^H^H^H^H^H^H WEATHER VIOLENCE
Post by: Echo_One on December 10, 2013, 0954 UTC

*Italian accent*

Are you listening to me?

Are you listening to me?

I'm the only one audible, so you must be listening to me!

Title: Re: PACKET ^H^H^H^H^H^H WEATHER VIOLENCE
Post by: cmradio on December 10, 2013, 1242 UTC

OK, that must be a design flaw or a lemon run in transmitters.

Weather Radio Canada upgraded this summer (TX unknown) and spewed out spurs (some stronger than their original assigned frequency), but I thought it was my SDR. My landlord who uses a "real" scanner noticed the same thing too.

 ??? ??? ??? ???

Peace!

Title: Re: PACKET ^H^H^H^H^H^H WEATHER VIOLENCE
Post by: Pigmeat on December 10, 2013, 2121 UTC

I guess they didn't get the notice about buying crappy Chinese transmitters on Ebay.

Title: Re: PACKET ^H^H^H^H^H^H WEATHER VIOLENCE
Post by: skeezix on December 11, 2013, 0556 UTC

Testing 1, 2, 3
Can anybody hear me?