Eforcement Needed: Floating Freeband Repeater On 27.620
If you hear what sounds like a repeater outputting in the spectrum between the 11 meter class D citizens band and the 10 meter ham band, its not an illusion. Rather it appears to be the creation of some enterprising Freebanders who are operating this latest, unlicensed repeater. Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ, has more:
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According to several reports received by Newsline, and others posted to various Internet websites, the system in question outputs on 27.620 MHz F-M. It also seems to be located not far from Pennsylvania's eastern most border.
But there is the interesting part. While its not yet been verified, the word on the street is that the input kind of floats around the low end of the 10 meter ham band. There is some speculation that the operators of this repeater monitor the input frequency and move it when ham radio operators running legal high power Morse come on the air on top of it. At least there have been reports of strange announcements which may be
information to users as to where the input will next be found.
One Internet post describes this machine as one of a new breed of Freeband roving repeater of the type first noticed in the St. Louis area about two years ago. That is, those who run these systems are physically moving the frequencies and the geographic location of the machine to avoid detection by ham radio T-Hunt squads and the FCC.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ.
Source: Amateur Radio Newsline 1453
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According to several reports received by Newsline, and others posted to various Internet websites, the system in question outputs on 27.620 MHz F-M. It also seems to be located not far from Pennsylvania's eastern most border.
But there is the interesting part. While its not yet been verified, the word on the street is that the input kind of floats around the low end of the 10 meter ham band. There is some speculation that the operators of this repeater monitor the input frequency and move it when ham radio operators running legal high power Morse come on the air on top of it. At least there have been reports of strange announcements which may be
information to users as to where the input will next be found.
One Internet post describes this machine as one of a new breed of Freeband roving repeater of the type first noticed in the St. Louis area about two years ago. That is, those who run these systems are physically moving the frequencies and the geographic location of the machine to avoid detection by ham radio T-Hunt squads and the FCC.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ.
Source: Amateur Radio Newsline 1453
posted by RadioIntel.com Annex at 11:41 PM
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