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  Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-04-26 21:25 +0100
    Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-26 22:05 +0100
      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 09:30 +0100
        Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2021-04-27 10:50 +0100
          Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm MB <MB@nospam.net> - 2021-04-27 11:17 +0100
            Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-04-28 22:56 +0100
              Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> - 2021-04-28 23:56 +0100
        Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-27 15:14 +0100
          Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-27 15:19 +0100
          Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm MB <MB@nospam.net> - 2021-04-27 15:33 +0100
            Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> - 2021-04-28 10:50 +0100
              Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm MB <MB@nospam.net> - 2021-04-28 12:48 +0100
              Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2021-04-28 12:52 +0100
                Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2021-04-28 13:35 +0100
                  Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm MB <MB@nospam.net> - 2021-04-28 14:31 +0100
                Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm MB <MB@nospam.net> - 2021-04-28 14:28 +0100
                  Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2021-04-28 15:01 +0100
                    Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> - 2021-04-28 18:15 +0100
                      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2021-04-28 18:47 +0100
                        Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> - 2021-04-28 23:51 +0100
                      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 20:26 +0100
                        Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> - 2021-04-28 23:55 +0100
                          Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-29 02:52 +0100
                            Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> - 2021-04-29 19:58 +0100
        Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2021-04-28 11:16 +0100
          Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2021-04-28 11:43 +0100
            Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-04-29 10:20 +0100
              Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-29 16:04 +0100
                Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2021-04-29 16:51 +0100
                  Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-29 21:16 +0100
                    Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> - 2021-04-29 21:34 +0100
                      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-29 21:55 +0100
                      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-04-30 08:07 +0100
                    Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm MB <MB@nospam.net> - 2021-04-29 21:52 +0100
                      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-29 22:05 +0100
              Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2021-04-29 16:54 +0100
                Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-04-30 08:09 +0100
                  Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2021-04-30 17:36 +0100
                Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-04-30 12:27 +0100
                  Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-30 12:49 +0100
                Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-04-30 14:13 +0100
                  Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> - 2021-04-30 14:16 +0100
                    Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-05-01 07:44 +0100
                  Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2021-04-30 17:53 +0100
                    Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2021-04-30 18:20 +0100
                      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-05-01 07:48 +0100
                    Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-05-01 07:46 +0100
                    Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2021-05-01 11:51 +0100
                      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-05-01 12:57 +0100
                      Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2021-05-02 09:51 +0100
                        Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm MB <MB@nospam.net> - 2021-05-02 10:11 +0100
                        Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm Laurence Taylor <laurence@nospam.plus.com> - 2021-05-02 16:21 +0100
                          Re: Weird pulsating carrier on fm Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2021-05-03 17:43 +0100

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#57201 — Weird pulsating carrier on fm

Around here on 88Mhz exactly There is a silent carrier, on for a few 
seconds, then off again, with a decided wobble at on and off producing a 
high pitch farting noise each time. I have wandered around the locale and 
its very strong, stronger than the pirate station beneath it and wipes it 
out when its on.
 It has some odd bits of itself at lowered frequencies but I guess these 
could be mixing products because its so strong, I can even hear some on the 
4Mtr ham band.
 Anyone know what it might be? Normally when you are testing a transmitter 
you leave it on, not turn it on and off for  many days so far, but it may 
have been there for ever, who knows. I looked at it in am and using a bfo 
that is how I know its dead on the frequency.
 Mighty strange.
 Brian

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#57203

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 21:25:28, "the talking Sofa" 
<briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote (my responses usually follow points 
raised):
>Around here on 88Mhz exactly There is a silent carrier, on for a few

You've got to remember not all of us remember where "here" is.

>seconds, then off again, with a decided wobble at on and off producing a

Are you talking a small number of seconds, such as three to six, or more 
like 30 to 90? Are the on periods and the off ones about the same? Is 
the wobble AM or FM? (I presume FM as you're hearing it, presumably with 
an FM set.)

>high pitch farting noise each time. I have wandered around the locale and
>its very strong, stronger than the pirate station beneath it and wipes it
>out when its on.

Ought to be possible to make a directional aerial - at least, with 
directional nulls - to help you hunt it. Might need to connect it to a 
receiver in a screened box if the signal is as strong as you say. 
(Obviously take care, including accepting sighted help if necessary, 
when hunting.)

> It has some odd bits of itself at lowered frequencies but I guess these
>could be mixing products because its so strong, I can even hear some on the
>4Mtr ham band.

Are sure that isn't the fundamental?

> Anyone know what it might be? Normally when you are testing a transmitter
>you leave it on, not turn it on and off for  many days so far, but it may
>have been there for ever, who knows. I looked at it in am and using a bfo
>that is how I know its dead on the frequency.

Depending on how accurate what you are beating it against is, of course.

> Mighty strange.
> Brian
>
(-:
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#57217

OK Here is Chessington in Surrey or London depending on your view.
 Its less than ten seconds and does not vary. I'm using an Icom 
communications receiver so its pretty accurate.
 I've listened to it in am and FM, That is how I know there is a pirate 
under it, but weaker, as I had considered a jammer.
 The wobble is as you would get if you were powering something up and then 
turning it off, it eventually stabilises and there is very little if any hum 
in am or fm.

No the 88Mhz is far the most powerful carrier. I'm using a discone aerial, 
which has no particular preference in its receiving properties between a 
whole range of vhf frequencies, but may of course have some lobes  at 
different frequencies that you may not be ale to discern.




Its right on the edge or indeed inside the fm band, so is hardly going to be 
coms related, unless it is some spurii generated by some piece of equipment 
locally, but to have such a wide coverage it sounds like it has a proper 
aerial or it would be patchy. Trying it on a cheapo portable fm set its 
still present, so is not some artefact in the receiver either. I have proved 
its not in my place by walking some distance away down the back ally.
 Brian

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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote in message 
news:q7P6lBjesyhgFwUo@255soft.uk...
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 21:25:28, "the talking Sofa" 
> <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote (my responses usually follow points 
> raised):
>>Around here on 88Mhz exactly There is a silent carrier, on for a few
>
> You've got to remember not all of us remember where "here" is.
>
>>seconds, then off again, with a decided wobble at on and off producing a
>
> Are you talking a small number of seconds, such as three to six, or more 
> like 30 to 90? Are the on periods and the off ones about the same? Is the 
> wobble AM or FM? (I presume FM as you're hearing it, presumably with an FM 
> set.)
>
>>high pitch farting noise each time. I have wandered around the locale and
>>its very strong, stronger than the pirate station beneath it and wipes it
>>out when its on.
>
> Ought to be possible to make a directional aerial - at least, with 
> directional nulls - to help you hunt it. Might need to connect it to a 
> receiver in a screened box if the signal is as strong as you say. 
> (Obviously take care, including accepting sighted help if necessary, when 
> hunting.)
>
>> It has some odd bits of itself at lowered frequencies but I guess these
>>could be mixing products because its so strong, I can even hear some on 
>>the
>>4Mtr ham band.
>
> Are sure that isn't the fundamental?
>
>> Anyone know what it might be? Normally when you are testing a transmitter
>>you leave it on, not turn it on and off for  many days so far, but it may
>>have been there for ever, who knows. I looked at it in am and using a bfo
>>that is how I know its dead on the frequency.
>
> Depending on how accurate what you are beating it against is, of course.
>
>> Mighty strange.
>> Brian
>>
> (-:
> -- 
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
>
> Q.  How much is 2 + 2?
> A. Thank you so much for asking your question.
> Are you still having this problem? I'll be delighted to help you. Please
> restate the problem twice and include your Windows version along with
> all error logs.
> - Mayayana in alt.windows7.general, 2018-11-1 

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#57219

Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

[...] 
> Its right on the edge or indeed inside the fm band, so is hardly going to be
> coms related, unless it is some spurii generated by some piece of equipment
> locally, but to have such a wide coverage it sounds like it has a proper
> aerial or it would be patchy. 

You could try ringing OFCOM.  In my experience they will deny its
existence and then it will disappear.  

I heard something around 144 Mc/s a few years ago, it was geographically
very widespread but could have been coming from a military area.  OFCOM
tried to tell me it was due to intermodulation in the receiver (an
Eddystone 770R on a poor aerial !!!) - it vanished the following day.


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(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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#57220

See if you can find any scanning groups or users or websites in the area.

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#57280

I would not know where to start for that one.
 Its still there this evening. I really need to take a portable with my when 
I go a bit further field we are on the edge of an industrial estate, so it 
could be coming from there.
 Brian

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> See if you can find any scanning groups or users or websites in the area. 

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#57283

On 28/04/2021 22:56, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
> I would not know where to start for that one.
>   Its still there this evening. I really need to take a portable with my when
> I go a bit further field we are on the edge of an industrial estate, so it
> could be coming from there.
>   Brian
> 

You want to hurry up else it will stop and we'll never know.

Bill

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#57226

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 09:30:16, "Brian Gaff (Sofa)" 
<briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote (my responses usually follow points 
raised):
>OK Here is Chessington in Surrey or London depending on your view.

Is there no local amateur radio (or similar) group you could team up 
with to go hunting with?

> Its less than ten seconds and does not vary. I'm using an Icom

Is it 24h? (If not, that might affect whether people can join you 
hunting it - it'd have to be on when they're free.)

>communications receiver so its pretty accurate.

As accurate as its various crystals; I doubt they're ovened, so - I'm 
out of touch, but from what I remember non-ovened will get you something 
like 5-10 ppm (before ageing). (Unless it's locked to a broadcast 
standard.) 10ppm at 88 MHz would be 8.8 kHz. Though this doesn't really 
matter for the purpose of this exercise.

> I've listened to it in am and FM, That is how I know there is a pirate
>under it, but weaker, as I had considered a jammer.
> The wobble is as you would get if you were powering something up and then
>turning it off, it eventually stabilises and there is very little if any hum
>in am or fm.

I see.
>
>No the 88Mhz is far the most powerful carrier. I'm using a discone aerial,
>which has no particular preference in its receiving properties between a
>whole range of vhf frequencies, but may of course have some lobes  at
>different frequencies that you may not be ale to discern.
>
If you really can't find someone to go DFing with you (I'd have thought 
it'd be quite fun, in this sunny weather): has your discone any nulls 
you can determine? Failing that, can you make up something - a dipole on 
a pole, if nothing else? Note that nulls are often much sharper than 
maxima, certainly with a dipole.
>
Have you established whether it's vertical, horizontal, slant, or mixed 
(such as circular)?
>
>
>Its right on the edge or indeed inside the fm band, so is hardly going to be

Inside: IIRR, band II starts at 87.5 MHz.

>coms related, unless it is some spurii generated by some piece of equipment
>locally, but to have such a wide coverage it sounds like it has a proper
>aerial or it would be patchy. Trying it on a cheapo portable fm set its
>still present, so is not some artefact in the receiver either. I have proved

Can you put your "cheapo portable" in a metal box (old Christmas sweet 
tin, biscuit tin, etc. - at 88 MHz, the seal wouldn't have to be that 
good), and connect it to the directional aerial, so you can go hunting?

>its not in my place by walking some distance away down the back ally.
> Brian
>
Could you go further - e. g. accompanied by a dog walker or similar, to 
help you with trip hazards, traffic, protection, etc., or is your health 
not up to that? All assuming you can't find a local ham group or similar 
who I'd have thought _ought_ to be very interested in tracking it down.
-- 
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How do you govern a country that seems to have decided that facts are the work
of the devil? - Andy Hamilton on HIGNFY, 2010

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#57227

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 15:14:15, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" 
<G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
[]
>broadcast standard.) 10ppm at 88 MHz would be 8.8 kHz. Though this

Oops (-: 880 Hz.

>doesn't really matter for the purpose of this exercise.

Though that still applies.
[]
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

How do you govern a country that seems to have decided that facts are the work
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#57228

On 27/04/2021 15:14, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> If you really can't find someone to go DFing with you (I'd have thought
> it'd be quite fun, in this sunny weather): has your discone any nulls
> you can determine? Failing that, can you make up something - a dipole on
> a pole, if nothing else? Note that nulls are often much sharper than
> maxima, certainly with a dipole.

I found one interference source for the Radiocommunications Agency (I 
think that was their name at the time) by using a fairly basic hand 
scanner and driving around the area. When the signal got strong I took 
the antenna off.  I got to within a couple of houses.

(They had tried to find it but failed).

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#57247

In article <s697bu$tth$3@dont-email.me>, MB <MB@nospam.net> scribeth
thus
>On 27/04/2021 15:14, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> If you really can't find someone to go DFing with you (I'd have thought
>> it'd be quite fun, in this sunny weather): has your discone any nulls
>> you can determine? Failing that, can you make up something - a dipole on
>> a pole, if nothing else? Note that nulls are often much sharper than
>> maxima, certainly with a dipole.
>
>I found one interference source for the Radiocommunications Agency (I 
>think that was their name at the time) by using a fairly basic hand 
>scanner and driving around the area. When the signal got strong I took 
>the antenna off.  I got to within a couple of houses.
>
>(They had tried to find it but failed).
>

Maybe just maybe, you have a more anarchistic mindset;?...

Knowing where you might put such a device?..
-- 
Tony Sayer


Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. 

Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

                

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#57250

On 28/04/2021 10:50, tony sayer wrote:
> Maybe just maybe, you have a more anarchistic mindset;?...
> 
> Knowing where you might put such a device?..

It was almost certainly an unstable head amplifier on someone's TV 
receiving antenna.

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#57251

On 28/04/2021 10:50, tony sayer wrote:
> In article <s697bu$tth$3@dont-email.me>, MB <MB@nospam.net> scribeth
> thus
>> I found one interference source for the Radiocommunications Agency (I
>> think that was their name at the time) by using a fairly basic hand
>> scanner and driving around the area. When the signal got strong I took
>> the antenna off.  I got to within a couple of houses.
>>
>> (They had tried to find it but failed).
>>
>
> Maybe just maybe, you have a more anarchistic mindset;?...
>
The Gibberment agency would probably have just fired up a couple of 
their listening stations, not been able to get a decent location on the 
dials, and couldn't find their mobile rig, which was probably sorting 
out a problem for Her Majesty in Balmroal or wherever she was having 
trouble getting Corrie that week.


-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

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#57252

In article <iet0j7FmmubU1@mid.individual.net>,
   John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 28/04/2021 10:50, tony sayer wrote:
> > In article <s697bu$tth$3@dont-email.me>, MB <MB@nospam.net> scribeth
> > thus
> >> I found one interference source for the Radiocommunications Agency (I
> >> think that was their name at the time) by using a fairly basic hand
> >> scanner and driving around the area. When the signal got strong I took
> >> the antenna off.  I got to within a couple of houses.
> >>
> >> (They had tried to find it but failed).
> >>
> >
> > Maybe just maybe, you have a more anarchistic mindset;?...
> >
> The Gibberment agency would probably have just fired up a couple of 
> their listening stations, not been able to get a decent location on the 
> dials, and couldn't find their mobile rig, which was probably sorting 
> out a problem for Her Majesty in Balmroal


There is a remote aerial on the hillside for the castle.  I checked that it
worked many years ago.

> or wherever she was having 
> trouble getting Corrie that week.

-- 
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

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#57254

On 28/04/2021 13:35, charles wrote:
> There is a remote aerial on the hillside for the castle.  I checked that it
> worked many years ago.

Though with old police radio system, the repeater for their PRs was 
initially set up to Tx and RX the wrong way around.

No one at Northern Police realised that Scotland operated the opposite 
way around to England and Wales!

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#57253

On 28/04/2021 12:52, John Williamson wrote:
> The Gibberment agency would probably have just fired up a couple of
> their listening stations, not been able to get a decent location on the
> dials, and couldn't find their mobile rig, which was probably sorting
> out a problem for Her Majesty in Balmroal or wherever she was having
> trouble getting Corrie that week.

They do get out and about, this one was on Barra and they had been over 
but did not hear it whilst there.

Another case that I helped them with, appeared to around Stornoway and 
they had been there but again been there but not heard anything which 
turned out to be because he was in Inverness.  A friend heard a very 
strong signal there so they parked one of their trailer mounted 
monitoring units there (at a secure site).  They must have been able to 
DF because someone was charged with WT offences and theft.

It can be imagined that sometimes it can be someone in an area hundreds 
of miles across and that take a couple of days to reach.  With someone 
operating intermittently, it is very difficult to find them - the second 
one only operated when there were no clouds!

This is why they often find it useful to get help from people on the 
ground.

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#57255

In article <s6bnt3$9dd$1@dont-email.me>,
   MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote:
> On 28/04/2021 12:52, John Williamson wrote:
> > The Gibberment agency would probably have just fired up a couple of
> > their listening stations, not been able to get a decent location on the
> > dials, and couldn't find their mobile rig, which was probably sorting
> > out a problem for Her Majesty in Balmroal or wherever she was having
> > trouble getting Corrie that week.

> They do get out and about, this one was on Barra and they had been over 
> but did not hear it whilst there.

> Another case that I helped them with, appeared to around Stornoway and 
> they had been there but again been there but not heard anything which 
> turned out to be because he was in Inverness.  A friend heard a very 
> strong signal there so they parked one of their trailer mounted 
> monitoring units there (at a secure site).  They must have been able to 
> DF because someone was charged with WT offences and theft.

> It can be imagined that sometimes it can be someone in an area hundreds 
> of miles across and that take a couple of days to reach.  With someone 
> operating intermittently, it is very difficult to find them - the second 
> one only operated when there were no clouds!

> This is why they often find it useful to get help from people on the 
> ground.

I found a hooting head amp in Kyleakin and passed the details on.  Worst
one was one of the "Home Office masts" sending a signal, that wiped out BBC
1 in Kendal.

Charles

-- 
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

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#57269

On 28/04/2021 15:01, charles wrote:

> I found a hooting head amp in Kyleakin and passed the details on.  Worst
> one was one of the "Home Office masts" sending a signal, that wiped out BBC
> 1 in Kendal.

Your job must have brought many moments of high amusement.

Bill

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#57272

In article <ietjheFq684U2@mid.individual.net>,
   williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> wrote:
> On 28/04/2021 15:01, charles wrote:

> > I found a hooting head amp in Kyleakin and passed the details on. 
> > Worst one was one of the "Home Office masts" sending a signal, that
> > wiped out BBC 1 in Kendal.

> Your job must have brought many moments of high amusement.


yes, but some other moments that were the opposite

-- 
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

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#57281

On 28/04/2021 18:47, charles wrote:
> In article <ietjheFq684U2@mid.individual.net>,
>     williamwright <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> wrote:
>> On 28/04/2021 15:01, charles wrote:
> 
>>> I found a hooting head amp in Kyleakin and passed the details on.
>>> Worst one was one of the "Home Office masts" sending a signal, that
>>> wiped out BBC 1 in Kendal.
> 
>> Your job must have brought many moments of high amusement.
> 
> 
> yes, but some other moments that were the opposite
> 

Low amusement?

Bill

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