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to: IVY IVERSON
from: RALPH HARTWELL
date: 1998-01-01 23:03:00
subject: [1/2] Jammer hunting - Th

II>works.  (It could be a copy-cat).  The main jammer hereabouts has a dual
II>band, probably a mobile, with crossband repeat, and has used it to lock
II>up both the 444.175 and the 147.06 machnes by crossband repeating when
II>the link is on: set it up to crossband repeat and walk away.  The first
II>person that keys either repeater sends it locks up both machines, one of
II>which is the main 2M machine for the county, and carries probably 90% of
II>all repeater traffic here.
   One way to partially handle this is to set the squelch tails on the
repeaters to be very short.  Then, install a drop-out timer on the
repeater(s) which will kill the repeater(s) transmitter for a few
seconds about once a minute.
   Adjust the drop-out timer so that the repeaters off time is long
enough so that the jammers HT will time out when the repeaters shut
down.  It won't eliminate the problem entirely, but if the ham signal is
strong enough into the machines input, it'll override the jammer for the
duration of the hams transmission.
   After the QSO ends, the jammers HT will keep the machines locked up
only until the drop-out timer cycles again.   Most repeater users will
put up with the short drop-out interruptions since they will have the
machines back again, at least partially.   Hopefully, the jammer will
see that his efforts are going unrewarded and go away.
   Ralph  W5JGV
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