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| 1639.1 | Tough situation and tougher loss | SNAX::SMITH | I FEEL THE NEED | Thu Nov 17 1994 10:45 | 13 |
| Well, I hope there are no more Gremlin Combat contest at the
Merrimack field. If so, I won't be there. I'm on ch. 54.
This "interference" seems to be pretty wide spread. I would DEFINATELY
get a scanner down there and find out what it is. Unfortunately, these
pager companies can be WAY off frequency and STILL be within FCC
guidlines. Even if they were way over power limits, if there that
close, it doesn't matter. They're normal power will wipe everyone out.
I'd still want to find out the source of the interference though. If
it is a pager company, it's possible they're doing something SO illegal
like operating on unassigned channels, that you might be able to get
some satisfaction.
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| 1639.2 | OUCH!! I can feel the pain. | MKOTS3::MARRONE | | Thu Nov 17 1994 12:42 | 21 |
| Dan, I'm REAL sorry to hear about the chopper crash. Darn (this is
more politically correct than the word I'm thinking of), just when
you had it all fixed up and ready to wring out, this has to happen.
In your analysis of the two Merrimack hits, what time of day was it? I
think we need to keep very precise records from now on to help find out
any trends to these hits. Funny, when there was all that construction
going on near the field a few years ago, I don't remember any
significant increase in interference due to all the machinery and
probable pagers/cellular phones in use at the time.
If the theory about a pager company blasting across our channels is
correct, then we have to get on this quick to avoid any further
disasters.
I just called Al Ryder about getting the district scanner again for a
look see.
News at 11.
-Joe
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| 1639.3 | Days/Times | WMOIS::WEIER | Keep those wings spinning! | Thu Nov 17 1994 12:58 | 15 |
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Joe,
The hit last year was on a Monday at about 4:00 pm. This hit was
on a Tuesday about 12:30.
What I am speculating is that something is happening ( ie; pager
activity) during normal business hours that may be the culprit, because
up to the 2 hits on Saturday, I haven't had a problem in the evenings,
or on weekends, and Al Ryder's tests came up clean ( he did them in the
evening).
The troubls is, the Saturday interference puts a hole in that theory
(unless the activity is spreading across the weekends too). It may be
its been there for awhile, but is random enough that we just happened
to avoid it ( for the most part).
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| 1639.4 | Status report | MKOTS3::MARRONE | | Fri Nov 18 1994 12:23 | 20 |
| Al Ryder is speculating that we are getting hit by RC equipment being
operated by renegades flying close to Merrimack, ie, just across the
river in Derry. He also believes that a spectrum scan done on the
ground level may never see interference up above the tree line where we
fly. Another grim possibility is that some kid is operating an RC car
with some outdated, very wide band equipment in the aircraft band.
Al said he once tried to get information out of the FCC about all the
frequencies being used for broadcasting in NH, and was told the only
way to get this info was to go to
Washington DC and make copies of their microfiche files if he was
interested. A real attitude!! There might also be a way to go down to
Boston to do the same thing.
Al said he would order the scanner today.
Finding the culprit(s) whether accidental or otherwise, will be a
daunting task.
-Joe
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| 1639.5 | maybe but... | GAAS::FISHER | BXB2-2/G08 DTN 293-5695 | Fri Nov 18 1994 13:18 | 29 |
| > <<< Note 1639.4 by MKOTS3::MARRONE >>>
> -< Status report >-
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> Al Ryder is speculating that we are getting hit by RC equipment being
> operated by renegades flying close to Merrimack, ie, just across the
> river in Derry. He also believes that a spectrum scan done on the
I suspect Al is wrong in this case.
I say this because our RC transmitters output very little power.
750 milliwatts is the legal max.
I know the AMA wants fields 3 miles apart or something like that
but the reality is you can't shoot someone down if the plane
is closer to him than you. Even with antenna orientation bad
and everything else - you still can't capture another set unless
you are significantly close. If a fellow had some really old set
that was very very very wide band - he would be wasting power
in the sidebands and without the nice high peak he would have
to be even closer to re-capture your receivers attention.
But I could be wrong and am anxious to hear the final answer
when you finally find it.
Bye --+--
Kay R. Fisher |
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| 1639.6 | Dave W, yout duck has been outdone! :) | WMOIS::WEIER | Keep those wings spinning! | Fri Dec 09 1994 14:47 | 19 |
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Went down to RC Buyers at lunch to pick up a few things. While I was
there, Bob B. asked me if I heard about (John Doe) in the club who
is building a Chipmonk.
Seems he was driving home the other night, and spotted a dead
Chipmonk on the side of the road and.......... you guessed it!
He put the critter in a bag, brought it home, put it in the
freezer (boy was his wife suprised when she came home! :), the next day
he took it to his buddy the Taxidermist, had it stuffed, and then
installed it in the cockpit of the Chipmonk. He even has a servo rigged
so the head turns from side to side!
You meet the most creative ( and sick :) people in this hobby!
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| 1639.7 | Did he dress up the chipmonk like Rocky? | NETCAD::WALTER | | Mon Dec 12 1994 11:21 | 6 |
| Well, I guess it's a good thing he isn't building an A-10 Warthog!
Not to be outdone, I will be gunning for ducks during my commute from
now on. The problem is that the darned things spend most of THEIR
commuting time at 10,000 feet!
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| 1639.8 | Get your cartoons straight! :) | WMOIS::WEIER | Keep those wings spinning! | Mon Dec 12 1994 12:02 | 9 |
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Rocky was a flying SQUIRREL, not a Chipmonk! Alvin, Simon, and
Theodore are the Chipmonks! get your cartoons straight will you! Anyone
who drives a station wagon MUST have kids, so therefore you MUST
watch cartoons on a regular basis! :) :) (Couldn't resist :)
I quess its also good he wasn't building an F-14 "Tomcat", or an
F-15 "Eagle" ( He could really get in trouble there!:). An F-18 "Hornet
would have been an easy one though ( If it was already dead :)
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| 1639.9 | Quack, quack | NETCAD::WALTER | | Tue Dec 13 1994 17:22 | 9 |
| Aw, f'God's sake, what difference does it make? Squirrel or chipmonk,
it's still just a miserable rodent! So put the leather helmut and
goggles on the stuffed vermin and we'll just SAY that it's Rocky!
Y'know, to please you and the kids who wander through the pits.
Me, I'd rather have a duck in the cockpit ANY day.
Quack
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| 1639.10 | Merry X-mas | WMOIS::WEIER | Keep those wings spinning! | Thu Dec 22 1994 09:27 | 5 |
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May all of you and your families have a happy and safe holiday
Dan
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| 1639.11 | | RANGER::REITH | | Thu Dec 22 1994 09:52 | 8 |
| Shouldn't this be under weekend excitement? 8^)
A Merry and safe holiday season to all!
Jim
As the sleigh slowly disappeared towards the horizon, a voice was heard to
say... "I ain't got it!"
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| 1639.12 | A great year | SNAX::SMITH | I FEEL THE NEED | Thu Dec 22 1994 09:57 | 7 |
| New milestones were reached. New planes purchased and flown. Good times
with good friends.
A very merry Christmas and happy New Year to all.
Steve
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| 1639.13 | Took a deep breath and...... | WMOIS::WEIER | Keep those wings spinning! | Thu Feb 02 1995 15:39 | 13 |
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Well today at lunch, I decided to take another risk, and sent off
another reciever to JRSA to have the frequency changed from 41 to 31.
( I guess I just like to live on the edge! :)
I am only sending a single item this time instead of 4, hopefully
they can keep track of it?
With any luck, I should recieve a brand new 10S transmitter in
about 3 months! :)
Dan
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