[TheList] Music over the Police/Fire channel

Fri May 28 05:17:00 AEST 2010

Exactly Mike,
I'm not saying people shouldn't have these things, it's just that a few that do, need to use their brains before they go making the rest of us that own this sort of gear look like idiots.
And as Ray mentioned, the night that I heard it, wasn't the only time that this interference occured.

As for that guy that posted on YouTube, his running of a transmitter on 3kW, I have absolutely NO sympathy at all, for him losing his radio equipment.
Listen, whenever someone has a TVI problem, who gets accused of being the source first?
Usually it's the guy next door or down the road with "the big aerial".
Regardless of the fact that TV's are made so cheaply these days and overload easily with stray signals.
This guy isn't really helping our cause though, when the general public read an article like that one, they equate the word "amateur" with second-rate or not good enough to be a professional.

Sorry, I hope I haven't offended anyone here, I just wanted to put it to you floks that this sort of bad publicity, hurts all of us that work with radio gear.

Cheers,
Mike T.

From: zl3tmb at ihug.co.nz
To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 18:47:35 +1200
Subject: Re: [TheList] Music over the Police/Fire channel

Hi Mike

In answer to your question
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Radio-equipment/Commercial/auction-291675850.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Radio-equipment/Commercial/auction-292377243.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/Radio-equipment/Commercial/auction-292369178.htm

All these will work on the Police frequencies, and most other 
UHF gear if you know what your doing with it :) 

It's just a matter what you use it for, It's not illegal to have gear 
police/Fire TX capable, but to press the PTT, outside an emergency is an 
offence.

73
Mike

From: thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz 
[mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] On Behalf Of Mike 
Trump
Sent: Tuesday, 25 May 2010 5:50 p.m.
To: 
thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
Subject: [TheList] Music over the Police/Fire 
channel

Hi Guys,
For about the last 5 or so minutes, there has been some 
clown playing piano music over 75.350MHz.
It interrupted the turn-out of 
Ashburton 621 and 627 to a house fire.
What I'd like to know is where did an 
idiot like this get the gear to transmit on this frequency?
Causing this sort 
of interference to a Life Safety channel, is probably about one of the worst 
radio offences one can commit, under the Radio Communications Act 1989.
Sure 
we used to have the odd person back in the late 80's/early 90's used to block 
the odd CB channel with music or some other crap, but that is totally different, 
police or fire staff depend on communications for their own safety and the 
safety of the public.

This is just rediculous.

Regards,
Mike 
T.

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