[TheList] Music over the Police/Fire channel

Fri May 28 09:19:30 AEST 2010

Hello,

The interference is in fact an uplink that is running. the music is the 
National programe (Concert program) on national radio. I have been 
monitoring this issue for more that 3 years now. With the recent changes 
to the radio freq's it is now more prevalent. Its a commercial radio 
station up link not a person maliciously causing it. The RFS (or MED) 
don't appear to be following it through. Probably because the users i.e 
police/fire havent seen it as a problem until now.
Channel 3 Police here 75.3 have has harmonic issues for over 10 years 
now if they got near the ChCh polytec where their 160 meg uplink was 
transmitting they just did not realise what it was. I have been in a 
police car when the interference happened in 1999! No I was not cuffed 
in the back seat :-)
Over the past few years there has been ducting from Australia on the 75 
meg links causing issues but this seperate problem has been around for a 
very long time......jut not acted on or identified till maybe now.
The amateur mentioned in the scoop report has been given his equipment 
back all except the 5Kw linear amp.
Why do the MED (RFS) R I's (Yes you know who you are) do anything about 
the junky chinese  made radios and others that are continously available 
and sold to unlicenced people on Trade Me? But thats another issue.

Regards
Steve

Mark Robinson wrote:
> Mike Trump wrote:
>>   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.
>
> This matter is in hand.
>
> The interference does not appear to have been malicious.
>
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