[TheList] Police channel interference

Fri Apr 24 08:58:43 AEST 2020

CTCSS is obviously a waste of time for stopping people getting onto your 
repeaters. It does have its place for shared frequencies and reducing 
interference from adjacent channels which might have a stronger signal 
than the one you are receiving.

On 24/04/2020 8:51 a.m., Nick McEvoy wrote:
> Yep. Most people who do are only transmitting on the repeater output, 
> so comms won't hear it, just nearby units. That being said our local 
> channel now has a CTCSS tone on it so even the nearby units shouldn't 
> hear it either.
>
> Re: Dunedin, 
> https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/crime/%E2%80%98unusual-if-not-chilling%E2%80%99-vendetta
>
> Nick
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, 1:52 am DogSecurity - Richard, 
> <richard at dogsecurity.co.nz <mailto:richard at dogsecurity.co.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Yes, people with those shitty Boafeng radios, which is why
>     allegedly you can't bring them in anymore, unless you have a ham
>     radio licence (which you're meant to have to possess one)
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     Sent from a mobile device. Please excuse my brevity, punctuation
>     and spelling.
>
>     On 24 April 2020 12:45:27 am NZST, Tim Devaney
>     <timdevaneynz at gmail.com <mailto:timdevaneynz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi all
>
>         Is it possible to broadcast on the police radio network. Been
>         alot of weird interference on the Dunedin channel lately.
>         Radio siren buttons like those on cheep radios u push to send
>         call alert. One time they played fuc*the police song over the
>         air so someone's messing with it somehow.
>
>         Tim Devaney
>         timdevaneynz at gmail.com <mailto:timdevaneynz at gmail.com> (E)
>         +64 (27) 246 6936 (M)
>
>         Sent from a mobile phone device. Please excuse my brevity,
>         punctuation and spelling.
>
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