Deliberate interference to International Space Station
Hello all. I found this on the RSGB website at www.rsgb.org and just thought I would post It here.....
The RSGB are dismayed to learn that a small group of AM enthusiasts based in the West Lothian district of Scotland continue to cause what appears to be deliberate interference to the ISS downlink frequency of 145.800MHz during ISS passes. The RSGB is concerned that despite several years of negotiation with this group and a change of band allocation to move them away from the internationally agreed ISS frequency, they continue to disrupt ISS operation by their selfish disregard of their fellow radio amateurs and the Band Plan. The RSGB intends to bring the matter up formally with Ofcom at a meeting of the RSGB/Ofcom Forum in early April.
Callum 2M0YCG – Mon, 2009 – 03 – 30 15:47
Just to play devil's advocate here...
... I've never heard them operating during an ISS pass. Can anyone provide any evidence that they are interfering with ISS transmissions?
Who are them?
Can we have the name of these morons?
It wouldn't be hard to find them...
It's a bunch of local amateurs who have an AM net on 145.8, presumably because their elderly ex-PMR AM kit only has one crystal ;-) They must run fairly low power (or have rubbish aerials), because they're practically inaudible out at Hermiston Gait.
The ISS is only over this part of the world for ten minutes every hour-and-a-half, four times a day. That's *not* a lot of time. I'm sure they can shut up during passes and let people use the downlink.
There's enough band for everyone, and there's no need to be bolshie about it.