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Author Topic: Satellite GE-8 Being Subjected to Solar Flare Tests? Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-18-2004 07:19 PM                     We have not yet found the source of the problem. However, I think I have to agree...we are experiencing a local man-made interference. By whom or why - that's anybody's guess.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 02-20-2004 01:20 AM                        Turn off all your wireless phones, Paul. Seriously... since I moved here in '86, we've had more than a few "unexplained" interference phenomena... all of which have been blamed on the Navy, their radars, "secret facilities testing", etc... none ever proven, of course. It didn't help that most of the local managers blamed ALL of their technical problems on the Navy... including the fact that their 1,000 watt signals didn't cover all of King and Pierce counties (Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, Tacoma, etc). One of the more interesting events around here was when almost ALL keyless auto locks in the area ceased to function for a couple of days. The local auto dealers went nuts trying to figure out what happened and how to fix it... the Navy denyed culpability, and the FCC, while making a point to visit in their big white van, said nothing. The problem went away and never returned.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 02-20-2004 09:20 PM                        Now Las Vegas, NV gets to join in on the "key fob remotes don't work" thing. All over town today, people are reporting that their car key lock remotes aren't working. Wish I still had my old IFR RF spectrum analyzer. Probably the spooks up at Area 51 playing around with some new toys...  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-20-2004 09:59 PM                     Paul it must be one of the switcher rectifiers in those strong consoles at whidby island creating the RF  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-20-2004 10:09 PM                     I don't know, Gordon. Anyway, whatever the problem was, it went away by itself. But even though, I am still going to look up in the dish's schnozola and see if anything might be fouling the probe. I don't think I will find anything....the AGC is well within recommended reception and is steady as a 100-ton rock and has been for the last several days.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-24-2004 05:46 PM                     I notice you said the problems happened at 7PM and 12PM. What time is your local TV news? Did you notice if there was a live shot on the news from the same place on the days you had problems? Some of the microwave systems that are used to do local live shots can screw with sat downlinks.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-24-2004 06:49 PM                     Hmmmm...very interesting, Bruce. I'll have to check on a correlation about that. But since I brought this topic to the floor for discussion, we have had no problems whatsoever. We are mystified about it.  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-25-2004 07:33 PM                     --UFOs?-- fjn  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-26-2004 06:24 PM                     The path of the microwave beam from the remote truck to the station (or transmitter site, which is sometimes used due to the tower being a good high receive site for the live shots) may cross your dish, depending on the location of the live shot.  |  IP: Logged

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