Edison TRS Stuck Transmitter

[N2DLX]

For the past 4 or 5 days I've noticed that the Edison TRS has a stuck transmitter dead-keying in analog -- just a carrier. Since I live near the Municipal Center and their site there, I can tell that the signal is not coming from all sites but has to be a single site's transmitter that's keyed. The rest of the active channels are 5x5 on my S-meter, while the stuck site is noticeably weaker -- possibly from the north end of town. This definitely is not from another system or an image.

The frequency is 471.400. A friend of mine has let someone from the town know about it, but so far the site remains keyed.

 

[kb2vxa]

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

 

[joe_disco_electronics]

I wish they would fix that stuck transmitter... I didn't sleep at all last night!

 

[N2DLX]

Just an FYI -- since nobody seems to be aware of it. Relax guys.

If it were to affect the reliability of the TRS (a common thing already with Edison), somebody would care.

 

[N2DLX]

Still stuck.. town is aware but their attitude is "but our radios work fine.. see? *key up*"

I just think it's funny it's been dead-keyed for weeks now and nobody cares -- it's not just that they're unaware.

 

[fineshot1]

Not sure if they are using quantars but if so they can be keyed up from the front panel
for power out/swr checks. Can also be keyed up via Moscad remotely to check forward
and reflected power. Its possible one of the techs did so to run a check and left it keyed
up by mistake as I have seen this happen before. These are continuos duty transmitters
so it could be awhile before it craps out.