We are hearing a very strong repeater here in East Brunswick that we never heard before and its interfering with our system that is on 462.600. Seem to be doing alot of testing. Unit numbers are used rather than callsigns (502/535/5xx, etc). No regard to other users on the frequency. They just key up loud and proud. Any ideas what group this may be?
GMRS 462.600 East Brunswick Interference
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Trying to understand what I am hearing. I have not heard or seen 100.0.
I am closer to Hunterdon, but also hear Middlesex County well.
Perhaps no activity when I looked. I also saw a 151.4 box and an adjacent channel 12.5 khz channel hosting a repeater!
I am closer to Hunterdon, but also hear Middlesex County well.
Perhaps no activity when I looked. I also saw a 151.4 box and an adjacent channel 12.5 khz channel hosting a repeater!
I'm in East Brunswick (Lawrence Brook) and sat on this freq. for a few minutes yesterday after seeing this post... Was barely receiving some transmissions with DPL 445. Just turned it back on and am hearing a conversation much more clearly again DPL 445. Also just heard a single quick transmission with PL 151.4
Like rr60, have not heard or seen PL 100.0 but again have just been listening a few minutes.
Like rr60, have not heard or seen PL 100.0 but again have just been listening a few minutes.
Thanks rr60. Out of curiosity, what freq is the adjacent repeater on? See if I can listen in from here on this rainy day.
If the repeater supposedly causing interference is owned and operated by someone with a valid GMRS license then it's not an interference issue. The channels are all shared and they have just as much right to use the pair as anyone else. It sounds like a discussion between repeater owners needs to happen. I get it, you may have occupied the frequency in the area first or it appeared not in use and now another repeater is causing you problems, been there done that. That's life on GMRS.
Monroe675
Newbie
I know of two groups with large coverage repeaters in the area on 462.600
One group uses those 500 numbers. The other group is north in Hunterdon Flemington area .The grouo that uses the 500 numbers have had their repeater on the 600 freq for well over 20 years probably closer to 30 years
The Hunterdon group Is fairly new on the 600 freq. and always complaining about the other group who was on the channel first. There is a young kid Connor on the Hunterdon repeater that seems to be very active .i actually met him this past weekend.and had this similar discussion With him .Seems he likes to keep the hunterdon repeater active figuring he’s going to be blocking the other groups users from using their system. Talk about a scumbag move that **** would not fly on any of my repeaters.
I listen to all the area repeaters. I personally own the Monroe 675 repeater. Since I became ill its coverage is not that great. Considering I’m getting slammed by the NYC machine.
i also own several of the local Ham Repeaters.
So if your one of those guys trying to work Hunterdon from east brunswick. Just from my listening. I wish yiu luck that’s like complaing your trying to work a reoeater in cape may from Atlantic City with 3 repeaters between you. You’re going to get interference. Again from listening to I know the members from both 600 machines are licensed. I wish I could get the idiot on 675. In NYC to go away. He’s killing a lot of other repeaters in the tri-state area with his nonsense
675 is maintained by Bruce Williams, and that machine does blow everything local out of the water and some lol. The 600 pair is typically used by a group called Bluecomm Emergency Services. They have simulcasted repeaters all over the place all on 600 scattered between PA all the way up to CT I believe. Each site of theirs pushes at least 40 watts as even in NYC, sites in LI and parts of south Jersey I can hear at times. Some machines are linked.. some aren’t, and I assume they’re utilizing a VOIP resource to achieve this with great lengths. Hope this helps
FT752
Member
A lot of hostility. Seems more than one repeater is taking the piss, not isolated. The Hunterdon group's repeater in Flemington and the repeater in East Brunswick that OP reports, coexisted with minimal issues. No cries over spilled milk. Bluecom has been around for as long as the tomfoolery on 675, no doubt about that. Like Skypilot007, it's life on GMRS. Never going to be perfect. Improvise, adapt, and overcome. With that said, OP's findings can be corroborated in the past month, where Bluecom's repeater(s) have been booming with activity in the central region that were unseen in the past. Found a new killer antenna location?
@carlos7801 That information does sound about right pertaining to Bluecom. I have usually heard one of the more distant repeaters with a lot of static in Somerset & Middlesex, NJ. Very NY oriented with POIs and restaurant locations.
@carlos7801 That information does sound about right pertaining to Bluecom. I have usually heard one of the more distant repeaters with a lot of static in Somerset & Middlesex, NJ. Very NY oriented with POIs and restaurant locations.
I haven't listened to that NYC 675 machine in a long while. Frequently, the antics on there sounded as bad as CB. There was one guy, forget his call, who always fought with and claimed to be tracking down the troublemakers. He was just giving them the attention they wanted.
FT752
Member
It hasn't stopped. It is still VERY CB-like, if not progressively worse? I have snippets of the one "troublemaker" saying Bruce has AIDS, and the latest stint is about Bruce apparently committing certain life-ending activities against his wife. What a back and forth that is... debilitating for other genuine users, nonetheless.
That's right, Bruce, I had forgotten his name. So, the soap opera continues. Seems the repeater owner does not mind the cost of keeping this machine on the air when it is essentially unusable. It's amazing that this continues unabated!
Monroe675
Newbie
Apparently Bruce claims to own the repeater on 675. That machine can be worked from Riverhead Long Island out to king of Prussia, pa if it was useful. So Nevermind P3D it killing the long time local guys like myself.its killing 3 state of usage on the pair.
insanity at its best. Now my comment on the bluecomm group. First off max legal power is 50 watts so tge. Runn8ng 40 watts is not an issue. Where as 675 in NYC must be running more than 50 watts covering o close to 200 miles.
and it’s not just the height. Now back to bluecomm. With all this ducting and them apparently running similar tones on their machines .yeah I would expect their users to key up several repeaters making is sound like they are simulcasting or linking. Which I highly doubt. Besides even with they many machines at least they seem to be only one one GMRS pair. Unlike some REACT groups with a machine on each of the. 6 GMRS pairs making it hard for others to put up systems.
im just running a simple old Motorola R100 repeater10 watts with a flatpack duplexer. But I have a daycare up tye street operating on 675, and their second pair is on 462.600
as a business they should be on business band not FRS. On repeater outputs. And they are in Jamesburgwith a base station. Maybe that’s what’s being heard in east brunswick? Just a thought.
bill4long
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Is this a PRIDE system?
I used to hear Bruce say he was maintaining the repeater for the owner. The coverage area of that machine is of the charts - I had no idea it was that wide.
FWIW, I've been scanning the 675 machine since yesterday. Aside from some brief noise effects/music, it seems mostly inactive. All I am hearing the majority of the time are some DTMF tones and a squelch tail.
