LA Repeater Jamming

[FLMedia]

Wonderful!! I setup a new repeater on Saddle Peak in the Los Angeles area and only lasted about 1 week before some jackass decided to start jamming it because he thinks the frequency belongs to only him...
462.575 PL 74.4 has an amazing coverage from Ventura county almost all of LA county and all the way down the coast to Orange county. But it is useless now since this guy is jamming it.

 

[prcguy]

Your only getting jammed? Wait awhile, if they are serious they will break in and steal the repeater or shoot up the rack. Consider yourself lucky so far!

Wonderful!! I setup a new repeater on Saddle Peak in the Los Angeles area and only lasted about 1 week before some jackass decided to start jamming it because he thinks the frequency belongs to only him...
462.575 PL 74.4 has an amazing coverage from Ventura county almost all of LA county and all the way down the coast to Orange county. But it is useless now since this guy is jamming it.

 

[FLMedia]

Your only getting jammed? Wait awhile, if they are serious they will break in and steal the repeater or shoot up the rack. Consider yourself lucky so far!

We already have this guy on camera making illegal entry into the building at saddle peak and going into a rack and taking gear out.

 

[prcguy]

Looks like someone got a UHF Quantar, possibly an R100 and a power amp. And Kevin seems like such a nice boy when you talk to him in person....

We already have this guy on camera making illegal entry into the building at saddle peak and going into a rack and taking gear out.

 

[Chronic]

California Repeater Politics .

 

[KevinC]

We already have this guy on camera making illegal entry into the building at saddle peak and going into a rack and taking gear out.

Not to get off-topic, but it's guys like this that make it hard on guys like me that have a legitimate reason to be at sites after hours.

 

[marcotor]

And you are... surprised? Repeater wars have been going on for 20 years on GMRS in SoCal. All about the repeater owners swinging their dicks so they can say everyone is using theirs. It's silly, juvenile, stupid, et. al. But, with an average maturity level of an 8th grader, what can you expect from most of the GMRS community? Scatology, political rants, the endless Lidnet, "Emergency Service" Whackers galore, music, monologues, etc. are all part of life on the airwaves here.

 

[AESFTW]

We already have this guy on camera making illegal entry into the building at saddle peak and going into a rack and taking gear out.

Too bad someone wasn't waiting inside with a shotgun. Though, it is Cali after all.

 

[FiveFilter]

I wouldn't defend myself or my property in California. The DAs would frown upon your interfering with illegal commerce.

 

[prcguy]

Yes, you would be denying someone a meal from the sale of your stolen repeater equipment and people in Kalifornia would march around your house with signs chanting. You would be arrested for interfering with someone's human rights. They might kill you and the death penalty is not enforced so they would be housed and fed for maybe 5yrs then let out.

I'm surprised Kalifornia doesn't give all inmates a GMRS license, a radio and a list of repeater frequencies and tones so they can be rehabilitated and return to society with some new skills, like jamming. It is a viable pass time for many here.

I wouldn't defend myself or my property in California. The DAs would frown upon your interfering with illegal commerce.

 

[Osprey1163]

And you are... surprised? Repeater wars have been going on for 20 years on GMRS in SoCal. All about the repeater owners swinging their dicks so they can say everyone is using theirs. It's silly, juvenile, stupid, et. al. But, with an average maturity level of an 8th grader, what can you expect from most of the GMRS community? Scatology, political rants, the endless Lidnet, "Emergency Service" Whackers galore, music, monologues, etc. are all part of life on the airwaves here.

A non-Ham friend asked me if political and religious discussions get heated on the local repeaters. I looked at him and said "We generally don't talk about religion or politics on the radio. Its not that we can't, it's not what people do ham radio for. I find it very refreshing" He still doesn't totally believe me.

 

[Paco-Jerte]

Wow that's some crazy video that shows everything. What the heck is wrong with this guy going thru all that trouble just to get arrested SMH

 

[PrivatelyJeff]

A non-Ham friend asked me if political and religious discussions get heated on the local repeaters. I looked at him and said "We generally don't talk about religion or politics on the radio. Its not that we can't, it's not what people do ham radio for. I find it very refreshing" He still doesn't totally believe me.

Yep. On ours, anytime someone makes even the slightest political comment, the reply is “ok?” In that tone that says “why are you saying that?”.

 

[MTS2000des]

If anything it drives home why alarm loops, cameras and site security can't be overlooked. I'm using this video to bolster my justification to ask for security enhancements for my sites.

 

[AESFTW]

Political discussions are a fun way to to put a repeater to the test. See how long she can chooch before burning up.

 

[MTS2000des]

Yes, you would be denying someone a meal from the sale of your stolen repeater equipment and people in Kalifornia would march around your house with signs chanting. You would be arrested for interfering with someone's human rights. They might kill you and the death penalty is not enforced so they would be housed and fed for maybe 5yrs then let out.

I am so glad I live in a state where an ADA or DA would charge the thief with felonies for burglary, interference with public administration (in case of disrupting or risk of disruption to public safety communications), and stack em, pack em and rack em- get a couple good prison time "pound you in the a$$ prison" convictions.
Must really suck to be in a consequence free environment where offenders can do as they please and the victims become the problem. Wow.

 

[mcjones2013]

By jamming, I'm assuming you mean they are using the correct input tone to open and hog the repeater? I know it's super easy to figure out, but what about changing the input tone? CTCSS out, DCS in?

 

[oldradioguy2010]

PLMedia:
Help me out here, what is the input freq. I thought (?) that was a simplex only. I could be corrected.
So anyway, I live in Ventura Co.
And would like the input freq. to monitor.
Sorry for the moron that spoiled your fun.
I monitor FRS/GMRS and don't use
them.
Any info is great.

DW
So. Cal😎

 

[prcguy]

GMRS repeater input frequencies are 5MHz higher than the output, so a 462.575 repeater input would be 467.575.

PLMedia:
Help me out here, what is the input freq. I thought (?) that was a simplex only. I could be corrected.
So anyway, I live in Ventura Co.
And would like the input freq. to monitor.
Sorry for the moron that spoiled your fun.
I monitor FRS/GMRS and don't use
them.
Any info is great.

DW
So. Cal😎

 

[oldradioguy2010]

Thanks I knew 5 mhz.
I was not sure if it was up or down 5.


DW
So. Cal
😎