Where I work we work with a Motorola radio setup, we run on 154mhz band, and use Motorola base telephone transceivers, and CP200 handhelds when we're in the field. This past weekend, we think our system may have been struck by lightning. Our radios now have what I would describe as a "ghost" keyup. Every 1-2 minutes it sounds like someone is keyed up, but all we hear is dead air. If you attempt to broadcast out from the base, or the handhelds it sounds as if you're being walked on by that radio signal. It's powerful enough to sound as if it's coming from one of our base radios, given we're on a simplex system and I can hear it 3 miles away at my residence. The keyup varies in length (30 secs, to a minute), and from what we can tell, it seems to be getting worse.
As you can only imagine, it's making our work in the field dangerous, (no communication) and a whole lot harder (use of cell phones to be dispatched, and to check information). They had a repairman come out, but he has yet to find the problem. I figured SOMEONE in this forum may have a clue as to what is wrong, shoot me an email or just reply to the forum, any help is greatly appreciated, and welcomed.
Parking 177
Oklahoma State University Parking Enforcement
As you can only imagine, it's making our work in the field dangerous, (no communication) and a whole lot harder (use of cell phones to be dispatched, and to check information). They had a repairman come out, but he has yet to find the problem. I figured SOMEONE in this forum may have a clue as to what is wrong, shoot me an email or just reply to the forum, any help is greatly appreciated, and welcomed.
Parking 177
Oklahoma State University Parking Enforcement