Posted by Marcus on May 31, 2001 at 20:44:11:
In Reply to: Hacker Interfering w/ Pierce County Sheriff posted by Scott Cortesi on May 31, 2001 at 14:39:49:
A very sad fact but true. All to often the monitoring community gets the blame for the actions of a few attention deficient individuals. Stepping on public service
communications is far beyond crossing the line. I personally was unaware of any continuing harmful interference on the mentioned frequency. I would urge all individuals, especially those with DF capabilities, to monitor when available.
-Marcus
:
: I've been a resident of Pierce County here in Washington State
: for a number of years now. I've also been an active scanner
: listener, and monitor most of the EMS services in the area.
:
: The reason I'm posting this message is because someone has been
: intentionally interfering with Pierce County Sheriff's West
: Dispatch channel. They will typically key up and play music
: over the system at random times, for several seconds, and
: sometimes up to a minute or so. The problem has become so bad
: lately, that the Dispatcher has had to direct everyone to a
: different channel, to conduct operations.
:
: For those that are not familiar with this system, it is a
: conventional VHF system, that uses standard CTCSS sub-audible
: tones. Apparently, some idiot has modified a radio and is
: transmitting through the repeater. I would love to see this
: person caught and prosecuted. I realize that this may be
: difficult, due to the infrequent nature of the transmissions.
: If enough scanner listeners in this area monitor the input
: frequency of the repeater, we may be able to determine where
: this person is. It's people like this that really give our hobby
: a bad reputation. I sincerely hope this person is caught,
: prosecuted, and has to share a cell with "Big Bob". I will list
: the frequenceis.
:
: West Dispatch (Repeater input) 154.710
: " output 155.640
: Thank you for your help. SAC