Hams track-down illegal 2m cordless phone

Hams near Mishawaka, Indiana have T-hunted down a high power illegal cordless phone operating in the 2 meter band. Now its up to the FCC to take it off the air.

The signal from the phone was first noticed on 147.240 MHz by Andy Marshall, N9YIM. He brought the matter to the attention of Pete Ostapchuk, N9SFX. Pete says that the signal was strong enough to be heard on an HT some 8 miles away.

Pete finally got a chance to locate the phone when he received a heads up from David Fox, N9GVU who it turns
out only lives about a half mile from the device. He told Pete about two apartment complexes next to each other where he found a real strong signal earlier in the evening.

As soon as Pete arrived into the first apartment complex parking lot, the signal overpowered his 95 dB of
attenuation. It took about 5 minutes to pinpoint it to an upstairs apartment where the phone was located.
He did not want to go any further because of the legalities of T-hunting on private property. Instead, he has submitted his findings to the FCC and it will be up to them to take whatever action they feel is appropriate. We will let you know.

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