Weather station paging interference

Dewdlebug · 06-08-2025, 10:40 PM

Over the last few years I've have similar scrambled pages, or no page at all, but mostly at Nat Events. I too reached out to Altalab and was informed that someone was over-powering my little 5 watt transmitter inside my unit. They suggested that I move my antenna location to see if it would help. My antenna is permanently mounted to the top of my trailer but I had a spare antenna from an old Performaire with a 25' cable which I was able to connect and after moving it in what seemed to be 100 different locations, 6" at a time, I finally found a sweet spot and got back in business. It was easy to see when I was being "jammed" by watching the red light on the front of the Altalab base unit. When it stays on constantly you're not getting out.
Altalab said that its more prominent at Nat events. I've seen it where we run TT on Thursdays with no issues only to have NHRA.TV set up all their bs and then there goes the signal. I've thought about moving to a text system but I've seen the cell service at Nats so bad before that you can't get through at all on a phone, text or otherwise.

06-08-2025, 10:40 PM	#8
Dewdlebug Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: League City, TX Posts: 124 Likes: 2 Liked 23 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Weather station paging interference Over the last few years I've have similar scrambled pages, or no page at all, but mostly at Nat Events. I too reached out to Altalab and was informed that someone was over-powering my little 5 watt transmitter inside my unit. They suggested that I move my antenna location to see if it would help. My antenna is permanently mounted to the top of my trailer but I had a spare antenna from an old Performaire with a 25' cable which I was able to connect and after moving it in what seemed to be 100 different locations, 6" at a time, I finally found a sweet spot and got back in business. It was easy to see when I was being "jammed" by watching the red light on the front of the Altalab base unit. When it stays on constantly you're not getting out. Altalab said that its more prominent at Nat events. I've seen it where we run TT on Thursdays with no issues only to have NHRA.TV set up all their bs and then there goes the signal. I've thought about moving to a text system but I've seen the cell service at Nats so bad before that you can't get through at all on a phone, text or otherwise. Last edited by Dewdlebug; 06-08-2025 at 10:45 PM. Reason: Spell check