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Albuquerque Repeater Down

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K6JHU

Sorry to have to use this method but apparently there is no easy way to tell Sirius/XM that their Albuquerque terrestrial repeater is down. Thanks.
 
If said repeater is on Sandia Crest, it is likely due to a power failure up there which also has several terrestrial stations off the air (the ones without backup power systems), which I was made aware of this morning.
 
I believe the repeater is on one of the buildings downtown. At least it was, when I had a radio that gave me signal strength plus whether it was terrestrial or satellite.
 
Was in downtown Albuquerque today. Looks like repeater is back up. I wish there was a way to report this straight to Sirius/XM
 
K6JHU said:
Was in downtown Albuquerque today. Looks like repeater is back up. I wish there was a way to report this straight to Sirius/XM
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All the terrestrial repeaters call home if there's an issue. Usually, a contract tech will be dispatched to fix it, but it may take more time than you have patience for because the tech may be coming from out of the area.
 
K6JHU said:
I believe the repeater is on one of the buildings downtown. At least it was, when I had a radio that gave me signal strength plus whether it was terrestrial or satellite.
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It is/was on Sandia Crest.

35°12'50"N 106°27'03"W
City: Albuquerque (ALQ-004A[Tx1])
Model: TA-2304-2-DAB-H(90)
Orientation: 225 Degrees Azimuth
Height Above Ground: 65 Feet
Downtilt: 6 Degrees
Effective Power: 25118 Watts

https://www.reddit.com/r/siriusxm/comments/y0ua4w/comment/ismahob
 
I notice that Sirius/XM seems to be keeping their technical details a deep dark secret. Can't contact them on Technical issues. Nor is there any information extant on repeaters. I do believe, back when I had a list, that they moved the repeater off of Sandia to downtown.
 
K6JHU said:
I notice that Sirius/XM seems to be keeping their technical details a deep dark secret. Can't contact them on Technical issues. Nor is there any information extant on repeaters. I do believe, back when I had a list, that they moved the repeater off of Sandia to downtown.
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SiriusXM keeps pretty much everything a deep, dark secret. Why, I have no idea. They are a legal (somehow) monopoly, so it's not like they have a competitor to keep information from.
 
CTListener said:
SiriusXM keeps pretty much everything a deep, dark secret. Why, I have no idea. They are a legal (somehow) monopoly, so it's not like they have a competitor to keep information from.
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They don't intentionally keep things a secret. SXM has a fairly small technical staff for the size of the company and is divided up into different departments. They do a good job monitoring considering all the streams via satellite and the Internet. Because of the monitoring, there's no need to solicit radio nerds or concerned consumers because they already know when something isn't working. The outage is logged by the TOC and a trouble ticket is opened with the appropriate department. Contacting them to report an outage would be redundant, nor would they be able to give a caller an exact time of resolution.
 
So monitoring streams and internet and satellite signals. How does that exactly tell them a terrestrial repeater is down?
 
I’ll never forget driving from California to Louisiana 15 years ago and remembering hearing an SXM signal on the radio in New Mexico. How is this allowed out of curiosity?
 
K6JHU said:
So monitoring streams and internet and satellite signals. How does that exactly tell them a terrestrial repeater is down?
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just like traditional AM and FM stations do.... the last station i was at.. the owner would get a text when the main FM went down or to battery back up... hed get a text when the on channel booster lost main power and went to battery back up.... hed get a text when both went back to mains power. He'd get a text when theres a loss of audio (like automation froze/crashed).. hed get a text during the weekly generator self test when it ran well, if it something went wrong or it didnt run at all
 
Loverofradio said:
I’ll never forget driving from California to Louisiana 15 years ago and remembering hearing an SXM signal on the radio in New Mexico. How is this allowed out of curiosity?
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My guess is that you picked it up from a nearby car. I've picked up an SXM signal from somebody else's car a couple or three times. Those old SXM car kits, particularly the XM variety, could transmit fairly far, though you typically wouldn't hear them very long because cars move. Plus, you had to be in exactly the right spot for your radio's seek/scan to be able to get a strong enough signal to stop on one.
 
Kelly A said:
Because their repeaters send back status via SNMP (E-mail). Have you heard of E-mail?
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Kind of like self test on a computer. It either passes or you get no result at all. If the computer controlling the repeater is down, you will never know unless the computer is programmed with a 'keep alive' message or equivalent.
 
Kent said:
My guess is that you picked it up from a nearby car. I've picked up an SXM signal from somebody else's car a couple or three times. Those old SXM car kits, particularly the XM variety, could transmit fairly far, though you typically wouldn't hear them very long because cars move. Plus, you had to be in exactly the right spot for your radio's seek/scan to be able to get a strong enough signal to stop on one.
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IIRC, I think it was 87.7 or 87.9, somewhere in New Mexico in October 2009. It was kind of cool to hear that
 
Kent said:
My guess is that you picked it up from a nearby car. I've picked up an SXM signal from somebody else's car a couple or three times. Those old SXM car kits, particularly the XM variety, could transmit fairly far, though you typically wouldn't hear them very long because cars move. Plus, you had to be in exactly the right spot for your radio's seek/scan to be able to get a strong enough signal to stop on one.
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i heard that all the time in laramie, wy.. i lvied right on a main road, across the street fronm a gas station and had a yagi antenna in the yard so i heard sirius/xm fm modulators often
 
K6JHU said:
Kind of like self test on a computer. It either passes or you get no result at all.
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Well no, that's not how SNMP works. You are correct that a device can check in on a scheduled basis, but that's not the only parameter. Let's say a repeater or monitored device is transmitting under or over power. It sends an E-mail that a parameter has been exceeded. Or say during warm weather, the temperature exceeds preset limits. It sends an E-mail accordingly.
K6JHU said:
If the computer controlling the repeater is down, you will never know unless the computer is programmed with a 'keep alive' message or equivalent.
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There are several processors involved with SNMP capabilities, not just one "computer". This isn't 1977.
 
Kelly do you remember back in late 1980's or early 90's when the transmitter would call you and the electronic voice would wake you up in the middle of the night.
 
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