Jose A. Amador
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:04:58 -0700
If the beacons are moved, I am not sure where they would receive less QRM, if on the low end contending with CW DX or in the high end contending with the "family radiotelephones"....
Something else....OO's only have jurisdiction within the US...the world is wider. So, a well thought solution is in order. I would love it, as the beacons have been really useful to me for many years. Jose, CO2JA Dave Cole (NK7Z/NNN0RDO) wrote: > Hi, > > While I enjoy the use of the beacons, (and try and stay away from the > freqs), I agree with the last post, the idea of putting them in the > middle of the band was not a scaleable, or even a well thought out > solution. Unless there has been a rule change, enforcement of this > must be on a voluntary basis, period, I saw a post about involving > the OOs, and the FCC. Has this frequency been officially allocated? > If not, then involving an OO would be real abuse of power, as they > are supposed to enforce rules not wishes. > > RANT ON: Assuming the rules have not allocated the frequency for > beacons, IMHO the entire idea of a "Hall of Shame", goes against the > amateur traditions of tolerance... Things happen, people will > transmit on the beacon freq, can't be helped, get used to this, and > stop publishing "Hall of Shame" like rants. For that is what a "Hall > of Shame" list is, a vaguely disguised rant because someone > transmitted on a sacred frequency some other folks "believe" they > have reserved, and have decided to punish those that don't "believe" > by publishing their names in a negative light. For that matter, > perhaps the beacons operators should be the first stations on the > list for not listening before they transmit, and insisting that they > own a frequency to the point they are publishing lists of people they > don't like... > > Now don't get me wrong, I love the beacon system, (use it all the > time), and actually believe that it can work as long as folks don't > get extreme about things, (like publishing rants because of QRM to > the beacons), I avoid the beacon frequencies as much as possible, if > however a really rare DX station is on that frequency, I would use it > in a moment. The frequency is simply misplaced, pick a new one, then > get it to the band edge, and half of your QRM will go away. > > RANT OFF: > > Thanks, Dave NK7Z/NNN0RDO http://www.nk7z.net <http://www.nk7z.net> > > If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected > swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the > side. --Orson Scott Card > > -----Original Message----- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com>]On Behalf Of Dav1dSm1th Sent: > Sunday, September 24, 2006 23:07 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [digitalradio] Re: > RTTY Hall of Shame > > Whilst your list can be construed as informative, contentious, > destructive etc etc depending on your point of view, it really > highlights the nonsense of trying to maintain a beacon system in the > middle of a very active band. Whilst education should work, surely > 95% of the problem could have been avoided if the beacons had been > located on 14350 or 14000 for instance (plus or minus a bit to avoid > being outside the band of course). And logically you are much more > likely to avoid inadvertently transmitting on a beacon if you are > operating in the same mode as the beacon itself. Putting a CW beacons > in the middle of a band plan allocated for data is just asking for > trouble. (I know you can operate CW in this section but no one does - > especially in the middle of an RTTY contest). > > And then again - in the middle of a contest do you need beacons to > tell you where the propagation is? > > 73 > > David A92GE > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com>, "expeditionradio" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > RTTY Hall of Shame > > > > Here is a list of some of the RTTY operators transmitting on the > > international IARU beacon frequency 14100.0kHz today. > > > > 73---Bonnie KQ6XA > > > > Saturday 23 SEP 2006 > > > > WM3T/4 (repeat offender) W4VD (repeat offender) N6CK JE2PMC IW5ABF > > IK1ZFO N6IU EA1DZL JA1GHH DF4ZW DH3JF YU7AM OE9SLH DD1UN F5OQL > > W5PUF K0GEO > > > > The list continues... > > __________________________________________ XIII Convención Científica de Ingeniería y Arquitectura 28/noviembre al 1/diciembre de 2006 Cujae, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba http://www.cujae.edu.cu/eventos/convencion Need a Digital mode QSO? 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