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Re: [digitalradio] Re: RTTY Hall of Shame

Salomao Fresco
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:27:24 -0700

Hi

Jose Amador has hit the proverbial nail in the head:

"...the world is wider."

Monitoring the Beacons since 2003

Best regards

Sal
CT2IRJ





On 9/25/06, Jose A. Amador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> 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...
> > >
>
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Cumprimentos

Salomão Fresco
CT2IRJ

If it works... dont fix it!


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