Chris Jewell
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:41:16 -0700
Dave Cole (NK7Z/NNN0RDO) writes: ... > 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.
14100 kHz +/- 500 Hz at least is designated exclusively for beacon
operation in the band plans of all 3 IARU regions. I'm assuming that
I decoded the Region 3 plan correctly: it's a MSWord document, and
nothing on my system understands those, so I had to guess the meaning
of the output from "strings | more". Someone who runs Windows is
welcome to check my reading w.r.t. Region 3.
Whether the FCC (and other national administrations) treat violating
an IARU Region band plan as violating the "good amateur practice"
provision of the rules is unclear to me. However, an OO notice, even
if not an FCC citation and fine, does seem (IMHO) appropriate for
violating the band plan.
I do doubt, though, the value of a privately-sponsored public pillory for
the offenders. While many contesters operate courteously (I try to on
my rare forays into contesting), it is clearly true that some
contesters think nothing in the world is more important than their
point score. However, I doubt that the kind of lid who QRMs even
disaster traffic for the sake of contest points is going to be
motivated to improve his manners by appearing in anyone's online "Hall
of Shame". Such people are probably incapable of shame. If they even
notice their nomination, the most they might do is send a reply in
gutter language to the OP, and go on behaving at least as badly as
before.
My first reaction to the Hall of Shame posting was delight that Bonnie
had called the lids on their misbehavior, but upon further reflection,
I doubt that any good will come from it, beyond Bonnie's personal
satisfaction in calling a spade a spade.
I'll close by inviting readers' attention to the late Richard Mitchell's
essay "Yet Another Losing Season":
http://www.sourcetext.com/grammarian/newslettersv09/9.6.htm.
It makes no mention of ham radio, but if you read it, you'll see why I
thought of it in this context.
-- 73 DE KW6H, ex AE6VW Chris Jewell
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