Bill:
Your opinion is well stated however there are a couple of
points I would like the make.
The fact that you and your associates moved to 3.686.5 may
indicate you feel that the frequency has become someone's
property and immune to other operators using it. I hope you
do not believe that to be the case. Frequencies are shared
by everyone, first come, first served. If you or anyone is
just monitoring a frequency without active communication
means it is open to anyone who wishes to call CQ.
I do wish you would explain how you determined the bandwidth
of 15 kc? Could you explain how this was done so we could
understand how you arrived at that figure? As for Don's
intentions, they are as valid as yours, again no frequency
or bandwidth is owned. If Don calls CQ on a frequency that
does not have active communications, then he has the right
to do so in any approved mode he wishes, as you do.
But to "guard" a frequency until someone known appears is
not a legal claim nor acceptable practice. So if you would
please expand on your post, and do not be personal about the
operators in question or those who have responded to you
thus far.
Jim
W5JO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hardage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:37 AM
Subject: [AMRadio] Rebuttal to K4KYV
I rarely respond to such short sided attacks from people
who lack the
courage of their convections , in the case and post that
Mr. Chester has
placed on this board, I'd like a moment to respond. I've
been around the
bands for years, I know many hams around the country and
I was forwarded
Chester's post. As sad as this is, I believe it's
indicative of people that
don't let the facts get in the way of their story.
First, I could, as Mr. Chester has done , assume
everything he's complaining
about is true in reverse, but I want. What I will do, is
remind him that
today's technology all but eliminates 15 kc wide, over
Powered, and over
modulated am signals completely. The ham's he's calling
"names" are all
accomplished experienced ham's and have exceptional
antennas, in many cases
directional.
The Night the bands expanded our group moved to 3686.5. We
had no Idea of
Chester's intentions of making the new frequencies a AM
domain, based on his
own comments in earlier blogs.
The call he's making to the AM community "if all the
AM'ers come to that
frequency and run off these Guys" would be as childish
as Chester's
obvious clinical emotional state.
Often, SSB stations on 3786.5 are running 100 watts, that
power that is
necessary to establish communication. When Mr. Chester
fires up, he spends
the first 15 minutes testing and tuning up. During this
time he's keyed
down, SSB station will start their amplifiers to maintain
contact with
on-going, conversations. Chester, then calls CQ for ten
minutes.
Yes, there are at times nulls in the conversation, but I
and most others
that have listen to him, do not believe that Chester would
stop his obvious
attempt to claim AM Frequency by maliciously calling CQ.
I'm not
interested in starting similar wars that have existed up
the band. I
believe for certain, I'd take other avenues to solve that
problem. I guess
as a AM Ham radio operator and you want to spend your time
doing as Mr.
Chester suggest, then I can't stop you. I will say, Pick
your leader
carefully.
73's
Bill Hardage
K5UY
Watching Texas WX
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