Still, I believe sooner or later there will be a conflict on a shared frequency. If there isn't going to be a problem, then why bother making it shared? When this occurs, if standard operating procedures were laid out in the rulles, it would minimize the chance of conflict.
Jim WA0LYK --- In [email protected], "Danny Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As an operator who ran government radio facilities for 30 years; there is no > way a government station is going to know who else is on the freq, unless it > is easily determined CW or FSK, and mostly they dont care. If I popped up > looking for a clear freq, to send my other end to, and there was a signal > there - I went looking elsewhere. If it were an ASSIGNED frequency (versus > just within a band I was allowed), to me, and someone else was on it, I > simply would fire up the transmitter, and they wouldnt be there long, or if > they were, I called my good buddies over at the FCC monitoring office and > they made a determination who/where it was, and if it happened day after > day, they would contact the state department, who would contact the foreign > equivalent and work it out. If it was a US station, they would immediately > call them and tell them to get off, as it wasnt on their assignment. > > Even though a "band" is shared with government or official transmitters, it > doesnt mean they are going to wait for someone to get off. It simply means > that you will not intefere with someone who IS ALREADY THERE. If no one is > there. you have every right to transmit on an unused (shared) band. If he > fires up on top of you - you simply have no right to complain - as he is > the primary user. Under normal circumstances these freqs are not "assigned" > as to an exacty freq, but he can slide anywhere within the band. Some > government operators start thinking it is THEIR assigned freq, and keep > going back to the same place every day, but that isnt necessarily so. Its > just habit. > > Danny Douglas N7DC > ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA > SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all > DX 2-6 years each. > moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
