I was trying to do some RTTY QSOs last night, on 40, and everytime I found a
clear freq, started transmitting a CQ, some South American QRM on SSB came
up right on top of me. Tuning around I found at least a dozen Spanish QSOs
between 7.050 and 7.01. They are authorized there, and be damn if they
arent going to use it, no matter how much QRM it causes others. Now, I know
the rest of the world HAS to use that portion for SSB, but Region 2 does
NOT. They go there for a couple of reasons: Less QRM from stateside
stations above 7.1, and to keep stateside stations from calling them. They
were NOT trying to DX, so any place above 7.1 would have worked (of course
avoiding short wave broadcast). That was the same problem I had, constantly
when I lived in Venezuela - some YL and her cronies geting right on 7.025
and chatting away, from three blocks away, blocking an important CW freq,
every night. They could have gone anyplace on the band, up to 7.3Mhz,
including smack dab on top of any SWBC station and not had to worry about
interference - but chose not to.
Danny Douglas N7DC
ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all
DX 2-6 years each
.
QSL LOTW-buro- direct
As courtesy I upload to eQSL but if you
use that - also pls upload to LOTW
or hard card.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Ingram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Gray Areas of USA Ham Radio Regulations and
Rules
> Danny Douglas wrote:
> > I certainly have MY doubts that many hams would live the "goodie" life
if
> > there were no regulations. Just take a look where there ARE
regulations;
> > the US highways, and see how many Americans pay attention to the law.
Yes,
> > the majority would try to do so, but the minority, and I mean a large
> > minority at that, would NOT. If everyone lived the golden rule, that is
the
> > only law that would be needed.
>
> I think one difference is that it is harder to get an amateur radio
licence
> than it is to get a drivers licence :-) The drivers licence is seen as a
> right, so it can't be too hard.
>
> The comments people are making regarding the crowded bands in the US is
> interesting. Tuning around 40m last night, between 7050 and 7100 there
were
> four conversations that I could hear. These were VK5, VK3 and VK2 loud and
> clear in VK4 with a 6m squid pole antenna.
>
> Plenty of room for digital to squeeze in.
>
> I can't quite fathom the 1.5kW outputs that the US permits too. 400W here,
and
> that requires some skill I believe. I say this having not pushed out more
the
> 50W on 2m and 5W on anything else.
>
> Australia's restrictions on methods of operating rather than modes of
> operating are frustrating though. No phone patches, IRLP only recently
etc. I
> enjoyed using a full duplex phone patch in ZL in the early 90s. Cellphones
> were not common and it was a good way of checking in when hiking (even
150km
> from the patch).
>
> I guess each country has its quirks. It just adds to the challenge of DX.
>
>
> 73s,
> Dave.
> --
> David Ingram (VK4TDI/ZL3TDI)
> Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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