Luckily in Europe we don't seem to be affected by intruders other than
people who will insist on using the PSK frequency for every digital
mode known to man. They seem to regard 14.070 as being the place where
they can call CQ while they try out every club in the bag.
They are completely unaware, or disregard the fact that this small
section of frequency is for PSK, and that if they wish to try their
new toy they should be operating in the frequencies which are
suggested should be used.

However on 30 metres, which is now being used more than it ever has
been since 1988, there are French and east European CB'ers using
10.140, as well as the RTTY boys and other unusual communication
modes. Thirty metres is a vast area of unused frequencies, which had
lain idle for years, but now that interest has been raised on using
the band everybody drops on 10.140. A month ago there was even an IQ
zero placing music from a BC station, he sounded like a Russian. It
also seems to be a magnet for the occasional lunatic who creates QRN
and an awful raspy noise, what this is...... who knows.

Kind regards, Mel G0GQK

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