On Jun 24, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM wrote:
We take it for grant it, when we talk to someone on the other end of
the RF wave,
that person to is a registered and authorized Amateur Radio Operator
according to
their respective countries requirements... rather it's HF or D-Star.
I think Evan has it right here, we assume the other station is
operating legally. That is to say, they are licensed by the proper
authority and are following the regulations that apply to their
location. As Karen pointed out in his first post, there are those,
licensed or not, who operate outside of those assumptions. There is
very little we, as amateur radio operators, can do to totally prevent
sociopathic behavior and when someone crosses the line of breaking the
law, we can help regulators find and prosecute those individuals --
but we cannot prevent their actions. (If such a person is unable to
access the system due to an authentication system, they will just as
likely just try to make it unusable for others by such things as
jamming.)
I sometimes feel, we over concern ourselves with the actions of
others. In this case, we probably need to focus on our own radio
practice. When the actions of others become serious enough to
qualitatively or quantitatively affect the usability of our
frequencies, due to violations of applicable law and regulations, then
we must ask for enforcement by authorities.
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John D. Hays
Amateur Radio Station K7VE
PO Box 1223
Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 VOIP/SIP: [email protected]
Phone: 206-801-0820
801-790-0950
