Thank you! ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389
On 12/29/2016 4:42 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > Official Observers are observers, not police. The ARRL asks them to send out > advisories to help operators be self-policing. They might transmit a polite > reminder to ID on a repeater, but they really are not cops. > > We have had problems with unlicensed use of 2m by hang gliders on Mission > Peak. They can be heard all over the south bay. The OO gets to make detailed > notes and report to the FCC. They probably should not break into the > (unlicensed) safety comms of the hang gliders to tell them to get off the air. > > "The OO performs his/her function by observing rather than transmitting. > They keep watch for such things as frequency instability, harmonics, hum, key > clicks, broad signals, distorted audio, over deviation, out-of-band operation > and other potential problems. The OO completes his/her task once the > notification card is sent.” > > http://www.arrl.org/official-observer-1 > <http://www.arrl.org/official-observer-1> > > I could see a more active role for the OO. The FCC might encourage that with > the cutbacks in the field offices. > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
