And ignoring popular beliefs, the ARRL has ZERO enforcement ability or skills; that is the SOLE domain of the FCC (in the US). And more, while much of the US government is shut down, enforcement seems unlikely; it’s sparse in the best of times.
The ONLY thing the ARRL can do, inform the FCC of their findings. Exactly like anyone else. ARRL is given preferential treatment, but no special permissions. A note from them, means nothing legally. I’ve previously suggested that transit frequency be one of the contest required score form, filing elements (computer scoring by those running the contest) for cross check. Out of class or out of band/s, NO contest score. Make all that time and effort pointless, which should cause more attention to the legal aspects of operating. Ditto for DXing (longer duration contesting?); out of class/band, that contact doesn’t count towards any award. Both are easily entered into the ADIF file (or Cabrillo if still used). 73, Rick nk7i > On Oct 26, 2025, at 12:49 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually, ARRL's Amateur Auxiliary (Official Observer corps as > reconstituted a few years ago) *should* be doing that kind of > thing. Unfortunately, the ARRL CEO is so incompetent that he > provides little effective leadership so what ARRL does is done > poorly and without concern for the membership. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > >> On 2025-10-26 3:23 PM, David Gilbert via Elecraft wrote: >> Yes, that's annoying, but you're assuming that the FCC has both the >> inclination and the resources to pursue violations like that. I think they >> have shown for a long time now that they have neither. >> Dave AB7E >>> On 10/26/2025 12:12 PM, Al Lorona via Elecraft wrote: >>> If I were the FCC, I would camp out on or near 7.125 MHz on Saturday during >>> the CQ WW Phone contest and start logging the calls of all the US operators >>> calling DX stations there. (If you call on that frequency on LSB, you're >>> illegally transmitting out-of-band.) >>> Just between the 1st and 7th innings of the baseball game yesterday, I >>> logged 30 stations who did exactly that: they all called IP9C on 7,125.5. >>> I'm sure there were many more. >>> I have no idea whether the scoring committee disallows contacts made this >>> way, or whether that's even checked. Certainly, those stations should not >>> get credit for the illegal contacts. >>> W6LX said that. >>> Al W6LX > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
