[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At 2/11/2006 19:49, you wrote:
>> Bob Dengler wrote:
>>
>>> Where was their "web police" last FD when we had a simplex IRLP node
>> with a
>>> broken RX connected to a reflector TXing all day on 223.50 & the reflector
>>> admin refused to disconnect it? Quite a mess that was.
>> Who did you contact Bob?
>
> Don't recall the call, but he was in Alaska.
Ah ok.
>> I never saw an e-mail to any of the usual
>> addresses asking for assistance with it, or the IRLP mailing list?
>
> I contacted him directly over the reflector by using another local node to
> connect to the reflector. I explained the situation to him & he responded
> by saying he didn't know who I was & wasn't going to disconnect the node
> even though it was out of control & causing local interference.
Bad call on his part, I guess. In cases like that you can always
escalate a bit... other Reflector owners might not want the project seen
as unwilling to help out in the case of interference.
On the flip side, IRLP's not responsible for the operation of any ham's
transmitter, and we can't hear what's going on at the node end. You
could have just been someone who had an axe to grind with some other
local ham, and there's virtually no way for anyone operating a Reflector
to have ANY idea what's really going on "out there".
> FWIW, in part because of the above incident our local 220 MHz coordinator
> is reviewing our local bandplan; I expect the new plan to explicitly state
> where internet linking is allowed.
Which is EXACTLY where it should be handled. At the local level.
Sounds like the outcome was the correct one. And other coordination
bodies should be learning and taking action also, to plan appropriately
for similar issues instead of waiting to react to them.
Internet linking isn't exactly new at this point -- what, five years
now? That should be enough time for any coordination body to make up
their minds on what they want to do with it in the local bandplans.
Nate WY0X
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