Hi all I was unaware of this activity and would agree with W3UR that operations such as this "blurr" the distinction between legal Amateur radio activity and illegal spectrum activity. Virus is perhaps not a strong enough word. It is a cancer that could destroy our hobby in years to come. We are already under attack from hundreds of thousands of unlicenced Asian and South American interlopers using all our bands for personal communications. Freebanding raises level of this illegal activity to our detriment.
Unfortunately, little can be done to stop operations such as this except by using commercial sanctions to make our views known to any manufacturer that supports that freeband operation. Lobbying the ARRL will help along with individual amateurs and clubs taking a stand and withdrawing financial support to dual DXpeditions which include Freebanding. 73 de Lee ZL2AL - ZM7A, ZL7AA, ZL8RI, ZL9CI, VE3OE, Pilot ZL7C October, 2002 DX is! . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie McClenny, W3UR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'William Hein, AA6TT'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: RE: [DX-NEWS] ham DXpeditions also operating 11m? > Bill > I was unaware and sad to hear about the recent Gambia DXpedition also > participating in this devastating activity. These Freeband operations > have some serious potential to hamper future legal Amateur Radio > DXpeditions! I know the ARRL is currently studying any input they > receive on this subject. I hope every DX club, foundation and awards > committee will take the strongest possible stance on this virus that > could destroy our great hobby. I honestly don't understand why any > Amateur Radio operator would even consider taking part in Freebanding! > > 73 > Bernie, W3UR > > -- > Bernie McClenny, W3UR > Editor or The Daily DX, The Weekly DX and How's DX. > http://www.dailydx.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of William Hein, AA6TT > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 04:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DX-NEWS] ham DXpeditions also operating 11m? > > I am astonished by the number of ham DXpeditions who are also > operating on 11m 'freeband'. > > For example, the recent ham DXpedition to The Gambia appears to > have also operated on 11m as 118AT/DX with freeband QSLs to > 310AT102 (aka YL3CW). These callsigns apparently assigned by the > Alfa Delta organization in Italy. > > I've heard that many, many other ham DXpeditions also fire up on > 11m 'freeband' (Temotu, Chesterfield, East Timor, etc.). Icom > France is even financially supporting freeband DXpeditions which > means they must be selling a lot of ham gear to freebanders. > > Casual Websurfing will reveal that the freebanders are perhaps > even more active than hams in mounting DXpeditions. And going to > places (like VU7, YVO, SV/a) that hams can't easily go. And > tagging along on a lot of ham DX outings. > > Is this the DX equivalent of Napster? What does this mean for > our DXing hobby in the long run? > > Bill AA6TT > > > ------------------------------ > William H. Hein, AA6TT > 10 Clark Road > Topsham VT 05076-3086 USA > tel 802/584-4317 > ------------------------------- > http://www.AA6TT.com > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MSN IM [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc > DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news > DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc > DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news > DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net > ------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net -------------------------------------------------------
