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glowbugs Saturday, September 13 1997 Volume 01 : Number 111
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 16:19:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ken Gordon <keng@uidaho.edu>
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
On a similar note, a number of years ago, during one of the peak sun-spot
years, I ran into a W6 station who was on a real hunt for non-ham stations
which illegally used the ham bands. He ran a KW and good antennas and
would find these stations, no matter what mode they used, zero beat them
and send strings of dits interspersed with his call until they gave up and
left. He later mailed me a listing of the calls of such stations and where
he had found them. He really enjoyed this aspect of the hobby and
apparently was pretty effective. I don't know whether or not he was
finally forced to quit.
It seemed to me that the illegal use of our ham bands by commercial and
military stations really picked up when the sun spot cycle started back
up. Maybe that is ONE aspect of what is happening now?????
Ken W7EKB
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:14:35 +0000
From: Sandy W5TVW <ebjr@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
At 10:36 PM 9/12/97 +0000, you wrote:
>I feel very strongly about this. It's time the ARRL acted responsibly
>to try to reduce the ever-encroaching SSB and DATA QRM on 40m below
>7060 kHz. It has reached the point of absurdity and something MUST be
>done!
>
>Are they still trying to expand the band? That might help some too!
>
>Bry
>
>
To add insult to injury, I think ARRL is for expanding the US phone
band down further to 7075! That will wreck the band for CW users that
aren't Extra class hams!
Guess where the Spanish SSB and digital guys are going? Ain't gonna be up
the band!
73,
E. V. Sandy Blaize, W5TVW
"Boat Anchors collected, restored, repaired, traded and used!"
417 Ridgewood Drive,
Metairie, LA., 70001
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:11:32 -0400
From: N4JS <n4js@amsat.org>
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
>I feel very strongly about this. It's time the ARRL acted responsibly
>to try to reduce the ever-encroaching SSB and DATA QRM on 40m below
>7060 kHz. It has reached the point of absurdity and something MUST be
>done!
>
>Are they still trying to expand the band? That might help some too!
>
>Bry
>
The ARRL is not going to act "responsibly" when a large part of their
income comes from advertisements of digital equipment, etc. CW is just not
a money-maker.
_ _ _ _ _ ___ John L. Sielke n4js@amsat.org n4js@pobox.com
| \| || | | _ | |/ __| n4js@qsl.net NJ Grid:FM29LN
| .` ||_ _|| || |\__ \ http://www.qsl.net/n4js NJ-QRP #57
|_|\_| |_| \__/ |___/ QRP-L #884 QRP-ARCI #9328 NE-QRP #507
G-QRP #9544 Norcal #1989 QCWA CQrp CQC ARS #243 FISTS #2781
Formerly: K3HLU, W7JEF, W4MPC, TF2WKT
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:38:18 +0100
From: BOB DUCKWORTH <bob@atl.org>
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
Been kinda half way following this.
Guess it's time to crank up the 4-1000s etc.
- -bob
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 06:07:37 -0400
From: "Brian Carling" <bry@mnsinc.com>
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
On 13 Sep 97 at 0:14, Sandy W5TVW wrote:
> To add insult to injury, I think ARRL is for expanding the US phone
> band down further to 7075! That will wreck the band for CW users that
> aren't Extra class hams!
> Guess where the Spanish SSB and digital guys are going? Ain't gonna be up
> the band!
> 73,
> E. V. Sandy Blaize, W5TVW
Well, Sandy, this is OK, only IF they expand the CW band to include
6900-7000 as a CW ONLY sub-band that can never be taken away!
I think we should get as many people as possible to lobby ARRL to do
just that or leave the darn band alone.
Seems to me that trying to get 7075-7100 as a phone sub-band FIRST is
a bit of a premature and stupid idea!
73 - Bry, AF4K
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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 06:07:36 -0400
From: "Brian Carling" <bry@mnsinc.com>
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
Ken, this certainly could be part of the problem.
I had immense fun doing my own little "intruder watch" on the CW
portion of ten metres some years ago when the sunspots were many and
CB-ers were known to drift their sliders up our way and run SSB in
the 28000-28100 kHz section. It is amazing what a quick CQ with 1 kW
of CW will do to those chaps!
Bry
On 12 Sep 97 at 16:19, Ken Gordon wrote:
> On a similar note, a number of years ago, during one of the peak sun-spot
> years, I ran into a W6 station who was on a real hunt for non-ham stations
> which illegally used the ham bands. He ran a KW and good antennas and
> would find these stations, no matter what mode they used, zero beat them
> and send strings of dits interspersed with his call until they gave up and
> left. He later mailed me a listing of the calls of such stations and where
> he had found them. He really enjoyed this aspect of the hobby and
> apparently was pretty effective. I don't know whether or not he was
> finally forced to quit.
>
> It seemed to me that the illegal use of our ham bands by commercial and
> military stations really picked up when the sun spot cycle started back
> up. Maybe that is ONE aspect of what is happening now?????
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
>
>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 07:35:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "Roberta J. Barmore" <rbarmore@indy.net>
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
Hi!
I might point out that before WW II, 40m was a CW-only band; this
always seemed like a perfectly rational plan to me. Let the 'phone boys
use 160 and 80 for statewide working (with some DX), and 20 for
serious bigtime DX--and
leave 40 to the mode its best suited to!
...I'd add a ":)" to take the sting out but my heart wouldn't be in
it....
73,
--Bobbi
(I'm in a cranky mood; offered to build up some "kits" for a local
no-coder, and was handed a box of loose parts from Rat Shack and a couple
of QST articles! This is a "kit?" Worse yet, the guy did things like
buying 100mF condensers where 100pF jobs were called for. *Then,* after
I'd got a pair of little CW F2 bleepers for use with a HT done &
delivered, he called me up at 11:00pm to ask after the other project, when
he'd been told it'd take a couple of weeks! Never again! He can either
learn to build his own stuff, or go climb a tree).
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 08:21:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: kd6poc@jps.net (Adam McLaughlin)
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
Hi Bobbi,
I am still waiting for the return of our 160 meter CW subband that we lost
during the second world war. (1750 to 1800 KHz)
73 to all,
Adam
>
>Hi!
>
> I might point out that before WW II, 40m was a CW-only band; this
>always seemed like a perfectly rational plan to me. Let the 'phone boys
>use 160 and 80 for statewide working (with some DX), and 20 for
>serious bigtime DX--and
>leave 40 to the mode its best suited to!
> ...I'd add a ":)" to take the sting out but my heart wouldn't be in
>it....
>
> 73,
> --Bobbi
>
> (I'm in a cranky mood; offered to build up some "kits" for a local
>no-coder, and was handed a box of loose parts from Rat Shack and a couple
>of QST articles! This is a "kit?" Worse yet, the guy did things like
>buying 100mF condensers where 100pF jobs were called for. *Then,* after
>I'd got a pair of little CW F2 bleepers for use with a HT done &
>delivered, he called me up at 11:00pm to ask after the other project, when
>he'd been told it'd take a couple of weeks! Never again! He can either
>learn to build his own stuff, or go climb a tree).
>
>
>
Adam McLaughlin KD6POC
QRG: 7037 Kcs & 7014 Kcs (DX Only)
kd6poc@jps.net
www.jps.net/jmclaugh
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 20:06:08 -0400
From: "Brian Carling" <bry@mnsinc.com>
Subject: Re: "BA" net activity
On 13 Sep 97 at 8:21, Adam McLaughlin wrote:
> Hi Bobbi,
>
> I am still waiting for the return of our 160 meter CW subband that we lost
> during the second world war. (1750 to 1800 KHz)
Adam, I think THAT sub-band went the way of upper-end-Medium
- -Wave-band-creep(!)
Grin!
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*** 73 from Radio AF4K/G3XLQ Gaithersburg, MD USA *
** E-mail to: bry@mnsinc.com *
*** See the interesting ham radio resources at: *
** http://www.mnsinc.com/bry/ *
****************************************************
AM International #1024, TENTEN #13582. GRID FM19
Rigs: Valiant, DX-60/HG-10, Eldico TR-75, Millen 90810
FT-840, TM-261, Ameco TX-62, Gonset Communicator III
HTX-202...TEN-TEN #13582, DXCC #17,763 Bicentennial WAS
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