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June 7th 04, 12:06 PM

In article ,
(Brian Kelly) writes:

I'm simply saying what *could* be done. I'm not saying it would be legit,
or
that anyone other than those directly involved would know anyhting about
it.

It's not a "could be", it's already out there all over the world all
over the RF spectrum. We call it "freebanding". Which, is exactly what
Burke was doing if he actually did get on the air from T5 without the
paperwork.

Of course.

The last thing I'd do is keep logs and send cards if I went
freebanding.

That's you. Others might not be so concerned. And if the "logbook" consists of
a few local QSOs and the cards delivered in person, all of the above would
still be true, wouldn't they?

Heck, I could jam the door interlock on a microwave oven, bring it out in the
back yard and point it at the sky, power it up and proceed to call CQ by
opening and closing the door. Then I could claim I was "operating high power
UHF" and it would be true, wouldn't it?

73 de Jim, N2EY