"robert casey" wrote in message
k.net...
Randy A. Hefner wrote:
The problem with many (not all) ham radio operators is that they think
they
own the frequencies assigned to them and they have a "right" to use
them.

Neither is true!


In one sense we hams all "own the ham band frequencies", ie,
the FCC allocated them for us to use. But no one ham has
exclusive right to any one frequency. You first check that
the frequency is clear, then use it, then when you're done
give it up for others to use.

We did encounter one looney a few years ago who said a certain repeater
output was his frequency. It had been given to him by somebody he named (a
name that none of us had ever heard). He stepped on our QSOs, using his
own, real callsign, for a few hours and then no more. Padded cell time,
maybe.

"Sal"