On 14 Jul 2003 12:27:33 -0700, (Aaron H.
Voobner) wrote:

For purposes of this discussion, you said:

However, others in this forum are able to talk skip without
running afoul of our national regulations.

If you don't know the names of the countries who are "unregulated",
how do you know which "others" in this forum are able to talk skip?

Valid point. I don't....yet.

The whole " not every country has signed the agreements" argument was
really just a rear-guard action on my part untill I could get more
information to bolster my argument.

I thoght my own country had changed its position on CB skip talking
and was going to quote our regs to you. I then discovered that they
hadn't changed at all. At that point all I had left ,was the idea
that it is extremely unlikely ( IMHO ) that every country in the world
had outlawed 11 meter DXing.

And while I believe that there are a number of countries who have no
legislation prohibitting CB skip talking, I have no hard data yet to
back that up.

"Earl Johnston" wrote in message
...
At that point all I had left ,was the idea
that it is extremely unlikely ( IMHO ) that every country in the world
had outlawed 11 meter DXing.

And while I believe that there are a number of countries who have no
legislation prohibitting CB skip talking, I have no hard data yet to
back that up.

England has no distance limit on their 11-meter CB allocation.

--
73 de Bert
WA2SI

"Bert Craig" wrote in message ...
"Earl Johnston" wrote in message
...
At that point all I had left ,was the idea
that it is extremely unlikely ( IMHO ) that every country in the world
had outlawed 11 meter DXing.

And while I believe that there are a number of countries who have no
legislation prohibitting CB skip talking, I have no hard data yet to
back that up.

England has no distance limit on their 11-meter CB allocation.

Yes it really is too bad they are restricted to FM mode only. HF DX is
not intended to be a feature of the service.

-Aaron-

"Aaron H. Voobner" wrote in message
om...
"Bert Craig" wrote in message
...
"Earl Johnston" wrote in message
...
At that point all I had left ,was the idea
that it is extremely unlikely ( IMHO ) that every country in the world
had outlawed 11 meter DXing.

And while I believe that there are a number of countries who have no
legislation prohibitting CB skip talking, I have no hard data yet to
back that up.

England has no distance limit on their 11-meter CB allocation.

Yes it really is too bad they are restricted to FM mode only. HF DX is
not intended to be a feature of the service.

-Aaron-

Hello Aaron,

Hope all's well with you. I believe the "challenge" is half the fun.
Pop'Comm magazine did an article on a chap who works a fair amount of DX
using only 4 Watts in FM mode. Even pictured a pretty nise QSL card.

--
73 de Bert
WA2SI

Aaron H. Voobner wrote in message
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"Bert Craig" wrote in message
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England has no distance limit on their 11-meter CB allocation.

HF DX is not intended to be a feature of the service.

It was not intended to be, but it often is.
What they did at the beginning, to try to stop DX without outlawing it, was
restrict the antenna length, type and height with power.

So, the antenna could not be more than 1.65m in length, had to be base
loaded, had to be omnidirectional... and if you mounted it more than 7m off
the ground, you could only use 400mW.
However, they found that encouraging the use of small antennas, close to the
ground, with 4 Watts of power caused too much interference to TV and radio.
As those who kept to the rules causes interference, while the "law-breakers"
were running cleanly, the rules were changed.

They allowed 1/2 wave dipoles and 5/8 wave monopoles at any height, but
still kept the restriction on beams. Yet, they never added a DX rule, but
they clearly state that there is no restriction.

I cannot imagine them trying to add a "No DX" rule"... they already tried
setting unenforceable rules, and simply made a rod for their own backs.
The enforcement side of the RA (the RIS), have not the time or funds to be
chasing things that are not causing problems, so they are unlikely to bring
in any rule that will just cause them more wasted time and money running
about.

Also, the UK have made the CB rules short and simple... with the purpose of
limiting the chances of interference. If you add too many rules, or write
it in "legal language" (like so may legal agreements), making it heavy
reading... people just wont read it.



Brainbuster.

"Bert Craig" wrote in message ...
"Earl Johnston" wrote in message
...
At that point all I had left ,was the idea
that it is extremely unlikely ( IMHO ) that every country in the world
had outlawed 11 meter DXing.

And while I believe that there are a number of countries who have no
legislation prohibitting CB skip talking, I have no hard data yet to
back that up.

England has no distance limit on their 11-meter CB allocation.

Nor does Australia.

But that won't stop Frankie-boy or Georgie-girl from trolling, will it?

"Richard Cranium" wrote in message
om...
"Bert Craig" wrote in message
...
"Earl Johnston" wrote in message
...
At that point all I had left ,was the idea
that it is extremely unlikely ( IMHO ) that every country in the world
had outlawed 11 meter DXing.

And while I believe that there are a number of countries who have no
legislation prohibitting CB skip talking, I have no hard data yet to
back that up.

England has no distance limit on their 11-meter CB allocation.

Nor does Australia.

But that won't stop Frankie-boy or Georgie-girl from trolling, will it?



Nor will it stop Dickie Boy Cranium from trolling .