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.