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Freebanding.....
Last weekend was great fun. For those of you that participated
(non-club members also welcome) we will be on the same QSY frequency as the previous two weeks.....as you all know, we are getting tons of new pledges, but you MUST have a physical address,,,no PO Boxes, no exception. Renaldo repeats his email several times during the two hour window, for those who want further information. Remember, this frequency has been cw only for some time, and the club would love to keep it that way. By the numbers: Britain: 43 Canada: 27 Spain: 16 USA: 12 Australia: 8 Ireland: 3 Greenland:1 Mexico: 1 Africa: 1 France: 1 Some members said QSL cards have already began arriving from overseas. The weekend division designee is still up for grabs. Happy DXing. |
"Twistedhed" wrote in message ..webtv.net... Last weekend was great fun. http://www.gmrsweb.com/cbweb/cbeditorial090101.htm l http://www.gmrsweb.com/cbweb/cbeditorial.html And a few quotes from another web page: (http://www.gmrsweb.com/cbweb/cbroguesgallery.html ) "Illegal use of CB radios adn RF amplifiers and the epidemic of complaints to the FCC (46,000 in 2000) regarding illegal CB use" "Rule violators choosing to operate outside the authorized band segment interfere with world-wide communication above and below the CB band. They rationalize their activity as a hobby much like the graffiti vandal might rationalize painting over a wall." "Rule violators turned the service into a wasteland, dramatically reducing its popularity with businesses and families. The pathetic and childish behaviors on the band chased off the rest of us." "Like graffiti did in the 70's, illegal CB use spread worldwide. CB pirates from the USA and South America can be found in the 10 meter Amateur Radio Service CW band. The culture of the rule violator is now the culture of a folk outlaw. A rogue outlaw whose activities have had deleterious consequences on the radio hobbies." Look at the FCC enforcement logs at: http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Public_Notices/Welcome.html Look under the section called "47 U.S.C. § 301 - Unauthorized Operation" The fines are nothing to joke about. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO -- "Of all the DX and countries I have ever heard, I find myself embarrassed for our own operators here in the states. The high profile spectrum splatters usually get their due, one way or another. Unfortunately, for many fine operators and listeners it doesn't come soon enough." Quoted from Twistedhed's essay written for Sporadic Waves at http://sporadicwaves.tripod.com Feel free to ask the site owner for a copy of the original article, or ask him to verify the quote above to suit yourself. Better yet ask Twist and see if he lies about writing it. ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THOSE WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE THEM. SEE THE AUTHOR(S) LISTED ON THE WEB PAGES WHERE THE QUOTES WERE COPIED FROM. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO ARRL Member NCI Member Charter member of the Lawrence Technological University Wireless Society W8LTU -- "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson |
"Leland C. Scott" wrote in message
... http://www.gmrsweb.com/cbweb/cbeditorial090101.htm l http://www.gmrsweb.com/cbweb/cbeditorial.html And a few quotes from another web page: (http://www.gmrsweb.com/cbweb/cbroguesgallery.html ) "Illegal use of CB radios adn RF amplifiers and the epidemic of complaints to the FCC (46,000 in 2000) regarding illegal CB use" "Rule violators choosing to operate outside the authorized band segment interfere with world-wide communication above and below the CB band. They rationalize their activity as a hobby much like the graffiti vandal might rationalize painting over a wall." "Rule violators turned the service into a wasteland, dramatically reducing its popularity with businesses and families. The pathetic and childish behaviors on the band chased off the rest of us." "Like graffiti did in the 70's, illegal CB use spread worldwide. CB pirates from the USA and South America can be found in the 10 meter Amateur Radio Service CW band. The culture of the rule violator is now the culture of a folk outlaw. A rogue outlaw whose activities have had deleterious consequences on the radio hobbies." Look at the FCC enforcement logs at: http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Public_Notices/Welcome.html Look under the section called "47 U.S.C. § 301 - Unauthorized Operation" The fines are nothing to joke about. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO -- "Of all the DX and countries I have ever heard, I find myself embarrassed for our own operators here in the states. The high profile spectrum splatters usually get their due, one way or another. Unfortunately, for many fine operators and listeners it doesn't come soon enough." Quoted from Twistedhed's essay written for Sporadic Waves at http://sporadicwaves.tripod.com Feel free to ask the site owner for a copy of the original article, or ask him to verify the quote above to suit yourself. Better yet ask Twist and see if he lies about writing it. ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THOSE WHO ORIGINALLY WROTE THEM. SEE THE AUTHOR(S) LISTED ON THE WEB PAGES WHERE THE QUOTES WERE COPIED FROM. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO ARRL Member NCI Member I remember this guy's site, Leland. It's the one with such altruistic advertising policies but buys his cobra from his top advertiser, Bill's 2 Way. "GMRS Web reserves the right to refuse service to anyone without explanation. Banner ads should be related in some way to the two-way radio, wireless products, or the personal communications industry. No adult oriented ads or ads encouraging illegal activity are permitted (including ads for export CB radios that are really intended to promote the illegal CB radio market in this country.) Communications companies that specialize in selling illegal radio equipment in U.S. markets or in making illegal radio transmitter modifications should look elsewhere." Check out www.bills2way.com ; Nope, no "illegal" CB stuff there. What a hypocrite, LMAO. Remember this thread? http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...d6b336f&rnum=1 Moral? Be careful who you quote, Leland. -- 73 de Bert WA2SI ARRL Member FISTS# 9384 |
Leland C. Scott wrote: "Bert Craig" wrote in message et... Moral? Be careful who you quote, Leland. I get the point Bert. What is the shocker is the mention that the FCC receives 42K complaints a year about illegal CB operations. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO Saw this on a Tee-shirt: "I am a bomb technician if you see me running try to keep up " i looked at the fcc web site for this 42k figure and came up empty. where on the site is it? (if they indeed posted it). thanx. |
"jim" wrote in message ... Leland C. Scott wrote: "Bert Craig" wrote in message et... Moral? Be careful who you quote, Leland. I get the point Bert. What is the shocker is the mention that the FCC receives 42K complaints a year about illegal CB operations. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO Saw this on a Tee-shirt: "I am a bomb technician if you see me running try to keep up " i looked at the fcc web site for this 42k figure and came up empty. where on the site is it? (if they indeed posted it). thanx. The number should have been 46K, not 42K. But anyway the number came from the web page at the address below. http://www.gmrsweb.com/cbweb/cbroguesgallery.html The section containing the number is in bold face type. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO Saw this on a Tee-shirt: "I am a bomb technician if you see me running try to keep up " |
"Leland C. Scott" wrote in message
... "Bert Craig" wrote in message et... Moral? Be careful who you quote, Leland. I get the point Bert. What is the shocker is the mention that the FCC receives 42K complaints a year about illegal CB operations. What I actually find find sad is the relative absence of FCC enforcement behind 46K complaints. When they DO strike, it's usually against a freebanding ham who is running 30 or so Watts SSB on a RCI-2950 rather than "Kilowat Charlie" running a 10kW mobile on AM. Get the demographic implication, Leland? -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO -- 73 de Bert WA2SI |
"Bert Craig" wrote in message et... | "Leland C. Scott" wrote in message | ... | | "Bert Craig" wrote in | message | | et... | | Moral? Be careful who you quote, Leland. | | I get the point Bert. What is the shocker is the | mention that the FCC receives 42K complaints a | year about illegal CB operations. | | What I actually find find sad is the relative absence of FCC enforcement | behind 46K complaints. When they DO strike, it's usually against a | freebanding ham who is running 30 or so Watts SSB on a RCI-2950 rather than | "Kilowat Charlie" running a 10kW mobile on AM. Get the demographic | implication, Leland? | | -- | Leland C. Scott | KC8LDO | | -- | 73 de Bert | WA2SI | | I guess the FCC feals that the licensed amateurs should know better, and they should know better, part of getting the license is studying FCC regulations. Personally I feel that anyone that breaks the rules should get nailed, all rules apply to all equally. I've admitted to having freebanded before I got my ticket, and to running power. I still have radios that are capable of tuning to the freeband but they are not even hooked up these days. My license, and my money are not worth the trouble the freeband can cause me. 73 de Keith -- -- KC8TCQ ARRL Member - ARES |
"Keith Hosman" wrote in message ... I still have radios that are capable of tuning to the freeband but they are not even hooked up these days. My license, and my money are not worth the trouble the freeband can cause me. Progress not perfection is the key Keith. Some other freebanders on the group can learn a thing or two from your experiences. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO ARRL Member NCI Member Charter member of the Lawrence Technological University Wireless Society W8LTU -- "Sometimes our enthusiasm for change depends on our willingness to take a chance on tomorrow by risking what we have today." |
Who runs that site?
What proof do you offer that those numbers are real? It's just another stupid witch hunt. Steve "Leland C. Scott" wrote in message ... "jim" wrote in message ... Leland C. Scott wrote: "Bert Craig" wrote in message et... Moral? Be careful who you quote, Leland. I get the point Bert. What is the shocker is the mention that the FCC receives 42K complaints a year about illegal CB operations. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO Saw this on a Tee-shirt: "I am a bomb technician if you see me running try to keep up " i looked at the fcc web site for this 42k figure and came up empty. where on the site is it? (if they indeed posted it). thanx. The number should have been 46K, not 42K. But anyway the number came from the web page at the address below. http://www.gmrsweb.com/cbweb/cbroguesgallery.html The section containing the number is in bold face type. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO Saw this on a Tee-shirt: "I am a bomb technician if you see me running try to keep up " |
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