Jerry Oxendine wrote:
"joseph mcdavid" wrote in message
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jim wrote:


wrote:

"Twistedhed" wrote in message
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Organized, long term freebanders are very aware where they
operate and take great measure to ensure against talking on an amateur

f

requency or one that isn't heavily used on the freeband.
If the non-U.S. stations can operate ssb there, why shouldn't I,
especially if I want to have a nice DX contact with one of them?


I've been a so-called "freebander" since the late sixties but rarely

for DX.

The primary reason I talked outside of allotted frequencies was for

privacy

or to contact a specific distant station I wouldn't normally hear on

the

allotted band. We used to run Ch. 16 -5khz down and 15A a RC Channel

running

slightly above stock power on 3-4 element directional and easily talk

75-100

miles. I spoke all over the world with better than 1000 confirmed QSL
contacts from a slightly peaked Golden Eagle Mark III/IV running

through a 4

beam element at 60 feet from Central NJ.




actually a good point. if i were to use the freq's the u.s. gov said i

can

then what is the problem with slipping +/- 5kc's between 'channels'? is
that freebanding?
better yet, who the hell is the u.s. gov to tell me what is legal or
not? if i were to float out to bermuda and xmit would i be freebanding
there? do our friends to the north and south really care what the fcc
says what americans can/cannot do? not likely....


Quick comment to Jim from above:
Actually, they just might. Treaties are sometimes used as
bargaining chips. If a problem arises such as radio interference, then an
aggrieved country can take it up with
the offending country. Where the US is concerned, it may be that a country
that needs loans, etc. will agree to
abate the RFI in exchange for said loans, grants, or other concessions. And
of course, it can be taken up with ITU.


jerry you may be right with the treaties as I am not up on international
law. point is if there are such agreements has anyone ever been
prosecuted by their governing bodies or hell have any nations been notified
by another that one of their citizens is causing harm? I dont know the
answers but at this point it still won't stop people freebanding. Its
human nature to nonconform especially concerning something as trivial as
this.