In point of fact, the alleged /T5 operation was allegedly on 10 meters,
and
at
least two QSOs (OD5 and somewhere in Eastern Europe) were reportedly made.
Given the state of 10 meters in 1993, such contact reports are quite
credible,
even with a very makeshift station.
Good grief . . lotta burdensome worn out nonsense here.
Absolutely.
Ham radio is a licensed service everywhere on this particular planet
except in the cases of some very rare spits of dry land over which no
nation claims as it's soverign territory and/or, given the lack of
civilian licensing authority, then it gets down to whatever military
force happens to hold sway in the neighborhood, etc., etc., the
Spratleys being a particulary oddball example. Which is basically
irrelevant in this thread, we all know this. Apologies.
There seems to be some dispute as to what level in the military command
structure can authorize amateur operation, and what level of paperwork is
necessary.
You two Veterans of the military can establish that, can't you?
After all, another PCTA has flattly stated "MARS IS amateur
radio."
Since MARS is rather obviously military, defined by DoD and not
the FCC, then it is a simple extension of such knowledge to
say that military communications is also amateur. :-)
Next time you two dine at the Captain's Table, bring it up.
In Alun's case he tripped to the isle of Saint Martin and worked into
PJ7 as a G/FS or as a W/FS as a properly licsened alien. Alun being
big on his alienism and all that. I'm assuming Alun had his paperwork
right if any was required. The goverment of FS was/is the licensing
authority when Alun operated there. Therefore his FS to PJ7 QSO was a
legitimate amateur radio contact even if was a DXCC no-counter.
Absolutely agree.
PCTA extras always agree.
Brainiac's alleged T5 operation is a whole different ballgame
altogether. Giving him the benefit of the doubt and accepting his
tales about having "worked" a couple "dx countries" from Somalia on
ten meters while he was there was not an amateur radio operation. The
ham radio licensing authority for members of the U.S. military of
which he was a member was vested in the command structure of that
expeditionary force. He did not have their explicit permission to
operate an amateur radio station in T5.
How do we know this for sure?
Kelly said so, therefore it be TRVTH!
Therefore it's patently obvious that his "operation" was another
simple case of freebanding, pirate radio, "extended CB" whatever ya
wanna call it. For absolute certain he did not conduct a legitimate
ham radio operation.
Again - how do we *know* that the required authorization wasn't obtained?
If Kelly say it be "freebanding or pirate," it BE so.
I agree 100% that if such authority wasn't obtained, it wasn't an amateur
operation at all.
"MARS is amateur radio." :-)
In any event, the claimed operation allegedly took place on 10 meters and
allegedly involved at least two QSOs.
Rev. Jimmie Who should write a big book expose' of this whole
thing.
It wasn't a T5 amateur radio station, Brainiac
was just another unlicensed glom using some xcvr or another on 10M and
did what they usually do.
T5/NØmind's freebander logs and cards = ZIP everywhere.
The real reality of this ongoing twisted bafflegab about Brainiac's
"T5 ops" BS has nothing at all to do with ham radio except for the
freqs on which he done it (maybe, but we'll never know) let alone ham
radio policy. So take it to alt.dot.radio. freebanding or wherever his
kind lurk and quit wasting the bandwidth here folks.
The thing I find interesting is the last paragraph of my post, below. *Nobody*
is claiming to have worked T5/N0IMD, nor complaining about not getting a QSL
card. In DX circles, that kinda says it all.
Right. You two military veterans ought to go to the VA for help,
expose all that "illegal freebanding and piracy," even filing
charges with the USAF Judge Advocate General's office!
*if* that were the case - wouldn't it make all of the claims true?
And why get all upset about it? Nobody is claiming they worked
T5/N0IMD. Nobody is complaining they didn't get a QSL card from the
alleged operation.
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