[Antennas] (no subject)

[Wayne Dahl]

>Wayne,
>  Like I asked Paul...did you report him?
>Anyone doing this kind of crap is endangering our
>hobby, and I've been doing it for 45 years now and don't want the
>amateur bands to go away.
>I'll bet that if you saw someone being robbed, you would at
>least report it to the authorities. This guy is trying to steal our hobby.
>
>To report stuff to the FCC e-mail to FCCHAM@FCC.gov.
>73,
>  Tom K5IID

Tom,

This is really way off subject except for the fact that the guy down the=20
street has an antenna and I have one, but he will get reported if he keeps=
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it up.  I have calmly gone onto my 11 meter HT when he was on acting like=20
an idiot and merely stated that he was being recorded.  He had no idea who=
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it was that said it and it was AMAZING the effect it had on him.  In fact,=
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after asking about 15 times who said he was being recorded with no=20
response, he left the air.  And I didn't hear him on the air again for at=20
least 2 weeks.  When he DID come back on the air, he had toned things down=
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a bit. Funny, isn't it, how even the mere THREAT of punishment can change=20
behavior?

I still need to set up a tape recorder with VOX connected to the HT and=20
leave it on to catch the illegal activities.  Many people using CB's appear=
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to have never read the Part 95 rules.  Look at the statute about=20
transmission lengths...

=A7 95.416 (CB Rule 16) Do I have to limit the length of my=20
communications?  (a) You must limit your CB communications to the minimum=20
practical time.   (b) If you are communicating with another CB station or=20
stations, you, and the stations communicating with you, must limit each of=
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your conversations to no more than five continuous minutes.  (c) At the end=
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of your conversation, you, and the stations communicating with you, must=20
not transmit again for at least one minute.

How many people that you hear on 11 meters follow those rules?  And that's=
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just one of many.

Not to single 11 meter folks out, we have a lot of hams that also don't=20
follow the rules.  I occasionally listen to a repeater here in Dallas where=
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a few people almost never ID.  Most do, but a few don't.  It's not as bad=20
as the W6NUT repeater in California, but it can be bad sometimes.  And lest=
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we get on our high horse and claim that we're so much better than the 11=20
meter folks (keep in mind I have never said they're all bad because there=20
are a lot of good people on 11 meters, but there sure are a lot of stinkers=
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on there too), take a listen to the W6NUT repeater to hear the worst of ham=
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radio.  Not in the LA basin you say?  That's ok.  Go to http://www.435.org/=
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and click on the link for the Live365 net broadcast of the repeater.  A=20
word of caution though.  Don't have the kids around if you do and if you=20
have any sensibilities to foul language, you might want to think twice=20
about listening to it.  I think every ham should listen to it once though,=
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so they can see how easily our hobby can degenerate into the worst of 11=20
meter operation.  Don't think it can happen?  Just listen.  It's=20
amazing...it sounds the same way an IRC chat channel looks.  There will be=
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4 distinct conversations all going on at once, but only 1 can transmit at a=
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time.

The thing that gets me about this repeater though is...and this brings me=20
back to my former statement about how slow the FCC can be to rectify things=
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like this...is how long have we been reading about proceedings from the FCC=
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about this repeater?  Are they listening to it?  Why is it taking them so=20
long to get it off the air?  And I'm talking about a widely used=20
REPEATER!  Not some yayhoo using an illegal 11 meter radio in Podunk=20
Texas.  You can't have any more rules violations than you will hear on that=
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repeater...and it's still on the air.  Maybe the FCC will make an example=20
of this guy down the street, maybe they won't.  If he keeps up the=20
behavior, I'll try my little behavior modification trick on him again and=20
if it has no effect, then I'll pursue it further and see what happens.

Ok...stepping off the soap box, attempting to keep from slipping on the=20
suds.  Did someone mention antennas?  :)

73's

Wayne
KD5ICK

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