[OKDXA] DX COPS AMD MALICIOUS QRM

[K8fu at aol.com]

It took me a bit to find the VU7 this am. So when I  determined that I could 
hear him well enough to work, I turned on the amp. It  was working fine last 
night and I gave Ed a Q in the contest. Turned it on this  am immediately 
experienced a healthy dose of RF PMS.
 
Luckily I was able to find the prob and repair it  myself. By that time his 
sig was starting to drop. Then N1LID started calling CQ  on his freq.
 
When I started getting interested in DX and  contesting, through my friend 
and neighbor Don K8MFO, I can't remember anything  at all that compares to what 
is occurring today. I don't understand  it.
 
Hams have had a history of policing their own and with  the epidemic of 
malicious interference escalating I am left wondering why there  isn't some vehicle 
of enforcement initiated.
 
I realize the FCC probably doesn't hv the money to put  tracking and 
enforcement teams in the field, but why couldn't the ARRL organize  voluntary regional 
teams to track and identify these deliberate and malicious  stations.
 
It's really getting to the point for me that chasing  DX is no longer fun. 
It's hard enough to work places like Lakshadweep at the  bottom of the sunspot 
cycle but to hv to endure operators calling on the dx  calling freq and the 
malicious interference is leaving me frustrated and  angry.
 
It seems this phenomenon is not only confined to the  US. I saw yest where 
euros were screaming for something to be done abt IT9RYH (I  think) on 14.190. 
 
I sure would like to see someone like Sumner or  Harrison take the bull by 
the horns and aggressively address this  problem.
 
The Ranting's and Musings of a Frustrated  Frog.............
 
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