[OKDXA] DX COPS AMD MALICIOUS QRM

[K5TT]

Yes, things have gotten worse.  The way I keep my sanity is to turn the 
radio off on weekends.  I think of it somewhat like fishing where I cannot 
control the weather, the water flow, and other people.  I look at what I can 
control - when I go, learning the tricks to deal with the elements, avoid 
the people, and outsmart the people.  Then, it becomes a lot of fun.

Good luck,

Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K8fu at aol.com>
To: <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:13 AM
Subject: [OKDXA] DX COPS AMD MALICIOUS QRM


> 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.............
>
> Ribbit..........................Ribbit..........................   BOHICA
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