[OKDXA] DX COPS AMD MALICIOUS QRM

[Jerry Chouinard]

Sound advice Jim.
If I were green and could enjoy basking in the sun on a lily pad most of 
the day, I wouldn't chase weekend DX!
It is too bad however that hams and frogs have to deal with such nowadays.

K5YAA

At 11:48 AM 12/3/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>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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