[OKDXA] DX COPS AMD MALICIOUS QRM

[Ken Case]

Froggy and all,

I suspect we all agree about the malicious interference.

The OTHER one that has begun over the years and is now up to an art form is 
EVERYBODY calling even when the DX station has identified someone and is in 
QSO.  That happens simplex (often understandably due to QRM), but also 
split.  I just cannot believe it when some DX station comes back K5XYZ 599 
(for example) and then everybody up and down the band is calling at the same 
time K5XYZ is trying to complete the QSO.  Even when the DX station asks for 
ONLY K5XYZ there are still many who are calling. UNFORTUNATELY, that is too 
often the fault of the DX station who, in the interest of trying to appear 
like an ultra-efficient multi-tasker, starts answering these guys instantly 
after the preceding QSO.  That sends the CLEAR message to everyone that the 
way to get through to the DX is to continue calling at all times.  Then, the 
pileup gets out of control.  It didn't use to be like that!

73 Ken K5KC
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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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