[PPRAANet] [GMC] [ppdxg] [MHDXA] This was the last straw!
Steve **KT0DX**
kt0dx at comcast.net
Sun Apr 3 14:12:57 EDT 2011
Rick has finally gone over to the dark side.........
On 4/3/2011 16:50, Rick WØRIC wrote:
> Almost everyone fell for this April fools email. Well, not everyone.
> Not sure if the email from Steve N2IC, Wayne's (N0UN) "SUPER FRIEND
> EMAIL", or the long ass email from Jeff Ryan, K0RM (Our Section
> Manager) wins the REPLY AWARD!
> The contest judges are still scoring the results.
> A huge THANKS to everyone who participated!!!
> Life is short......We all need to laugh.....and enjoy our wonderful
> hobby!!!!!
> 73
> Rick
> W0RIC/AE
> P.S. SEE YOU ALL ON (or near) THE BAND EDGES!!!!! (Just Kidding!)
> ///
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Robb Urie <rurie at mywdo.com
> <mailto:rurie at mywdo.com>> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Everyone needs to check the date of the original post....
>
> Robb NØRU
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Skinner
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:09 AM
> To: bill croghan ; Steve **KT0DX**
> Cc: Pikes Peak DX Group ; PPRAA Reflector ; Mile High DX Assn ;
> Grand Mesa
> Contest Club
> Subject: Re: [ppdxg] [PPRAANet] [MHDXA] This was the last straw!
>
> Well said WB0KSW.
>
> Kudo's to the OOs.
>
> Frank
> K0JQZ
> Fountain CO
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: bill croghan <billcroghan at earthlink.net
> <mailto:billcroghan at earthlink.net>>
> To: Steve **KT0DX** <kt0dx at comcast.net <mailto:kt0dx at comcast.net>>
> Cc: Pikes Peak DX Group <ppdxg at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:ppdxg at mailman.qth.net>>; Mile High DX Assn
> <mhdxa at mhdxa.com <mailto:mhdxa at mhdxa.com>>; PPRAA Reflector
> <ppraanet at mailman.qth.net <mailto:ppraanet at mailman.qth.net>>;
> Grand Mesa
> Contest Club <gmc at mailman.qth.net <mailto:gmc at mailman.qth.net>>
> Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 8:39:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [PPRAANet] [ppdxg] [MHDXA] This was the last straw!
>
> Rick,
> Apparently you missed a little something about bandwidth on your
> General exam. A SSB signal on 14.225, even USB will have significant
> energy below 14.225 where your General class license does not
> permit you
> to transmit. A CW signal on 14.025 will have significant signal below
> 14.025 at any keying speed you could possible be using, the faster
> speed
> the more bandwidth. Your general class license does not permit you to
> transmit energy below 14.025 MHz. Don't knock the OO, they are
> doing a
> very important job of self policing our hobby. Would you rather have
> had an FCC inspector send you an official notice of violation followed
> by a notice of apparent liability if you had answered the violation
> notice with no understanding of the bandwidth issues your signal
> produces? The FCC monitor engineers are very familiar with the
> bandwidth occupied by a radio signal be it SSB or CW. If you operate
> directly on the band edge that you are authorized to operate you
> WILL BE
> IN VIOLATION. The OO might have saved you a very stiff fine, loss of
> your operating privileges and in extreme cases, confiscation of your
> equipment if you continued to operate in violation of the rules.
> I have
> received two OO notices in my 38+ years of operation and have
> appreciated them calling my attention to the problems. I also
> received
> one notice of violation from the FCC on my first day as a novice
> copying
> me sending at 5 WPM, "Please QRS, This is my first day" They did not
> bother copying the very nice ham who sent back at about 3 WPM,
> "go up 5
> Kc, you are out of novice band". That probably saved me a stiff fine
> and taught me to pay attention to what I am doing. My rule now is to
> stay at least 3 KHZ from the band edge with a SSB signal and 2 KHz
> from
> the edge on CW. I also got my Extra so I have less edges to worry
> about.
>
> Bless the OO and thank them for keeping our hobby clean.
> Bill
>
> Bill Croghan,
> WB0KSW
> Chief Engineer, Lotus Broadcasting,
> Las Vegas, NV.
>
> On 4/1/2011 5:12 PM, Steve **KT0DX** wrote:
> > Rick you must have found two OO's on a bad day as they never do
> anything
> > the other 364 days a year. When they (OO's) do something about the
> > likes of KZ8O located in Michigan then
> > I might say worry a little about them. Don't sell yourself out over
> > this you are to good of an operator. I enjoy sitting on 14.240
> taking
> > in all that you and N0UN talk about in regards to DX operating.
> >
> > Hang in there!
> >
> > Steve
> > KT0DX (Fountain, CO.)
> >
> > On 4/1/2011 16:32, DickT-W0RAA wrote:
> >> Rick, toss them in the circular file. An OO postcard is a
> reminder, not
> >> an
> >> official warning. It was not from the FCC. I received one
> years ago for
> >> being close to the band edge while mobile. Since I was a new
> ham I
> >> figured
> >> the FCC was going to be pounding at my door. It never
> happened. A friend
> >> told me the same thing that others have said to you: don't
> sweat it, but
> >> just be more aware the next time. Now, if you were exactly on
> 14.025
> >> part
> >> of your signal may have been lower than that. Two ways to
> solve this
> >> problem. One is to stay a couple kc's away from the band edge
> and 2, get
> >> your Extra. If I can do it, you can do it.
> >>
> >> I hope you don't go QRT because of a couple post cards. BTW,
> if you
> >> decide
> >> to go through with this, I'll give you $500 for everything and
> if you
> >> throw
> >> in the car with the mobile unit, I'll up my offer to $750. Let
> me know
> >> ASAP. ;)
> >>
> >> Dick
> >> W0RAA
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Rick WØRIC
> >> To: Telepresence Forum
> >> Cc: Al Reeves ; mhdxa at mhdxa.com <mailto:mhdxa at mhdxa.com> ;
> OB-MJ ; tonyandginger D'Ercole ;
> >> Rich
> >> W9RG ; Grand Mesa Contest Club ; Hank W0CZE ; Larry ; Richie
> W1STT ; John
> >> Ayres ; chris&chantal ; raymond ; Don K2DC ; ARS KØKE Keith ;
> William
> >> Sawders ; Walt K1QS
> >> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 9:08 AM
> >> Subject: [MHDXA] This was the last straw!
> >>
> >>
> >> Yesterday I received not one but two Official Observer
> cards. Both
> >> basically said I was "out-of-band".
> >>
> >> The first one was from the WPX contest saying that on
> 14.225 I was
> >> "transmitting out of band". WTF? My General licence says I can
> TX from
> >> 14.225-14.350
> >>
> >> The second Official Observer notice came from a CW DX
> contact on
> >> 14.025
> >> saying I was sending CW too close to the "BAND EDGE" of my licence.
> >>
> >> CW on the band edge? WTF???? Are you kidding me?
> >>
> >> OK, so explain to me why is it when we call CQ DX on 14.240 and
> >> stateside
> >> stations QRM we don't hear about these great Official Observers
> sending
> >> cards to them?
> >>
> >> Also, what about the stations who call over the DX, don't
> run split
> >> and
> >> don't hear the DX and actually call the DX on the wrong
> frequency? What
> >> are
> >> these great OO's doing?
> >>
> >> So I was up all night thinking about all this. I've decided
> to give
> >> it
> all
> >> up.
> >>
> >> I am in the process of listing everything on eBay& eham.
> Tower,
> >> antenna's, radio's, amp's, mobile etc. It all goes.
> >>
> >> Its been fun knowing all of you and maybe in a decade I'll
> reconsider
> >> the
> >> hobby like my good friend Wayne, N0UN did but for now, I AM DONE!
> >>
> >> All the best to all my friends and I hope we remain good
> friends.
> >>
> >>
> >> 73
> >> Rick
> >> WØRIC
> >> www.w0ric.com <http://www.w0ric.com/>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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