[SFDXA] VP8STI

[Sebastian]

Some time ago, I was listening to nothing on 10 meters, when I looked at my pan adaptor and saw a signal on the ‘free band’ (the portion of 11 meters outside of the CB band and just below the 10 meter band).  I clicked and listened to what appeared to be a normal dx type of amateur communications.  The station was responding to callers with a 5 and 9, and would call CQ with a strange call.

Googling the call, I saw that it was a CB call.  I didn’t know there was such a thing.

Many of today’s CBers, are nothing like they were when I was on CB back around 1976.  These guys have dx clusters, dxpeditions, a QSL bureau and awards.  I wonder where they got those ideas?  They even have come up with programs such as Shipwrecks on the Air, where I guess, they transmit above the water.

It puzzles me why they have organized all of this, and setup stations with amateur radio gear to stay on one band, when it is so easy to become a ham.

Don’t believe me?  Checkout what appears to be their ARRL here: http://www.delta-alfa.com/ <http://www.delta-alfa.com/>

73 de Sebastian, W4AS

> On Jan 24, 2016, at 7:21 PM, Kai <k.siwiak at ieee.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Keith, Pete,
> As we keep learning over and over, license exams and technical learning
> do not guarantee gentlemanly behavior on the air, whatever the jargon.
> 
> You may wish to know that You are an FCC licensed CBer. So am I, and so is every
> resident of the USA.  When the FCC did away with the nuisance of licensing
> individuals, they issued one license by rule under 47 CFR Part 95-D for the whole
> USA, as required by international agreements, and they retained the authority
> to revoke operating privileges of specific individuals for cause.
> I say let's be kind to CBers, because they are we!
> 
> In some countries (for example New Zealand) the 11 m band channels are
> shared among licensed radio amateurs and their citizens radio service.
> 73 good buddy!
> Kai, KE4PT