[SFDXA] Fw: Operating Behavior on 7.200mhz and 3.821mhz

Thu Jan 11 10:19:58 EST 2018

Hi Norm,
I'm reminded of the story of a Ham, a lawyer, and a politician, each of whom was 
sentence to die on the guillotine. The politician was first, but the infernal 
blade did not descend when the executioner pulled the lever. He argued his case 
and was set free. Next, the lawyer had his neck placed on the guillotine, and 
again the blade did not come down. He too argued his case successfully and was 
set free. Finally the Ham was to be placed in the device. Being brave, he chose 
to be placed face up on the device. Just before the executioner pulled the 
lever, the Ham looked up and yelled out; "I see the problem. The rope holding 
the blade has fallen off its pulley!"

Let's be sure that we are not fixing guillotines!

Very best regards,
Kai, KE4PT

On 1/11/2018 00:09, Norm Alexander wrote:
> I am sure many of you have run across bad behavior by Amateur radio operators on various bands.  Note in the response letter the FCC director Laura Smith is soliciting help from Amateurs in documenting objectionable activity and violation of FCC rules.
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> We are chartered to be "self policing" and this may be a way to make a concrete contribution.
> Norm W4QN
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> From: Laura Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 8:32 AM
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> Subject: RE: Operating Behavior on 7.200mhz and 3.821mhz Gentlemen:  I am in receipt of all of your emails and am going to send a consolidated reply just to make sure you all get a response to your emails.  If I missed anyone from your group, please make sure to forward this email on to them and offer my apologies for inadvertently missing them in this response.  I also apologize for the delay in responding to your emails.  I was out for the holidays and managed to then end up with a sick child who needed my attention.   As you noted below, I am indeed aware of the situation at 7200.  I have sent out a number of warning notices to a multitude of amateur operators in the past few months regarding the on air behavior at 7200 MHz.  I have also asked the Commission’s HFDF Center to monitor the situation.  Because this matter is currently being investigated here at the Commission, I cannot comment on where we are in the investigation.  I do want to assure you, however, that the matter is being investigated. I did note that in one of your emails you mentioned that you are willing to assist the Commission on this matter should we request it.  One of the ways that you, as amateur licensees, can assist the agency is to focus on long term patterned bad behavior yourselves.  Begin a log of this behavior, noting days of the week, times of the day, and call signs of those stations that consistently and intentionally violate the Commission’s rules.   Track this behavior over an extended period of time – say 30 days – and then send me your logs.  Once we establish a consistent “pattern” of behavior, I can then request that a field agent from one of our local offices be sent to that location.  By working together and establishing the “pattern” of behavior, we can ensure that our agent is in the right place at the most appropriate time to monitor the behavior and confirm the possible violation of the Commission’s rules.  This helps to maximize use of our very limited and very valuable resource . . . our field agents.   I hope that all of you had a wonderful holiday season and thank you for bringing this issue to the Commission’s attention. Laura Smith
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> Subject: Operating Behavior on 7.200mhz and 3.821mhz Ms. Smith, I am contacting you today regarding the language and operating behavior of individuals operating on the Amateur Radio frequency of 7.200mhz.  I have listened for the last several weeks and have observed operating behavior of Amateur Radio operators using callsigns and others who do not identify with a call sign, that is very disturbing to myself and others.  What is being transmitted is as follows; 1.            Extraordinary vulgar and obscene language 2.            Taking God’s name in vain 3.            Music being played 4.            The use of the “N” word 5.            Even physical and death threats used between operators6.            Making very negative references toward you and using your name in a very inappropriate and often vulgar manner Ms. Smith, I am requesting your immediate attention to this abysmal situation.  It is my understanding you are aware of the situation but the actions that have been taken are not having any affect. Amateur Radio is an extraordinary service to our communities and a wonderful ambassador to the world.  We should not allow this type of behavior on the Amateur Radio bands.  It is an absolute shame this type of abhorrent behavior is being conducted on the Amateur Radio frequencies.  Please engage the formal process of monitoring the frequencies noted above so that you and the FCC Enforcement authorities may hear/record these behaviors and take the appropriate steps to curtail this behavior as soon as possible.
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