[Spooks] Re Ham Radio, moans, Stuff.

[Radionut R]

On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:57 PM, EI0DB <ei0db at eircom.net> wrote:

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> Hi All, A few comments on the discussion on interception (monitoring) of
> signals and ham radiohereafter almost 70 years at this game.
>
> a) Ham radio is what you make of it, and need not be a mega-buck, kilowatt
> affair.
> I hear grumbles about hams being unhelpful. there is always a concern that
> a little knowledge could be misapplied to cause problems not just to hams
> but other service.
> And since hams are a cross-section of humanity, you get that and have to
> forget it. I have met a lot of pains-in-the-butt who are not hams, and try
> to avoid them, ignore them or tune them out.   They are just reflecting the
> general trend toward selfishness that is abroad today. So it is not good to
> tar all hams by the actions of the few. What my dad would have called "A
> few LIDs"The Amateur's Code is in the frompage of every copy of the ARRL
> Handbook, as applicable now as when it was written back in 1928 if we as a
> community try to follow it "the lids" will be shown up for what they are.
>
>
> b) The main difference between, hobbyist/ ham and other professional   HF
> (or Short Wave)  radios are such things as sensitivity, accuracy of
> calibration, resetting accuracy, ability to interface to a computer or
> address ability over fast Ethernet for remote programmed monitoring, and
> spectrum or waterfall display.  You can bet you get what you pay for and
> the price tag reflects this. My experience has been that good used
> ex-military set represent good value for money , providing you have the
> knowledge to match your requirement to what is on offer in the market. The
> key being to acquire that knowledge first, then buy your kit. And to
> acquire that knowledge I would point you to the ARRL handbook, an older
> second hand copy is sufficient to start. My first receiver may an HRO
> belonging to my dad, the first set I bought was an R1155 from a WWII
> Lancaster Bomber, still  perfectly good for listening to CW from both Hams
> or the Israeli and Russian Navies hi!.
>
>
> c) Regardless of were in the world you are,the ITU regulationsrelating to
> the privacy of communicationsstill apply to you. Although in this age of
> internet connected SDRs exactly who is supposed to enforce it , may be a
> grey area. All professional operators will have signed an undertaking not
> to divulge "correspondence" they see or overhear in the course of their
> job. In one case a SWL who dumped in his refuse bin discarded teletype
> printout was considered to have breached this rule; the printout was of
> maritime weather broadcasts for shipping, sent proceeded by a CQon well
> known and published frequencies. So take carethepowers that have teeth if
> they wish to use them.  And if you have a transmitter without a license to
> Tx, in general it need to be "disabled", another can of worms!
>
>
>
> That's my understanding and two bits guys, best 73s, Dave. :-)
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