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mal hamilton wrote:
> Lots of pirates reported around the east african coast and Indian 
> ocean but now Radio pirates !!!! on 500.
> How would one know a Pirate? their style of sending on cw or the way 
> they WSPR.
> Beware of the WSPR merchants no ID just carriers switching on/off as 
> far as the casual radio amateur is concerned. Instead of a simple 
> approach worldwide to issue Radio Amateur licences for the 
> traditional CW mode on 500, appliance operator licences were issued 
> for Broadcast modes ie 
> CW beacons, Data beacons, and other transmissions, which must stop at 
> Country Borders and must not be reported by anyone hearing such 
> transmissions beyond these Borders.
> In other words the whole 500 khz business is Chaotic, whereas the 
> other MF allocation 160 metres is orderly and sensibly regulated using 
> in the main CW and SSB.
> It would appear the appropriate license authorities do not think the 
> Appliance Operator has much to contribute to the advancement or 
> research on 500.
> The marine service has been using the band for the past 100 years and 
> has exhausted all possibilities and concluded it is of no further use, 
> with the advancement of Satellite communications technology.
> 500 in EU seems to be a fun band for WSPR Beacons where no operator 
> participation is required just unattended machines belching out bits 
> of data and generating QRM to the few Radio amateurs trying to get by 
> on CW.
> Let us have your opinion.
> De G3KEV
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Call for the men in white coats :)