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
Call for the men in white coats :)
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