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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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