Landshark wrote:
"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:14:14 -0500, Ham Guy
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:02:00 GMT, Assneck Johnson
wrote:

I wonder how many freebanders have ham licenses...

Dave responds with:

Quite a few according to many of the more recent FCC enforcement
actions. It would seem that the FCC is more likely to pop a
licensed
ham for operating out of their assigned bands, than they are in
popping an unlicensed radio pirate.

If you are going to freeband, having a ham license may actually be
detrimental.

The reason freebanding is as rampant as it is is that the FCC is
simply not affecting all that many people. The chances of getting
popped are very slim, and they usually give you a warning first,
which
gives you a chance to pull the plug.

Freebanding is a violation of federal radio law, but without
effective
enforcement, that earns very little respect among those who pursue
it.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

Dave, you type this above, then type this 4 minutes later.
Make up your mind

Yes, Dave, make up your mind. You are going to lose friends among the
freebanders if you say anything is wrong with it.

From: (robert=A0casey)
Dave Hall wrote:
Any ham who works H.F. knows that conditions vary between the bands. If
DX is the name of the game, those who are rabid about it, will seek out
whatever avenues exist to achieve that goal.
From a propagation standpoint, there is little difference in conditions
between 10, 11 and 12 meters. But there are far more operators on 11
meters at any given time, so there are more chances to make that "rare"
contact.
-
Gee, I could use a contact in North Dakota to

finish off my "Worked All States" award. Think

I could use a freeband QSL card? =A0 ;-)



The acceptance of the standard of proof is often the same.

Proposal: Make 11 meters available to to HAMs as secondary use. Power
restricted to 100 Watts. Then the HAMs can have QSOs with CBers.
-Scott



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Steveo wrote:
Ham Guy wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:02:00 GMT, Assneck Johnson
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 03:55:28 -0500, Len pooped out:



It will cost you $13K if Uncle Charlie finds you. Thus it's not
free,
so there's no freeband.... :-)

Really, what can you do illegally on 27.567MHz that you, if you
have a
General or Extra class ham license, can do legally in the 10
meter ham
band?

Odds of getting caught and fined? Miniscule.


Riiiiiight. Go ahead and keep at it then, it's just a matter of
time.
They ARE going after people...

I wonder how many freebanders have ham licenses...

I know of three within 15 miles of me.

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Scott Slack wrote:

Proposal: Make 11 meters available to to HAMs as secondary use. Power
restricted to 100 Watts. Then the HAMs can have QSOs with CBers.
-Scott


Why would hams want to operate on 11 meters and talk to cbers?

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Scott Slack wrote:

Proposal: Make 11 meters available to to HAMs as secondary use. Power
restricted to 100 Watts. Then the HAMs can have QSOs with CBers.
-Scott

Why would hams want to operate on 11 meters and talk to cbers?

Is that a valid email addy JJ, or are you using a valid domain without
permission?

Proposal: Make 11 meters available to to HAMs as secondary use. Power
restricted to 100 Watts.

Why restrict Hams to what would be QRP level on that band? g

QRP is defined as 5 watts or less.

Then the HAMs can have QSOs with CBers.

We already can, QSL?

I have a CB in my vehicle. A stock TRC-451 with an Astatic 636-L and
a 2x455 box that talks as far as I can hear with a full size antenna.

I also have a 2 meter and sometimes 440 as well. I left the CB in
because it was already there and when you want to find out why
traffic stopped, there's nothing like 19, for a minute or two.

With almost total lack of any enforcement there,
who's to know, or care if Hams do that now?

Only Riley will know...

Steveo wrote:
Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Scott Slack wrote:

Proposal: Make 11 meters available to to HAMs as secondary use.
Power
restricted to 100 Watts. Then the HAMs can have QSOs with CBers.
-Scott

Why would hams want to operate on 11 meters and talk to cbers?

Is that a valid email addy JJ, or are you using a valid domain without
permission?

Switch noted.. are you getting this snow in Denver too JJ?