tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post235929375036144498..comments2024-03-26T07:29:36.610-07:00Comments on VE7SL - Steve - Amateur Radio Blog: FCC's Pirate Purge ContinuesSteve McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06229640265009249231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-688235060240190752018-05-15T07:55:42.111-07:002018-05-15T07:55:42.111-07:00Interesting post.
In the UK, the enforcement scen...Interesting post.<br /><br />In the UK, the enforcement scene is very weak indeed, mainly due to lack of money and laws that don't keep up with reality.<br /><br />I am an optimist by nature, but I really can't see how ham radio can continue very effectiely, if at all, from more populated, home QTH locations much longer. As you imply, the noise levels are entirely out of control. <br /><br />My approach - and advice to hams new and old - is not to put all your investment eggs in one nest. Keep practiced at /P and /M operation, which are in themsevles rather enjoyable and offer good environment potential, if a little less convenient. That way, you also avoid the sheer stress and irritation of seeing someone go up on a neighbour's roof to install PV, knowing your 40 years of peaceful operation will come to an end in a day or so with a flick of an inverter switch.<br /><br />Photonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137649851898638015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-48817393439969220072018-05-13T14:43:34.610-07:002018-05-13T14:43:34.610-07:00Bill - wouldn't these be Part 15 low power / n...Bill - wouldn't these be Part 15 low power / no-licence type transmitters?Steve McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229640265009249231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-47055889634225762772018-05-13T13:33:08.623-07:002018-05-13T13:33:08.623-07:00Most of the recent FM band pirate enforcement acti...Most of the recent FM band pirate enforcement actions have been against real estate companies who use automated loop broadcasts located in properties for sale to give people passing by information about the listed property. I don't know who supplies the devices they use for transmitters, but it seems to me going after the sellers or importers of those devices would be much more cost effective.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13469518709498942761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-40752302883804804672018-05-13T11:37:22.053-07:002018-05-13T11:37:22.053-07:00From my blog above:
"I am not a fan of illeg...From my blog above:<br /><br /><b>"I am not a fan of illegal pirate radio broadcasting in any form..."</b><br /><br />All I'm saying is let's see the same effort put into cleaning up the pandemic noise issues as well.Steve McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229640265009249231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380839830287420877.post-26483216198633979292018-05-13T11:08:13.862-07:002018-05-13T11:08:13.862-07:00And yet, this is just the history if radio, contin...And yet, this is just the history if radio, continued.<br /><br />Once Marconi spanned the Atlantic, average people got interested in radio, built up some equipment, and found they could talk to others. Very little use for radio at the time, soon out of the mess was use. First ships at sea, made stronger after the Titanic sank in 1912. So licensing introduced, then more specific rules. Amateur radio becomes formal, and later relegated to "200 metres and down". The useful spectrum was seen to end about the top of the current AM broadcast band. Not much space for everyone, so specific frequencies and bands were allocated. It helped a lot when hams in December of 1921 showed that shortwave was useful for "DX", spanning the Atlantic.<br /><br />It was a few iterations, of greater regulation. WWII brought leaps forward, but after a big chunk if space was allocated to tv, so until microwave became useful, new allocations tended to be carved out if existing allocations (like when CB was created. The switch to DTV a while back shook some resources free, getting rid of 70 year old technology for something bold.<br /><br />So regulation came so the difference services didn't interfere with each other, not just preventing overlapping frequencies, but unintentional interference from bad transmitters.<br /><br />Amateur radio is the least regulated, most free form radio service, but the cost is a technical exam, to ensure hams know sort of what they are doing.<br /><br />Pirates break all that, deciding where to transmit, not being held responsible for interference, not needing to prove any technical qualifications, and using whatever transmitter they can build or buy.<br /><br />Why license anyone if pirates don't need to "fit in"?<br /><br />This isn't a "free speech" issue. They can say all they want, standing on a soap box. This is about distribution, and "free speech" requires no obligation to distribute what they are saying. But the magic phrase controls the story, so suddenly the pirates should be allowed to do what the rest of us can't, operate without a license.<br /><br />MichaelMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699701261288661640noreply@blogger.com