Gentlemen, Please excuse the detraction from tower / antenna related affairs typically noted on this most valuable reflector, but a situation has emerged at a friend's QTH and he has asked my help in
This is the thing that gives FT8 a black eye. Robot use. I guess it would be the FCC and/or volunteer monitors. Shooting ourselves in the foot..... 73, Kim - WG8S ____________________________________
My understanding is that this is not legal. No control operator. Les K7LES _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tower
Send an official DETAILED complaint to the FCC and copy the ARRL section manager, and headquarters. And you folks wonder why I despise FT8. Jim W7RY On 4/9/2024 3:11 PM, Mike Ryan wrote: Gentlemen, P
How about just going to see the guy and explain the problem. Who knows, he might be understanding. 73, Dick, W1KSZ _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
There have been Section Managers in the midwest running 24/7 FT8 on 6M, making serious 6M operators for hundreds of miles around angry. I've used K1JT modes for weak signal work since soon after thei
If he's calling CQ then answer him, and then answer him again, and again... Wes N7WS On 4/9/2024 1:11 PM, Mike Ryan wrote: Gentlemen, Please excuse the detraction from tower / antenna related affair
Billy and the others who have responded, thank you all. Adding filters or hanging whatever in front of a radio (my friend's in this case) to compensate for someone else's inconsideration would (in my
96 consecutive hours (so far this week) basically unattended. It would appear that the operator intends to work DXCC on 20m without even being in the room with the radio. Be careful of what you ask
Author: "Lee K. Brown MD via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 06:09:56 +0000 (UTC)
FCC rules: § 97.109 - Station control. (a) Each amateur station must have at least one control point. (b) When a station is being locally controlled, the control operator must be at the control point
The FCC seems to be pretty selective on who they go after. They really never went after the nut jobs that have taken over certain frequencies. I think we all agree that what is going on is not opti
Well said, Mike! 73, Pete N4ZR My neighbor ham had a 10m beacon that essentially made it pretty tough to operate cw on 10m. He is probably a half mile away. I talked to him. He assured me that the
Although we are a brotherhood, the unattended/automated FT4/FT8 operation is still contrary to the rules as they operate, not by answering stations specifically calling them but by soliciting calls (
Getting way off topic, but I'll add this: It's not difficult to establish a remotely controlled FT8 station with a smartphone as a control point. According to the FCC, a critical part of a establishi
Doesn't "unattended" transmission violate FCC rules? 73, Steve N6SJ Gentlemen, Please excuse the detraction from tower / antenna related affairs typically noted on this most valuable reflector, but a
Getting way off topic, but I'll add this: It's not difficult to establish a remotely controlled FT8 station with a smartphone as a control point. According to the FCC, a critical part of a establishi
Beacons operate 24 hours a day and are legal. John KK9A possibly be in control...if he's asleep ?? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Towe
But he's not operating a beacon.... Grant KB7WSD _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http:/
Beacons operate under a special section the Rules, and are limited specific ranges of frequencies on certain bands. I don't recall details. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________
Make robots illegal for award credit? John NN1SS _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http:/