Albert, Extra class hams in mainland USA have a lower band-edge of 7.125
for SSB,. so no issue, unless they are below that frequency (7128 for
safety).
If an op accidentally transmits below 7125 due to a wrong vfo problem, that
is not an issue. Completing a QSO, big problem.
73, Gerry W1VE
On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Albert Crespo <f5vhj@orange.fr> wrote:
> Many USA stations call me below 7150. They call constantly until I tell
> them they are out of the band and then they usually stop. Sometimes this
> happens because of the useage of Internet spotting and just using the mouse
> to move the transmitting frequency. Whatever, it is a violation of the
> USA's license.
> I find this practice happening more and more. It is clearly cheating if
> the QSO is claimed for the score . The burden is not on the non USA station
> to know the frequency allocation of the USA station license.
> The software should be progrmmed to catch this nonsense because the logs
> of both stations should reflect the transmitting frequency.
> If the USA station's log does not reflect the correct transmitting
> frequency, then the log should be considered a check log.
> In this age of ham radio software being free or at a very low cost, there
> is no reasonable excuse for not indicating the transmit frequency.
> The few hand written logs that are submitted should require the
> transmitting frequency. Anybody submitting a hand written log and cheats
> doing so, well that person is just a nutter.
> If the software can catch this nonsense, and if it is a patten and not
> just a once or twice mistake, then the log should be DQed.
> 73, Albert, TO5A, 6W1RY, NH7A, etc.
>
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