I did not know about this. Even more, look at their home page: http://www.mmsn.org/ The petition "background" is amazing to me. I quote: "The Maritime Mobile Service Net (MMSN) operates on 14300.0 KH
I am in agreement. I read their petition several times and it just rubs me wrong. I don't particularly care for net operations myself; however, I believe everyone has a right to use amateur radio in
Similarly, the local guys had a SET locally here a few years back. The frequency they had selected for coordination was 146.52 (you know...the calling frequency). The day of the SET came, and they fo
Surely an April 1 hangover.... A net that runs ten hours per day ?? They are obviously passionate about their cause... We have a similar problem in VK with the 7060 net on 40M - if you are contesting
My analogy is the hospital parking lot. On a light day everyone has an easy time of it. On a busy day, everyone has to struggle for a parking spot and only the true emergencies get to park at the doo
We just spent time at an ARES meeting discussing what we would do if the local repeaters all went down in an emergency. We have discussed in the past alternate frequencies to use if the usual ones we
They appear to be saying that their routine and non emergency communications are more important than everyone elses routine and non emergency communications. They also appear to be laying claim to 14
It's not just MMSN, but other QRU nut nets claiming ownership of frequencies during the contests. In case of MMSN, why don't they just monitor the frequency during the contest, I am sure if there was
You know something, if I am stranded at sea and have an almost dead battery on a qrp rig and have to operate low power with almost no antenna (assuming pirates sunk and/or stole everything else), who
I bet if we ignore them and their petition we will loose nothing Amateur Radio and it's privileges are not going to be regulated by a minority The Manufacturers alone would go out of business if they
Here's the funny thing. Let's suppose the FCC gives the MMSN guys what they want. What's to stop contesters outside of FCC jurisdiction from operating just as they do now, including operating near or
Technically, they wish to lay claim to a 3 kHz slice of spectrum from 14.300 to 14.303 MHz which is truly unprecedented. I've checked into the various Kansas section nets for years and it is not unus
Because doing so would rob them of their power to control the frequency? Just a thought. 73, de Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears
And if you aren't going to send a log in, you can contest on the frequencies the contest sponsors say are off limits. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Remember, this is not a petition to the FCC. This seems like an open ended petition directed at contest sponsors (e.g., the ARRL and CQ). Mind you, that the petition would eventually like to influenc
RE MMRS Petition: I have a different perspective. For the last 17 years my family has spent Thanksgiving with members and friends of two major sailing clubs in the SF Bay area (we are not sailers, ho
This MMSN petition sounds ridiculous for me. I spent 25 years at sea on merchant vessels operating world wide, at first as a Radio Officer then as Electronic Technician Officer. I was a witness of th
This sounds like a great opportunity for DX stations to know that 14.300.0 will be a clear spot when NA is open...I fully support the petition... :-) tongue in cheek....cu all on 14.300.00 in the nex
might i direct you all to a bit of audio recorded during CQ WW SSB back in November... http://asciibaron.dyndns.org/radio/audio/cqwwdx_v_mm_net.mp3 and here is my response to the Net Control: http://
BILL: If they want 5-6 khz so badly and demand 10 hours a day 365 days a year 7 days a week, then let them go and buy a ICOM IC-M700Pro or 710 or something similar in the way of a proper MARINE HF RA