For years the vicious vengeful self anointed self appointed owners of
frequency 14,300 have spewed out threats and actual retaliation to contesters
that "dare" them any QRM. They are not concerned if you use some other
frequency then 14.300 which they claim in vitual perpetuity. These creeps even
claim the frequency when nobody is using it by "putting 14.300 in automatic".
Since all frequencies are shared, then why can't they share? Please remember
that across the entire 20 meter band some group, nets, or, spot frequency
entity has a claim to use almost every frequency. Yet none are as
uncooperative, none are as hateful or vociferous as the bunch on 14,300. They
brag about owning Riley and being able to shame any "intruder" with an
enforcement letter generated by a simple after-hours call to RH. (Without any
due process afforded the amateur that does not run away from the frequency with
his tail between his legs.)
The bunch on 14.300 should have no more right than anyone else. They have
waived any exclusive rights to any frequency in the amateur spectrum when they
sign their license. They have in effect signed a contractual agreement with the
FCC to respect this requirement. So what business do they have in demanding an
exclusive frequency to run a defacto marine communication service for the
yachting crowd? (Most of whom only operate while in the territorial waters of a
foreign country and most always while at anchored tied to a dock where all the
entertainment is. There is to much to do topside when out blue water sailing
yet the love to create the illusion they are underway when in fact they are
not.) I will tell you that the 14.300 net devotion to "emergencies" is
merely a ruse. It is also a disservice to amateur radio to utilize the
suggestion of an emergency service as a substitute marine telephone business
service. (They are not just passing greeting to Aunt Jenny in Sheboyg
an as much as they are staying in contact with their stock broker, their real
estate agent, their attorney, or secretary. As an alternative to other means
FCC rule the whole operation should be shut down. At a minimum will someone
please explain to me why this group cannot move to another frequency in the
face of QRM. This is something that the rest of us must do everyday. If they
want a set aside they can always petition the FCC for a spot-on frequency for
their continuous private use. But the FCC is not going to grant this to them.
(The declaration of a frequency for emergency use, however, is not all that
difficult and relatively quickly granted. The 14.300 net bulldogs don't want
that because it would cramp their international traffic (phone patch) operation
by bring scrutiny and restrictions on their yachting business traffic and their
circumvention of normal communications means.
If you want to settle this once and for all just file a petition with the FCC
for "Review and Clarification of the Rules" a process which requires all
Commissioners to actively participate and a process that can not easily be
dismissed by the Bureau. The FCC will be required to issue a memorandum and
conclusion of law in which the 14.300 crowd will be served the results. Do it!
And never be harassed by these anti-hams again.
73
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
St.Croix,VI
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