>
>Send reply to: "Eric Dobrowansky" <kk2ed@adelphia.net>
>From: "Eric Dobrowansky" <kk2ed@adelphia.net>
>
>> The situation is hyped up to be worse than it really is. In the 15 yrs as
>> a ham I have been very active on 10m, and in all those years have heard
>> maybe 5 incidents of CBers encroaching 10m, down around 28.05 or so.
>
>
>We obviously are using different antennas. I use an outside
>antenna for listening, not an indoor dummy load.
>
>Here, at almost any hour of the day or night, I can find hundreds of
>CBers (aka "freebanders") on 10 meters through 160 meters. 10
>MHz, right on top of WWV, is a hotspot as is 7.000 MHz LSB.
>
>When ten meters is open, I hear countless "freebanders" all
>through the band. They often make CW operation impossible.
>
>The latest addition to this are boaters, now using amateur rigs to
>communicate. They populate 160 and 80 meters, some operate
>from USA Gulf of Mexico ports.
? On the West coast, Mexican coke dealers use the low end of 40m. There
are weird conversations and ''weather reports'' that are obviously coded
messages.
>
cheers, Tom.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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