[CQ-Contest] Malicious Interference during SS

[Pete Smith]

I wonder if anyone had a Skimmer or other SDR-enabled program running , 
covering that frequency slice during the period in question and recording 
an I/Q file.  If so, it might be worth burning a DVD and sending it along 
to the FCC, because it would give incontrovertible proof of exactly what 
was going on.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 03:16 PM 11/21/2008, nx5m at txcyber.com wrote:
>I guess I will jump in here.
>He has given me a headache more times that I care to remember, even in a
>casual event such as the Texas QP.
>I have tried to avoid this area of 20m but I remember one time last year
>where I was followed no matter where I went.
>Will flooding the FCC office with emailed recordings do any good?
>What if suddenly they are hit with a few hundred emails/recordings?
>
>
> > I experienced blessedly little intentional interference this year in
> > phone SS. W4QG and I split the op time about down the middle but found
> > ourselves in the extra-class portion of 20m most of the time. I don't
> > know if it impacted the interference we would have received, but we
> > did run most of the contest with no speech processor on Paul's MP. I
> > tried turning it on for a while, but I think it needed some contact
> > cleaner as the control was very touchy and erratic.
> >
> > I'm well aware of KZ8O and his propensity for intentional
> > interference, particularly toward contesters. K4XS has had problems
> > with him during phone SS for a number of years now. This year another
> > FL station mentioned to me in a private phone call that KZ8O tried to
> > jam him near the beginning of the contest but he was able to run him
> > off.
> >
> > The critical step we should take (in my experience) is to ignore the
> > intentional interference as completely as possible and move if rate is
> > impacted. Part of what KZ8O and other jammers want is to engage the
> > contester in a battle of words on the band, resulting in both stations
> > looking pretty foolish. Of course, the jammer is already intentionally
> > interfering with ongoing QSOs, so they've got a little bit less to
> > lose in that regard.
> >
> > 73,
> > Chris WF3C
> > Orlando, FL
> >
> > Op @ W4QG
> >
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:02:43 -0700
> > From: "Tod -ID" <tod at k0to.us>
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Malicious Interference during SS
> > To: <KI9A at aol.com>,     <rmthorne at suddenlink.net>
> > Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Message-ID: <A8BE359DB88E42A8A6DE69B6D9F13B5B at CHEM>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > I had this happen when operating in the vicinity of 14.275 MHz. The
> > station
> > who declared he was hearing splatter said his call was KZ8O and he was in
> > Michigan. I checked with a number of other stations in OH and MI after
> > that
> > and got assured that there was no problem. Later NX7TT called me to tell
> > me
> > that this station is famous for making such claims and for recording and
> > replaying a person's transmissions on the air -- horribly over modulated.
> > He
> > did that using my signal and operated about 500 Hz off of my frequency.
> > The
> > splatter was appalling.
> >
> > In the end I switched to 40 meters rather than have him hassle me and crud
> > up the band with splatter [supposedly caused by me] and ruin things for
> > other folks. I hope no one was significantly affected by his efforts. I
> > assure you it was not me generating that 'bad stuff'.
> >
> >
> > After the SS had ended I checked his entry in QRZ. There were more than
> > 21,000 hits. Then I did a Google search and found he has been sent
> > warnings
> > by the FCC that go back to 2000. I suspect there are other stations who
> > operate in the segment of the band --- the one he patrols -- who can give
> > us
> > more information.
> >
> > Tod, K0TO
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> >> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of KI9A at aol.com
> >> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:53 PM
> >> To: rmthorne at suddenlink.net
> >> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> >> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Malicious Interference during SS
> >>
> >> Rich, I had this happen to me before on 20..the recorded CQ
> >> thing. I actually worked stations, and thanked the offender
> >> for giving me a break, and letting him do the work for me,
> >> while I logged the points. He stopped right  then.
> >>
> >> Best thing to do, if you have a 2nd rig, is keep on keeping
> >> on.  Use  the 2nd rig at that time to S&P, he will bet very bored.
> >>
> >> 73- Chuck KI9A
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 11/20/2008 9:32:37 P.M. Central Standard
> >> Time, rmthorne at suddenlink.net writes:
> >>
> >> I'm  curious how the malicious interference was this year.  I
> >> operated at
> >> K5NA this year.  I had a major problem around 14.281 this
> >> year.   I was
> >> sucked into a conversation with a station who would not use
> >> his call sign.  He told me that I was splattering so I
> >> adjusted my mic gain  and
> >> compression.  The ham thanked me and said it was fixed.
> >> After a few q's
> >> he said I was splattering again, I figured out he was
> >> playing games.
> >> Soon after he was transmitting recordings of my  cq's.  I was
> >> able to work through it for a while but my rate suffered  so
> >> I ended up moving.
> >>
> >> In this particular case it was at the beginning  of the
> >> contest.  I had made a few qso's about starting 15 minutes
> >> prior to the contest so I had established that the frequency
> >> was not  previously used and there were no frequency conflicts.
> >>
> >> So how did  it go for every one else this year?  I guess in
> >> the future I need to  add 14.280 to the list of  frequencies
> >> to avoid.  The sstv window has been on my list for quite some time.
> >>
> >> Rich -  N5ZC
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