[CQ-Contest] [RTTY] I just have to ask

[hank.k8dd]

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:37 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:

> My problem has been the emails received where the beacon people would like
> me to believe those frequencies are theirs which is not correct.  They have
> no more right to use a frequency than any other licensed operator.
>
> 14100.00 nor any other frequency used by the beacon network is protected.
> If the FCC would like to step in and create protected frequencies great.
> That has not happened.
>
> When a group tries to take a frequency and tells me I can't use it or a kc
> on either side then we  have a problem.  The beacons don't ever own the
> frequency.  They use a very finite band segment for automated hf
> operations.
> They are a shared user just like the rest of us.  QRM happens to all of us.
>
>
>
I don't begrudge the beacons their frequencies - they provide a real service
to Amateur Radio.

I do, however find that my blood pressure goes up a point or two when those
________s on 14230 claim that they own that frequency for SSTV and it is the
only place they can operate.