Topband: Oh well...

[VR2BrettGraham]

VR2BG replied to W7IUV:

> >If two guys want to make a QSO that's mostly via the
> >Internet that's their business, no one else. In fact
> >no one else has the right or the privilege to even
> >comment on the validity of that contact. Period.
>
>Right - so please tell me, do you think it okay to fire up on top
>of CW stations already in QSO with SSB calling "QRZ?" to
>either get them to switch modes (at best - or worst, prevent
>the QSO from happening)?
>
>Is it okay to plunk down in the middle of something like a
>"DX Window" as non-DX & then sit there working non-DX
>or CQing for long periods of time with no takers?
>
>My guess is that you would agree with me that these are two
>somewhat undesirable behaviors.
>
>Well, wrong - they are also perfectly acceptable international
>practice according to Hong Kong's telecom authority.
>
>Not sure which is worse - the PLA operating from inside VR2
>on 3550 kc & wiping out most of entire band with 160m
>Dragon-like rubbish - or how "give way" signs mean either "you
>must stop" or "the other guy has to give way to you even though
>you are the one entering the roundabout".
>
>Either way, the similarity with how behavior on our roads has
>deteriorated is rather disconcerting.
>
>Or am I totally clueless about operating an amateur radio station
>as I apparently am in operating a motor car?

Apparently, all this is okay.

So no more complaints about Chinese military laying waste to
amateur bands from any of you lot.

THE DRAGON RULES!

I delay you no more.

73, VR2BrettGraham