Topband: Fishing beacons redux

[Joshua M. Arritt]

ITU Region 3 purportedly (according to the world spectrum chart in the 
office) allows radiolocation, radionavigation, and fixed and mobile 
commercial services on a secondary basis to amateur communication.

Regions 1 and 2 have amateur service listed as exclusive from at least 
1810 - 1850 kc, with similar secondary services as Rgn 3 listed above 1850.

Meanwhile, other spectrum charts (one from Icom included here) show the 
entire band as amateur exclusive.

So it appears as though there is freq. sharing in at least some part of 
Topband somewhere on Earth that might even be legal.

Would anyone else be surprised if the callsigns listed in this morning's 
"Fish Report" from Gary/KA1J were all contained within Region 3?


   73,
  - Josh / KF4YLM


On 10/1/2012 9:27 AM, Mike Armstrong wrote:
> Not to mention "sharing" out callsign pool?????  Last time I looked NM7E was/is a ham callsign.  That should DEFINITELY be illegal, especially when those things are in a ham band.  I am pretty sure we DO NOT share that band with fishing buoys.  Not absolutely positive, but pretty sure.  If they are causing harmful interference, they must be turned off if they aren't primary, right?
>
> Mike AB7ZU
>
> Kuhi no ka lima, hele no ka maka
>
> On Oct 1, 2012, at 6:10, "Gary Smith" <Gary at ka1j.com> wrote:
>
>> They're back with a vengeance! I've never heard so many of them as I
>> have recently. I live in CT & right on the water but this is
>> unbelievable. It's 13:04Z / 9AM and they were over S9 an hour ago.
>> Now the noise level is catching up with them but when I was listening
>> for 3D2C this AM, these damned beacons were the loud.
>>
>> MHZ    ID
>> 1.801  OJ7E
>> 1.806  HV8E
>> 1.811  GX3E
>> 1.823  ZM4
>> 1.826  GX8E
>> 1.828  WK4
>> 1.832  MB1E
>> 1.836  NM7E
>>
>> I didn't realize 160 was a shared band with fishing bouys.
>>
>> Rotten QRM...
>>
>> Gary KA1J
>>
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