Topband: K1N DQRM Tracking Project

[Tod]

I am waiting for the reverse DQRM project; the one that will deal guys who are deliberately QRM'ing MY signal when I am trying to call the DX station ! They know that is my frequency to use and they call him anyway.


Tod, K0TO 

Sent from my iPad air


> On Feb 7, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Charlie Cunningham <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> I haven't bothered with it, Doug. I see it mostly as an "exercise in
> futility". The "cops" never ID, and the MOST TROUBLESOME QRM  is from
> "packet-rats" seeing the spots and then tuning up interminably on to he DX
> QRG - of course they never ID either - and they are too lazy and
> inconsiderate to move off the DX QRG to tune up!! :(
> 
> 73,
> Charlie, K4OTV
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Doug
> Renwick
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 6:05 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: K1N DQRM Tracking Project
> 
> Is anyone using this DQRM Tracking Project report?  They want reports of
> deliberate QRM like 'tuner uppers' and other types, but not QRMers like cops
> or 'no splitters'.  I don't know how accurate they can be to identify the
> guilty station on any band especially 160m with or without a directional
> antenna.
> See below:
> 
> 
> THE DQRM TRACKING PROJECT ---> Recently, the amount and  intensity  of  DQRM
> (Deliberate QRM) has been  growing  logarithmically,  targeting  DXpeditions
> all over the world. DQRMers attempt to spoil communications and disrupt  the
> joy of chasing DX. Without going into the  motivation  of  DQRMers,  the  DX
> Community is taking steps to eliminate this practice.
> The KP1-5 Project, which is producing the 2015 K1N Navassa  DXpedition,  has
> been  working  with  tele-communications  agencies  around  the  world.  The
> objective is to identify stations who are acting as DQRMers  and  use  legal
> means to stop this behaviour. The  technology  is  in  hand  to  solve  this
> problem and, with your assistance, we can stop this blight that  is  hurting
> hams worldwide.
> HOW IT WORKS: Locating  the  stations  engaging  in  DQRM  is  a  matter  of
> triangulation. When the DQRMer is 60db over S9 at your location, you can  be
> pretty  sure  that  station  is  nearby.  If  you  fill  out   the  form  at
> www.dqrmreport.com, the data will be collected and  analyzed  to  produce  a
> reasonably accurate map of the DQRMer's location. This  data  will  allow  a
> close-in search in the DQRMer's area and, using  local  transmitter  hunting
> devices, the offender will be identified. This is a real-time system  that's
> been in development for several years; its first  major  test  will  be  the
> 2015 K1N Navassa DXpedition.
> WHAT YOU DO: Fill out the form with as much information as you can  provide.
> All information will remain confidential. The form will go into  a  database
> and the DQRM Project software will do the rest. We can stop DQRM -  and  you
> can help!
> 
> Doug
> 
> "There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual or lawyer could
> believe them." - George Orwell, 1984
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> http://www.avast.com
> 
> _________________
> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
> 
> _________________
> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband