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 RD> they are  doing to jam a signal on an input.
 
Unfortunately true.  But the ones that know the "tricks" are likely either
Hams, are friendly with Hams, or have a fairly solid background in
communication electronics.
 
 RD> Many of the things I've seen done to jam are old 11m tricks done many
 RD> years  ago as jamming techniques.
 RD> And some are even more creative and obviously done by an amateur who
 RD> knows far more than an average cber.
 
 II> Interesting question: What happens if the FCC hears about a legitimate
 II> ... in the CW segment of 10?
 II> I would be more inclined to load up all the power I had, point the beam
 II> right down the children's throats, and start calling CQ on CW.  If they
 RD> So would I if I were ticketed for 10m.
 
Nice thing about holding a high-class license.  ;-}  I don't know how the
licensing and priveledges run in VE-land, so I don't know what would be
required for you to operate there.
 
 RD> Local amateurs here have taken to holding a daily cw practice session
 RD> on 10m in the evenings around 28.020 to 28.050 to chase of would-be
 RD> pirates. A few hundred watts of beep-beep usually gets rid of them
 RD> fast. 
 
LOL!  Sounds like an excellent idea!
 
 II> Chickenbander calls 'em up and says, "Somebody was interfering with our
 II> conversation on the radio."  "What frequency?" sez Mr. FCC.  The
 II> birdbrain replies, "28.050," (or Channel 56 or whatever it would be).
 II> "And what's your callsign?"  "This is Skipmaster," replies the dumbo.
 II> "Ok, what's your address... We'll be right over." replies the FCC
 RD> Then if they are DUMB enough to call your FCC for that situation they
 RD> will get what they deserved.
 
It wouldn't surprise me one bit!  I have seen some really STUPID things
that people have done!  See if you can find a TV station that carries the
TV show, "America's DUMBEST Criminals."  I swear, some of the things they
show on there... a GOLDFISH would be smarter!  Like several guys breaking
into a department store, with a getaway car at the door.  Along comes a
cop, getaway car drives away, cop stops his car in exactly the same place,
criminals compe out with armloads of clothes, dump them on the hood of
the cop car and start inside for another load!  Can you believe it?
 
 RD>> They seem to think they are in a "private" frequency area on their
 RD>> radios that no-one else has and it scares them when someone DOES show
 II> I'm surprised that they weren't challanged for callsigns as soon as they
 II> showed up on the frequency!
 
 RD> They were,but moved to the second crystal they had in their radios!
 RD> Took a few days to find the new freq and get rid of them.
 RD> So far they have not tried to use those two freqs again and the IOC
 RD> (our FCC) is aware of their activities.
 RD>> The leftover 30 percent have an axe to grind with one particular
 RD>> group or one person and trash the repeater only when their favourite
 RD>> traget is on the air. (commonly known as: get the local bucket-mouth
 RD>> off the air)
...
 
 II> Says the ratchet-jaw, right?  (NOT talking about you!)   :-}
 RD> Our local bucket-mouth was told point-blank to shut-up when he
 RD> appeared on the local emergency repeater net and wanted to start a
 RD> long-winded blabber-fest. He wnet to another repeater (the BACKUP
 RD> emergency net one!) and started up  there to be told the same
 RD> thing...shut-up. He ended up on a THIRD repeater moaning and groaning
 RD> about not being able to  use the autopatch or talk to anyone to let
 RD> them know he is ok. Makes you wonder what orrifice his head was in for
 RD> the past week! 
 
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!  Give him a case of toilet paper!  If he was THAT
concerned about letting someone know he was ok, he could just send a
radiogram!  "Hey, could someone send a msg to my Aunt Tillie and tell her
I'm ok?  VE1XYZ" (Or whatever).
...
 
 RD>> 100 percent of those caught red faced / handed DENY doing
 RD>> the jamming and may/will attempt to lay the blame on someone else
 RD>> entirely.
 II> Of course!  If they are errant CBers they just know that they are in the
 II> wrong and will try to avoid the consequences, but if they are licensed
 II> Hams, they KNOW how stiff the consequences can be!  (Like a $2,000 fine
 RD> Here the consequences may be fine,jail or both under the Canadian
 RD> Radio Act. More likely the consequences will be a fat lip,black-eye
 RD> and a busted radio. Especially now during this emergency...
 
I wonder if there isn't a law about interfering with emergency
communications, (other than governmental emergency services)?  If not,
maybe it's time to contact your Parliment (?) member and start agitating.
 
73 DE KB9QPM
   Ivy
 
 
 
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