-=> Quoting Rob Dennis to Richard Town <=-
 RD> Richard it is more prevelant on that band than amateur bands I am
 RD> active on. We do have a local bucket-mouth (constant talker,never goes
 RD> QRT) who does draw this type of attention,but he is a natural target
 RD> for any one with an axe to grind or a beef by his actions on-air.
Sorry to hear that the "CB mentality" can also be found on the ham bands
too, in your locality.  Hope you can see why I was (perhaps a bit too)
quick to try and stamp on this spectrum discrimination.  It only serves
to divide (and rule) spectrum users.  You, of course have no such interest
 
 RD> We have a small dedicated group here in Ottawa who -are- out to get
 RD> some of our local smart-asses for the jamming.
There's no excuse for jamming.  However some hams have made a rod for their
own and colleagues' backs by their unwelcome huffy attitude -- filing
regulatory complaints for the slightest operative misdemeanours,
for example
 RD> Did you see the jammer posting I sent out before Christmas Richard?
 RD> If not I can send you a copy.
Yes, and it's kept for future reference.  It's rumoured that
the "whistler" did have some powerful allies.  Hence not being caught even
tho being sighted parked at the Crystal Palace mast base
 RD> channels of am / ssb only) Would you want to try and use a band that
 RD> has a DJ-want-to-be transmitting music on any channel they feel like in
 RD> the band for 5 to 10 hours a day?
I'm sure that your DJ-wanna-be isn't on all 40 channels simultaneously.
If so, then his synth needs some attention 
Radio Peking used to occupy a chunk of 40M, yet recall having some excellent
QSOs on 40 despite.  It wasn't his synth that needed attention then tho :)
 RD> When confronted his excuse was he
 RD> wanted to know who cut his co-ax and was going to jam every damn
 RD> channel on the dial 'til he found out! Figure the brain power behind a
 RD> statement like that and you can see what 11m is here in Ottawa.
Very QRP!  
 RD> the input frequency. This also seemed to have the benefit of chasing
 RD> off one of the local smarties as he/she/it quit their antics cold when
 RD> they realized someone was monitoring the input frequency.
Yes, fear of capture seems to be the most effective strategy.  Vigilante-ism
can quite often backfire providing its own closed loop of justification
for retaliation, often where there was no justification for the jammers'
actions in the first place
 RD> BTW can UK amateurs have a full-duplex repeater system with seperate
 RD> inputs and outputs on 2 bands or more?
 RD> We have four such machines here with a 2m in/out connected to a 70cm
 RD> in/out that lets you come in on 2m and go out on 70cm or vice versa.
 RD> This system came in very handy when monitoring the 2m input and
 RD> transmitting on that input simplex while listening to the output on the
 RD> 70cm side.
Nowadays I'm not QSX regularly.  So a G or M on the side will
have to answer this.  But when I was, preferred HF CW using classic
militiary kit (19 and 38 sets, CNY12s etc - remember them? :)  Finished by
building up a collection of spy transceivers.  Worked a J3 from UK with
one:  6F6 in the final into a long wire.  Honest!
rgdZ
Richard
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