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10 Meter QRG

 

I know this subject has come up before. There are bootleg radios and operators that are operating on 28.105. There is nothing we as legal operators can do about it. There aren't enough officials to hunt this down, and quite frankly, I imagine this is not a major thing for them. But for us, the VARA TNC sees the traffic as "busy", plus the signals are QRMing legitimate VarAC traffic.

How difficult of a troup movement would it be to change the slots for 10 meters? Yes we are legal and they are not. But the bootleg stuff isn't going away. And with 10 meters being in really good shape right now, the QRM is likely to get worse.

Doug / N3JXB
 

When I was stationed in the West Indies (VP2EHF), the ¡°uno sero cinco¡± ¡°channel¡± was always in use by the narcotrafficantres. We captured a couple of high-speed boats equipped with Icom marine radios set to 28.105 which we had monitored all the way northwards from South America up to the Anagada Straights. About the time I left for home in 1995 many of the drug runners had installed voice encryption ¡ª both digital and analog scramblers. Those didn¡¯t help them much either.

73 de N4CVX
ex-VP2EHF, ex-DA1BB, etc., etc.
CWO4 US Army (Ret.)
 

Report to the ARRL Volunteer Monitoring Program. I heard Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH speak less than a week ago. He runs the program and they are the real deal. Reporting interference with the VarAC standard frequency might get some attention. He reported they refer cases to the FCC and those cases get real priority at the FCC. So nothing may end up coming of the effort, but it will take you only a little time to submit a report.

See? for more?information.

  • To report clear violations of FCC Part 97, particularly instances of unlicensed operation, repeated deliberate interference, and operation outside of a licensee¡¯s authorized frequencies, send the report via email to Riley Hollingsworth (K4ZDH), ARRL Volunteer Monitor Administrator, at?.

    Important:?include the following information in your report¡­

    - Frequency (MHz) of incident:
    - Time of incident (UTC):
    - Date of incident:
    - Call sign(s) of station(s) being reported:
    ?? - If a repeater, call sign of repeater involved:
    - Description of alleged incident being reported:
    - Your full name (person submitting report)
    - Your call sign:
    - Your email address:
    - Your phone number:

    All reports will be acknowledged, reviewed,?and the person submitting the report will receive a response as quickly as possible.


73 de K3FZT / Steve?
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 5:09?PM N3JXB (Douglas) via <n3jxb=[email protected]> wrote:
I know this subject has come up before. There are bootleg radios and operators that are operating on 28.105. There is nothing we as legal operators can do about it. There aren't enough officials to hunt this down, and quite frankly, I imagine this is not a major thing for them. But for us, the VARA TNC sees the traffic as "busy", plus the signals are QRMing legitimate VarAC traffic.

How difficult of a troup movement would it be to change the slots for 10 meters? Yes we are legal and they are not. But the bootleg stuff isn't going away. And with 10 meters being in really good shape right now, the QRM is likely to get worse.

Doug / N3JXB


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73 de K3FZT / Steve
 

I've heard people talking on 28.115 and I'm pretty sure they were driving down I-10 because they were talking about a specific exit which was on I-10.

They can be located if someone is proficient at foxhunting. Get as much info as you can on them including recording the traffic.

73
John Denison
KD5YOU
 

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Probably truck drivers, they think they allowed to talk there. Check with the ARRL, I not sure but I think they have a group that looks into that sort of stuff.?



Thanks and 73,
Jim, N8JE?



-------- Original message --------
From: John Denison <kd5you@...>
Date: 4/24/24 6:36 PM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [VARA-MODEM] 10 Meter QRG

I've heard people talking on 28.115 and I'm pretty sure they were driving down I-10 because they were talking about a specific exit which was on I-10.

They can be located if someone is proficient at foxhunting. Get as much info as you can on them including recording the traffic.

73
John Denison
KD5YOU

 

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We have monitors but the problem remains no way of identifying them formally.

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Unless you are right there next to their rig and can cite their license plate and even then, good luck.

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Joseph D. Yuna
Joseph D. Yuna (LCDR USN/ret.)

1006 River Hills Rd.

Beavercreek, OH 45430-1124

United States of America

Primary:? +617.943.2635

W4JDY1953@...

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Denison via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, 24 April, 2024 18:37
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [VARA-MODEM] 10 Meter QRG

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I've heard people talking on 28.115 and I'm pretty sure they were driving down I-10 because they were talking about a specific exit which was on I-10.

They can be located if someone is proficient at foxhunting. Get as much info as you can on them including recording the traffic.

73
John Denison
KD5YOU


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And if the operators are outside the border, good luck getting another country's agencies to chase them down.

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