Well the same applys to 10m... Eatch Country or Government has different laws and regualtions, in one country working 10m without a license is legal, and in the U.S its not, but how can they inforce such rules and regulations when they can't even tell if my signal orginates from here in the U.S?
T23
You'd be astonished at what they can find with reference to radio signals in the US. It's like the popular myth that "I'm mobile, so they can't find me". Nothing could be farther from the truth! That
might have been true circa 1965, but not anymore. You
HAVE heard of Magellan and OnStar, right? The Fed's systems are like that on STEROIDS!
Actually, most countries, except for what we would call "rogue" nations, have signed treaties with regard to not only 10 Meters, but for ALL radio frequencies. The body that presides over such matters is called the "International Telecommunications Union", or "ITU" for short. This world body meets periodically to meet new technological challenges, make changes in frequency assignments and resolve disputes among nations. In most countries, it is NOT OK to transmit on ANY frequency just 'cause. Ten Meters just happens to be a hotbed of this illegal activity because it is adjacent to 11 Meters whose users seem to have a penchant for outlaw mentalities and even a full-blown desire to break/resist any restrictions on their behaviors. It even is more than tempting for those affected by such outlaws to use the phrase, "consider the source".
In the USA (which is the one most of us must consider since we live here mainly.........and I am assuming Americans are in the majority on this site), it seems to be most rampant, this CB thing about being an outlaw, chafing under ANY restrictions on their behaviors, using equipment that permits operations that interfere with other users. AND, moreover, rejoicing at this ability to mess up other users; indeed, it is often seen as a virtue (stomping 'mudducks' as it were) rather than a hallmark of a less-than desirable person that has little understanding of what he's doing. Then when he
ACHIEVES this "triumph" that, to HIM, is so glorious, he then can't understand why the amateur community becomes indignant, derides CB radio, mocks their, lingo and trashes the "band-switched" "10 Meter 'amateur' radios" that they are not supposed to be using to START with!!!
To HIM, he's got a fundamental "right" to go on a non-existent "freeband", yak on "them funny channels", clip components that make the radio sound HORRIBLE, and interfere with whom he jolly well pleases. How DARE anyone question his ability to do so, right? Let's forget about the ones who simply followed the law, obtained certain privileges by so doing, OBEYED the regulations, OPERATES with LEGAL equipment. What about them? If the CB outlaws had THEIR way, NOBODY would be able to use a radio....NOT EVEN THEM!!!!!!!!
The rule governing distance is there for a reason. Just because you HEAR someone far away does not mean you HAVE to work 'em. IF you DO learn that the person is 'out 'tar in skipland", you simply politely END the convo and go on. That's how it was done in more a genteel era of licensing and ladies and gentlemen who had RESPECT for themselves AND others! Just because your car will make 90 MPH, you don't HAVE to drive 90! Because your car has a steering wheel, does that mean you MUST steer the car off a mountain? It does NOT! You don't HAVE to "work skip" just because it is there. That is a straw man to excuse a deliberate act and facilitate such.
CWM
