I have been floating around that protion of the 11 meter band for over 35 yrs and what I am about to say may shock a few people - but here goes...
The biggest problem in this area of the band is with Ham operators, that's right, they come on .555 and raise hell and they absolutely don't want anyone to tell them to please move.
They strecth all the way from CAL, Arizona to the east coast and into Ontario, Canada. In the last cycle the guys from Arizona were jamming .555 for the whole month of Dec. one year - who were they? Ham operators, about 4 of them.
I just received e-mail from a guy 4 days ago from another state and along with him and a couple of other operators, they are being harrased by a "extra class" out the N.E. of the US (not saying the state) to the point that this guy might be going to do some physical harm. They are operating just a few KC's above 27.405.
I know two of these operators quite well and they never cause problems with anyone, but this "exta class" is hell bent on causing problems with them and others in this portion of the band.
One other thing, when the stations from Europe begain to show up, I never hear of any problems with the Europeans. Most of them take their radio communications seriously and never cause problems on the band - not that I have ever heard anyway.
So that's my intake, but; we are all just human and I am quit sure this type of problem will continue into the future.
I was Extra Class but I let it expire.
Will retest soon.
But I never took the attitude that is being demonstrated by a couple of posters in this thread.
Some of them HAMMIES are an odd sort anyway.
One even agreed with me on a post in this thread and then later took up with the one that is trying to be in opposition to me and it was over the same post.
Odd, just odd, why would someone do that.
He just a fella looking for a place to have a problem.
And that is OK with me if that's what you want people to think of you.
I see no evidence where the freebanders activity is doing any harm except violating FCC rules.
Let the first one without sin cast the first stone.
My problem with some of the activity on any frequency is the insane character of the people.
Just complete idiots.
Mr. Administrater, if you want to expell me then go ahead.
I don't need a real good reason to leave this forum anyway, you got some real ding-dongs that are frequent posters in here anyway.
I am not hookedon this forum anyway.............lol
If there seems to be some ambiguity about to whom I am directing my post; That is for a reason.
It is just for the purpose of causing the two individuals I am talking about more irritation.