Please Respect the Frequencies for SSTV and QRP

Can you use 'Corona' and 'good beer' in the same sentence?

 

Hey guys, lets not forget we do this for fun. For me, its been fun since 1967 and still is. I've been chased off 14.233 for running ssb when there were no other signals being heard. But I moved and moved on. That was probably 30 years ago. I have moved off a net frequency after having had a qso there for nearly an hour because I was told there was a net about to begin. The control operator politely asked if he could just make an announcement that the net would be on a nearby frequency this day. I said, no, take this one. I can move. Now, if I hear a rare dx station calling cq on 14.233 I'm probably gonna answer him if I hear no one else is using the frequency....though I might remind him the frequency is normally used for SSTV.

Its all about respecting others and hopefully they will respect me. Let's all have fun.

 

NO! But you can use Corona and equine urine in the same sentence.

 

Yes. Different Uncle Charlie, though.

 

You just did... doesn’t mean that it is, though...

 

this is so stupid lol, SSTV does not own the frequency. if i ask if it is in use and noone responds then i will transmit!

 

Bet you 30 seconds after you start transmitting some SSTV will open up on top of you. At least that's what I've observed over the years.

 

Reading some of the replies tends to support the notion some folks can speak out of other locations than their mouth.

 

Yes that is what they do. They are very rude operators who have no care for others.

 

I personally have experienced someone start calling CQ while I was receiving an image. There was a QSO in progress, but they couldn't hear it. So when I responded, they probably thought I was a rude operator.
Yes, there are a bunch of inconsiderate people on .230, but at least it's all in one spot. Like FT8. Would you rather have it spread all over the band?

 

No.

But get ready... it will eventually. It seems our frequencies are up for grabs -- not only from commercial interests but also from ignorant fellow operators who have no knowledge of established bandplans.

Enter the "new normal"of amateur radio.

Sad...

 

Really? SSTV has been in the one location for 40+ years. .230, sometimes .233 - but basically nowhere else! 7.171 has been abandoned, along with all the other bands. The only other spot I've ever heard it is 145.8 - from NASA!

 

Very true. I used the Robot 400 in the 70s on the same frequency, 14.230.

 

I agree we need to respect band plans, but you use the word rules, they are not protected by any rules.

 

Yeah. Really.

Case in point: RTTY used to be in one location on 40m from 7070 kHz and up for 50+ years. Now? During a RTTY contest, they're operating in the entire CW subband.

The "times they are a-changin,'" and you better get a grip on the unfortunate reality of that.

This ain't your grandpa's ham radio anymore.