heh. No kidding. I used to be an 11 meter op myself prior to 1990. I got tired of the threats, games and general mayhem. I sold off that old stuff a long time ago and never looked back. Too bad some of the bad apples never got the hint (one of them "appropriated" my call sign and caused no end of problems until he was popped by the FCC in mid 1996. You might look up the case one of these days for a hoot. The case is filed under: Fcc V. Timothy Harold Hoffman.

-eric

On May 16, 2014, at 10:00 PM, Robert Ringwald wrote:

> Unfortunately some of the jammers are hams.  Shame Shame Shame!
> 
> -Bob Ringwald
> 
> 
> From: Eric Oyen=20
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 8:51 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: has anyone noticed <fill in blank here> on the ham bands =
> lately?
> 
> Has anyone noticed the level of intentional QRM on the ham bands lately? =
> =3D
> I just heard some interesting stuff on 14.278. It appears that the 11 =
> =3D
> meter crowd is starting to play the old games on 20 now. Recordings, =3D
> noise makers, fowl (and not as a bird) language, etc. I long for a =3D
> return to the older days of HF when lids like this were tracked down and =
> =3D
> dealt with promptly.
> 
> -eric