Piracy

[ka3jjz]

If you're a ham and hear them on HF bands reserved just for hams, ou can tell them to get off or jam them. Look if the FCC had to- choose between hams using the ham band and some drunk fishermen. Guess who wins?

Actually jamming does more harm then good - they'll simply move to another freq that still might be within the ham bands. Besides, done improperly you will also potentially affect nearby legitimate users, some of which you might not be able to hear due to propagation.

The ARRL maintains an Intruder Watch, but as I mentioned earlier it's so sporadic and not really affiliated with a particular country, that enforcement actions are almost impossible. Part of the problem lies with countries that have a black market on radios that are easily accessible to the public - Japan and South Korea are two examples. Little if any enforcement of any rules on such sales. I have no doubt that there are areas in Central and South America with similar black markets. In most cases, countries simply don't have the manpower, budget or the will to do anything about it (from what I understand, it's often a combination of the three;...

73 Mike

 

[PHOENIX_SCANNER]

I too think people choose to pirate the marine band because of the higher wattage, and lack of interference. GMRS has become a wasteland much as cb has due to rampant piracy.

I also would like to hear a good story about pirates on the high seas. The last one I heard was bout "pirates" off the coast of Africa raiding ships. They were a bunch of islamic nutcases actually, and the media called them pirates partly to obscure what they really were (kind of like calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant"...it sounds better).