That's simply a ridiculous argument. No matter the rig, the ham has the
responsibility not to put trash out on the airwaves. And any ham who
doesn't have a clue whether or not he is putting out trash, or ignores
the feedback from other operators who tell him he is, or knowingly buys
a rig without caring whether or not it does, doesn't belong on the air.
And if other hams who suffer from the clueless ones aren't allowed to
protest, how does the problem ever go away?
Dave AB7E
On 6/9/2021 5:02 PM, Richards wrote:
Anyone condemning other hams for using "dirty transmitters" is simply
out of line.
The ordinary ham is NOT an Electrical Engineer and he buys his rig in
good faith, believing it passed FCC and other engineering standards.
He uses it in good faith, assuming it is OK and not causing
problems. But then, a few self-appointed Frequency Cops condemn the
poor operator as a bad citizen for using a "dirty transmitter" as if
the operator is somehow to blame. I have worked a lot of contests
with crowded conditions in a large metropolitan area, and nobody has
ever whined about any of this, notwithstanding a couple of
self-appointed experts living in the mountains of CA and CO claim it
is a horrible epidemic. Besides, if this was such big problem why is
it such a new, current topic? Supposedly, all those old rigs have been
noisy all the time. I suspect it is topical only because they have
nothing else to talk about.
Well, even if it is a problem, there is no place for this sort of
personal attack in ham radio, AND IT IS SIMPLY WRONG TO BLAME THE
OPERATOR for how his rig works. For most ops, ham radio is just a
hobby and they are entitled to expect their radios will work right.
Blaming the operator is simply out of line. K8JHR
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