FW: EMERGENCY ??? AMATEUR RADIO NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!

[William Fenn]

Louie,

There is currently no way to prevent anyone from using any Amateur Radio
Band without a license.  Yes, there are laws against doing this but you must
also remember there are laws against using a high power (200 to 1 KW)
amplifier on the CB Bands.  

I received a QSL card from someone who said they worked my station during
the last VA QSO Party.  Funny, I was not on the air that day so I guess we
need to find the culprit who was using my call and charcoal broil him.
Maybe I should write a letter to the FCC and complain.  I can just see the
FCC sending out an enforcement unit to find him especially since he wasn't
causing interference to others.

Funny, we just happen to share a segment of the spectrum with what has
become WiFi for home computer users.  You must also realize we are also the
primary service when it comes to 2 Ghz WiFi channels 1 through 6.  HSMM-MESH
does provide a little protection from non amateurs using the amateur network
and this is only a little more protection than we have on other amateur
bands.

Do you have a way to prevent non amateurs I hear from using the 10 meter
band?  Have you heard voice transmissions in the 40 meter CW band? 

I believe threats to our amateur bands come from the folks who would love to
take over the amateur frequencies for commercial purposes.    

N4TS



-----Original Message-----
From: tacos-bounces+bfenn=cox.net at amrad.org
[mailto:tacos-bounces+bfenn=cox.net at amrad.org] On Behalf Of Louis Mamakos
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:49 PM
To: Tom Azlin W7SUA
Cc: tacos at amrad.org
Subject: Re: EMERGENCY ??? AMATEUR RADIO NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!

On the other hand, if you want to use commodity 802.11 wifi radios in the
amateur service in some sort of wide area mesh network, then crypto is just
what you need.  How else do you prevent non-amateur stations from using wifi
radios in an Amateur network they shouldn't be using?  Invent yet another
flat-tire authentication system that just adds complexity as compared to
existing widely fielded and robust protocols?

louie
wa3ymh

On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Tom Azlin W7SUA <tom at w7sua.org> wrote:

> Hi Chip,
> 
> And all we say is female bib number n needs assistance. Or some years just
runner needs assistance and whether or not is critical. If bleeding we say
it is critical. Then we stay by the runner until the bike medics or an
ambulance/gator shows up. Only if the Medical Director asks is more
information passed over ham radios.  In the aid stations we use higher speed
data radios that few own ( but not encrypted) and D-STAR Digital Voice for
any voice traffic.
> 
> I am no longer in the metro area so not the team lead for ham radio
support to MCM medical any more.
> 
> 73, tom
> 
> On 6/26/2013 4:41 PM, Chip Fetrow wrote:
>> Let's look at emergency medical communications for the Marine Corps
>> Marathon, as an example.  If I am running the marathon and go down at
>> mile 25, I really don't care what is said about me via ham radio.  What
>> could it be?  Name, condition, maybe the medications I am taking?  I
>> don't care.  Get me on an IV and load me in the bus.
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