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

[Richard O'Neill]

On 6/27/2013 9:39 AM, William Fenn wrote:

  "There is currently no way to prevent anyone from using any Amateur 
Radio Band without a license."

  Yep, when it comes to RF transmissions the spectrum is wide open, 
sorta like the early days of the wild west when open range land for 
hundreds of miles and no barbed wire was the order of the day. For a 
small minority, today's game is catch me if you can, where only a tiny 
fraction of the careless / stupid / unlucky get nabbed. Fortunately we 
have an organized, self policed amateur service that works reasonably 
well for the majority of users. The exception is mobile CB (Children's 
Band), where it's still the wild west.

Richard