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How many opted to get the GPS option for their 6500 or 6700?

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  • EA4GLI
    EA4GLI Member ✭✭✭
    edited November 2016
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    Waiting for one from eBay.... it takes a while to get here. 
    This is the one I purchased http://www.ebay.com/itm/331005585554
  • Lawrence Gray
    Lawrence Gray Member ✭✭
    edited January 2016
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    I would love to see improvement in the policing of the amateur bands. I returned to ham radio after a long period of inactivity and I am appalled by the behavior of many operators.  I do not think defining bad behavior is very difficult.  Acceptable amateur operating practices are reasonably well codified.  I would add the GPS option to my Flex to participate in an effort to clean up the amateur bands.

    It could be that the current OO program is effective, but I have seen no evidence.  For example, the mess on 14313 is well known and has apparently existed for years.  As far as I can tell, there is no readily apparent, easily accessible reporting mechanism.

    I have sent screen shots from the Flex to a few blatantly QRM'ing operators, along with a nice message explaining how the splatter from their signal was essentially wiping out QSO's on either side of their frequency--QSO's that were in process before they started transmitting.  In turn, I have received replies thanking me for sending the information, as they were unaware that their signal was so wide.

    Ignoring bad signals/improper operations is definitely not the right approach.

    .....Larry, KC1DAD

  • Jim  KJ3P
    Jim KJ3P Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
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    Larry,

    Your gentlemanly approach, along with convincing documentation, is exactly in line with good amateur practice.

    The 14.313 problem, along with many others, have been reported and fully documented by OO's and reported to the FCC.  OO's are allowed to only observe, document and report.  If these reports fall on short-staffed departments at the government, delays happen.  But eventually many of these things do get addressed.

      --jim KJ3P

  • Lawrence Gray
    Lawrence Gray Member ✭✭
    edited January 2016
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    I'm glad to hear it, although I have seen virtually no evidence of enforcement.   I do think that we cannot, as many have suggested, ignore bad signals/operating practices.  I make it a point to contact the operator via email with documentation and I encourage others to do the same.  I think many times the "offender" is not particularly aware of the issue.

    I know, for example, that drivers stopped by state police in this state as a result of a *SP call, are reportedly surprised and apparently unaware of their dangerous driving.

    I practice "See Something, Say Something" ("Hear Something, Say Something") and I encourage others to do the same.  There is little point in complaining to each other.

    ....Larry, KC1DAD

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