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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Fishermen QRM (was Energy FM 6230 kHz)
« on: June 27, 2019, 1302 UTC »Fishermen are well-known to use the marine bands (the 6 MHz marine allocation is 6200 kHz to 6525 kHz, worldwide) and other out of band frequencies, including the fixed/mobile bands and aeronautical bands. Sometimes they pop up in the ham bands too.I remember that this is not an exclusive allocation, at least for the 6200-6300 band, and that a modification allowed broacasting in this part, provided the power used to broadcast is no more than the powers for other users in the band. I can't remember where I saw that note added to the international agreements about the sharing of the radio spectrum.
Technically speaking, they are the legal users of 6200-6525 kHz and have every right to be on 6230 kHz.
In regard to that supposed rule, the few high powered stations sometimes found between 6200 and 6300 (and generally undeclared) were not in the rules, but the low powered pirates are...
Of course, that 48m band has never been widely used by established broadcasters, because of the image problem with the 41m band in the standard receivers. That's easier now that the 41m band has been moved 100 kHz higher.
