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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC considers reform of Part 95 rules for personal radio services
« on: May 02, 2017, 0248 UTC »
Do you have a reference to the part I put in bold?
It was in the late 80s or 90s, qst, popcom, or 73 or similar.
I kinda remember it was the son who found the German radio comms and pointed it out to his dad and they apparently understood at least some German and broke in on the ongoing comms, whether this was allowed by the fedz or not at the time. They reported this to US officials and the officials moved quickly to begin monitoring for themselves in a nearby location. The east coast is where it all started but there were other places in the US that reported similar events.
The Germans allowed wartime HAM operation for propaganda purposes trying to imply they were a free society, and only by faithful party members as you noted, however they were allowed to communicate with other HAMs around the world as far as I know.
The German and Italian aliens and their families in the US had to disable their sets that could rx shortwave, there was a regulation for this and the US gov paid radio repairmen to do this and keep records of the work. The Japanese in the internment camps were likewise allowed ambc radios but not sw sets, the FCC even monitored the camps for transmitters, wich were verboten. There were so many German and Italian descendants in the US as you stated, with many of them being drafted to fight their relatives, it was decided that it would take too many camps to hold them all. Add this to the solidarity of many Japanese, mostly the older generation living in California and Hawaii, with Japan and its government and you can see why they interned Japanese and not Italians and Germans. Some antique radio restorers come across sets that have been neutered by the removal of shortwave bands, to include paperwork denoting the date and the technician as well as the owner.
back on topic; I want legal digital dx modes for my cb radio!
It was in the late 80s or 90s, qst, popcom, or 73 or similar.
I kinda remember it was the son who found the German radio comms and pointed it out to his dad and they apparently understood at least some German and broke in on the ongoing comms, whether this was allowed by the fedz or not at the time. They reported this to US officials and the officials moved quickly to begin monitoring for themselves in a nearby location. The east coast is where it all started but there were other places in the US that reported similar events.
The Germans allowed wartime HAM operation for propaganda purposes trying to imply they were a free society, and only by faithful party members as you noted, however they were allowed to communicate with other HAMs around the world as far as I know.
The German and Italian aliens and their families in the US had to disable their sets that could rx shortwave, there was a regulation for this and the US gov paid radio repairmen to do this and keep records of the work. The Japanese in the internment camps were likewise allowed ambc radios but not sw sets, the FCC even monitored the camps for transmitters, wich were verboten. There were so many German and Italian descendants in the US as you stated, with many of them being drafted to fight their relatives, it was decided that it would take too many camps to hold them all. Add this to the solidarity of many Japanese, mostly the older generation living in California and Hawaii, with Japan and its government and you can see why they interned Japanese and not Italians and Germans. Some antique radio restorers come across sets that have been neutered by the removal of shortwave bands, to include paperwork denoting the date and the technician as well as the owner.
back on topic; I want legal digital dx modes for my cb radio!