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Pirating / faking callsigns and disruptive activities (td)
2010-02-13 09:06 |
Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 108 |
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Most, if not all, of us have experienced pirates and fake callsigns on the ham bands (RF), with some of us having been victims of callsign misuse, but it is starting to happen here in the virtual ham bands (HS).
I can understand the possible desire or will to do this on the RF bands but what is the point on HS? :S For those who have not had the time or drive to complete the training and to sit the various world wide examinations, and thus obtaining an amateur radio license and callsign, Hamsphere gives you a legitimate callsign to use in this environment. There is no need for you to pirate or generate fake callsigns. If you are going to pirate the callsign of a licensed amateur, or make up your own, you will be spotted very quickly and either challenged, ignored, or reported. For example, a young child as been pirating several Slovak callsigns and when challenged starts spouting expletives and abuse, I suspect that this is the same user that has bought back the old CB hobby of "keying up" and playing music on the bands to disrupt legitimate activities. Be aware, those who do carry out such actions, you are not as anonymous or untouchable as you hope you are. As this is an internet based service your IP address and mac address can be traced and blocked. Also, misuse of an amateur callsign, for any purpose, is illegal under national and international laws worldwide - remembering of course that the callsigns are the property of the allocating government agency not the amateur who is assigned it's use. Whilst Hamsphere may not be 'the real thing' the overwhelming majority of users do treat it as if it were and enrich the experiences of others, especially those who have not experienced radio before. Let us strive to keep it this way by assiting each other and policing the virtual bands ourselves. Andy KF6PVT/MM0BQV/Broadcaster Hamsphere Forum Moderator |
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Re: Pirating / faking callsigns and disruptive activities (td)
2010-02-13 17:19 |
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| My sentiments exactly. Thank you Andy. | |
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Re: Pirating / faking callsigns and disruptive activities (td)
2010-02-21 01:31 |
Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 3 |
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It is so funny today I was call a pirate, the person that call me a pirate was saying that my callsign WP4LKJ is not mines, because i was in colorado.
Now I been in radio for over 14 years in and dx in 10, 2, 440, 220, and never had any problems with been call a pirate, two days on this and I been call a pirate. For those people that don't know what is a Vanity Callsign you can fallow this link. http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/vanity.html And I don't want to say who he was because with the comment he made about my call it show me that he is the one that don't know what he is talking about. Just because your callsign don't match your zone does not mean your a pirate. Now my question is if that person starts a rumor that im not a licence ham operator and start giving my callsign a bad rep something that has never happen to me in the real radio and i get my call or account disable what should I do because I know i spend many months reading and studing to have someone that don't know what he is talking about in a simulation software give me a hard time? Also I have travel many places with my call and use them for month due to my job sending me to different locations. |
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