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ENFORCEMENT: RAC ACTS TO PREVENT UNLAWFUL USE OF 2 METERS
BY PARAGLIDING COMPETITION
Radio Amateurs of Canada took action after a Paragliding
competition in British Columbia told its contestants to
communicate using a frequency in the 2 meter amateur band.
Bob Holowenko, VE7WNK, has more:
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Radio Amateurs of Canada received a report by a British
Columbia ham who notified them of what appeared to be the
use of the two meter band for the operation of a paragliding
competition. Dave Cameron, VE7LTD, witnessed this radio
traffic and I was able to talk with him over the phone.
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VE7LTD: "I was at a local repeater site helping the locals
there by doing a sweep trying to find a source of
interference. I had my HP8920A Service Monitor and I was
monitoring around the band trying to find what the sources
of intermod could be, and I noticed a few spikes in the ham
band. Knowing that there is not a lot of VHF activity in the
Pemberton area, I decided to tune into each of those and one
was on 146.415 simplex where I heard lots of
intercommunication between both paragliders in the air and
some kind of race coordination on the ground."
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This "race coordination" which Dave was hearing was the
Canadian Paragliding National Championships held in
Pemberton, BC. Dave reported this to The Radio Amateurs of
Canada who became extremely concerned about the organizers
assertion that all participants must use a VHF radio tuned
to 146.415 Mhz for launching and landing.
Southern BC is popular for paragliding and hangliding thrill
seekers, and the ham community here knows many of those who
take part in these events are licensed hams, however it has
become apparent that many are not.
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VE7LTD: "There was never a call sign used, and never any
identification used. Although the communication was very
structures, you could tell it was not by ham operators"
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Dave did go on to say that of the registered Canadian
participants at the event, at least 40% of their names were
found in the Ras=dio Amateurs of Canada database.
RAC has been in contact with representatives from the
Paragliding community and has also requested enforcement
action to be taken by government officals at Industry
Canada.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bob Holowenko, VE7WNK,
in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
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According to Radio Amateurs of Canada, protecting the ham
radio spectrum from intruders is all in a days work for the
group. (RAC, VE7WNK)
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