[600MRG] Too Funny!

[WE0H-Mike]

Ken is the Admin on the 'XSH QRZ listing.

Mike
WE0H
WD2XGI



Warren-K2ORS wrote:
> I was hiking through the conservation land this afternoon and listening
> to 60m channel 2 (53346.5) and heard a guy talking about 500kc (I will
> not identify to protect the guilty.)
> He was telling his buddies that 600m was now an authorized ham band and
> that the had ordered a Juba (sic) kit from Finland. Furthermore, he was
> listening on 475kHz last night and heard this guy WD2XSH on CW - he
> lookes WD2XSH up on QRZ.COM and came to the conclusion that 472-479 was
> now authorized for U.S. hams. He also said that he ordered a 2" dia
> fiberglass tube from McMaster Carr for a coil form for his loading coil
> as the 60W out of the Juba (sic) would cause PVC to catch fire !
>
>     I ran home, and as my 60m dipole is down due to tree work, I jumped
> in the car and called him with my mobile setup.  He was adamant that he
> knew what he was talking about, after all there was a web page talking
> about a 20W ERP assignment. I tried explaining the situation - WD2XSH is
> an Experimental License with 41 different stations (his comment was
> that's confusing).  He also told me that he could always work 472-479
> with 5W ERP under Part 15! Then he proceeded to explain to me how
> difficult it is to radiate 5W ERP on 472!
>
>     I followed up with an email, but so far no response.
>
>     I didn't realize WD2XSH is on qrz.com, but if so someone needs to
> put in 24pt Bold Face type a warning that this is NOT an authorized ham
> band in the U.S. !
>
> 73 Warren K2ORS
>            WD2XSH/23
>            WH2XIL