OK, I’ve seen “ignorant” in Ham Radio with many LID Operators, but this stench floats straight to the top.

Case in point. US Technician Class KB2HZE and his group can’t stop operating on 20 Meters through the use of their 2 Meter rigs, internet connections to Echolink, laptop computers and remote stations from other countries. If you’re not aware, US Technician Class operators have no 20 Meter privileges. Worse yet, this group QRM’s “real” Ham Radio QSO’s already occupying a frequency.

Seems this “Worldwide DX Linking System” via the Internet and Echolink is creating havoc across the HF bands. The head Bronx Bozo has “on-air” claimed it to be “completely legal and acceptable”.

Hey dumbass, to whom is this completely legal and acceptable?

If  they didn’t QRM QSO’s I was involved in on two separate occasions today, they probably wouldn’t have ended up on the LID List, but they did – so I’m going give my thoughts on the matter of operating via remote stations in other countries, operating well above and beyond their license privileges and the intentional interference they’re proud to own up to.

Having Technician Class operators working out of their band privileges on 20 Meters HF isn’t considered any part of “Ham Spirit” in my book. This whole Internet operation insults thousands of real Ham Radio Operators and completely disrespects the hobby and its history in my opinion. Why have the license upgrade system and why spend countless hours studying for upgrades, building antennas and learning your hobby when you can connect to somebody’s remote station via the Internet and operate wherever you want without a proper license?

Well, if the FCC (or anybody else for that matter) doesn’t corral it, then that’s where the LID List comes in. When somebody Google’s your call or sees your call on the DX Cluster – you can bet your ass you’ve joined some very elite company. Guess what? All done through the use of the same platform you like so much, the Internet. No Radio Frequency required! Now anybody with an Internet connection can see just what knuckleheads you’ve become. Your effort could have been better spent studying, upgrading and building a “real” Ham Radio station, but since you’ve decided to take the easy road, we’ve decided to help you along your way (and hopefully right into a ditch).

And this from a Field & Regulatory Correspondent of the ARRL:

“The first bottom line is a person operating as the control operator of a station must have privileges for the band and mode being used. So first, a US licensee who is activating a remote station in another country has to have either a license to operate from that country or a reciprocal permit. The same applies for a foreign licensee connecting to a remote station in the US – there has to be a reciprocal agreement between the country where he is licensed and the US. The location of the transmitter is the key point here – the place where the RF is actually being generated. The Internet link can be viewed as simply a long microphone cord. So in this case, KB2HZE has to have operating authority/permission in Saudi Arabia since he activates and is the control operator for that remote station in Saudi Arabia. The US does not have a reciprocal operating agreement with the Saudis, so KB2HZE needs a Saudi license.”

So Mr. Bronx Bozo, do you have a Saudi license? Your on air comment of being “completely legal and acceptable” is off base and incorrect. “Off base and incorrect” isn’t a very good place to start in my opinion. And while I’m on my soap box, since when is “acceptable” to QRM a long standing QSO? Especially when your Internet linking partner Maan (HZ1ZH) was told several times the frequency was in use. Not only did he QRM us, he followed us to a new frequency and kept up the QRMing. A real class act.

Welcome to the LID List KB2HZE, HZ1ZH and the Worldwide DX Linking System Group. You’ve made the grade with minimal use of RF, congratulations! I wonder just how many of your member Hams have no idea their stations and their hard earned privileges are being taken advantage of (and placed in jeopardy) by imbeciles? How many of those stations you’ve talked to actually think they’re working an HF Ham Radio station in New York? How many DXCC QSL cards will be disqualified by your sham QSO’s via Echolink and a remote country station? How about your chopping at the very core of the entire DXCC program? Hmmm….

Listen to these stooges on this audio file (“coming in five-nine over 20″, “I did not catch your personal”). No proper protocol, out of band, etc. Take a few minutes to look them up on QRZ.com and you’ll see their license classification. I had a hard time listening to the innocent Hams that think they’re actually working a station in New York (via HF Radio Frequency communications). Little did they they know it was via the Internet and it’s a worthless Q. Worldwide DX Linking System Idiots.

And just for shits and giggles. “Old Time Hams that don’t want to understand how this technology works”? What a friggin’ idiot. KB2HZE – The Bronx Bozo