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"John Anderson" wrote:

In my area, Lee County, IA, we have coyote hunters using
marine channel 68. In Hancock County IL a similiar use of
marine channel 69 is occurring.

It has also been noted that truckers are using Marine ch 71
and ch. 19A in the Ft Madison IA area.

I wonder if any other posters have noticed such activity
on Marine channels?

John Anderson
West Point, Iowa

http://k0bkl.org/radio/coyote.htm

This type of stuff has been going on since, FOREVER... but the FCC
got rid of 90% of the Field Operations Staff, back in the early 90's,
and there is no one listening, or enforcing, these rules on a regular
basis currently. Vhf Marine Radios have become very inexpensive, and
lots of folks find that they work a WHOLE LOT better than the FRS/GMRS
radios, that were intended for these uses, because of the Frequency that
they use. You can complain to the FCC in DC, but UNLESS they are
interfering with Emergency or Safety Communications, the Field Staff
really doesn't have the time, or ManPower, to deal with these types of
Violations. Maybe you should write a Letter to ALGORE, as he was the
DUFUS, that gutted the FCC Field Staff, with his "Reinvention of
Government" Program at the FCC, back in the 90's, as Vice President.

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Bruce in alaska
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