New rule ..... frequency jamming for Easter?
Today I have decided to combine all my ham radio blogs into one and post them here. Ham radio is alive but not doing well in St Kitts. This is my personal view after being a ham radio operator for over 50 years, since 1968. I have seen many things coming and going, but nothing has affected our ham radio like what we have in these technological times. We live in the times where the laws which are designed to protect us are challenged by unscrupulous and selfish people, who only want to collect something for themselves, at any cost. They seem willing to take matters all the way to the Supreme Court of the land, knowing full well that this is a case that they cannot win. This is the kind of people that wish to kill ham radio in our St Kitts. So we have to stand up, put on our gloves, and do what we must, to ensure that our ham radio continue to live in St Kitts, for the good of future generations.
The snapshot above was made a few minutes ago, the clock is in the bottom left corner. This snap is the screen of my Flex radio on 40-meters. The Panafall display in yellow show the signal intensity on the frequencies, while the meter on the top right displaying -74dBm is the radio's "s" meter which indicate signal strengths. This is what 40-meters look like every day. An "S9" mid scale signal interference which jams the frequency from receiving weak signals. Local signals will reach the "S9" level and over, but all other signals from around the world will be way under "S9". The bottom line is that ham radio operators in St Kitts cannot make or maintain contact with other ham radio operators on the far side of the world anymore.
That is bad but it gets worse. In 46 days time the Atlantic Hurricane season begins, June 1st. All the islands in this hemisphere and the Caribbean islands subscribe to various weather information networks. These networks seek to help all ham radio operators get prepared in all aspects of hurricane, disaster and emergency preparedness. As a matter of fact these ham radio networks operate all year round, in and out of the hurricane season. The hurricane season brings all to a head and focus on the season, and finalize preparations for any severe weather eventuality.
All ham radio emergency networks around the world operate on the 40-meter band, the band with the hottest frequency jamming in St Kitts. I should add for completeness, that the ham radio operators on our sister island of Nevis does not have, nor experience this RF noise, interference and frequency jamming on their ham radio equipment. I should also add for even more completeness, that ham radio operators in other Caribbean islands, do not experience the RF noise, interference and frequency jamming, like us here in St Kitts.
I am not getting into why our ham radio operators in St Kitts are targeted with this RF noise, interference and frequency jamming, while those in other Caribbean islands are not. It is internationally illegal for anyone to create interference in that part of the radio spectrum, henceforth the interference must be removed post haste. But that is not happening, it seem that people in skb want to fight against international laws. I do not think it is the best interest of our country to wage a war that they cannot win. Just free up the frequencies and call it quits.
The hurricane season is upon us. We hope and pray that no severe weather comes to St Kitts-Nevis. We hope that the 40-meter and other frequencies will be free from interference, so that the ham operators can continue to give of their best service to our Country and its Citizens if we are called upon to do so. The ham radio fraternity is cooperating with the people who say they wish to restore our ham radio frequencies to normal, without any RF noise, interference and frequency jamming.
Ham radio in V4 is on the move, going up to a new level, and I will say more about our ham radio later. Have a wonderful ham radio day.
73
Keeth, V44KF
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