The recent conflict between speedboats in Iran and an American warship is being blamed on a false transmission from elsewhere. The perpetrator is being labeled as a Radio Ham in this news story. Technocrat.net would like to point out that anyone with a boat is likely to have the sort of radio involved, and many more exist on shore. The sort of person who makes false transmissions on marine radio is not likely to be a ham radio operator. Amateur radio requires some technical competence before an operator is licensed, is both regulated by government and self-regulating, and hams generally are responsible trained radio operators who would help to find and arrest the originators of false transmissions. Anyone can operate a marine or CB radio, those folks are not hams.

[ Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:34:04 -0500 ]

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