17 Jul
2022
17 Jul
'22
9:59 p.m.
Hi Rob,
Just thought I would give you some feedback on your comment. I
understand there seems to have been a breach of the rules in the case
Gary has brought to light. But i think it's a big jump to cast
dispersion on every Ham that happens to have connections with an ISP
that they are up to no good. When I first ask for my allocation (i
also am a principal at an ISP) i was told by my regional co-coordinator
that I was an evil ISP operator and my attempt to steal 44 net space
would not be tolerated. I was perplexed by there attitude as I was a
legitimate licensed radio operator who wanted to use the space for radio
related things not only that I wanted to use my position within the ISP
to help other operators route 44 space for their radio projects for free
without the added latency and packet size constraints of a vpn. I must
say i went away very disheartened with the whole 44 net idea.
About a year later i learnt that the regional co-coordinator had moved
on so I re-applied and got a /24. Since then I have routed a few /28
/29's from my block to local hams and clubs for radio projects, radio
related web sites DMR and allstar networks all for free thought the
charity of the ISP that was mainlined by the radio community as being evil.
I think it's a far leap to assume that just because an operator has some
involvement with an ISP that they are by default up to no good. In fact
some of us are interested in giving our services and vast knowledge
obtained in the commercial world to radio related projects for free and
in good faith sticking within the rules. There's always some bad apples
sure. But not everyone is up to no good.
Best regards 73
Matt
On 17/7/2022 10:52 pm, Rob PE1CHL via 44net wrote:
Unfortunately it is not unheard of...
In the past I also got an allocation request for a /22 from a ham who had not been active
at all on AMPRnet before.
A little research showed that his son has an internet hosting company.
Not difficult to imagine what would have happened when I had assigned that block.
Of course, when a coordinator does it by himself it is more difficult to track. Maybe in
the new system where coordinators will be less bound to regions and other coordinators
could oversee this happening. But of course they would still have to do that and report
it.
Rob
On 7/17/22 12:50, F4HIN via 44net wrote:
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|___ |___ / Matt Perkins VK2FLY/VK2VO (advanced)
/ / |_ \ Woolloomooloo NSW (QF56od) +61403571333 matt(a)vk2fly.com
/ / ___) | A proud member of ARNSW, The WIA,
/_/ |____/ And the Waverley Amateur Radio Society.
In reality, after searching on the AMPR portal,
this block was assigned to a ham. This ham is the national Hamnet coordinator of a
country, and the person using and misusing it is none other than his son who is not a ham!
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