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CERTAIN PARTS OF EUROPE AND HAS RECENTLY CROPPED UP HERE IN THE STATES.  I
HOPE I DONT MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE BY MENTIONING IT HERE IN THIS MONTHS
COLUMN, BUT EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS LATEST FORM OF
PIRATING.  IT HAS BEEN MOSTLY ON CW AND OCCASIONALLY ON SSB.  A SO CALLED
DXER WILL SEND SOMEONE ELSES CALL SIGN NOT HIS ON TOP OF THE DX STATION,
PIRATING THE CALL OVER AND OVER, GIVING EVERYONE THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY
ARE ON THE WRONG VFO.  THE PIRATING STATION WILL CALL TWO OR THREE TIMES ON
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TOP OF THE DX AND THEN WAIT A FEW SECONDS AS IF HE WERE LISTENING.  THEY
THEN BEGIN TO CALL AGAIN AND AGAIN.  I REFERRED EARLIER IN THE COLUMN TO
THE PACKET CLUSTER.  THIS SUBJECT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES AND
SEEMS TO HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.  THERE ARE SO MANY TELNET CLUSTERS
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95,408 PY2DN 61,596 LR1F 56,316 4A7L 51,610 PHONE ONLY, HIGH POWER ZX5J 605,
640 L47D 265,176 LU5HM 244,064 LQ5H 224,700 P4XK 220,400 8P2K 166,440 PY5DC
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