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by W6EM on June 20, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
This is one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalistic trash I've read in quite a while. My opinion, of course. Rupert Murdoch's Washington Times attempts to connect US amateur radio hobbyists with the use of HF frequencies for spy communications. As if to say, "if you want to find spies, check out the ranks of US amateur radio operators." The two Cuban spies had ZERO connection to amateur radio. There are, in fact, hundreds of thousands of citizens in the US who own shortwave receivers and have NOTHING to do with amateur radio. In our free country, no license is required to just listen. Perhaps Murdoch is suggesting that all purchasers of short wave radios in the US need register and be subject to background checks in order to own one. Yes, background checks and a security clearance really helped in the example, didn't they? Obviously, if you want to read journalistic excellence, read the Washington Post. A real newspaper. 73, Lee W6EM/4

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by W6EM on June 21, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Of course, Robert P. Hanssen, former Supervising Special Agent for the FBI and convicted spy was K9QVL. If the reporter had reasonable moxy, he'd have been able to find that piece of information from Google. A high school journalism student could have done better.

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by KE5HCC on June 22, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
I've kept up with this subject somewhat, but I have yet to see how the 'spies', after receiving their orders, got their information back to Cuba. Was it via e-mail, telephone calls, drops like you see in movies or by use of HF transmitting. I'm sure I missed something in previous news articles.

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by W9WHE-II on June 22, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
"...attempts to connect US amateur radio hobbyists with the use of HF frequencies for spy communications. As if to say, "if you want to find spies, check out the ranks of US amateur radio operators." One might think that liberals that so often paint conservatives with board brushes would not get their undies in a bundle when they get the same treatment. But alas, I forget, there IS a double standard.

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by WI7B on June 22, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
According to some stories, they passed information on in Washington, D.C. grocery stores. I did a search of the ULS on the FCC website. Neither of these spies had Amateur licenses that I coudl find. However, the man had a Marine Radio license for their yacht. Whie it did not list an HF Marine Radio, it did list he took the yacht to international ports. Again, this was just a web search that even a newbie reporter could have accomplished. 73, ---* Ken

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by KC5NYJ on June 26, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
This is the same sort of clueless "report" submitted by the same sort of "reporter" who breathlessly bounces into our reality with claims that the iPhone is the New Ham Radio.

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by KC5NYJ on June 26, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
This is good stuff: http://cryptome.org/myers/GMyers-complaint.pdf

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by N1YRK on June 27, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Yes, the article did suck. Typical slovenly hack job that qualifies as reporting. But don't get too upset about it. After all, it will get buried in a bunch of 'news' about celebrity gossip and philandering politicians and silly pets and no one will take note of it.

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by VE6AAO on June 28, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Another slow news day. But, there is no such thing as bad publicity, amateur reporting keeps amateur radio in the news.

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