Become an Intruder Watch Observer

What do loggers, taxi drivers, fishing trawlers and government agencies all have in common? They are intruding on the amateur radio HF bands apparently with permission of some government departments.

Ignoring the International Radio Regulations they use the ham bands to communicate and authorities in the countries involved don't seem willing to do anything about it.

These operators can be heard regularly on the bands. Including hydrology monitors. taxi services, phone patching, military activities and over the horizon radar, it is a large swathe of spectrum involved.

The Wireless Institute of Australia's Intruder Watch Service desperately needs more radio amateurs to spare a few minutes and file observation reports to challenge these intrusions.

Jim Linton VK3PC

Wireless Institute of Australia