 In an effort to win over voters in the Amateur Radio community, the GOP leader today announced plans to build a “RF Wall” to keep foreign signals from entering the US. The plan involves setting up a fence-like wire along the northern and southern borders that will absorb HF radio signals, the same way AM signals are absorbed when you drive across a metal bridge. A prototype was developed in concert with the High Altitude Research Project (H.A.R.P.) and the U.S. Space Force during the first Trump Presidency and was considered to be quite effective.
Speaking in Michigan at a rally for Amateur Radio operators known as a “Hamfest,” Donald Trump told the crowd, “Have you listened to 20 meters lately? It’s a disgrace. No one has seen anything like it. QRM from every country…millions of signals coming from drug dealers, from prisons and insane asylums.” Asked by CNN’s Stephen Collinson how the project would be funded, Trump replied, “Listen, someone showed me a map of the world and it’s full of foreign countries, more than ever before. It’s terrible. For years, these foreign countries have not been paying their share of dues to the IARU (International Amateur Radio Union) so we’re taking the money that’s there, so they will pay for the wall!” The issue is hot topic in swing states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona that border Canada and Mexico. As one Amateur Operator in Arizona said, “We’re sick and tired of this. In the last five years 20 meters has gone from quiet and peaceful to full of foreign signals 24/7. We need to take back our frequencies!” -reporting from the campaign trail, Adrian VE7NZ The DIPOLE - the World's finest Amateur Radio News Source, like a Dipole there are two sides to every story, we ignore those sides, digging deeper for unwanted lobes and parasitic reactions. |
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