What art thee, Pradas?
Your article Hamming it up (April 4) is misleading on several counts despite seemingly good intentions to promote amateur radio:
·The frequency 142.800 MHz. used by Pradas is not within the allocation of amateur frequencies issued worldwide by ITU.
·This is a commercial undertaking and therefore in violation of amateur creed as defined by ITU as follows:
A service of self-training, intercommunication and technical investigations carried on by amateurs, that is, by duly authorised persons interested in radio techniques solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest.
·In the case of Pradas, the so-called callsigns are issued by them and not by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as in the case of amateur licenses.
