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The Chinese have announced to leave some frequencies in the range 7100 - 7200 kHz. Further monitoring will be done to check if they have really left the \"old\" QRG.
28000 - 28500 kHz - Many illegal emissions from driftnetbuoys in the Adriatic Sea. You can hear a rising tone and an ident in CW, most consisting of one or two letters. The driftnetbuoys are cheap products from Far East.
The rising conditions on the Amateur Radio 10 m-band are daily showing, that the band is still abused by illegal traffic in FM by taxis from Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine. You can find them in 5 kHz increments (28000 +). The base stations are operated by women, their husbands in the taxi cabs are audible sometimes, too.
* CIS = Community of Independant States
The Codar HF-Radar from Naples was heard in Central Germany today (90 km north of Frankfurt) between 24850 and 24950 Khz with a signal strength: S6 - S9 between 1400 - 1700 and later (long lasting) using a FD4 Windom on 24 MHz. Check the information document on the Radar.
On 12 May 2009, DJ9KR - Uli had a phone call with Mr. Baldur Drobnica - DJ6SI. He is the Consultant of the Republic of Somaliland in Germany. He is also the QSL Manager for BC station Radio Hargeisa.
DJ6SI is a very famous DX-peditioner and, during the DX-pedition to Spratley Island (Chinese Sea) many years ago his ship was shot from the island and took fire. 2 OPs were killed, and the others were found drifting one week later. See his homepage on http://www.pileup.de.com/
Today DJ9KR - Uli received his letter. It says:
"Dear Ulrich,
I will write to the Minister of Communications in Hargeisa and ask him to change the frequency of Radio Hargeisa. (...) I hope that my petition in Hargeisa will be successful.
Regards and best 73,
de:- BALDUR "
Please observe 14000 USB. There is a net in tribal and French language on this QRG, daily at various times. Bearings from DK2OM were showing North-West Africa. Male and female voices heard sounding sometimes like phonepatch. Possibly an NGO. Please report your observations to IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator, Wolfgang Hadel - DK2OM Further Monitoring of the frequency the following few day did not spot any further illegal activtities.
A Report by the Wireless Institute of Australia (March 26, 2009)
See list of Broadcast Intruders still transmitting in the Range 7100 – 7200 kHz!
Check the screen shot covering 7100 - 7200 kHz, taken 20 May 2009 from 0000 - 2400 UTC (Source: DARC MONITORING SYSTEM Intruder Watch)
At 0001 on Sunday March 29, 2009, a brand new HF transmission season will commence. This will be A09 season, and it will mark the end of SW broadcasting in the 7100 – 7200 kHz spectrum, a frequency range allocated from that date exclusively on a worldwide basis to the Amateur Radio Service.
This new schedule season will be the long one – seven months – and continuing zero sunspot activity will compel international broadcasters to move into the spectrum below 12 MHz for long distance transmissions over darkness or semi-darkness paths. The spectrum above 12 MHz will be used mainly for transmissions following sunlit or partial sunlit paths.
The following short list of classifications of emissions is for those modes most frequently used by non-amateur stations operating in the Amateur Bands and is for you guidance only. While the list is not complete it covers the Minimum format to be used when submitting reports. For your further information the paper contains an extract of the ITU classifications of emission for those who wish to report the full details of signals heard.
Some examples of symbols for the most common classes of emission.
Telephony:
Single side band, suppressed carrier (SSB) J3E
Frequency modulation (FM) F3E
Phase modulation (PM) G3E
Amplitude modulation (AM) A3E
RTTY & SITOR:
Direct frequency shift keying of the carrier F1B
Frequency shift keyed audio tone (FM) F2A
Frequency shift keyed audio tone (SSB) J2B
Morse:
On/off keying of carrier (hand sending) A1A
On/off keying of carrier for automatic reception A1B
On/off keying of the Audio tone (FM transmitter) F2A
Extract from the Radio Regulations of Article 2, Nomenclature.
Section III. Designation of Emissions
S2.2 Emissions shall be designated according to their necessary bandwidth and their classification in accordance with the method described in Appendix 1.
Extract from the Radio Regulations of Appendix 1
APENDIX S1
Classification of Emissions and Necessary Bandwidths
(see Article 2)
Section II. Classification
§ 3. The class of emission is a set of characteristics conforming to § 4 below.
§ 4. Emissions shall be classified and symbolised according to their basic characteristics as given in Sub-Section IIA and any optional additional characteristics as provided for in Sub-Section IIB.
§ 5. The basic characteristics (see Sub-Section IIA) are;
(1) first symbol - type of modulation of the main carrier;
(2) second symbol - nature of signal(s) modulating the main carrier;
(3) third symbol - type of information to be transmitted.
Modulation used only for short periods and for incidental purposes (such as, in many cases, for identification or calling) may be ignored provided that the necessary bandwidth as indicated is not thereby increased.
Sub-Section IIA. Basic Characteristics
§ 6. (1) First symbol - type of modulation of the main carrier
(1.1) Emission of an unmodulated carrier N
(1.2) Emission in which the main carrier is amplitude-modulated (including cases where sub-carriers are angle-modulated)
(1.2.1) Double-sideband A
(1.2.2) Single-sideband, full carrier H
(1.2.3) Single-sideband, reduced or variable level carrier R
(1.2.4) Single-sideband, suppressed carrier J
(1.2.5) Independent sidebands B
(1.2.6) Vestigial sidebands C
(1.3) Emission in which the main carrier is angle-modulated
(1.3.1) Frequency modulation F
(1.3.2) Phase Modulation G
(1.4) Emission in which the main carrier is amplitude - and angle-modulated either simultaneously or in a pre-established sequence D
(1.5) Emission of pulses2
(1.5.1) Sequence of unmodulated pulses P
(1.5.2) A sequence of pulses
(1.5.2.1) modulated in amplitude F
(1.5.2.2) modulated in width/duration L
(1.5.2.3) modulated in position/phase M
(1.5.2.4) in which the carrier is angle modulated
during the angle-period of the pulse Q
(1.5.2.5) which is a combination of the forgoing
or is produced by other means V
(1.6) Cases not covered above, in which an emission consists of
the main carrier modulated, either simultaneously or in a
pre-established sequence, in a combination of tow or more of
the following modes; amplitude, angle, pulse W
(1.7) Cases not otherwise covered X
2Emissions where the main carrier is directly modulated by a signal which has been coded into quantized form (e.g. pulse code modulation) should be designated under (1.2) or (1.3)
§ 6. (2) Second symbol - nature of signals(s) modulating the main carrier
(2.1) No modulating signal 0
(2.2) A single channel containing quantized or digital information
without the use of a modulating sub-carrier3 1
(2.3) A single channel containing quantized or digital information
with the use of a modulating sub-carrier3 2
(2.4) A single channel containing analogue information 3
(2.5) Two or more channels containing quantized or digital
information 7
(2.5) Two or more channels containing analogue information 8
(2.7) Composite system with one or ,more channels containing
quantized or digital information, together with one or more
channels containing analogue information 9
(2.8) Cases not otherwise covered X
3 This excludes time-division multiplex.
§ 6. (3) Third Symbol - type of information to be transmitted
(3.1) No information transmitted N
(3.2) Telegraphy - for aural reception A
(3.3) Telegraphy - for automatic reception B
(3.4) Facsimile C
(3.5) Data transmission, telemetry, telecommand D
(3.6) Telephony (including sound broadcasting) E
(3.7) Television (video) F
(3.8) Combination of above W
(3.9) Cases not otherwise covered X
4 In this context the word ‘information’ does not include information of a constant, unvarying nature such as is provided by standard frequency emissions, continuous wave and pulse radar. etc.
Sub-Section IIB. Optional Characteristics for the Classification of Emissions
§ 7. Two optional characteristic should be added for a more complete description of an
emission. These are (see also Recommendation 62)
Fourth symbol - Details of signal(s)
Fifth symbol - Nature of multiplexing
Where the fourth or fifth symbol is used it shall be as indicated below.
Where the fourth or fifth symbol is not used this should be indicated by a dash where each symbol would otherwise appear
§ 7. (1) Fourth symbol - Details of signal(s)
(1.1) Two-condition code with elements of differing numbers and/or
durations A
(1.2) Two-condition code with elements of the same number and
duration without error correction B
(1.3) Two-condition code with elements of the same number and
duration with error correction C
(1.4) Four-condition code in which each condition represents a
signal element (of one or more bits) D
(1.5) Multi-condition code in which each condition represents a
signal element (or one or more bits) E
(1.6) Multi-condition code in which each condition or combination
of conditions represents a character F
(1.7) Sound of broadcasting quality (monophonic) G
(1.8) Sound of broadcasting quality (stereophonic or quadraphonic) H
(1.9) Sound of commercial quality (excluding categories given in
sub-paragraphs 1.10 and 1.11) J
(1.10) Sound of commercial quality with the use of frequency
inversion or band splitting K
(1.11) Sound of commercial quality with separate frequency- modulated
signals to control the level of demodulated signal L
(1.12) Monochrome M
(1.13) Colour N
(1.14) Combination of the above W
(1,15) Cases not otherwise covered X
§ 7. (2) Fifth symbol - Nature of Multiplexing
(2.1) None N
(2.2) Code-division multiplex5 C
(2.3) Frequency-division multiplex F
(2.4) Time-division multiplex T
(2.5) Combination of frequency-division multiplex and time-division
multiplex W
(2.6) Other types of multiplexing X
5 This includes bandwidth expansion technique
QSP note received today from dedicated Radio Amateur and BCL Wolfgang Bueschel DF5SX about the shift of Xizang PBS (Lhasa) off 7125 kHz / 7170 kHz to 7255 KHz / 7450 kHz. The reporter is BCL Olle Alm from Sweden.
It is with great sadness and deep sorrow, that the Amateur Radio community learned of Ron Roden’s death. He passed away evening March 28th, 2004, at the age of 80 years. IARU Monitoring System and all its members mourn for the great loss. Ron was the Co-ordinator of DARC MONITORING SYSTEM Intruder Watch of Region 1 from 1990 to 2002.
Ron Roden was born on January 27, 1924 in the city of Cardiff, South Wales. He was a student at Cardiff High School, and later became a telecommunications engineer. During World War II he served as a cable and telecommunications engineer on various cable ships to position and repair deep sea cables. During one of his cable jobs in Brazil he met a Brazilian girl, Ines, who then was studying Music and Philosophy in Sao Paulo. In 1948 they married, and Ron took his wife to England.
During the following years we see Ron on various locations around the globe: Starting as an Assistant Engineer he then became a Chief Engineer and finally General Manager of Cable & Wireless Corporation. He was stationed in Antarctica, Ascension Island, Bermuda, Cameroon, Canada, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Fiji, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and USA. His job was always dealing with telecommunications, either on short waves or satellite communication.
Firedrake Music Jammer was heard on May 1st, 2009 and starting to jam after the usual 5 minutes break at 0905 UTC on 13970 kHz. The jammed station was possibly Sound of Hope from TWN.
