2018-07-22

Still active: ROS network on 27635 kHz

Freebanders using ROS, heard on 27635 kHz
The digital freebanders' network on 27635 kHz (11 m), described in a post on 2017-04-06, remains active. The current (July 22) Es openning in Europe allowed strong signals into Greece from Maidenhead locator fields JN and JO. Stations in this extensive network use the ROS MFSK protocol calling CQ or transmitting beacons in various data rates (4, 8 and 16 baud). 

Fortunately PSK reporter supports 11m activities and allows plotting the stations on a map.

COMMON AND PRECIOUS on 6398.5 kHz


The beacon on the waterfall on my Perseus SDR

The COMMON AND PRECIOUS propagation beacon, which used to operate on various frequencies like 10237.6 kHz, recently recently moved to 6398.5 kHz. 

The beacon operates in CW and transmits the message: "JO62SK 52W DIPOLE JO62SK COMMON AND PRECIOUS". Yesterday evening it was received on my Perseus SDR with very good signal.

The string JO62SK is a Maidenhead locator centered at Aldershof, a German town southeast of Berlin.

See related previous posts on this blog:
COMMON AND PRECIOUS (2015-08-09) 
COMMON AND PRECIOUS update (TNX QSL) (2015-09-10)

For background information about the beacon, read article "Common and Precious 4" on the HF Underground wiki.