[RTTY] Fwd: IARU BEACONS

[Ron Kolarik]

The beacons operate 24/7 on a fixed frequency and don't command any
more protection that the rest of the users....make sure they are not in your
passband plus a bit and don't worry about it. The only modes and frequencies
that may warrant notice are JT65 and WSPR. Some of these signals are in the
noise and you won't know they are there unless you're running the software.
Know where they are and give them a break if you can.

My biggest gripes contest or not are PSK'ers that insist on running their 
receive
filters wide open then complaining about nearby strong signals desensing 
their
rigs. Robots, actually users, nobody needs to keep in touch that bad.....get 
a sat
phone. Certain groups that "own"  a frequency and will let you know that if
you stray too close..."internationally coordinated" means zip if the 
frequency is
NOT IN USE. Nets....again if the QRG is not in use, ask politely and I'll 
move,
demand the frequency and I won't. I've received "fan mail" from all these 
and
more, anonymous usually, and not nearly as nice as the one below. There 
seems to
be a trend that a frequency is not in use if the mode you're about to 
transmit
is not present it's okay to blast away. Something needs to be resolved among 
the
various users without getting national organizations or worse government
regulators involved......both generally screw things up for everyone.

Ron
K0IDT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 5:56 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Fwd: IARU BEACONS


Just passing this along....


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: KV1J <kv1j at comcast.net>
Date: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Subject: [YCCC] Fwd: IARU BEACONS
To: yccc at yccc.org


We just received this while running on 20M WAE-RTTY. As penance, I’m
passing it on the our contest

community.

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Calling AFSK on:
-14.098.74
-16:29 GMT
is jamming the IARU beacon area.
Most of beacon softwares are using 3KHz bandwidth for maximun
efficiency and you are clearly identified on it.
It is recommended not to use 14.098 to 14.101 area, please share it
within the Ham community in your country.
Many thanks for your understanding and comprehension.
Bst 73's
Philippe A65BI

http://www.ncdxf.org/beacon/beaconschedule.html
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