[RTTY] ROS policeman on 14101

[Don AA5AU]

How about a daily RTTY contest on 14101.  24 hour contest each day on that frequency. Exchange "I hate ROS" in your own language. Everyone works everyone and stations can be contacted more than once.

Receive one point for every time you upset an ROS renegade and they try to jam you. The contest ends when you can no longer score any points.

Don AA5AU



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> From: Dave Hachadorian <k6ll at arrl.net>
>To: RTTY reflector <rtty at contesting.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:51 AM
>Subject: [RTTY] ROS policeman on 14101
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>During the BARTG, I encountered a loud unidentified jammer near
>14101, who kept sending the RTTY macro, "This frequency is
>reserved for ROS."  I worked through the jamming for about 5
>minutes, and then moved.
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>I had never heard of ROS, so I did a little digging.  As best I
>can tell, ROS is a spread-spectrum mode that sounds like this:
>http://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/sounds/radio-ROS.wav
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>There certainly was no ROS that I could hear while I was on
>14101, just the loud RTTY jammer.
>
>Apparently, ROS is not legal in the USA, but there are renegades
>who insist on operating that mode.  ROS ops have decided that
>14101 is "their" frequency.  An ARRL/FCC statement regarding the
>illegality of operating ROS in the USA below 220 MHz is here:
>http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-reaffirms-statement-on-ros
>
>I don't have a solution for this conflict, but be aware that it
>exists, and there at least one vigilante guarding the frequency.
>
>
>Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>Yuma, Arizona
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