[RTTY] ROS policeman on 14101

[iw1ayd]

Hi all.

Unfortunately that's what happened several time also from this side of 
the sea, even when operating calls different from mine.
It happened when looking over there for a new multi or when I was 
calling CQ and one of those gentlemen started it's paper tape onto my 
QRG or nearby. They like to hunt manned stations, we know why. Unlucky 
that's 14101 isn't the only affected QRG.

I wouldn't speak more about anything that could seem reasonable, no way 
with jammers just keep on going ignoring "it" or leave the wild alone. I 
would just think that they, the jammers, just doesn't know that we have 
WARC bands out of any contest, that's a really poor operating practice. 
Leave "it" alone or keep on going, depending on rate ;-> I would rather 
prefer the first solution, well in bands aren't so crowded ...

Well, let me back in my hole with RTTY, JT65 and WSPR, no mike, no key, 
no hassle.

               73 de iw1ayd Salvo

PS BTW I also hate all those DX expeditions that make weird choice for 
the RTTY TX QRG well inside PSK de facto sub bands ... but that's 
another story

On 21/03/2012 18:04, rtty-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> From: Don AA5AU<aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] ROS policeman on 14101
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> 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.
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> 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
>> >  
>> >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.
>> >
>> >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
>> >
>> >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
>> >
>> >