[RTTY] ROS policeman on 14101

[G. E. Janssens - K5WW]

None of them do as far as I know. But it does on QRZ.com, and he does get several "honorable mentions" on quite a few ROS sites. Go figure.
 
Erik

 

> From: lratcliff at isp.com
> To: k5ww at live.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] ROS policeman on 14101
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:09:52 -0400
> 
> Hmmm, that license doesn't shop up in ULS......
> Lee
> KC4ART
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: G. E. Janssens
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:25 AM
> To: Dave Hachadorian ; RTTY reflector
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] ROS policeman on 14101
> 
> It may not be legal in the USA; but some people are "getting away with it",
> like this one: http://www.qrz.com/db/wf9xjd
> 
> An ''experimental license" is all you need, apparently....
> 
> 73,
> 
> Erik - K5WW
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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.
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> > 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
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> > I don't have a solution for this conflict, but be aware that it
> > exists, and there at least one vigilante guarding the frequency.
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> > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> > Yuma, Arizona
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