ECN - Info on 20m jammer
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If this has been posted before, forgive me for the bandwidth.
The following is excerpted from the ARRL letter: As the so-called "Firedragon" jammer continues to transmit in one or more Amateur Radio bands, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) and three of its Region 3 member-societies so far have appealed to the jammer's target to move elsewhere. The Firedragon's all-music transmissions from the People's Republic of China (PRC) appear aimed at blocking the much-weaker broadcasts of the clandestine "Sound of Hope" (SOH), located outside the PRC.[ .....] the SOH said its supporters use various avenues "including Amateur Radio frequencies" to get their message into the PRC. "Through our investigation, we learned that the transmissions of SOH programs through Amateur Radio frequencies come from areas around China, and they each only target a local area of China with very low power, only for the intended audience and would interfere with nobody else," said SOH's Yue Chen. <snip> Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) Director Glenn Dunstan, VK4DU, told the Sound of Hope via e-mail this week that if it wants the support of the international community, it should move its transmissions into legitimate broadcasting spectrum. <snip> Bihlmayer said September 6 that the Firedragon was back on 14.050 MHz -- a part of the 20-meter band allocated to the Amateur Radio Service on an exclusive basis worldwide -- after spending two days on 14.400 MHz. Over the past several months, the jammer also has been heard on 10.135 MHz, 14.260 MHz, 18.080 MHz and 18.160 MHz. The music jammer takes apparent monitoring breaks on the hour. When the jammer's carrier is off, Bihlmayer, who lives in Southern Germany, says he's heard a weak carrier on 14.050 MHz broadcasting a Chinese program that included speech. Note the use of 14050, and the breaks on the hour - just in time for Kevin to get the net started! 73 Ray K2HYD _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Thank you Ray.
I've included a note to move up or down for tomorrow's 20 meter net if anyone hears the music. Hopefully my 'hearing' will not be impaired too much by working from a city with a less than optimal antenna. If all goes well I'll pull your KX1 out from the noise floor. But, your KX1 has done phenomenally well thus far; Wayne must have put a little something extra into that one ;) However, a good antenna and a bit of hardline has won a certain op from Colorado a great signal up into the wilderness above Buxton! I do hope tomorrow's nets go well for many reasons. We can have our usual enjoyment and some ARES/CERT folks can see the big grin on the Net Op 5th Class' face :) I get a big kick out of running these two nets each week and would miss them dearly if I could not run them. Thank you for all the enjoyment I've received over the years, Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:01:24 -0700, Albers <[hidden email]> wrote: > If this has been posted before, forgive me for the bandwidth. > > The following is excerpted from the ARRL letter: > > As the so-called "Firedragon" jammer continues to transmit in one or more > Amateur Radio bands, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) and > three > of its Region 3 member-societies so far have appealed to the jammer's > target > to move elsewhere. The Firedragon's all-music transmissions from the > People's Republic of China (PRC) appear aimed at blocking the much-weaker > broadcasts of the clandestine "Sound of Hope" (SOH), located outside the > PRC.[ .....] the SOH said its supporters use various avenues "including > Amateur Radio > frequencies" to get their message into the PRC. > > "Through our investigation, we learned that the transmissions of SOH > programs through Amateur Radio frequencies come from areas around China, > and > they each only target a local area of China with very low power, only for > the intended audience and would interfere with nobody else," said SOH's > Yue > Chen. > <snip> > Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) Director Glenn Dunstan, VK4DU, told > the Sound of Hope via e-mail this week that if it wants the support of > the > international community, it should move its transmissions into legitimate > broadcasting spectrum. > <snip> > Bihlmayer said September 6 that the Firedragon was back on 14.050 MHz -- > a > part of the 20-meter band allocated to the Amateur Radio Service on an > exclusive basis worldwide -- after spending two days on 14.400 MHz. Over > the > past several months, the jammer also has been heard on 10.135 MHz, 14.260 > MHz, 18.080 MHz and 18.160 MHz. > > The music jammer takes apparent monitoring breaks on the hour. When the > jammer's carrier is off, Bihlmayer, who lives in Southern Germany, says > he's > heard a weak carrier on 14.050 MHz broadcasting a Chinese program that > included speech. > > Note the use of 14050, and the breaks on the hour - just in time for > Kevin to get the net started! > > 73 > Ray K2HYD > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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