08/01/2016
A station believed to be that of a radio amateur in the Wittenberg, Germany,
area attempted to use CW to jam a Russian Navy FSK (F1B) signal intruding on
14.192 MHz, according to the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1
(IARU-R1) Monitoring System (IARUMS[1]). The June IARUMS newsletter[2] said the
signal has been spotted for more than a decade now.
"Absolutely not helpful," was the reaction of Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, IARUMS
co-coordinator and the newsletter's editor, to the vigilante jamming. According
to Hadel, the Russian FSK signal parameters are 50 and 75 baud, 200 and 500 Hz
shift, "sometimes only idling."
The newsletter reported that the Polish military continues to transmit on
6998.5 kHz using both automatic link establishment (ALE) digital and USB voice
traffic, affecting the very low end of 40 meters at approximately 0700 UTC.
German telecoms regulator Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) sent an official complaint
to Polish telecoms authorities in February.
Broadcaster "Sound of Hope" from Taiwan continues to be jammed by a much
stronger signal from China on 18.080 MHz each morning at about 0600 and later.
Broadcast transmissions in this band are illegal, and BNetzA has complained.
The agency also has complained formally about intruding spurious transmissions
daily from a broadcaster in Iran on 7205 kHz, extending down to 7195 kHz and up
to 7215 kHz.
Illegal fishery traffic, much of it from Spain, Portugal, the UK, and Morocco
has been observed on most bands "as usual," often in the CW subbands.
A possible over-the-horizon radar operating from Iran was reported transmitting
daily on 28.960 MHz, covering about 50 kHz. "The sweep rates are much too high
for long-range OTH radar," the newsletter observed. "It could be that the radar
is used for short and medium distances."
An experimental high-frequency data plus voice link (HFD+VL) signal was
reported on June 30 on 18.080 MHz by a radio amateur in Switzerland. The
experimental transmissions are coming from the University of Las Palmas in
Spain.
Pirates from the Philippines and Indonesia have been reported on several 40
meter frequencies as well as on other bands. Russian taxis, fisheries traffic,
and citizens band operators also continue to intrude on 10 meters.
At Ham Radio 2016 in Friedrichshafen Germany, IARU Region 1 President Don
Beattie, G3BJ, presented Hadel with the Region 1 Medal in recognition of his
"ongoing exceptional leadership" of the IARUMS. "Being the leader of an
excellent team is a great honor," Hadel remarked.
[1] http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2016/news1606.pdf
[2] http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2016/news1606.pdf
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