Communicating with Other Hams

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1 Q-Signals Communicating with Other Hams Contact Basics: Good Amateur Practices Q-signals are a system of radio shorthand as old as wireless and developed from even older telegraphy codes. Q-signals are a set of abbreviations for common information that save time and allow communication between operators who don t speak a common language. Modern ham radio uses them extensively. The table below lists the most common Q-signals used by hams. While Q-signals were developed for use by Morse operators, their use is common on phone, as well. You will often hear, QRZed? as someone asks Who is calling me? or I m getting a little QRM from an operator receiving some interference or Let s QSY to as two operators change from a repeater frequency to a nearby simplex communications frequency. Q-Signals Abbr. QRG QRL QRM QRN QRO QRP QRQ QRS QRT QRU QRV QRX QRZ QSB QSK QSL QSO QSP QST QSX QSY Questions Your exact frequency (or that of ) is khz. Will you tell me my exact frequency (or that of )? I am busy (or I am busy with ). Are you busy? Usually used to see if a frequency is busy. Your transmission is being interfered with (1. Nil; 2. Slightly; 3. Moderately; 4. Severely; 5. Extremely.) Is my transmission being interfered with? I am troubled by static. (1 to 5 as under QRM.) Are you troubled by static? Increase power. Shall I increase power? Decrease power. Shall I decrease power? Send faster ( wpm). Shall I send faster? Send more slowly ( wpm). Shall I send more slowly? Stop sending. Shall I stop sending? I have nothing for you. Have you anything for me? I am ready. Are you ready? I will call you again at hours (on khz). When will you call me again? Minutes are usually implied rather than hours. You are being called by (on khz). Who is calling me? Your signals are fading. Are my signals fading? I can hear you between signals; break in on my transmission. Can you hear me between your signals and if so can I break in on your transmission? I am acknowledging receipt. Can you acknowledge receipt (of a message or transmission)? I can communicate with direct (or relay through ). Can you communicate with direct or by relay? I will relay to. Will you relay to? General call preceding a message addressed to all amateurs and ARRL members. This is in effect CQ ARRL. I am listening to on khz. Will you listen to on khz? Change to transmission on another frequency (or on khz). Shall I change to transmission on another frequency (or on khz)? QTC I have messages for you (or for ). These Q How signals many are messages the ones used have most you to often send? on the air. (Q abbreviations take the form of questions only when they are sent followed by a question mark.) QTH My location is. What is your location? QTR The time is. What is the correct time? ITU Phonetic Alphabet Letter Word Pronunciation A Alfa AL FAH B Bravo BRAH VOH C Charlie CHAR LEE D Delta DELL TAH E Echo ECK OH F Foxtrot FOKS TROT G Golf GOLF H Hotel HOH TELL I India IN DEE AH J Juliet JEW LEE ETT K Kilo KEY LOH L Lima LEE MAH M Mike MIKE N November NO VEM BER O Oscar OSS CAH P Papa PAH PAH Q Quebec KEH BECK R Romeo ROW ME OH S Sierra SEE AIR RAH T Tango TANG GO U Uniform YOU NEE FORM V Victor VIK TAH W Whiskey WISS KEY X X-Ray ECKS RAY Y Yankee YANG KEY Z Zulu ZOO LOO Note: The boldfaced syllables are emphasized. The pronunciations shown in this table were designed for those who speak any of the international languages. The pronunciations given for Oscar and Victor may seem awkward to English-speaking people in the US. Project #580

2 US Amateur Radio Technician Privileges This chart shows privileges and band plan recommendations for each of the frequencies, as granted by the FCC to the Technician licensee. It is good amateur practice to follow the band plan established by the Amateur Radio community. The band plan is developed so that spectrum allocated for our use is used most effectively. You ll find a complete description of the band plan online at wwww.arrl.org/band-plan. Published by: Effective Date March 5, 2012 UHF 23 cm ( MHz) 33 cm ( MHz) (1500 Watts PEP maximum) 1240 MHz 1300 MHz SSB, AM, FM, TV, CW, Digital 902 MHz 928 MHz SSB, FM, TV, CW, Digital 70 cm ( MHz) VHF 1.25 m ( and MHz) 2 m ( MHz) 6 m (50-54 MHz) 420 MHz MHz Not available north of line A, SSB, AM, FM, TV, near the Canadian border CW, Digital See FCC Parts 97.3(a) and (m) (1500 Watts PEP maximum) 219 MHz MHz Point to Point Amateur SSB, AM, FM, TV, operation Digital Links only not allowed CW, Digital See FCC Part (l) 144 MHz MHz SSB, AM, FM, TV, CW only CW, Digital 50 MHz MHz SSB, AM, FM, TV, CW only CW, Digital HF 10 m ( MHz) (200 Watts PEP maximum) 28 MHz MHz CW, RTTY, SSB and CW Data 15 m ( MHz) 21 MHz MHz CW only 40 m ( MHz) 80 m ( MHz) 7.0 MHz MHz CW only 3.5 MHz MHz CW only These frequencies are not available to Technician licensees Notes: Technician Licenses may use up to 1500 Watts PEP on the VHF and higher bands, but are limited to 200 Watts on the HF bands. You also have privileges to explore these microwave bands with CW, Digital, SSB, AM, FM and TV: MHz MHz MHz MHz GHz GHz GHz GHz GHz GHz GHz All above 275 GHz rev

3 The Considerate Operator s Frequency Guide A guide to where on the HF bands various modes and activities are generally found. All frequencies are in MHz. The following frequencies are generally recognized for certain modes or activities (all frequencies are in MHz). Nothing in the rules recognizes a net s, group s or any individual s special privilege to any specific frequency. Section (b) of the Rules states that Each station licensee and each control operator must cooperate in selecting transmitting channels and in making the most effective use of the amateur service frequencies. No frequency will be assigned for the exclusive use of any station. No one owns a frequency. It s good practice and plain old common sense for any operator, regardless of mode, to check to see if the frequency is in use prior to engaging operating. If you are there first, other operators should make an effort to protect you from interference to the extent possible, given that 100% interference-free operation is an unrealistic expectation in today s congested bands. Frequencies Modes/Activities CW Digital QRP CW calling frequency SSB, SSTV and other wideband modes SSB QRP Experimental Beacons CW DX window QRP CW calling frequency RTTY/Data Automatically controlled data stations RTTY/Data DX DX window SSTV AM calling frequency QRP SSB calling frequency QRP CW calling frequency RTTY/Data DX RTTY/Data Automatically controlled data stations SSTV QRP SSB calling frequency AM calling frequency QRP CW calling frequency RTTY/Data Automatically controlled data stations QRP CW calling frequency RTTY/Data Automatically controlled data stations Frequencies Modes/Activities IBP/NCDXF beacons Automatically controlled data stations SSTV QRP SSB calling frequency AM calling frequency RTTY /Data Automatically controlled data stations IBP/NCDXF beacons QRP CW calling frequency RTTY/Data Automatically controlled data stations IBP/NCDXF beacons SSTV QRP SSB calling frequency RTTY/Data Automatically controlled data stations IBP/NCDXF beacons QRP CW calling frequency RTTY/Data Automatically controlled data stations Beacons IBP/NCDXF beacons QRP SSB calling frequency SSTV AM Satellite downlinks Repeater inputs FM simplex Repeater outputs

4 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 1 of Oct-14 07:10 Check Here If You Want To Open Links In A New Window Compiled By AC6V QUICK FIND 160M TO 6 METERS VHF IOTA COUNTY HUNTERS CONSIDERATE OPERATOR FREQ GUIDE HF PORTABLE PSK31 QSO FREQUENCIES FISTS CALLING FREQUENCIES, NETS, AND ACTIVITIES Note: By tradition, 20M and up is Upper Sideband, 40M and below is Lower Sideband. An exception is the new 60M Ham Band -- use USB. This protocol came about as a matter of convenience in early SSB transceiver design and has remained to this day. And yes - you can operate either sideband legally where phone is allowed. And yes you can operate CW on the phone bands -- but best stay with the protocols. See URL: CONSIDERATE OPERATOR FREQ GUIDE AND URL: USA AMATEUR RADIO BAND PLANS 160 METERS QRP CW Calling frequency DXpeditions CW Operations are frequently here CW, RTTY and other narrowband modes, intercontinental QSOs only CW, SSB, SSTV and other wideband modes, intercontinental QSOs only SSB QRP Calling Freq SSB QRP Calling Freq PSK31

5 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 2 of Oct-14 07:10 80/75 METERS CW DX Window DXpeditions CW are frequently here QRP CW Calling frequency RTTY DX SSB DX Window QRP Novice/Tech CW Calling Freq SSTV AM Calling Frequency DXpeditions SSB are frequently here QRP SSB Calling frequency PSK31 60 METERS -- SEE ARRL WEBSITE On 60M - CH5 is the unofficial DX calling frequency! 40 METERS CW DX Window 7037 Pactor Calling frequency RTTY DX QRP CW Calling Freq XTAL Controlled Rigs AM DXpedition SSB USA split to and above DXpeditions CW are frequently here QRP Novice/Tech CW Calling Frequency SSTV QRP SSB Calling frequency AM Calling frequency PSK31 30 METERS QRP CW Calling frequency DXpeditions CW are frequently here PSK31 20 METERS DXpedition CW Freq -- Usually Split QRP CW Calling frequency DXpedition RTTY Freq to Primary Range for RTTY NCDXF Beacons (STAY OFF OF THIS FREQUENCY) Many Hams rely on these beacons for propagation determination. For Details - see NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network Rare DX & DXpeditions Frequently Operate SSB Here -- Generally Listening Up-Split

6 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 3 of Oct-14 07: , 14233, SSTV QRP SSB Calling frequency AM Calling Frequency MHz County Hunters when ever 20 is open and mobiles are around. For More County Hunters Frequencies see -- COUNTY HUNTERS PSK31 17 METERS DXpeditions CW are frequently here -- Usually Split CW QRP Calling Freq NCDXF Beacons (STAY OFF OF THIS FREQUENCY) Many Hams rely on these beacons for propagation determination. For Details - see NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network SSB QRP Calling Freq DXpeditions SSB are frequently here -- Usually Split PSK31 15 METERS Rare DX & DXpeditions Frequently Operate CW Here - Generally Listening Up-Split QRP CW calling frequency to RTTY Primary Range RTTY DXpeditions are frequently here QRP Novice/Tech Calling Freq NCDXF/IARU beacons (STAY OFF OF THIS FREQUENCY) Many Hams rely on these beacons for propagation determination. For Details - see NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network Rare DX & DXpeditions Frequently Operate SSB Here -- Generally Listening Up-Split , SSTV QRP SSB calling frequency PSK31 12 METERS Rare DX & DXpeditions Frequently Operate CW Here -- Generally Listening Up-Split 24,910 QRP CW Calling FREQ NCDXF Beacons (STAY OFF OF THIS FREQUENCY) Many Hams rely on these beacons for propagation determination. For Details - see NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network QRP SSB Calling Freq Rare DX & DXpeditions Frequently Operate SSB Here -- Generally Listening Up-Split PSK31 10 METERS CW Rare DX & DXpeditions Frequently Operate Here Split QRP CW Calling frequency RTTY Rare DX & DXpeditions Frequently Operate Here -- Split to Primary Range for RTTY /10 Intl CW Calling Frequency QRP Novice/Tech Calling FREQ Beacons

7 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 4 of Oct-14 07: NCDXF/IARU beacons (STAY OFF OF THIS FREQUENCY) Many Hams rely on these beacons for propagation determination. For Details - see NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network /10 SSB Intl Calling Frequency QRP SSB Calling frequency /10 SSB Intl Calling Frequency Another is SSB Rare DX & DXpeditions Frequently Operate Here -- Split Old General Callin Frequency - Still used by Old Timers ~ SSTV Operating Frequency -- IARU Region SSTV Operations USA/Canada Backskatter Net - Paper Chasers Net M DX Liaison Frequency -- Listen here for 6 Meter DX opening announcements and discussions FAX Operating Frequency AM Operations Satellite Downlinks Repeater Inputs FM Simplex - Calling Frequency Repeater Outputs PSK31 SIX METER FREQUENCIES Beacons CW CW Calling Freq QRP CW Calling Freq 50.7 RTTY Calling Frequency to DX Window (USB) DX Calling Frequency (USB) Usually Non-USA Stations Call Here DXpeditions Frequently operate CW and SSB here USA National SSB Simplex Frequency (USB) Lots Of USA Hams Call Here For Local and Across Country Weak Signal, AM is the WSJT Meteor Scatter calling frequency in the USA FSK Meteorscatter FM Simplex Calling Frequency (West Coast) USB PSK National AM Simplex Frequency QRP SSB Calling Freq FM Internet Linking National FM Simplex Calling Frequency 6 Meter Simplex Frequencies *

8 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 5 of Oct-14 07: CW, Beacons SSB, CW DX Window SSB Calling Frequency WSJT Calling Frequency FSK Meteorscatter PSK31 (SSB) FM Repeater Inputs FM Simplex Digital FM Repeater Outputs Remote Control Remote Control Remote Control Remote Control (May Vary From Region to Region) All Modes FM Simplex Calling Frequency (West Coast) AM Calling Frequency FM Simplex FM Repeater Inputs FM Simplex Calling Frequency FM Simplex Remote Control FM Simplex FM Repeater Outputs Digital SSTV Remote Control Pacific DX Window Digital PSK31 (FM) FM Repeater Outputs FM Simplex FM Repeater Inputs Remote Control Remote Control Remote Control FM Simplex VHF TO DAYLIGHT BEACONS, CALLING AND SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES VHF TO DAYLIGHT BEACONS -- 2 meters to 1 centimeter Repeater Pairs and Simplex Frequencies - From The South Eastern Repeater Association CALLING FREQUENCIES -- Courtesy of Rob Bellville and the Lincoln Amateur Radio Club 2M CW MHz 2M QRP CW Calling Freq M PSK to M SSB MHz 2M QRP SSB Calling Freq M FM MHz (National Simplex Freq) 1.25M PSK to M CW MHz 1.25M SSB MHz 1.25M FM MHz 70cm SSB MHz 70cm PSK and up 70cm FM MHz 33cm CW/SSB MHz 33cm FM MHz 23cm FM MHz 23cm CW/SSB MHz 13cm CW/SSB MHz 2 METERS

9 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 6 of Oct-14 07: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , From the JPLARC in Southern California to , unchannelized, to , unchannelized (International Space Station uplink: transmit here & listen to for the downlink) to , unchannelized to in 15 khz steps (for fixed simplex base station use, i.e. IRLP, Echolink) (ATV simplex only), (national simplex), , (local ARDF freq.; usable when there is no "T hunt" in progress) , , , , , , , METERS , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , CM * * is the National FM Voice Simplex Calling Frequency 900 MHz National Traditional FM Voice Simplex Channels (also for use with 25 MHz duplex offset radios) to MHz - channel every 25 KHz National Calling Frequency 1.2 GHz Narrow Band FM simplex, every 25 KHz National simplex calling channel QRP CALLING FREQUENCIES -- USA Qrp Power : The Best Recent Qrp Articles from Qst, Qex and the Arrl Handbook -- by Joel Kleinman (Editor), Zack Lau (Editor) Buy the Book Today! BAND CW SSB 160M CW SSB M CW SSB M CW (Colorburst Crystal Frequency) --

10 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 7 of Oct-14 07:10 80M CW (Novice) -- 40M CW NOTE 1. SSB M CW (QRP-L) -- 40M CW (Novice) -- 40M CW (NorCal crystals) -- 30M CW M CW (QRP-L) -- 20M CW SSB M CW SSB M CW SSB M CW (Novice) -- 12M CW SSB M CW SSB M CW (Novice) SSB (Novice) 6M CW SSB M CW SSB M -- FM NOTE 1. The ARRL Band Plan designates this as a RTTY DX frequency. See URL: QRP CALLING FREQUENCIES -- EUROPE Qrp Power : The Best Recent Qrp Articles from Qst, Qex and the Arrl Handbook -- by Joel Kleinman (Editor), Zack Lau (Editor) Buy the Book Today! BAND CW SSB 160M -- SSB M -- SSB M -- SSB M CW SSB M CW M -- SSB M -- SSB M -- SSB ISLAND HUNTER FREQUENCIES (IOTA) IOTA CW: 3.530, 7.030, , , and MHz IOTA SSB: 3.755, 7.060, , , , , and MHz US Island Hunters: 7.250, to (main), , MHz

11 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 8 of Oct-14 07:10 CW - anywhere. COUNTY HUNTERS NETS AND CALLING FREQUENCIES From The County Hunter Web County hunters usually can be found participating in the Emergency and Mobile County Hunters Net. This net is in operation almost any time band conditions allow. Generally, these times are 1300 to 2200 UTC, but they can be extended when there are active mobiles. The primary SSB operating frequency of the county hunting net is MHz, and is considered the net home frequency. A secondary net usually is in operation at MHz, except between 1545 to 1700 UTC, when it moves to MHz. Occassionally, mobile operators will shift to other bands. The usual frequency on 75 meters is MHz, while 15 and 10 meters are at MHz and MHz The CW operating frequencies of the CW net can be found at MHz on 20 meters and on 40 meters. The frequency on 30m is These nets are not as active but put out a call, and someone will usually come back. The abbreviation "CHN" is used to designate the net. COMMON PSK31 FREQUENCIES The plan for PSK31 activity has always been (since PSK31 started) to concentrate activity starting from the bottom edge of the IARU RTTY bandplan, expanding upwards as activity increased. The exception is in the 10 mts band in order to give non full privileges ham to meet. It was defined as 150 Hz above it. Keep in mind that all you need is about 100 Hz as channel separation. These recommended frequencies are in accordance with the IARU bandplan for region 1. There may be differences for regions 2 and for region 1 and region 3, and for region 2 * (although most activity can be found 10 khz lower) * This is due to the fact that the 7 MHz band is much wider in region 2 (the Americas), and the IARU bandplan reflects this.

12 Ham Radio DXpedition, Calling & Simplex Frequencies 9 of Oct-14 07:10 BAND CW/Data SSB 160M -- SSB LSB (Regions 1 & 3) 160M CW/Data SSB LSB (USA) 80M -- SSB LSB (Regions 1 & 3) 80M CW/Data SSB LSB (USA) 40M -- SSB LSB (Regions 1 & 3) 40M CW/Data SSB LSB (USA) 30M CW M CW/Data M CW/Data SSB USB 17M CW/Data SSB USB 15M CW/Data SSB USB 12M CW/Data SSB USB 10M CW/Data SSB USB 6M -- SSB USB CAN'T FIND IT? SEARCH THE WEB OR THE AC6V WEBSITE Web AC6V.com Search the entire AC6V website (all 133 pages)

13 JT65-HF PSK31 JT65-HF PSK31 JT65-HF PSK31 PSK31 JT65-HF JT65-HF PSK31 JT65-HF PSK31 JT65-HF JT65-HF JT65-HF PSK31 PSK31 JT65-HF JT65-HF JT65-HF PSK31 JT65-HF JT65-HF PSK31 JT65-HF PSK31 JT65-HF JT65-HF PSK31 JT65-HF PSK31 Amateur Radio HF Digital Mode Frequencies (Primary frequency in bold red, secondary in bold black) Mode Sub-Mode Dial Frequency khz Center Frequency khz Offset Hz Region Reference 1, , USA 16/500 1, , /500 1, , , /500 1, , , , Europe 16/500 3, , E. Asia 32/1000 3, , E. Asia 3, /500 3, , /1000 3, , , , /500 3, , /1000 3, , /1000 3, , Australia 16/500 7, , , , , , , /500 7, , /500 7, , , USA 7, , , USA 10, , /500 10, , , , /500 10, , , , /500 14, , /500 14, , , , /500 14, , / , , / , , , , , , / /500 18, , , , , , , , /500 21, , /500 21, , /500 21, , / , , / , , , , , , /500 24, , , /500 28, , /500 28, , , , Compiled from web sources by W7CIA

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16 RTTY Sub-bands AA5AU Page 1 of 2 11-Feb-17 The HF RTTY sub-band boundaries are defined and limited by your license. Below are approximations of normal operating RTTY sub-bands world-wide. When operating RTTY, be sure respect the band guards around the IBP/NCDXA beacon frequencies noted below. For a detailed frequency band for IARU Region 2, see [ For USA licensed frequencies, see [ and for USA band plan, see [ 10 meters to khz, during contests khz (JA khz). (Note: PSK operation around KHz). Avoid KHz (NCDXF/IARU frequency khz). 12 meters to khz with most activity around khz (JA khz). Avoid khz (NCDXF/IARU frequency khz). 15 meters to khz, during contests khz (JA khz) (note: PSK31 operations around khz). Avoid khz (NCDXF/IARU frequency khz). 17 meters to khz with occasionally operations below but above KHz (JA khz). Note: It is illegal for USA stations to operate RTTY above KHz. Avoid KHz (NCDXF/IARU frequency KHz). 20 meters to khz, during contests khz (JA khz). (Note PSK31 around khz). Avoid khz (NCDXF/IARU frequency khz). 30 meters to khz, with most operation around khz (JA khz). 40 meters 7025 to 7050 khz and 7080 to 7100 khz, during contests khz (JA khz). (USA stations are also allowed RTTY between khz). 80 meters 3580 to 3600 khz (JA khz), during contests 3570 (or lower)-3600 khz. (RTTY operation above 3600 KHz is not permitted in the USA). 160 meters 1800 to 1810 khz. (JA khz) 1800 to 1810 khz. (JA khz) Europe cannot operate below 1810 khz. Region 1 (Europe, Africa, Middle East & Northern Asia) band plan suggests khz.

17 MFSK Frequencies MFSK Frequency MFSK Channel HFLINK is an international resource for radio operators using digital HF communications, SELCALL Selective Calling, ALE,and ionospheric propagation. HFLINK.COM Digital Communications HF - ALE SELCALL Ionospheric Propagation Back to HFLINK HOME MFSK Frequency List MFSK Center-of-Activity Join the Forum: data Group Join the MFSK Forum MFSK Group MFSK Software MFSK Frequencies MFSK Formats MFSK Frequencies (used by, MFSK16, PAX, PAX2) Digital MFSK communications are becoming popular for text keyboarding in amateur radio because MFSK is one of the most robust methods of text keyboarding that can perform superbly for long distance communications in ionospheric noise conditions where other modes fail. It is possible to communicate worldwide using MFSK with as little as a few watts of transmitter power. MFSK is different from some other types of amateur radio digital keyboarding methods, because it can often be decoded perfectly in the most poor signal-to-noise conditions, even when the human ear cannot discern the presence of the signal, and even when it cannot be easily seen on the conventional waterfall spectrum display. While amateurs are free to roam the band using VFOs, operating on any amateur frequency within the operator's license regulations, "voluntary channelisation" of MFSK frequencies enhances the amateurs' ability to tune and communicate with MFSK using extremely weak signals that would otherwise be missed through searching via VFO tuning. Please see the frequency chart for details. These are a combination of observed, suggested, proposed, and common usage frequencies that are also used by various types of MFSK keyboarding. MFSK Formats There are currently 6 MFSK bandwidth/tone/baud formats, several PAX formats, and several MFSK16 formats. The 2 most common formats for calling CQ or initiating QSOs are: 500/16 (also called "Average") and 1000/32 (also called "Standard"). A different format may easily be chosen by the operators after the QSO starts. There are advantages to faster typing with some formats and better decoding with slower formats. Please see the formats chart for details. MFSK Communication Software Download Links: N1SU MFSK - F6CTE MULTIPSK or here Story behind the development of : Pawel Jalocha MFSK Calling Frequencies MFSK Center-of-Activity Frequencies AMATEUR BAND 160 meters meters MFSK Channels, existing and proposed frequencies for finding MFSK QSOs MFSK 500 Hz BW DIAL Frequency USB khz MFSK 500 Hz BW Audio Waterfall Centre Marker 60 meters meters (Region 3JA) (Region 1; 3) (Region 1; 3) (Region 2) (Region 2) 30 meters MFSK 1000 Hz BW DIAL Frequency USB khz (Region 2) 1000Hz MFSK 1000 Hz BW Audio Waterfall Centre Marker file:///b /MFSK%20Frequencies%20MFSK%20Frequency%20MFSK%20Channel.htm[15-Feb-17 18:26:19]

18 MFSK Frequencies MFSK Frequency MFSK Channel meters meters meters meters meters meters (Region 1) 2 meters (Region 1) MFSK Formats FORMAT USE NAME TONES AUDIO (Hz) WATERFALL CENTER MARKER Bandplans note: khz shared with automatic stations all Regions Bandplans note: khz shared with automatic stations Region 2 BAND WIDTH (Hz) SPEED (WPM) 1000Hz 1000Hz 1000Hz 1000Hz 1000Hz 1000Hz DECODE S/N RATIO -db BAUD *500/16 CQ "Average" *1000/32 CQ "Standard" /8 QSO "Normal" /16 QSO "Fast" /4 "Fast2" /8 "Slow" *Common formats for calling CQ or to initiate QSO file:///b /MFSK%20Frequencies%20MFSK%20Frequency%20MFSK%20Channel.htm[15-Feb-17 18:26:19]

19 JT65 HF JT65A HF Frequencies Frequency Information - Digital Mode of 3 5/22/17, 10:25 AM JT65-HF JT65A JT65 HF Frequency Information Digital Mode LF-MF-HF-VHF HFLINK Home Ham Radio Bandplans JT65-HF Frequencies VFO FREQ khz USB khz USB alternate khz USB JT65A frequency khz USB VFO JT65A signal is about +1.3 khz to +1.5 khz higher than VFO frequency. JT65A Passband = 355Hz JT65A frequency khz USB VFO khz USB khz USB alternate khz USB khz USB alternate khz USB khz USB alternate khz USB alternate khz USB khz USB alternate khz USB (USA) khz USB khz USB JT65A MF Frequencies VFO Freq khz USB alternate khz USB khz USB khz USB JT65A LF Frequencies VFO Freq khz USB Signal Freq: khz Terrestrial JT65A VHF Frequencies VFO FREQ MHz USB MHz USB MHz USB MHz USB MHz USB MHz USB MHz USB MHz USB MHz USB other Information about JT65A: JT65A Signal Passband = 355Hz JT65A is suitable for use in the 500Hz Bandwidth segments of ham radio bandplans. The most popular JT65A frequency is in the 20 Meter band: The JT65 frequency 20metres is khz USB VFO. The JT65a sync frequency is khz. The JT65 signal frequency is about to khz. The JT65A frequency 30metres is khz USB VFO. The JT65a sync frequency is khz. *Do not use a sync frequency less than khz. The JT65 signal frequency is about to khz. This transmit signal is within the kHz automatic digital sub-band. *Special Note: Do not transmit within khz QRSS CW weak signal window! International JT65A frequency 40metres is khz USB VFO. The International JT65A sync frequency is khz The JT65A signal frequency is about to khz. The JT65A frequency 40meters (USA) is khz USB VFO. The JT65A sync frequency (USA) is khz The JT65A signal frequency is about to khz. The JT65A frequency 17metres is khz USB VFO. The JT65A sync frequency is khz

20 JT65 HF JT65A HF Frequencies Frequency Information - Digital Mode of 3 5/22/17, 10:25 AM Was it a "real QSO"? is Deep Search really decoding callsigns? QSO talk site Are the digital bits being decoded? Analysis of Deep Search JT65A Software Download: Software Software JT65A operators use USB VFO FREQUENCY for spots. Note: Multiple frequencies are listed on some bands, due to: amateur radio rules in different countries and the need for alternate frequencies by various operators and local interference trends. The JT65A signal frequency is about to khz. The JT65A alternate frequency 17meters is khz USB VFO. The JT65A frequency 12metres is khz USB VFO. The JT65A sync frequency is khz Note: before date 9/2011, the old JT65A frequency was khz (changed to avoid QRM) IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ALL JT65A FREQUENCIES JT65A operators use USB VFO FREQUENCY for spots. JT65A signal is about 1.3+kHz higher than the VFO frequency The JT65A Passband is about 355Hz. Bandwidth is about 200Hz. JT65A may be used in the 500Hz bandwidth segments of bandplans. Normal operation of JT65A is a sync audio frequency of Hz. Sync tone is the reference mouse-click frequency for JT65. JT65A signal bandwidth extends about 200Hz above Hz sync. The lowest tone of the JT65 signal is normally 1270Hz. The system allows approximately +/-600Hz auto-tuning on receive. source: specifications JT65A/JT65/JT65-HF mode is normally used on HF, MF, LF and 6 meter bands. Special Notes on Good Operating Procedure: 1. Operators should be careful of frequency selection, accurate clock, and calibration. Always listen and observe the waterfall spectrum of signals on the frequency before transmitting, and during activity. 2. JT65A is a weak signal digital QSO mode. Always use very low power on HF to avoid QRM to other JT65 signals and other modes. 20Watts ERP is maximum for normal activity and DXing in the 40metre to 10metre bands. 3. Normal activity of JT65A is in the "weak signal" part of the ham bands, near the PSK, MFSK, and 500 frequencies. JT65A should not be used in parts of the ham bands where faster digital modes are in use. 4. The long tone carrier duration of JT65 transmissions has potential to cause severe interference to other modes. 5. Do not use JT65 in 10144kHz-10150kHz because JT65A is NOT COMPATIBLE with MFSK, FSK, HELL, OLIVIA, CONTESTIA, ALE400, or RTTY and can cause severe interference to fast time-sharing modes such as PACKET, PACTOR, ALE, PSKmail, and APRS. Multiple JT65 frequencies are listed on some bands, due to: A) Amateur radio band rules are different in some countries. B) The need for alternate frequencies if QRM is experienced. C) Local or regional interference on a main frequency.

21 JT65 HF JT65A HF Frequencies Frequency Information - Digital Mode of 3 5/22/17, 10:25 AM D) Coordination with the changing spectrum utilization of the amateur community. E) The high popularity of a new mode-du-jour may create a temporary need to find a new or alternate calling frequency. F) There are many competing modes in the weak signal part of the digital bands. Back to Top About HFLINK HFLINK HOME Join HFLINK - Free END OF PAGE 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011 HFpack Inc. All Rights Reserved. HFLINK, HF-LINK, HF LINK, and the HFLINK Logo are trademarks of HFpack Inc. Any external hyperlinks must only be to the main page of the HFLINK.COM website Capture of the HFLINK website or any part of it within the frame of another website is not permitted. HFLINK group forum is a private group. Public archiving, forwarding, or open display on the internet of HFLINK group forum or messages is forbidden. All text and images on the HFLINK website are property or copyright HFpack Inc, or when used by permission, are copyright by their respective owners, with all rights reserved. HFN and High Frequency Network are service marks and trademarks of HFpack, Inc. No part of the HFLINK website or HFLINK Group Forum may be used or copied without written permission of HFpack Inc. This is the JT65A site about JT65 HF Frequency and JT65A HF Frequency Information. JT65 is weak signal digital ham radio software and this is about the JT65 HF frequencies and JT65A HF Frequencies information. Information about JT65A digital mode for amateur radio QSOs. Information about JT65 HF digital mode for amateur radio QSOs. JT65A is digital ham radio software and this is about the JT65A Software JT65 Software and JT65 Download JT65A download. HFLINK is the international resource for High Frequency Communications, HF Digital Messaging, Emergency / Disaster Relief, Interoperative HF Communications, HF Network, Ham Radio.

22 US Amateur Radio Bands US AMATEUR POWER LIMITS FCC An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications. (b) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 1.5 kw PEP. Effective Date March 5, 2012 Published by: Main Street, Newington, CT USA Meters (1.8 MHz) Avoid interference to radiolocation operations from to MHz E,A,G MHz Meters (3.5 MHz) Meters (5.3 MHz) 2.8 khz 4.000MHz E A G N,T (200 W ) E,A,G (100 W ) khz General, Advanced, and Amateur Extra licensees may operate on these five channels on a secondary basis with a maximum effective radiated output of 100 W PEP. Permitted operating modes include upper sideband voice (USB), CW, RTTY, PSK31 and other digital modes such as PACTOR III as defined by the FCC Report and Order of November 18, USB is limited to 2.8 khz centered on 5332, 5348, , 5373 and 5405 khz. CW and digital emissions must be centered 1.5 khz above the channel frequencies indicated above. Only one signal at a time is permitted on any channel Meters (10.1 MHz) Avoid interference to fixed services outside the US. 200 Watts PEP MHz 20 Meters (14 MHz) MHz Meters (18 MHz) E,A,G E A G E,A,G MHz 15 Meters (21 MHz) MHz E A G N,T (200 W ) Meters (50 MHz) 2 Meters (144 MHz) 1.25 Meters (222 MHz) 70 cm (420 MHz) * E,A,G,T MHz 33 cm (902 MHz) * E,A,G,T 54.0 MHz E,A,G,T MHz E,A,G,T N (25 W ) MHz * Geographical and power restrictions may apply to all bands above 420 MHz. See The ARRL Operating Manual for information about your area. E,A,G,T MHz KEY Note: CW operation is permitted throughout all amateur bands. MCW is authorized above 50.1 MHz, except for and MHz. Test transmissions are authorized above 51 MHz, except for MHz = RTTY and data = phone and image = CW only = SSB phone = USB phone, CW, RTTY, and data = Fixed digital message forwarding systems only E = Amateur Extra A = Advanced G = General T = Technician N = Novice See ARRLWeb at for detailed band plans Meters (7 MHz) MHz E A G N,T (200 W ) Phone and Image modes are permitted between and MHz for FCC licensed stations in ITU Regions 1 and 3 and by FCC licensed stations in ITU Region 2 West of 130 degrees West longitude or South of 20 degrees North latitude. See Sections (c) and (f)(11). Novice and Technician licensees outside ITU Region 2 may use CW only between and MHz and between and MHz to MHz is not available outside ITU Region 2. See Section (e). These exemptions do not apply to stations in the continental US. 12 Meters (24 MHz) E,A,G MHz Meters (28 MHz) MHz E,A,G N,T (200 W ) cm (1240 MHz) * MHz E,A,G,T N (5 W ) All licensees except Novices are authorized all modes on the following frequencies: MHz MHz MHz MHz * No pulse emissions GHz * GHz GHz GHz GHz GHz GHz All above 275 GHz ARRL Headquarters: (Fax ) hq@arrl.org Publication Orders: Toll-Free ( ) orders@arrl.org Membership/Circulation Desk: Toll-Free ( ) membership@arrl.org Getting Started in Amateur Radio: Toll-Free ( ) newham@arrl.org Exams: vec@arrl.org Copyright ARRL 2012 rev. 4/12/2012

23 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LICENSE CLASS EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL NOVICE/ TECHNICIAN EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL NOVICE/ TECHNICIAN EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL NOVICE/ TECHNICIAN EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL NOVICE/ TECHNICIAN EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL khz khz khz khz khz khz 7000 khz 3500 khz 1800 khz CW DIGITAL CW BEACONS PHONE SSB PHONE SATS FM CW DIGITAL CW BEACONS PHONE SSB PHONE SATS FM CW DIGITAL CW BEACONS PHONE SSB PHONE SATS FM DIGITAL CW BEACONS PHONE CW CW DIGITAL CW DX PHONE SSB PHONE SSB PHONE CW CW DIGITAL PACKET PHONE CW CW DIGITAL DX PHONE SSB PHONE CW DIGITAL CW DIGITAL CW CW DIGITAL CW SSB PHONE PHONE CW CW DIGITAL CW PHONE DX SSTV PHONE CW RTTY CW DX PHONE DX PHONE = GRANDFATHERED PRIVILEGES By Gordon West For Kenwood Communications # CW DIGITAL PHONE CW DIGITAL CW SSB PHONE SSB PHONE CW DIGITAL CW SSB PHONE CW DIGITAL CW SSB PHONE PHONE CW DIGITAL CW PHONE CW DIGITAL CW SSTV PHONE CW DIGITAL CW PHONE NOV./TECH CW NOV./TECH CW CW CW CW DATA CW DATA CW PACKET NOV./TECH CW Maximum Power 200 Watts on Novice/Tech+ Subbands HIGH FREQUENCY PRIVILEGES CHART SSB PHONE SSB PHONE WPM CODE TEST FOR ALL THESE BANDS! EFFECTIVE APRIL 15, METERS Best Days 12 METERS Best Days 15 METERS Best Days 17 METERS Best Days & Evenings 20 METERS Best Days & Nights 30 METERS CW & Data 40 METERS Best Days & Evenings 80 METERS Best Evenings & Nights 160 METERS Night Owl Band 1000kHz = 1MHz (ie 7225kHz = 7.225MHz) = No Privileges Until Upgrade!

24 VHF/UHF/Microwave Band Plan EXTRA ADVANCED GENERAL TECHNICIAN NO:CODE & TECH + CW 24GHz BAND 10GHz X-BAND MHz MHz 5650 MHz DATA FM SSB ATV FM SPACE WIDE BAND SSB CW WIDEBAND FM ATV SPACE TELECOMMAND W GRANDFATHERED NOVICE RESTRICTED, AS INDICATED XW CM 3CM 3456 BAND 3300 MHz 2300 MHz 2305 DATA N DATA FM ATV SS CW SSB DATA FM ATV SPACE W M W W DATA FM ATV CW & SSB DATA FM ATV CW CW SSB ATV DATA LINK SATS RPT OUT M XW XW N W N W W DATA ATV SATS DATA FM XW XW W CM 9CM 13 CM 1270 BAND 440 BAND 220 BAND 2 METERS ATV DATA DATA ATV DATA SATS POINT TO POINT DATA CW ONLY SSB RPT IN AT V 1240 MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz CALLING ATV ATV DATA CW SSB BCNS FM LINKS SATS BCN CW CW BCN BCN SSB SSB SSB SSB SATS RPT IN DATA RPT OUT SSB SSB FM RPT OUT ATV FM NOVICE 5 WATTS FM & TELEVISION CW SSB DATA RPT IN ATV DATA RPT OUT ATV FM CW SSB FM DATA FM 25 WATT CW SSB SATS DATA ATV & FM FM REPEATERS FM SIMPLEX DATA FM REPEATERS CM 33 CM 70 CM 1.2 METERS The DX BAND 50 MHz CW ONLY DX SSB AM FM DATA *R/C DX FM REPEATERS FM SIMPLEX 53 *R/C & FM 54 2METERS 6METERS BANDWIDTH XW = 6MHZ + BW W = 1MHZ BW M = 100KHZ BW N = 50KHZ BW AM - Amplitude Modulation ATV - Amateur Television BCNS - Automatic Propagation Transmitter (Beacon) CW - Morse Code Data - packet, RTTY, Amtor DX - Distant station contacts (longer range than usual) FM - Frequency Modulation FM Links - FM relay from one repeater to another FM Repeaters - FM relay stations FM Simplex - FM direct contacts Link - relay stations for data & voice Phone DX - long distance voice transmission Point to Point Data - automatic packet radio transfer stations *R/C - radio control models RPT/IN - your transmit frequency to a repeater RPT/OUT - output side of FM repeaters SATS -Satellite & Space Shuttle Communication Space - Satellite Operation Space Telecommand - uplinks to control satellites SS - Spread Spectrum SSB - Single Sideband Weak-Signal Work SSB/CW - both Sideband & Morse Code SSTV - slow scan TV Wide Band FM - television audio Wide Band - FM, AM, Spread Spectrum, Television

25 Meters is Channelized - Maximum 100 Watts ERP DX Channel USB Tuning Frequency DATA Channel Center Developed with Gorden West, WB6NOA, Radio School, Inc. for exclusive use by Icom America Inc Icom America Inc. The Icom logo is a registered trademark of Icom Inc. All specifications and information is subject to change without notice or obligation

26 Common Country Prefixes (2013) 1A* (SMO) of Malta (Rome) 1S* Spratly Is 2I Northern Ireland 3A Monaco 3B6, 3B7 Agalega & St. Brandon Is 3B8 Mauritius 3B9 Rodriguez Is 3CØ Annobon Is 3C1 Equatorial Guinea 3D2/C Conway Reef 3D2/F Fiji 3D2/R Rotuma Is 3DA Swaziland 3V Tunisia 3W Vietnam 3X Guinea 3Y Bouvet Is 3Y Peter 1 Is 4J-4K Azerbaijan 4L Georgia 4O Montenegro 4P-4S Sri Lanka 4U, 4UØITU- ITU Headquarters 4U9ITU, 4U1WRC 4U, 4UØUN- United Nations HQ 4U9UN 4W Timor-Leste 4X, 4Z Israel 5A Libya 5B Cyprus 5C-5D Morocco 5H-5I Tanzania 5J-5K Colombia 5N-5O Nigeria 5R-5S Madagascar 5T Mauritania 5U Niger 5V Togo 5W Samoa 5X Uganda 5Y-5Z Kenya 6D-6J Mexico 6K-6N Korea, South 6V-6W Senegal 6Y Jamaica 7J-7N Japan 7O Yemen 7P Lesotho 7Q Malawi 7S, 8S Sweden 7T-7Y Algeria 7Z Saudi Arabia 8J-8N Japan 8P Barbados 8Q Maldives 8R Guyana 9A Croatia 9G Ghana 9H Malta 9I-9J Zambia 9K Kuwait 9L Sierra Leone 9M2-9M4 West Malaysia 9M6-9M8 East Malaysia 9MØ Spratly Is 9N Nepal 9Q-9T Congo, Dem. Rep. of 9U Burundi 9V Singapore 9X Rwanda 9Y-9Z Trinidad & Tobago A2 Botswana A3 Tonga A4 Oman A5 Bhutan A6 United Arab Emirates A7 Qatar A9 Bahrain AA-AK U.S.A. AP Pakistan B China BS7H Scarborough Reef BV, BN-BX Taiwan BV9P Pratas Is BY China C2 Nauru C3 Andora C4 Cyprus C5 The Gambia C6 Bahamas, The C8-C9 Mozambique CA-CE Chile CE9 Antarctica & South Shetland Is CEØX San Felix & San Ambrosio Is CEØY Easter Is CEØZ Juan Fernandez Is CF-CK Canada CL-CM Cuba CN Morocco CO Cuba CP Bolivia CT Portugal CT3 Madeira Is CU Azores CV-CX Uruguay CY9 Saint Paul Is CYØ Sable Is D2-D3 Angola D4 Cape Verde D6 Comoros D7-D9 Korea, South DA-DR Germany DS-DT Korea, South DU-DZ Philippines E2 Thailand E3 Eritrea E4 Palestine E5 Cook Is E6 Niue E7 Bosnia-Herzegovina EA-EH Spain EA6-EH6 Balearic Is EA8-EH8 Canary Is EA9-EH9 Ceuta & Melilla EI-EJ Ireland EK Armenia EL Liberia EM-EO Ukraine EP Iran ER Moldova ES Estonia ET Ethiopia EU-EW Belarus EX Kyrgzstan EY Tajikstan EZ Turkmenistan F France FG Guadeloupe FH Mayotte FJ Saint Barthelemy FK New Caledonia FK/C Chesterfield Is FM Martinique FO French Polynesia FO/A Austral Is FO/C Clipperton Is FO/M Marquesas Is FP Saint Pierre & Miquelon FR Reunion Is FS Saint Martin FT/E Juan de Nova & Europa Is FT/G Glorioso Is FT/J Juan de Nova & Europa Is FT/T Tromelin Is FT5W Crozet Is FT5X Kerguelen Is FT5Z Amsterdam & St. Paul Is FW Wallis & Futuna Is FY French Guiana G England GD Isle of Man GI, GN Northern Ireland GJ, GH Jersey GM Scotland GP, GU Guernsey GS Scotland GT Isle of Man GW Wales GX England H44 Solomon Is H4Ø Temotu Is H6-H7 Nicaragua HA Hungary HB Switzerland HBØ Liechtenstein HC-HD Ecuador HC8-HD8 Galapagos Is HFØ South Shetland Is HG Hungary HH Haiti HI Dominican Rep. HJ-HK Colombia HKØ Malpelo Is HKØ San Andres & Providencia HL Korea, South HO-HP Panama HQ-HR Honduras HS Thailand HV Vatican (Holy See) HZ Saudi Arabia I Italy IMØ, ISØ Sardinia J2 Djibouti J3 Grenada J4 Greece J5 Guinea-Bissau J6 Saint Lucia J7 Dominica J8 Saint Vincent JA-JS Japan JD1 Minami-Torishima JD1 Ogasawara JT-JV Mongolia JW Svalbard JX Jan Mayen JY Jordan K U.S.A. KC4 Antarctica KG4 Guantanamo Bay KH1 Baker & Howland Is KH2 Guam KH3 Johnston Is KH4 Midway Is KH5 Palmyra & Jarvis Is KH5K Kingman Reef KH6-KH7 Hawaii KH7K Kure Is KH8 American Samoa KH8 Swains Is KH9 Wake Is KHØ North Mariana Is KL Alaska KP1 Navassa Is KP2 Virgin Is KP3-KP4 Puerto Rico KP5 Desecheo Is LA-LN Norway LO-LW, LU Argentina LU/Z South Shetland Is, So Georgia Is, So Orkney Is, So Sandwich Is LX Luxembourg LY Lithuania LZ Bulgaria M England MD Isle of Man MI, MN Northern Ireland MJ Jersey MM Scotland MU Guernsey MW Wales N U.S.A. NH6-NH7 Hawaii NL Alaska OA-OC Peru OD Lebanon OE Austria OF-OI Finland OHØ Aland Is OJØ Market Reef OK-OL Czech Republic OM Slovak Republic (Slovakia) ON-OT Belgium OX Greenland OY Faroe Is OZ Denmark P2 Papua New Guinea P3 Cyprus P4 Aruba P5 Korea, North PA-PI Netherlands PJ2 Curacao PJ4 Bonaire PJ5 St. Eustatius PJ6 Saba PJ7 Sint Maarten PP-PY Brazil PPØ-PYØF Fernando de Noronha PPØ-PYØS Saint Peter & St. Paul Rocks PPØ-PYØT Trindade Is & Martim Vaz Is PZ Suriname R1-7 European Russia R8-0 Asiatic Russia R1AN Antarctica R1FJ Franz Josef Land R1MV Malyj Vysotskij Is S2 Bangladesh S5 Slovenia S7 Seychelles S9 Sao Tome & Principe SA-SM Sweden SN-SR Poland SØ* Western Sahara ST Sudan SU Egypt SV-SZ Greece SV/A Mount Athos SV5 Dodecanese SV9 Crete T19 Cocos Is T2 Tuvalu T3Ø Western Kiribati Is T31 Central Kiribati Is T32 Eastern Kiribati Is T33 Banaba Is T4 Cuba T5 Somalia T6 Afghanistan T7 San Marino T8 Palau TA-TC Turkey TD Guatemala TE Costa Rica TF Iceland TG Guatemala TI Costa Rica TJ Cameroon TK Corsica TL Central African Rep. TN Congo, Rep. of TR Gabon TT Chad TU Cote d Ivoire (Ivory Coast) TY Benin TZ Mali UA-UI 1-7 European Russia UA2F, UA2K Kaliningrad UA-UI 8-Ø Asiatic Russia UJ-UM Uzbekistan UN-UQ Kazakstan UR-UZ Ukraine V2 Antiqua & Barbuda V3 Belize V4 Saint Kitts & Nevis V5 Namibia V6 Micronesia V7 Marshall Is V8 Brunei VA-VG Canada VK Australia VK9C Cocos (Keeling) Is VK9L Lord Howe Is VK9M Mellish Reef VK9N Norfolk Is VK9W Willis Is VK9X Christmas Is VKØ Heard Is & Macquarie Is VO Canada VP2E Anguilla VP2M Montserrat VP2V British Virgin Is VP5, VQ5 Turks & Caicos Is VP6 Pitcairn & Ducie Is VP8 Antarctica VP8 Falkland Is VP8 So Georgia Is VP8 So Orkney Is VP8 So Sandwich Is VP8, RI1 So Shetland Is VP9 Bermuda VQ9 Chagos Is VR Hong Kong VU India VU4 Andaman & Nicobar Is VU7 Lakshadweep Is VY Canada W U.S.A. WH6-WH7 Hawaii WL Alaska XA-XI Mexico XA-XI Revillagigedo XT Burkina Faso XU Cambodia XV Vietnam XW Laos XX9 Macao XY-XZ Myanmar (Burma) YA Afghanistan YB-YH Indonesia YI Iraq YJ Vanuatu YK Syria YL Latvia YM Turkey YN Nicaragua YO-YR Romania YS El Salvador YT-YU Serbia YV-YY Venezuela YVØ Aves Is Z2 Zimbabwe Z3 Macedonia Z6 Kosovo Z8 South Sudan ZA Albania ZB Gibraltar ZC4 U.K. Sov. Base on Cyprus ZD7 Saint Helena Is ZD8 Ascension Is ZD9 Tristan da Cunha & Gough Is ZF Cayman Is ZK3 Tokelau Is ZL-ZM New Zealand ZL7 Chatham Is ZL8 Kermadec Is ZL9 Auckland & Campbell Is ZP Paraguay ZR-ZU South Africa ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Is * A special unofficial callsign used for Awards purposes by amateur radio operators Developed with Gorden West, WB6NOA, Radio School, Inc. for exclusive use by Icom America Inc Icom America Inc. The Icom logo is a registered trademark of Icom Inc. All specifications and information is subject to change without notice or obligation

27 file:///b:/southern California 2 Meter Repeater List_files/2m.htm 1 of 5 03-Sep-13 19:02 Frequency Offset Callsign 2 Meter LA & Vicinity Repeaters Open/ CTCSS Location Closed/ Freq. Private Sponsor N6ACS Hollywood Hills P W6COH Hemet O City of Hemet KF6ZTY Palos Verdes O West Mountain Rptr. Assn PORTABLE REPEATERS KA6NCR Johnstone Peak P Relay Repeater Club WA6ISG Running Springs O KC6PXL Contractor's Point P WA6VPL Sudden Peak O WD6AWP Santiago Peak P WD6AWP KM6DF Orcutt Hill O Satellite ARC KH6FL Huntington Beach P WD6AWP W6LIE Breckenridge Mtn. O Kern Co. Ctl. Vly. ARC KA6EEK N. Irvine P ALERT radio system KA6EEK Santiago Peak P ALERT radio system KA6EEK Signal Peak P ALERT radio system W6YJO Santa Ynez Peak O Santa Barbara ARC KF6HPG Mt. Woodson O Cactus Open Repeater Assn W6MPH Pasadena O Telco ARC WA6QDO Juniper Hills O N6AH Santa Anita Ridge O N6AH Arcadia O XE2RCE Ensenada: Mt. Esteban Cantú O 94.8 Radio Club Corsarios de Ensenada, A.C XE2CHE Mexicali O N6SLD Santiago Peak PF Claremont Repeater Assn NK6S Sherman Oaks P K6TZ Goleta O Santa Barbara ARC K6SOA Trabuco Canyon O S. Orange Amateur Radio Assn WA6HYQ La Mesa O Blues Brothers Radio Network K6LLU Heaps Peak O Loma Linda Univ. ARC N6FDR Malibu O WA6FV Fountain Valley O Fountain Valley Amateur Comm. Team K6GAO Hi Pass O SANDRA WR6AZN Table Mtn. O JPLARC K6QN Santa Monica O W6WLW Moorpark O KA6UAI Palomar Mtn. O 74.4 KA6UAI KD6RSQ Ramona O K6CPT Mt. Disappointment O LA Co. DCS W6TRW Redondo Beach O W6TRW ARC WD6APP San Diego O N7RDA Oat Mtn. O WA6YBN Randsburg O Sierra ARC of the High Desert WB6FLY Tranquillon Mtn. O KQ6ZZ Box Springs Mtn. C N6RBR Palos Verdes O W6YQY/ KF6BM Chuckwalla Mtn. O N6ME Fullerton Hills O Western ARA N6FL Ojai O CS Ojai Valley ARC KI6ITV Wildomar O XE2RAN Tijuana: Cerro Colorado O Asociación de Radioaficionados del Noroeste, A.C WB6NLU Newport Beach O 136.5

28 file:///b:/southern California 2 Meter Repeater List_files/2m.htm 2 of 5 03-Sep-13 19: N7OD Hemet O 88.5 Lee DeForest ARC N6NIK Palomar Mtn. O Hispanic Radio Amateur Network N6USO Sunset Ridge O N6USO W6IER Sunset Ridge O 77.0 Inland Empire ARC K6ERN Moorpark O SMRA Emergency Repeater Network W6AM Mt. Lukens O So. Cal. DX Club W6DRA E. side of Mt. San Jacinto (top of tram) O Desert Rptr. Assn WB6ZTY Verdugo Hills Hospital O Crescenta Valley RC NR6P Cactus City O WB6RSK Pomona Hills O N6NHP San Clemente O S. Orange Amateur Radio Assn KA6AMR Duarte O 110.9, 114.8, K6QM Chula Vista O SOBARS WB6UBG Anza O K7GIL Victorville O CS K6CHE Long Beach O Long Beach Rptr. Associates N6WIK Laguna Niguel O W6JAM Tujunga O KJ6GCB Palm Springs W6GNS Whittier Hills O Rio Hondo ARC N6FQ Red Mtn. O WA6RJA Palos Verdes P WA6AQQ Woodland Hills O Litton ARC W6SS Lyons Peak O SANDRA K6CF Anaheim Hills O KF6YLB Monterey Park O 71.9 Monterey Park Emer. Comm WA6ZSN South Mtn. O SMRA Emergency Repeater Network KE6TZG Keller Peak O Keller Peak Rptr. Assn KD6DDM Sierra Peak O Fam-Comm ARC N6XGH San Buenaventura O WB6WLV Mt. Otay O SANDRA WA6FGK Simi Valley O WA6YBN Ridgecrest O CS Sierra ARC of the High Desert W7BF Diamond Bar O Diamond Bar ARS KE6UPA La Mirada O CS K6JLW Ventura O AB6MV Moreno Valley O Moreno Valley ARA KD6AFA Mt. Lukens O WB6RSM Lancaster O CS N6LVR Superstition Mtn. O East County Repeater Assn K4ELE Sunset Ridge P KD6OVS Gibraltar Peak O (NO ID) Ensenada O CREBC W6NWG Palomar Mtn. O Palomar ARC W6CLA Hauser Peak O W6KGB North Oxnard P WA6QIW Puente Hills Landfill O KC6ZQR Palmdale O KI6ITV Lake Elsinore O K6TZ Lavigia Hill O Santa Barbara ARC K6SYU Fullerton (St. Jude Hospital) O Anaheim ARA W6JW Santa Clarita O Santa Clarita ARC NG6ST Carmel Mtn. Ranch O K6SYU Long Beach O Anaheim ARA W6BA Yucca Valley O Morongo Basin ARC KE6HE Long Beach P Long Beach Yacht Club

29 file:///b:/southern California 2 Meter Repeater List_files/2m.htm 3 of 5 03-Sep-13 19: K6ERN Simi Valley O SMRA Emergency Repeater Network K6ERN O (NO ID) W6GTR Wildomar O XE2EBC Ensenada: Punta Banda O Radio Club de Ensenada, A.C W6FNO Johnstone Peak O CS W6FNO Onyx Peak O CS K6AER Grissom Peak O W6JBT Crestline O Citrus Belt ARC N6WB Escondido O Escondido ARS W6TJ Riverside O Riverside Co. ARA K6ERN Red Mtn. O SMRA Emergency Repeater Network WA6LAW Black Mtn. O W6KRW Loma Ridge O Orange Co. RACES WA6SSS Pine Cove O Idyllwild Mile High Radio Club W6IN San Fernando O W6CTR Running Springs XE2LLP Mexicali: Sierra Cucapá O 82.5 Grupo Voces del Desierto WA6TFD Baldwin Hills O Baldwin Hills ARC XE2BNC Cerro Bola O CREBC WA6EFW Quartzite Mtn. O KE6FUZ Anaheim O WD6RAT Edom Hill O Desert RATS WB6LYB Trona O K6QEH Fullerton O Raytheon Employees ARC KA3AJM Vista O WB6YQN Oxnard O WB6BJM Hollywood Hills P WB6BJM Assn WB6BJM Hollywood P WB6BJM Assn WB6OBB Broadcast Peak O WB6OBB WA6YBN Ridgecrest O Sierra ARC of the High Desert N6XPG Rowland Heights O K6RIF Palomar Mtn. O East County Repeater Assn K6LDO Brentwood P Bel Air Radio Assn N6TVZ Costa Mesa C W6IF Twentynine Palms O W6PWT Corona O (NO ID) Palos Verdes P W6NWG Palomar Mtn. O Palomar ARC KN6RW Littlerock P KC6FMX Sunset Ridge P KD6JTD Hollywood Hills O KG6TAT Painted Cave O W6CDF Black Rock (Blythe) O Riverside Co. RACES AA6DP Catalina Island O CS Catalina Amateur Repeater Assn K7GIL Victorville O CS/ WA6VPL Lompoc O WM6Z Black Mtn. O East County Repeater Assn K0AKS Thousand Oaks O CARS WB6WLV Mt. Laguna O SANDRA WR6JPL Pasadena (JPL) O JPLARC W6SH Coronado O W6LAR Redlands: Sunset Hill O N6WZK Chatsworth Peak O Mid City ARC WA6TST Flash II (Barstow) O K6JCC P W6NVY Palos Verdes O K6JCC San Clemente Is. P

30 file:///b:/southern California 2 Meter Repeater List_files/2m.htm 4 of 5 03-Sep-13 19: N6VVY Mt. Otay O 91.5 FILAMARS K6JSI Sunset Ridge CF Western Intertie Network K6DCS Castro Peak O W6CPD Corona P KA6DAC Monument Peak O East County Repeater Assn W6MEP Loop Cyn. O CS: ANTI XE2FSM Mexicali: Sierra Cucapá O 88.5 Radio Club Mexicali, A.C WA6ZTR Mt. Disappointment O WB6QHB Upland O KA6OLD Hesperia O WB6FLY Santa Maria O Satellite ARC WA6PPS Verdugo Mtns. P K6BB Big Bear: Sugarloaf Mtn. O XE2BNC Tijuana O CREBC K6VGP Verdugo Peak P DARN K6VGP Palos Verdes P DARN W6FM Mt. Lowe (San Luis Obispo) O SLO Co. Emergency Comm. Council K6VGP Mt. Disappointment P DARN K6VGP Mt. Wilson P DARN WA6BGS Crest O ARC of El Cajon AA6RJ Palos Verdes P Philippines America Radio Amateurs KE6RRI Mt. Lukens O N6HOG Sierra Peak O W6VLD Huntington Beach O NH2R Mt. Lukens O RPTR. INPUT Portable rptr. input, not for simplex use W6LY Laguna Woods O N6NIK Running Springs C Hispanic Radio Amateur Network K6SOA Laguna Beach O 100.0, S. Orange Amateur Radio Assn K6ECS Running Springs C WD6APP La Mesa C WB6CDF N. Yucca Valley O WB6CDF K6LLU Loma Linda Univ. Med. Ctr. O Loma Linda Univ. ARC KB6C Oat Mtn. O AA6WS San Diego P W6QFK Santa Anita Ridge O WB6ZTW Olivas Park O SMRA Emergency Repeater Network W6LMU Loyola Marymount Univ. O WA6YNT Anaheim O Northrop EMD ARC K6AIL Sharp Hospital O 100.0/107.2 SANDRA WA6TST Rodman Mtn. (Target Pk.) O CS W6BII Brea O Beckman ARC N6JMI Rasnow Peak O W6CDF Mt. Edna (Banning) O Riverside Co. RACES W6GK Carlsbad P K6ERN Camarillo Springs O SMRA Emergency Repeater Network KE6GUC Juniper Hills O K6NX Anaheim O Autonetics RC WA6OSB Santee O KF6JWT Oat Mtn. O Hispanic American ARC K6SBC/ K6JTH Crestline C N6VUY Ventura O K6OEM Menifee O WD6DPY Fullerton O 114.8, 127.3

31 file:///b:/southern California 2 Meter Repeater List_files/2m.htm 5 of 5 03-Sep-13 19: W6JAM Toro Peak P DR0NK W6JAM Palomar Mtn. P DR0NK W6JAM Mt. Otay P DR0NK 222 repeaters in list Back to main page

32 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 1 of 9 03-Sep-13 19:06 Frequency Callsign MHz L.A. & Vicinity Repeaters Open/ CTCSS Location Closed/ Freq. Private Sponsor (SIMPLEX AUTOPATCH & HT EXTENDERS) K6DVD Santa Ynez Peak Los Padres AR Group (SIMPLEX AUTOPATCH & HT EXTENDERS) W6CDF Rim Forest Riverside Co. RACES WA6HYQ O K6HOG Contractor's Point N6WZK Bell KB6OZX Riverside O KE6UPI Murrieta O 82.5 KE6UPI KI6DB Aliso Viejo WB6NIL Oat Mtn. O KK6HS Fullerton Hills O WD6FZA Mt. Wilson Pocket Autopatch Assn W6CTR Snow Peak O 151.4, SCIRA W6NVY Oat Mtn N6GLT Tenhi (Littlerock) O N6GLT W2NOR Paradise Hills (San Diego) WR6JPL Pasadena (JPL) O JPLARC KC6HUR Sun Valley P (NL) KE6PCV Corona P WB6VMV El Segundo P El Segundo ARC AF6HP Reche Peak P AF6HP N6AJB Daniel Peak PF AF6HP K6VGP Verdugo Peak DARN K6RH Palos Verdes O Rolling Hills Radio Club W6CDF Temecula O Riverside Co. RACES WA6MDJ Mt. Harvard Baldwin Hills ARC WA6MDJ Baldwin Hills Baldwin Hills ARC W6LAR Redlands: Sunset Hill KC6JAR Contractor's Point O Independent Radio Club W6JJR Crestline CF K6CCC Mt. Thom P California State RACES WA6LSE Box Springs Mtn WD6DIH Irvine C ALERT radio system WD6DIH Signal Peak C ALERT radio system WD6FZA Saddle Peak C Pocket Autopatch Assn W6UE Mirador Peak C CITARC NO6B Skyforest PF Sunset Ridge Repeater Group K6LAM Chatsworth Peak PF LA Marathon Amateur Communicators NO6B Diamond Bar PF KA6YTT Hauser Peak PF KA6YTT K6TEM Santa Anita Ridge N6EX Santa Anita Ridge P SCEARA KD6LVW/ K6BDE Brentwood O BDE ARC K6KBF Knott's Berry Farm O W6GJS Mt. Wilson ABC Employees W6GNS Whittier Hills O Rio Hondo ARC

33 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 2 of 9 03-Sep-13 19: K6OPJ Chino Hills O W6VLD Huntington Beach O K6LLU Loma Linda O K6CCR Blair Hills O Culver City ARES KJ6W Palmdale O N6FQ Red Mtn. (Fallbrook) O Fallbrook ARC KB6LJQ Ventura O CARR/ W6HA LAX airport O Hughes El Segundo ARC KN3ICK Apple Valley O W6TOI Altadena O Downey ARC W6TOI Downey O 88.5 Downey ARC K6IFR Indio Hill (Edom Hill rmt. RX) O 131.8, K6KEN Menifee O K6KEN W6QIZ Littlerock O K6SOA Laguna Hills O South Orange ARA N6JLY Mt. Thom O Crescenta Valley RC KR1IS Adelanto O N6DCR Black Mt. (Poway) O K6AMS Running Springs O SCIRA WA6TWF La Habra Heights WA6TWF Super System N6RTR Flash II P Desert & Valley ARA K6CJE Castro Peak KD6RSQ Ramona O KI6HHU Channel Is. Harbor O Kern ERN KD6DDM Sierra Peak O N6OYF Woodland Hills N6RTR Crestline P Desert & Valley ARA W6RRN Chatsworth Peak P Rabbit RN (NO ID) Saddle Peak WB6ALD Crestline KC6ZTB KC6ORG Perris K6IFR Castro Peak K7FY Oat Mtn. WA6TWE N6RPG Phelan O KB6MRC S. San Gabriel O WA6BGS Crest O ARC of El Cajon KD6AFA Sunset Ridge O W6CTR downtown LA O SCIRA (NL) N6ACV/ KV6D Palos Verdes Southwest Amateur Network (NATIONAL SIMPLEX: VOICE) K6BFS Palos Verdes C W6FNO Johnstone Peak C (NL) (NL) (NL) (NO ID) WB6DYM Puente Hills Landfill WR7SM Spirit Mountain P K7GIL Quartzite Mtn. P High Desert Radio Network N6LXX Mt. Otay N6LXX Mt. Harvard WB6MIE Pleasants Peak W6OPD Orange Hills City of Orange Amateur Radio

34 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 3 of 9 03-Sep-13 19: KA6KVX Sunset Ridge WA6LIF Sierra Peak P N6JOJ Rattlesnake Mtn. P WB6TZL La Cumbre Peak P GRONK K6CMD Heaps Peak C Orange Empire Remote Base Assn KI6QK Sierra Peak KI6QK Mt. Lukens K6VGP Mt. Disappointment DARN AF6HP Daniel Peak P N6AJB N6CIZ Saddle Peak WB6BJM Hollywood Hills P WB6BJM & LA Marathon Amateur Communicators NO6B Rowland Heights PF Sunset Ridge Repeater Group KA6CYD Calico P High Desert Radio Network KA3AJM East Vista PF Desert Comm. Network N6SIM Sunset Ridge P WA6TWF Santiago Peak WA6TWF Super System WA6TWF Santiago Peak WA6TWF Super System (NL) WA6FZH Seal Beach O K6TZ La Vigia Hill O Santa Barbara ARC KD6PXZ Hauser Peak O (NL) KF6HPG Lyons Peak K6QEH Fullerton P K6JSI Mt. Disappointment CF Western Intertie Network K4ELE Oat Mn. P K4ELE Sunset Ridge P (SIMPLEX: VOICE) (SIMPLEX: VOICE) N6MIK Brea WD6FZA Oat Mtn. C Pocket Autopatch Assn WD6FZA Vista Peak C Pocket Autopatch Assn WD6FZA Toro Peak C Pocket Autopatch Assn (NL) WR6PV Palos Verdes P WB6TZL Loop Cyn. C GRONK N6RTR Santiago Peak P Desert & Valley ARA WB6TZL Chatsworth Peak C GRONK WA6LWW Oat Mtn. C WA6TWF Santiago Peak WA6TWF Super System KB6CRE Oat Mtn. Bikini ARN K6RRR Mt. Otay N6KXK Irvine Irvine Disaster EC K6VGP Palos Verdes DARN KA6DAC Monument Peak O East County Repeater Assn WD6FZA Santiago Peak C Pocket Autopatch Assn WD6FZA Santa Ynez Peak C Pocket Autopatch Assn WA6LWW Mt. Wilson C KM6RW San Dimas WA6LIF East LA WA6LIF Palos Verdes WA6LIF W6OCS Santiago Peak P Law Enforcement ARN K6JRM Hemet K6LMA Palmdale O Lockheed Martin ERC ARC KC6LOL Burbank O Burbank Emergency ARS W6CPA Blue Ridge O 82.5 Independent Radio Club

35 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 4 of 9 03-Sep-13 19: K6CPP Cal Poly Pomona O Cal Poly ARC N6LXX Blue Ridge N6SCI XE2SI Tijuana N6EFD KJ6KTV Rancho Cucamonga PF W6QET South Los Angeles O Los Angeles ARC WD6DIH Santiago Peak C ALERT radio system WD6DIH Turquoise Mtn. C ALERT radio system WD6DIH Signal Peak C ALERT radio system (NL) XE2SI Tijuana K6VGP Mt. Wilson P DARN K6PVC Mt. Wilson W6EMS Mt. Lukens WA6WLZ Loop Cyn K6ERN Camarillo Springs O SMRA Emergency Repeater Network KE6CPF Loma Linda O W6TRW Redondo Beach O W6TRW ARC N6GIW Paxton Hill (Yucca Valley) O KC6OPU Hesperia O W6TRW Palos Verdes O W6TRW ARC W6NWG Palomar Mtn. O Palomar ARC W5HMV Ridgecrest O N6AJB Redlands O N6AJB Heaps Peak C N6AJB Santiago Peak CF KC6IJM Rasnow Peak O N6AJB Oak Glen P N6AJB Little San Gorgonio Mtn. PF N6SMU Frazier Mtn. O XE2BHL W6OY Box Springs Mtn WA6DYX Mt. Lukens K6ZXZ Little San Gorgonio Mtn (Reynolds Ridge) K6ZXZ Sunset Ridge K6ZXZ Santiago Peak K6ZXZ Sierra Peak (NL) K6PV Palos Verdes O Palos Verdes ARC KA6KVX Snow Peak WB6TZL Mt. Lukens P GRONK WB6TZL Crimea Peak P GRONK WB6TZL Verdugo Peak P KG6GI Santiago Peak W6KGB North Oxnard - Plains Noll P GRONK N6HYM Painted Cave O WR6AZN Table Mtn. O 94.8 JPLARC K6ONT Rancho Cucamonga O W6IER Heaps Peak O N6VRG Contractor's Point O (NL) K6PMR Poway WA6UZS Mt. Lukens N6JVH Chatsworth AA4CD Mt. Otay WR6HP Heaps Peak P WA6TWE

36 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 5 of 9 03-Sep-13 19: AA4CD Mt. San Miguel W6NRY Johnstone Peak C Edgewood Amateur Radio Society WA6ZSN South Mtn. O SMRA Emergency Repeater Network WA6FV Fountain Valley O 94.8 Fountain Valley Amateur Comm. Team KA6GRF Fontana O Fontana RACES WB6WLV San Diego O SANDRA WA6QAG West LA (VA Hospital) O W6FRT Contractor's Point O Old Foothill Amateur Radio Transmitting Society W6WAX Sylmar P (NL) KE6UPI Running Springs O KE6UPI W6LKO Oat Mtn W6EMS Santiago Peak KM6NP Mt. Otay KD6OFD Blue Ridge SCARA WB6BBE Sunset Ridge NA6S Edom Hill O Mountain RN N6MRN Pine Cove O Mountain RN WA6QIW Puente Hills Landfill (NL) KB6CRE Santiago Peak Bikini ARN KB6CRE Oat Mtn. Bikini ARN K6RRR Palomar Mtn KF6HPG Mt. San Miguel O WB6QFE Goat Mtn. (Landers) O WB6DAO Sunset Ridge SOLAR W6GK Carlsbad KE6DTF Thousand Oaks Los Padres AR Group (NL) K6JSI Mt. Otay CF Western Intertie Network (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) WA6SYN Palomar Mtn. O 88.5 East County Repeater Assn W6PVE WB6EGR Palos Verdes KE6PGN Oat Mtn. P Metropolitan ARS XE2RFY Cerro Bola, B.C WB6TZL Verdugo Peak P GRONK KK6AC Frazier Mtn. O Kern ERN WR6SP Saddle Peak P WA6TWE K6DLP Santiago Peak P K6DLP N6ZBC Altadena (NL) N6XPG Sunset Ridge PF WD6AWP Huntington Beach Huntington Beach RACES AD6TN Newport Beach NW6B Mt. Lukens Southwest Amateur Network KV6D Heaps Peak Southwest Amateur Network NW6B Tujunga Southwest Amateur Network N6RDK Santiago Peak

37 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 6 of 9 03-Sep-13 19: WR7RAM Ram Peak P WA6TWE WR6TWE Mt. Lukens P WA6TWE WR6MO Mt. Otay P WA6TWE WA6TWE Santiago Peak P WA6TWE WD6AWP Huntington Beach P WD6AWP WD6AWP Santiago Peak P WD6AWP K6JSI Santiago Peak CF Western Intertie Network (NL) WB6TNP Mt. Rodman C (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) K6ERN Red Mtn. SMRA Emergency Repeater Network (NL) WB6VTM Palomar Mtn (NL) (NL) K6IRF Mt. Lukens P K6MIC Fullerton WB6NIL San Diego O 82.5 AllStar Link K6MIC WA6ZJT Santiago Peak W6KRW Santiago Peak CPRA KB6MRC Bellflower O Global ARS N6NMC Santa Clarita O W6MWA Ventura O (NL) (NL) N6AWQ Santiago Peak N6AWQ WD6AWP AA6DP Avalon Catalina ARA (NL) (NL) K6IOJ Strawberry Peak WA6ZJT Santiago Peak N6RTR Sunset Ridge P Desert & Valley ARA XE2DXA Tijuana N6RMH Quartzite Mtn. P Desert & Valley ARA KB6C Oat Mtn KB6C Castro Peak WA6VLD Mt. Wilson (NL) (NL) W6YRA UCLA N6MQS Mt. Thom C DM04 Rptr. Group WD6FZA Palomar Mtn. C Pocket Autopatch Assn WA6ZRB Mt. Lukens KF6JBN Mt. Lukens Korean ARA W6RRN Rasnow Peak P Rabbit RN (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL)

38 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 7 of 9 03-Sep-13 19: K6UHF (NL) W6RRN Santiago Peak P Rabbit RN W6RRN Big Bear P Rabbit RN W6RRN Sea Cliff P Rabbit RN (NL) W6RRN Palos Verdes p Rabbit RN WD6APP Mt. Soledad K6JCC San Diego Co. RACES K6JCC Cuyamaca Peak WH6NZ Sunset Ridge K6JCC San Diego Co. RACES K6JCC San Diego Co. RACES K6JCC San Diego Co. RACES K6JCC San Diego Co. RACES K6JCC San Diego Co. RACES N6LHS Pasadena WI6RE Vista CF Western Intertie Network K0VAC Palos Verdes (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) K6PNG Quartzite Mtn. CF Western Intertie Network K6JSI Loop Cyn. CF Western Intertie Network N6SLD Santiago Peak KF6ITC Sunset Ridge K6BDM Thousand Oaks CF Western Intertie Network (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) (NL) N6JAM Mt. Otay P DR0NK (NL) WB6ZQX Santiago Peak W6NVY Mt. Wilson P WA6ZFT La Mesa O 88.5 AllStar Link WB6HTS Lakewood PF K6JSI Palomar Mtn. CF Western Intertie Network W6KRW Santiago Peak (NL) K6XI Mt. Otay N6KHZ Johnstone Peak AARC (NO ID) Sunset Ridge N6VCM San Diego AE6TV Sunset Ridge O 77.0 AE6TV WA6SYN Jamul O 88.5 East County Repeater Assn W6KRW Pleasants Peak O.C. RACES N6LVR Monument Peak O 88.5 East County Repeater Assn WB6WLV Mt. Otay O SANDRA KO6TD Mt. Lukens O WB6CYT Mt. Otay P GFRN WB6YMH Mt. Lukens W6LQ

39 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 8 of 9 03-Sep-13 19: WB6YMH Palos Verdes N6WB Escondido O Escondido ARS (NL) (NL) (NL) WB6VSJ/ W6LKO Signal Peak WB6VSJ Pine Cove O Mountain RN KA6UAI Palomar Mtn. O KA6UAI N6BOX Box Springs Mtn. O Moreno Valley ARA KI6RBW Seal Beach O WB6HYR Xerox ARC WD6CZH Redondo Beach CF Xerox ARC WD6CZH CF Xerox ARC (NL) WD6CZH Palos Verdes CF Xerox ARC KB6CRE Onyx Peak Bikini ARN AA6RJ Contractor's Point Philippines America Radio Amateurs N6JAM P N6WZK Palos Verdes O Mid City ARC N6VVY Mt. Otay P WD6FZA Mt. Lukens C WD6FZA Mt. Otay C Pocket Autopatch Assn WD6FZA Blue Ridge C Pocket Autopatch Assn Arcadia WA6SBH Mt. Lukens WA6SBH Santiago Peak WA6SBH Saddle Peak KE6TZF Sunset Ridge PF Sunset Ridge Repeater Group W0PE/ WB6PIH Sierra Peak W0PE K6XI Mt. Otay W6AMG Rasnow Peak Amgen ARC WR6OP Onyx Peak WA6TWE (REMOTE BASE SIMPLEX) (NL) N6YN Palos Verdes WB6WLV Mt. Laguna O SANDRA WB6ZOD Sunset Ridge UHF Associates (NL) (NL) N6IPD Signal Peak Irvine Disaster EC AF6HP Santiago Peak PF N6UL Palos Verdes N6JAM Toro Peak P DR0NK N6JAM Black Mtn. P DR0NK W6JAM Mt. Otay P DR0NK KB6IBB Hollywood Hills W6NVY Heaps Peak P (NL) W6YJ Heaps Peak P KA6CYD Victorville W6KRW Sierra Peak W6LBV Mt. Otay WA6OSB Santee W6NVY Mt. Wilson O W6NVY Quartzite Mtn. O (NL)

40 file:///b:/southern California 440 Repeater List_files/440.htm 9 of 9 03-Sep-13 19: W6KGB Blue Ridge P GRONK WA6DPB Santiago Peak K6CHE Signal Hill O Long Beach Rptr. Assoc W6JAM Toro Peak WA6CW Mt. Otay P KA6CYD Victorville P High Desert Radio Network WB6BWU Heaps Peak WB6BWU La Habra Heights WB6BWU Mt. Lukens WB6BWU Santiago Peak KE6LE Palos Verdes N6JOJ Mt. Otay P NG6Q Mt. Lukens N6OEI Mt. Soledad K6DLP Snow Peak P K6DLP K6TEM Sunset Ridge P K6PNG Quartzite Mtn. O WB6IOS Baldwin Hills WB6IOS Santiago Peak KE6LE Mt. Harvard K6DLP Crestline P XE2SI Tijuana O W6JBO/ WB6RYO Santiago Peak (NL) K6IUM Running Springs P K6IUM Palos Verdes P WA6SYN Mt. Otay O 88.5 East County Repeater Assn. 480 repeaters in list Back to main page

41 Southern California 6 Meter Repeater List 1 of 1 27-Jul-13 21:54 County Color Key (indicating location of repeater, not coverage) LA Orange San Bernardino Riverside Ventura Santa Barbara San Diego Imperial Kern Mexico 6 Meter LA & Vicinity Repeaters Open/ CTCSS Frequency Callsign Location Closed/ Freq. Private Sponsor K6LRB PV O KC6ZTB O KA6GBJ Indio Hills, 1000 Palms O N6KNW Valencia O 82.5/CS K6ARN Bellflower O 82.5 Kaiser Permanente ARN K6ARN Pleasants Peak O Kaiser Permanente ARN Buzzard Peak (near Castro WB6RHQ Peak) O W6NVY Blue Ridge O W6NVY Oat Mtn. O N6BKL Frazier Mtn. O 82.5/CS K0JPK East LA O K6JCC Cuyamaca Peak (TX), Lyons Peak (RX) O KC6OVD Bakersfield O 82.5/CS W6KRW Santiago Peak (TX), Lomas Ridge (RX) O KB6CJZ Huntington Beach O WB6TTS Palmdale O 82.5/CS N6BCE Barstow O 82.5/CS KF6HKM Contractor's Point O 82.5 SIMPLE system N6ENL Mt. Lukens C KD6GNB Kearny Mesa O W6LIE McKittrick Peak O 82.5/CS N6CRF Santiago Peak C KD6JTD Contractor's Point O CS WA6VPL Sudden Peak O 82.5/CS KB6MIP Yorba Linda O 82.5 KB6MIP KB6TDJ Santa Paula O CS/ WB6FLY Tranquillon Mtn. O 82.5/CS Satellite ARC WA6MDJ Baldwin Hills O 82.5 Baldwin Hills ARC W6CDF Rim Forest O Riverside Co. RACES K6ERN Red Mtn. O 82.5 SMRA Emergency Repeater Network N6LXX Blue Ridge O N6LXX Mt. San Miguel O N6LXX Mt. Harvard O KR6FM Mt. San Miguel O San Diego Six Shooters K6LRB Oat Mtn. O repeaters in list Back to main page

42 Name Receive Frequency Programmer - Gordo's Top 100 For Baofeng UV-5R Transmit Frequency Offset Frequency Offset Direction Operating Mode Tone Mode CTCSS Rx CTCSS 0 GORDO Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 6 ALERT MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 7 ALERT MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 8 ALERT MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 9 ANAHEIM khz Minus FM Tone Hz 67.0 Hz High 10 ARALB khz Minus FM Tone Hz 67.0 Hz High 11 AVALON MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 12 BALDWN khz Minus FM Tone Hz 67.0 Hz High 13 CASTRO khz Plus FM Tone 94.8 Hz 94.8 Hz High 14 CATALNA khz Plus FM Tone 79.7 Hz 79.7 Hz High 15 CLARA khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 16 CLARA MHz Minus FM Tone 91.5 Hz 91.5 Hz High 17 CRSLINE khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 18 DARN 2M khz Plus FM Tone Hz Hz High 19 DISNEY khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 20 DISNEY MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 21 FONTAIN khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 22 FULLER khz Minus FM Tone Hz 67.0 Hz High 23 FULLER khz Minus FM Tone Hz 67.0 Hz High 24 HOSPTAL khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 25 HUNTBCH khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 26 JSTONE khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 27 JPL LAB khz Plus FM Tone Hz Hz High 28 KELLER khz Plus FM Tone Hz Hz High 29 KNOTTS MHz Minus FM Tone 85.4 Hz 85.4 Hz High 30 LADCS khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 31 LADCS khz Plus FM Tone Hz Hz High 32 LONGBCH khz Minus FM Tone Hz 67.0 Hz High 33 MESAC khz Plus FM Tone Hz Hz High 34 NEWPORT khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 35 OCRACES khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 36 PALOVER khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 37 REDONDO khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 38 SANPED MHz Minus FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 39 SNDIEGO khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 40 SEALBCH khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 41 SIGHILL khz Plus FM Tone Hz Hz High 42 SUNSET khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 43 SOARA khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 44 SOARA khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 45 SUPER MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 46 SUPER MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 47 TRW VHF khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 48 TRW UHF MHz Minus FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 49 W6RO R MHz Minus FM Tone Hz 67.0 Hz High 50 W6RO S Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 51 WALA R khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 52 WALA R khz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 53 WILSON MHz Minus FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 54 WINSUN khz Plus FM Tone Hz Hz High 1 Tx Power

43 Name Receive Frequency Programmer - Gordo's Top 100 For Baofeng UV-5R Transmit Frequency Offset Frequency Offset Direction Operating Mode Tone Mode CTCSS Rx CTCSS 55 WINSUN MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 56 WIN OC MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 57 WINVSTA MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 58 WINOTAY MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 59 WIN OAT MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 60 WINSANT MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 61 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 62 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 63 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 64 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 65 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 66 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 67 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 68 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 69 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 70 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 71 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 72 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 73 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 74 FRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 75 GMRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 76 GMRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 77 GMRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 78 GMRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 79 GMRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 80 GMRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 81 GMRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 82 GMRS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 83 MURS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 84 MURS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 85 MURS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 86 MURS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 87 MURS Simplex FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 88 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 89 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 90 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 91 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 92 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 93 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 94 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 95 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 96 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 97 WX No Transmit FM None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 98 BARN EQ MHz Minus FM Tone Hz Hz High 99 QUAKES MHz Minus FM Tone Hz 67.0 Hz High 100 KNX No Transmit FM Narrow None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High 101 KFI No Transmit FM Narrow None 67.0 Hz 67.0 Hz High Tx Power 2

44 Name Scan Add Gordo's Top 100 For Baofeng UV-5R Comment 0 GORDO Skip Gordon West WB6NOA Simplex Channel Skip 2-Meter Simplex Channel Skip Newport Disaster Prep Simplex Channel Skip 2-Meter Simplex Channel Skip San Clemente / Dana Point Simplex Channel Scan 440 Simplex Calling Channel 6 ALERT 1 Skip Irvine CA Disaster Repeater #1 7 ALERT 2 Skip Irvine CA Disaster Repeater #2 8 ALERT 3 Skip Irvine CA Disaster Repeater #3 9 ANAHEIM Skip Anaheim CA VHF Amateur Repeater 10 ARALB Skip Amateur Radio Association of Long Beach CA 11 AVALON Skip Avalon, Catalina Island CA UHF Repeater (Avalon City Only) 12 BALDWN Skip Baldwin Park CA VHF Repeater 13 CASTRO Skip Castro Peak VHF Repeater (Malibu CA) 14 CATALNA Skip CARA Amateur Repeater at Catalina Airport (Open) 15 CLARA 1 Skip Claremont Repeater Association (Red Cross & Others) 16 CLARA 2 Skip Claremont Repeater Association (Members Only) 17 CRSLINE Skip Crestline VHF Repeater (Big Bear CA) 18 DARN 2M Skip Disaster Amateur Radio Network VHF Repeater 19 DISNEY1 Skip Disneyland Buena Park CA VHF Repeater 20 DISNEY2 Skip Disneyland Buena Park CA UHF Repeater 21 FONTAIN Skip Fountain Valley CA VHF Repeater (Orange County) 22 FULLER1 Skip Fullerton CA VHF Repeater #1 23 FULLER2 Skip Fullerton CA VHF Repeater #2 24 HOSPTAL Skip HEAR Hospital Emergency Amateur Disaster Radio Network 25 HUNTBCH Skip Huntington Beach CA VHF Repeater 26 JSTONE Skip Inland Empire VHF Repeater (Riverside County CA) 27 JPL LAB Skip JPL Space Laboratory Site VHF Repeater 28 KELLER Skip Keller Peak VHF Repeater (San Bernardino CA) 29 KNOTTS Skip Knotts Berry Farm Amusement Park UHF Repeater 30 LADCS 1 Skip LA County Sheriff Disaster Communications Repeater #1 31 LADCS 2 Skip LA County Sheriff Disaster Communications Repeater #2 32 LONGBCH Skip Torrance / Long Beach CA VHF Repeater 33 MESAC Skip MESAC VHF Repeater (Costa Mesa CA) 34 NEWPORT Skip Newport Beach CA Repeater 35 OCRACES Skip Orange County CA RACES 36 PALOVER Skip Palos Verde Peninsula VHF Repeater 37 REDONDO Skip Redondo Beach CA VHF Repeater 38 SANPED Skip San Pedro UHF Repeater 39 SNDIEGO Skip San Diego CA VHF Repeater 40 SEALBCH Skip Seal Beach CA VHF Repeater 41 SIGHILL Skip Signal Hill Repeater For W6RO & Long Beach Red Cross 42 SUNSET Skip Sunset Ridge Amateur VHF Repeater (Pomona CA) 43 SOARA 1 Skip SOARA Repeater #1 44 SOARA 2 Skip SOARA Repeater #2 45 SUPER 1 Skip Super System Linking Repeater #1 46 SUPER 2 Skip Super System Linking Repeater #2 47 TRW VHF Skip TRW Redondo Beach CA VHF Repeater 48 TRW UHF Skip TRW Redondo Beach CA UHF Repeater 49 W6RO R Skip W6RO Queen Mary UHF Repeater (Signal Hill CA) 50 W6RO S Skip W6RO Queen Mary Simplex Channel 51 WALA R1 Skip Western Amateur Linking Association Repeater 52 WALA R2 Skip Western Amateur Repeater Association Skywarn Repeater 53 WILSON Skip Mount Wilson UHF Repeater 54 WINSUN1 Skip WIN System Sunset VHF Repeater 3

45 Name Scan Add Gordo's Top 100 For Baofeng UV-5R Comment 55 WINSUN2 Skip WINSystem Sunset UHF Repeater 56 WIN OC Skip WIN System Orange County UHF Repeater 57 WINVSTA Skip WIN System Vista CA UHF Repeater 58 WINOTAY Skip WIN System San Diego UHF Repeater 59 WIN OAT Skip WIN System Oat Mountain UHF Repeater 60 WINSANT Skip WIN System Santa Ana UHF Repeater 61 FRS 01 Skip Family Service Radio 62 FRS 02 Skip Family Service Radio 63 FRS 03 Skip Family Service Radio 64 FRS 04 Skip Family Service Radio 65 FRS 05 Skip Family Service Radio 66 FRS 06 Skip Family Service Radio 67 FRS 07 Skip Family Service Radio 68 FRS 08 Skip Family Service Radio 69 FRS 09 Skip Family Service Radio 70 FRS 10 Skip Family Service Radio 71 FRS 11 Skip Family Service Radio 72 FRS 12 Skip Family Service Radio 73 FRS 13 Skip Family Service Radio 74 FRS 14 Skip Family Service Radio 75 GMRS 1 Skip General Mobile Radio Service 76 GMRS 2 Skip General Mobile Radio Service 77 GMRS 3 Skip General Mobile Radio Service 78 GMRS 4 Skip General Mobile Radio Service 79 GMRS 5 Skip General Mobile Radio Service 80 GMRS 6 Skip General Mobile Radio Service 81 GMRS 7 Skip General Mobile Radio Service 82 GMRS 8 Skip General Mobile Radio Service 83 MURS 1 Skip Multi-Use Radio Service 84 MURS 2 Skip Multi-Use Radio Service 85 MURS 3 Skip Multi-Use Radio Service 86 MURS 4 Skip Multi-Use Radio Service 87 MURS 5 Skip Multi-Use Radio Service 88 WX 10 Skip NOAA Weather Canada 89 WX 09 Skip NOAA Westher Canada 90 WX 08 Skip NOAA Weather Canada 91 WX 07 Skip NOAA Weather Avalon, Catalina Island CA 92 WX 06 Skip NOAA Weather Victorville CA 93 WX 05 Skip NOAA Weather Santa Ana CA 94 WX 04 Skip NOAA Weather San Bernardino CA 95 WX 03 Skip NOAA Weather Santa Barbara CA Marine 96 WX 02 Skip NOAA Weather San Diego CA 97 WX 01 Skip NOAA Weather Los Angeles CA 98 BARN EQ Skip BARN Earthquake Alert System Repeater 99 QUAKES Skip Earthquake Alert UHF Repeater 100 KNX1070 Skip KNX 1070 News Radio Los Angeles CA 101 KFI 640 Skip KFI 640 Talk Radio Los Angeles CA 4

46 Programming the Baofeng UV5-R I ran into a lot of frustration while learning how to program this radio. I thought I would put together a quickie guide on how to do that. Of course it is a lot easier to program it with the chirp software and a computer, but if you are not near a computer or don't have the cable and have to program manually, Here goes! The how to guides left out some of the not so obvious nuances. I am only going to cover basic menu logic and entering info into a 'channel' since that is the most frustrating. A short list of useful numbers (represented by X) is given below. Make sure you are in frequency mode by pressing the orange vfo/mr button; radio will 'speak' frequency mode. First the menu system logic. The radio 'spoken' terms are given in brackets. The typical sequence follows. Menu [menu] = Opens menu system X [Beep] = First menu selection step X [Beep] = Second menu selection step (if required) Up/down [Beep] = to make your selections (some selections may be entered directly from the keypad). Menu [Confirm] = Check to see if you want to make the change Exit [Beep] = Enters your confirmation. Now for entering a setup into a 'channel' First of course you have to have all the information correct: Receive frequency, Xmit frequency, offset +/-, and offset frequency, lastly any ctss tones. Once all that is set here is how to save it into a channel: Firstly, to save a setup into a channel the channel must be free. This is the most common stumbling block. If the channel is already in use you can go through all the steps and it wont save. Frustrating. Clearing a channel: Menu [Menu] 2 [Beep] 8 [Beep] Menu [Delete channel] up/down [Beep] = Choose channel to be cleared Menu [Confirm] = Check to see if you want to make the change. If you do not want to change just wait a few seconds. EXIT [Beep] = Executes and clears the channel Now that we have an open channel we can enter the setup into it. There are actually two pieces of info to be stored, the receive info and the transmit info. This is a little confusing at first and easy to get crossed up. Make sure you have the proper setup displayed in frequency mode. This was not mentioned in the other quicky guides and it took me a little while to figure it all out. Entering a setup into a channel: First step: receive memory: Menu [Menu] file:///e /Books/NonFiction/Ham%20Radio/Baofeng/Programming%20the%20UV5-R.txt[02-Sep-13 13:36:43]

47 2 [Beep] 7 [Beep] Menu [Memory Channel] up/down [Beep] = Select the cleared channel in which you want to save Menu [Recieve Memory] = Make sure it speaks receive memory first! EXIT [Beep] = Executes and saves the receive memory Second step xmit memory: Press the scan button briefly, this should display the proper xmit frequency with the proper offset (if you set it right) the proper xmit frequency must be displayed! Menu [Menu] 2 [Beep] 7 [Beep] Menu [Memory Channel] = Should be already set to the one you used for receive memory Menu [Transmitting Memory] = Make sure it speaks Transmitting memory EXIT [Beep] = Executes and saves the transmitting memory The setup including offsets, tones, etc. should now be stored in the channel you chose. If it did not save you probably did not clear the channel first. A quick 'cheat sheet' for memory steps Freuency is set directly from the key pad whilst in frequency mode. Shift +/-/off = 2,5 Offset freq. = 2,6 Tone = 1,3 Clear a channel = 2,8 Store a channel = 2,7 Those are the basic ones; there are many more. Be sure to visit the following site for the excellent 'how to guides' for further guidance! "Plumber's Delight" 2m J-Pole antenna Buddipole file:///e /Books/NonFiction/Ham%20Radio/Baofeng/Programming%20the%20UV5-R.txt[02-Sep-13 13:36:43]

48 The radio propagation 1 of 2 17-Nov-14 08:19 The radio propagation Propagation conditions on bands (IV) Before to extend our review on upper bands (V/UHF and sepcial modes), till stop a second in the HF spectrum. Instead of speaking of propagation in terms of ionospheric layers, that nobody can really materialize, amateurs and listeners are used to speak in terms of frequencies or bands. Working on MHz or MHz makes no difference except when you are searching for a free frequency to work or to schedule a QSO, Hi! It is thus simpler to say that one works on the 20-meter band. Each band shows some specific properties interesting to know when working on HF. Here they are. 160m band (1.8 MHz) Not much shorter than medium waves, at daytime the "top band" is deeply affected by the D-layer absorption and only waves entering the ionosphere at very high angle can be reflected to the ground. At daytime this band is thus mainly dedicated to local QSOs by ground waves up to distances reaching about 120 km. It is thus relatively quiet compared to the other HF bands. Checking my logs, I worked on this band most of the time after the sunset. Indeed, at night the D-layer disappearing, low-angle signals reflect easier on the F-layer, and DX contacts are possible at several thousands kilometers at the condition to use a suited antenna system. So this is a band to mainly use at night, and if you can, in winter especially during the cycles of weak solar activities to reduce atmospheric noises. It is affected by the sunrise/sunset, weather conditions (noise of thunderstorm) and the electron gyro-frequency. 80m band (3.5 MHz) This band is similar to the 160m but the frequency increasing, the D-layer absorption begin to decrease as it is proportional to the inverse square of the frequency. At daytime most contacts are worked with near countries, up to about 2000 km from your QTH. At night or using the gray line it is possible to exceed 9000 km (e.g. Europe to W, UA or JA). If you wake up in winter a few hours before the sunrise to avoid atmospheric noises you can work most DX stations (e.g. VK, ZL from Europe). In Region 1 the frequencies ranging between khz are usually dedicated to DX hunters. 40m band (7 MHz) This band is still under the influence of the D-layer and is the lowest band showing an appreciable skip distance, up to 500 km at night. At noon it is hard to work station located over 800 km away, while working with the gray line or at night, this band is open to DX contacts. This band is slightly influenced by 11-year solar cycle. Atmospheric noises are still present but not as strong as on the lower bands. QSOs can however be difficult to confirm during the summer months but signals are not completely overriden by static. This is also one of the most crowded band and do not be surprised to find in Europe and during weekends each station within 1 khz or so from each another. Hopefully from March 29, 2009, in Region 1 this band will be accessible to amateurs up to 7200 khz. Note that it is already open to amateurs to 7300 khz in North and South America. 30m band (10 MHz) Conditions are similar to the 40m band but it works better in summer showing some of the properties of the 20m band. As communications reach 1600 km at daytime and km or more at night, this band is considered as open 24 hours a day. It is also band the least affected by variations of the solar cycle. However this band is affected by the ionization level of E and F-layers and at night, during the minimum of the solar cycle, it is regularly above the MUF for most DX paths, becoming thus the higher workable frequency for daytime communications. At very few exceptions (see next insert) this band is reserved to digimodes and CW. 20m band (14 MHz) If you ask to active amateurs, including listeners, what is the band they use the most, taking all modes together and over a full solar cycle, without hesitation all will place the 20 meter band first for its "overall performance". Indeed, the 20m band is the DX band per excellence and is considered by many hams as the most reliable band for hunting DX stations because atmospheric noises are weak. At some rare exceptions (blackouts) whatever your position in the 11-year solar cycle, world-wide communications are open at daytime on the 20m band. It is practically usable all the day long as soon as there is propagation, and mainly in summer, and all the more during periods of high solar activity. This is only during the winter months in condition of low solar activity that this band closes down in the late afternoon and is unusable at night. The 20m band shows an appreciable skip distance reaching about 700 km at daytime and exceeding 1600 km at night. It is thus not suited to local QSOs. This can partly be solved placing the antenna at low height to get a high takeoff angle. 17m band (18 MHz) This band is similar to the 15m band in many respects although its activity is affected by the 11-year solar cycle but not as pronounced. During the maximum of the solar activity, this band is open all the day, up to well after the sunset. When the solar activity decreases this band closes earlier, just after the sunset. At the minimum of the solar cycle, this band opens to middle or equatorial latitudes, allowing north-south contacts but mainly around noon. This band is this mainly open at daytime and regularly opens before the others. The skip distance reaches 1200 km at daytime and disappears at night. 15m band (21 MHz) This band works in the same conditions as the 17m band and is considered by most amateurs as a quieter alternative to the 20m band. It shows however a greater sensitivity to the fluctuations of the solar cycle. It is mainly used at daytime but during the peaks of the solar acitivity DX contacts can extend to the night. On the contrary during the minimum of the solar cycle, this band can be closed excepted for a few trans-equatorial paths. With the 12 and 10m this band is also subject to a weak E-sporadic activity mainly in early summer and mid-winter. The skip distance reaches 1300 km at daytime and vanishes at night. 12m band (24 MHz) This band is very depending of the solar cycle and combines the best from the 15 and 10m bands. One year before the paroxysm of the solar activity and up to one year after this peak, this band allows DX contacts until after the sunset with practically any kind of antenna. On the contrary, when the solar activity slow down, this band is open at mid and low latitudes but only at daytime with very few openings after the sunset. Near the minimum of the solar cycle this band becomes unusable, excepting at daytime for the highest latitudes with some north-south openings. This band is open to E-sporadic traffic between the late spring and early winter. The skip distance reaches 1600 km at daytime and vanishes at night. 10m band (28 MHz) This band works in the same conditions as the 12m band but is characterized by a great variability according the solar activity. During the peaks of the solar activity DX contacts can be established with very low power and over km away. It is mainly a daytime band but remains open a few hours after sunset. During moderate solar activity this band open near noon for some transequatorial communications but is closed for the higher latitudes. During the minimum of the solar activity this band is straight out dead. There are however some exceptional openings for ionoscatter, meteor scatter and E-sporadic. This latter occurs mainly between April and early August allowing multihop communication up to 4100 km. This band is relatively quiet compared to the 15m band for example but it works globally very well for DX communications throughout the solar cycle. Unfortunately more and more CB, pirats and intruders occupy the lower part of this band (11m or ~27 MHz). The skip distance reaches 2000 km at daytime. To download : Band Plan - IARU Region 1 HF Band Plan The Electromagnetic spectrum, from 31.2 mhz to 6.52 EHz Radio spectrum bandplan, from 3 khz to 30 GHz Traffic via the E-Sporadic With the E-sporadic traffic we enter the world of VHF communications although some "openings" also exist in the upper HF frequencies. Traffic via the E-Sporadic layer (Es) is an ideal experience for the 6 m band where it displays all its potential, still more than on the classical 2 m band, and it is open earlier too : if there is no Es activity on the 6 m band don't hope for a chance on the 2 m. The origin of these sporadic clouds of ionized particles is unknown and several theories have been suggested so far. Whatever the source of the phenomenon, usually traffic via Es works best in early summer and mid-winter in the fore or afternoon and may last from a few minutes to several hours. Usually this is a single hop communication but exceptionnally we can operate multi-hop Es. It can occasionally be observed in HF bands between the 15m and 10m band but with an activity less pronounced than on VHF. Sometimes Es allows to work until past midnight on VHF, propagating signals extremely loud and sudden on a regional scale, but it disappears suddenly too. When E-sporadic layers decay we observe also the raising of Aurora or E-layer FAI. Field Alignment Irregularities, FAI Another amazing propagation is the Field Alignment Irregularities, FAI for short, that mainly concerns VHF. It finds its origin in irregularities in the ionization of the E and F-layers (above 100 km aloft) that are aligned along the lines of the geomagnetic field. These irregularities parallel or adjacent to the geomagnetic equator mainly occur late in the afternoon when the F-layer begins to decay together with the MUF, which in turn allow to free electrons to align themselves along the geomagnetic field lines, which are nearly horizontal in this region. W1AW, the antenna farm at ARRL HQ. 8 beam monobanders plus some dipoles