Credits: Paul VK5PAS April,16th,2020 The Russia-Ukraine "radio war" and the Russian over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) "Contayner" were the most frequently reported amateur band intruders during July, according to the International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System (IARUMS). IARUMS characterized the ongoing broadcast radio war transmissions between the neighboring nations as "spiteful and provocative." Clandestine stations have appeared on 7.055, 7.090, and 7.110 MHz. IARUMS has determined that the heavy harmful interference from the Contayner Russian OTHR is coming from a location east of Moscow. Contayner OTHR signals have been monitored on various frequencies on 40, 20, and 15 meters, with a typical occupied bandwidth of about 12 kHz. "Sometimes, we also found the 20 kHz wide OTHR from the UK base in Cyprus, but less than in previous years," reported IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Peter Jost, HB9CET, in the July newsletter. "Due to some band openings at 10 meters, some of us [also] heard several driftnet fishing buoys." Owing to vagaries in ITU Radio Regulations footnotes that relate to amateur radio frequencies, however, not every signal classified as an intruder is actually an intruder. It could be a signal that complies with the regulations, Jost pointed out to readers. "The numerous footnotes of the ITU Radio Regulations must always be taken into account," Jost said. "For example, the 14,250 - 14,350 kHz range is primarily assigned to the fixed service in some [countries]. Since we cannot determine the origin of signals with absolute certainty, they are usually recorded as intruders, even if there is the possibility of an exception, due to a footnote." The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter includes reports from German radio amateurs on the large number of fishery buoys operating on 10 meters, where amateur radio is primary. Listeners outside of Region 1 can monitor the HF online using one of the many web-based SDR receivers.....http://www.websdr.org/ https://www.facebook.com/vk5pas/posts/the-russia-ukraine-radio-war-and-the-russian-over-the-horizon-radar-othr-contayn/2348103912165672/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw-HDMUurCI

The regular stock microphone for the Kenwood ts130s was ok, but really lacked the output to drive the ts130s to her full output power! Output RF power from my TS-130s is roughly around 85watts maximum. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zT8FJa_FVI