IARU Monitoring System
The IARU Monitoring System is a
worldwide service authorized by the IARU Administrative Council. It is
the obligation of the IARU and its member-societies to defend the
interests of the Amateur Services as stated in the IARU Constitution.
The IARU Monitoring System is served by many dedicated volunteers who
have served effectively for many years. Each of the three IARU
regional organizations selects and appoints an IARU MS Regional
Coordinator. The IARU Monitoring System operations are coordinated by
the Monitoring System Committee (MSC). The SARL is a member of the
IARU Monitoring Service.
One of the primary objectives of the
IARU Monitoring System is the identification and initiation of steps
leading to the removal from amateur bands of radio signals of
non-amateur stations causing harmful interference to the amateur
satellite services contrary to International Telecommunications Union
and national radio regulations. Typical intruders include shortwave
broadcasters, Over the Horizon Radar, CODAR, unlicensed operators on
the bands including taxicabs on 10 metres and fishermen on various
bands, military RTTY and beacons, fishnet beacons and various types of
jamming signals.
Interested parties who want to report
intruders on the amateur bands are encouraged to send their
observations to the Regional Coordinators and include the following
information: your identification (organization-call sign), the
frequency, time in UTC, the day, month, any possible identification of
the signal, mode, signal strength, direction bearing and any remarks
that help describe the signal. In addition, a very beneficial piece of
information is a recording of the signal preferably in the form of a
wav file that may be e-mailed for quick evaluation.
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System can
be found
here.
The following documents are available for download:
