RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now has Jamming Reports!

RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now has Jamming Reports!

RFinder now includes the ability to make jamming reports. This is already available in RFinder Android and should be available on iOS devices by Dayton. This ability is available worldwide.

Those without a device or subscription can make reports at http://jamming.rfinder.net. The trial version on Android allows jamming reports to be submitted.

Those responsible for coordinating anti-jamming activities can request access at http://jamcoordinator.rfinder.net to view jamming reports for your area.

"Repeater jamming is a problem worldwide...we've created a way of organizing anti-jamming activities worldwide," says Bob Greenberg, W2CYK, creator of RFinder. "We are evaluating some automated monitoring technology to integrate in the near future...This new feature just extends RFinder's social features even further."

RFinder is the World Wide Repeater Directory and includes over 60,000 repeaters worldwide in over 170 countries. RFinder is integrated directly with EchoLink on both Android and iPhone and provides the ability to share repeater checkins on Facebook, Twitter and APRS. RFinder is integrated with RT Systems and CHIRP radio programmers and has a routing feature at http://routes.rfinder.net where you can find repeaters over a route worldwide. Video demos of RFinder can be found at http://youtube.rfinder.net .

- RFinder is the Official Repeater Directory of Radio Amateurs Canada... Canadian Amateurs who subscribe contribute to RAC.
- RFinder is the Official Repeater Directory App of Radio Society of Great Britain... UK Amateurs who subscribe contribute to RSGB.
- RFinder is the Official Repeater Directory of Amateur Radio Society Italia… IT Amateurs who subscribe contribute to ARS Italia.
- RFinder is the Official Repeater Directory of Federación Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores… MX Radioaficionados who subscribe contribute to FMRE.
- RFinder is the Official Repeater Directory of Deutscher Amateur Radio Club...DE Amateurs who subscribe contribute to DARC DE.
- RFinder isEl directorio de repetidor con la base de datos oficial de Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles...ES Amateurs who subscribe contribute to URE ES.
- RFinder is the Official Repeater Directory of L’association Réseau des Émetteurs Français...FR Amateurs who subscribe contribute to REF FR.
- RFinder is the Online Repeater Directory of American Radio Relay League...US Amateurs who subscribe contribute to ARRL US.
- RFinder is the Official Repeater Directory of Cayman Amateur Radio Society...KY Amateurs who subscribe contribute to CARS KY.

Subscribe to RFinder by visiting http://subscribe.rfinder.net from your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch or your Android. Those without an Apple or Android device can subscribe with the link at the bottom of http://subscribe.rfinder.net . RFinder is available on Android as Trialware. Download RFinder on Android from Google Play. Downloading RFinder on iOS devices for $9.99US from The App Store includes your first year subscription.



http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/april/rfinder_now_has_jamming_reports.htm

 

Now THIS is a great idea!!! We need to locate the Dayton Heckler!

 

LOL finally SOMEONE gets me TX Neil! btw my son W2EEO got his at 9 and is a 4th generation ham

 

Jamming??? U haven't heard jamming till U tune in 435!!!
That would generate enough reports to fill a PHONE BOOK!!

 

No worries...we're sized for that

 

Excellent!!!! So my first thought on this though was... what about a beam heading and location on these reports?

 

Working on something really cutting edge for triangulation...put beam headings in Comments field for now...

 

Ok so what will you do with these reports? Here in Tampa the FCC doesn't do anything and we give them more than enough evidence. It's a joke down here.

 

Me? Nothing...we are making it available to local foxhunters worldwide to support their efforts on finding offending xmtrs....and we will be adding features as time goes on...its going to be fun!

 

Oh, great, vigilante fox-hunters. Do they get black hoods and coax pins?
-Dick-
N3XRU

 

I expect this tool will be of GREAT interest... to jammers. They want to know how effective they are.

 

The way I look at, if the FCC doesn't want to do anything about intentional interference, then we will. Plain and simple, and this is the hammer for the nail. Thank you.

 

If the FCC can't/won't do anything, this implies vigilantism, a dangerous thing.

 

It was always my impression that it's our responsibility to monitor our spectrum. We have created a tool to do that...you're welcome!

 

We are not vigilantes...we are responsible citizens of our airwaves. It's our responsibility. Do you really want the Gov't intervening? They don't have the equipment, skills, or manpower. Maybe not even the will. We are the pros to combat this. We find the issue and call in the authorities...or passively apply the pressure. A jammer, once exposed will most likely stop anyway.