A POLL REGARDING STANDARDIZED, PUBLISHED CALLING FREQUENCIES

This poll is an effort to modify the list of calling frequencies for Olivia digital mode on HF.  This list is an effort to make it easier for those searching for initial contact with someone using Olivia.  A calling frequency is just that, a spot on the spectrum where you start calling.  When answered, the parties involved move off the calling frequency just a bit, so that other callers have a chance to also make contact ON A STANDARDIZED, well-known frequency.

It is often best to get on standard calling frequencies with this mode because you can miss a lot of weak signals if you don't. However, with Olivia activity on the rise AND all the other modes vying for space, a good deal of the time you can operate wherever you can find a clear spot--as close as you can to a standard calling frequency.

Note: some websites publish frequencies in this band, frequencies that are right on top of weak-signal JT65 and JT9 segments. DO NOT QRM weak-signal QSOs!

We (the active Olivia community members) suggest 8/250 (eight tones, 250 Hz bandwidth) as the starting settings when calling CQ on the HF Upper-Side Band (USB) frequencies. A Calling Frequency is a center frequency on which you initially call, “CQ…” and then, with the agreement with the answering operator, move to a new nearby frequency, changing the number of tones and bandwidth at your discretion. Even though 8/250 is slow, the CQ call is short. But, it is narrow, to allow room for other QSOs nearby.

In the following lists, CENTER is where you place the center of the software's cursor, and click to select that center frequency on the waterfall. If you use the DIAL frequency from this list, then click 1500 Hz offset up the waterfall (1500 Hz to the RIGHT of the LEFT side of the waterfall, if your waterfall is oriented horizontally with the lowest frequency on the left). This results in the software and transceiver being correctly tuned for the CENTER frequency.

The following tables show CENTER, then DIAL, then the number of tones and the bandwidth.

The poll is, "Which of these two proposed frequency sets do you prefer, and suggest that we adopt as our standardized calling frequencies?"


CURRENT OLIVIA CALLING AND LISTENING FREQUENCIES
CENTER
Up 1500 Hz from
the dial frequency		 DIAL
1500 Hz below the center frequency		 # of Tones /
Bandwidth
1.8269 MHz 1.8254 MHz 8/250
3.5829 MHz 3.5814 MHz 8/250
7.0729 MHz 7.0714 MHz 8/250
10.1429 MHz 10.1414 MHz 8/250
14.0729 MHz 14.0714 MHz 8/250
14.1075 MHz 14.1060 MHz 16/1000
18.1029 MHz 18.1014 MHz 8/250
21.0729 MHz 21.0714 MHz 8/250
24.9229 MHz 24.9214 MHz 8/250
28.1229 MHz 28.1214 MHz 8/250
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POSSIBLE NEW OLIVIA CALLING AND LISTENING FREQUENCIES
CENTER
Up 1500 Hz from
the dial frequency		 DIAL
1500 Hz below the center frequency		 # of Tones /
Bandwidth
1.8270 MHz 1.8255 MHz 8/250
3.5830 MHz 3.5815 MHz 8/250
7.0730 MHz 7.0715 MHz 8/250
10.1430 MHz 10.1415 MHz 8/250
14.0730 MHz 14.0715 MHz 8/250
14.1075 MHz 14.1060 MHz 16/1000
18.1030 MHz 18.1015 MHz 8/250
21.0730 MHz 21.0715 MHz 8/250
24.9230 MHz 24.9215 MHz 8/250
28.1230 MHz 28.1215 MHz 8/250

Please answer this poll by selecting the table you prefer, most.
(The table on the left is the first table, the table on the right is the second table).

Here is the question:

Compare and think about the two tables, above.
Should we keep these frequencies as listed in the table on the left, or,
change to the frequencies listed in the table on the right?

 

To vote, please visit this link, then vote: https://groups.io/g/Olivia/message/667. You MUST be a member of the Groups.io mailing list. To join, visit: http://OliviaDigitalGroup.org, then request membership. Once approved, you may vote.