QSOnow.com - STATIONS ON AIR

Self-Spotting for Station Operators

Enter Your:
  • Callsign
  • Operating mode, from the dropdown box
  • Operating Frequency in Khz eg 7040, 14059, 28045 etc
  • Locator string, like IO83WK
  • Operating power
  • Click the Add Your Station button
  • You will be taken to a filtered list of stations using your mode and frequency band.

    Stations looking to make a QSO list their callsign here, along with their operating mode (CW, SSB etc) locator, and transmitter power. Once you have made your own station active you will see a distance and heading to each station from your own QTH. Your listing in the Active Station List remains active for one hour. But, you have some choices around refreshing your entry. If you finish a QSO and want to go back to the top of the list hit the refresh button. If you change frequency or mode, update your details and refresh the entry. As you remain active your list entry remains active.

    Why should you list your station? Quite simply to help people find you so you can have a QSO. But there are a range of other reasons too. For a club night training session use the freeform club field to group and organise the event. Or maybe to find other SKCC/FISTS/SMC/GQRP members who are also looking for other members.

    This is not a commercial venture, it is a service from one amateur radio enthusiast to others. It is FREE to use and will remain so. Development and hosting is a private project, and its cheaper than Golf and much more fun!

    The list is organised in time order, meaning the most recent entries and updates appear first. To access the filtering features logon with your callsign. The main features are:
    • The Active Service List - shows the stations known to QSOnow.com
    • The Active Service List - can be filtered after Logon
    • The Active Service List - can show a wide range of modulation types
    • Modulation Mode - The primary Modulation Mode is CW
    • Modulation Modes - SSB/AM/FM/Digital and internet services are available to enter
    • RBN Data - CW data is collected from the RBN feed and an RBN icon appears
    • A Slow CW Modulation Mode is provided which is free of RBN data
    • In CW Modulation Mode a smaller green number next to CW indicates the morse speed in words per minute
    • Listener - if a station is simply listening it can indicate this with the Listening Modulation Mode
    • Callsign - Click the callsign entry to jump to the station's QRZ.COM page on a new tab
    • Time Remaining on List - The small yellow number next to the Modulation Mode icon show shows the number of minutes left on the list
    • Refresh Your Entry - Clicking this button reset the List time, putting your station back to the top
    • Club Id - when set the Active Station List only shows stations with the same Club Id
    • Club Id - use Club Id for nets and stations who are also members
    • Band - A band filter limits the Active Station List to the chosen band
    • Band After Logon - The Active Station List is filtered to the band you set via the Frequency box setting
    • CQ Zone - Limit the Active Station List to a single CQ Zone
    • CQ Zone - A link to a CQ Zone map is available by clicking the column title
    • Filters - Club Id, Band and CQ Zone can be combined
    • Maidenhead Locator - When provided the Active Station List shows distance and heading to the station from your QTH
    • SPOTS - a station can indicate it can hear another station by clicking the green spot icon
    • SPOTS - the number of unique spots made is shown by a small green number next to the icon
    • SPOTS - the current spot count is reset when you Refresh your station entry
    • Nation - indicates the country/region the callsign is from

    I decided to avoid using a user registration process and in doing so hopefully make the site less attractive to hackers and life easier for users. At the moment there is no obvious security and following a rudimentary risk assessment I felt it appropriate to try this approach. The worst case is someone else posts your station or personal callsign. Since this is public information it is hardly much of a loss or a valuable asset to copy. Under the hood I have made provision for some rudimentary security, commensurate with the risks identified. Most of the automated probe scanning tools black hat hackers use are looking for very particular exploit points, non of which are built into this site. One cookie is used to provide service continuity in your browser between refreshes and logons. There are NO tracking cookies at all. This site has no interest in knowing who you are, where you go on the web or in linking you to any databases. I shall run this experiment in open access until it is broken by hackers or abusers and it needs to be fixed.


    Number of active Stations: 127

    Activity
    Station
    Nation
    Khz
    Mode
    Watts
    Km
    Deg
    Spots
    Report

    RBN

    60

    Cyprus
    28219.1
    CW 11

    20

    RBN

    60

    Japan
    7022.9
    CW 14

    25

    RBN

    60

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    7030.1
    CW 18

    14

    RBN

    60

    England
    7020.6
    CW 17

    14

    RBN

    60

    Italy
    10129.5
    CW 15

    15

    RBN

    59

    Japan
    1829.5
    CW 13

    25

    RBN

    59

    Thailand
    21009.0
    CW 17

    26

    RBN

    59

    Gibraltar
    28170.2
    CW 16

    14

    RBN

    59

    Italy
    28173.0
    CW 12

    15

    RBN

    58

    United States
    28214.3
    CW 12

    3

    RBN

    58

    Italy
    28179.6
    CW 9

    15

    RBN

    58

    Japan
    3518.0
    CW 14

    25

    RBN

    58

    England
    14015.0
    CW 15

    14

    RBN

    58

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    7033.0
    CW 17

    14

    RBN

    58

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    28205.1
    CW 16

    14

    RBN

    58

    Mount Athos
    28201.4
    CW 12

    20

    RBN

    57

    Italy
    28178.4
    CW 10

    15

    RBN

    57

    New Zealand
    28227.9
    CW 13

    32

    RBN

    57

    Tuvalu
    7025.1
    CW 15

    31

    RBN

    57

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    14055.0
    CW 10

    14

    RBN

    57

    Croatia
    70098.0
    CW 12

    15

    RBN

    57

    Netherlands
    10132.5
    CW 15

    14

    RBN

    56

    Austria
    28187.9
    CW 10

    15

    RBN

    56

    Japan
    21030.0
    CW 11

    25

    RBN

    56

    Italy
    28180.2
    CW 13

    15

    RBN

    55

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    28257.6
    CW 10

    14

    RBN

    55

    England
    50016.0
    CW 9

    14

    RBN

    54

    Italy
    7033.5
    CW 13

    15

    RBN

    54

    Spain
    7035.0
    CW 17

    14

    RBN

    53

    Czech Republic
    1854.0
    CW 16

    15

    RBN

    53

    France
    28322.5
    CW 14

    14

    RBN

    53

    England
    14059.0
    CW 16

    14
    15

    RBN

    53

    United States
    7028.6
    CW 13

    5

    RBN

    53

    Switzerland
    14054.0
    CW 13

    14

    RBN

    52

    Australia
    28268.1
    CW 15

    29

    RBN

    52

    England
    7027.6
    CW 16

    14

    RBN

    52

    Spain
    28043.5
    CW 17

    14

    RBN

    52

    Italy
    50406.9
    CW 11

    15

    RBN

    51

    Italy
    10117.0
    CW 15

    15
    4

    RBN

    51

    Italy
    28227.5
    CW 15

    15

    RBN

    51

    Netherlands
    7036.0
    CW 15

    14

    RBN

    50

    Italy
    24914.2
    CW 12

    15

    RBN

    50

    Sicily
    21149.0
    CW 11

    15

    RBN

    50

    Dodecanese
    28188.8
    CW 9

    20

    RBN

    50

    Indonesia
    28221.1
    CW 18

    28

    RBN

    50

    France
    7003.0
    CW 14

    14

    RBN

    50

    France
    7003.0
    CW 13

    14

    RBN

    49

    Italy
    28296.5
    CW 16

    15

    RBN

    48

    Sicily
    28224.0
    CW 12

    1

    2198
    135
    15
    0

    RBN

    48

    Japan
    18079.0
    CW 16

    25

    RBN

    48

    Switzerland
    10133.5
    CW 16

    14

    RBN

    47

    England
    14059.0
    CW 16

    14

    RBN

    47

    New Zealand
    3525.0
    CW 18

    32

    RBN

    46

    Italy
    14040.0
    CW 17

    15

    RBN

    46

    Japan
    7022.2
    CW 16

    25

    RBN

    45

    Italy
    28246.0
    CW 12

    15

    RBN

    45

    Spain
    14057.1
    CW 8

    14

    RBN

    45

    United States
    7056.5
    CW 16

    5

    RBN

    44

    England
    7014.2
    CW 16

    14
    3

    RBN

    44

    Japan
    10118.0
    CW 18

    25

    RBN

    43

    Italy
    7024.0
    CW 14

    15

    RBN

    43

    Greece
    28268.9
    CW 12

    20

    RBN

    43

    Spain
    14017.3
    CW 14

    14

    RBN

    43

    Asiatic Turkey
    28225.0
    CW 10

    20

    RBN

    42

    France
    7003.0
    CW 14

    14

    RBN

    42

    Japan
    7010.5
    CW 14

    25

    RBN

    42

    Australia
    14100.0
    CW 17

    29

    RBN

    42

    England
    7014.4
    CW 16

    14

    RBN

    41

    Italy
    50476.5
    CW 15

    15

    RBN

    41

    Japan
    14011.0
    CW 18

    25
    3

    RBN

    40

    England
    7027.4
    CW 15

    14

    RBN

    40

    England
    14060.0
    CW 18

    14

    RBN

    39

    Ukraine
    14062.8
    CW 17

    16

    RBN

    39

    Croatia
    7021.0
    CW 15

    15

    RBN

    39

    England
    7028.0
    CW 18

    14

    RBN

    38

    Italy
    7022.0
    CW 17

    15

    RBN

    38

    Venezuela
    14100.0
    CW 17

    9

    RBN

    38

    Italy
    10113.0
    CW 14

    15

    RBN

    35

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    7010.4
    CW 15

    14

    RBN

    35

    Republic of Korea
    7010.0
    CW 15

    25

    RBN

    35

    Italy
    7034.0
    CW 18

    15
    4

    RBN

    33

    Australia
    7015.0
    CW 17

    30

    RBN

    33

    Japan
    7011.5
    CW 15

    25

    RBN

    32

    Japan
    7009.5
    CW 18

    25
    3

    RBN

    32

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    10105.0
    CW 16

    14

    RBN

    31

    United States
    10117.0
    CW 18

    5

    RBN

    30

    Japan
    7007.4
    CW 14

    25
    7

    RBN

    29

    Italy
    7035.5
    CW 15

    15

    RBN

    29

    Republic of Korea
    7010.0
    CW 17

    25

    RBN

    29

    Belgium
    14016.0
    CW 18

    14

    RBN

    27

    Antarctica
    7003.0
    CW 18

    29

    RBN

    27

    Poland
    3565.0
    CW 16

    15

    RBN

    27

    United States
    21150.0
    CW 18

    3

    RBN

    26

    Hungary
    70090.8
    CW 12

    15

    RBN

    26

    Austria
    14059.9
    CW 17

    15

    RBN

    25

    Australia
    7023.0
    CW 17

    30

    RBN

    24

    Mexico
    28170.9
    CW 16

    6

    RBN

    24

    Indonesia
    14035.0
    CW 16

    28

    RBN

    23

    Japan
    7003.5
    CW 17

    25

    RBN

    23

    Serbia
    7018.0
    CW 17

    15

    RBN

    20

    United States
    7048.9
    CW 15

    5

    RBN

    19

    Italy
    28294.6
    CW 10

    15

    RBN

    18

    United States
    7048.9
    CW 15

    5

    RBN

    17

    Japan
    7029.0
    CW 13

    25

    RBN

    17

    Peru
    14100.0
    CW 14

    10

    RBN

    17

    Japan
    7011.0
    CW 18

    25
    4

    RBN

    15

    Ireland
    7017.5
    CW 14

    14

    RBN

    14

    Antarctica
    7019.5
    CW 15

    29

    RBN

    13

    France
    7029.0
    CW 18

    14

    RBN

    13

    Japan
    7020.1
    CW 18

    25
    7

    RBN

    12

    Japan
    7017.0
    CW 17

    25

    RBN

    12

    Italy
    10123.0
    CW 18

    15

    RBN

    11

    Japan
    18110.0
    CW 16

    25

    RBN

    10

    China
    7023.0
    CW 14

    24

    RBN

    10

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    10119.0
    CW 11

    14

    RBN

    10

    England
    7022.0
    CW 18

    14

    RBN

    8

    Madeira Islands
    14100.0
    CW 18

    33

    RBN

    8

    Finland
    10105.0
    CW 18

    15

    RBN

    7

    England
    14049.9
    CW 18

    14

    RBN

    5

    Japan
    18092.8
    CW 16

    25

    RBN

    5

    United States
    7016.9
    CW 16

    3

    RBN

    4

    Fed. Rep. of Germany
    7039.5
    CW 17

    14

    RBN

    3

    Republic of Korea
    7004.5
    CW 13

    25

    RBN

    2

    Italy
    7032.0
    CW 14

    15

    RBN

    2

    United States
    28261.5
    CW 10

    5

    RBN

    2

    Italy
    7025.0
    CW 18

    15

    RBN

    2

    Hong Kong
    21149.9
    CW 15

    24