Russian-speaking round tables on 3640 kHz, 80 metres

What you hear

Russian voices on the lower sideband, with the manners of the round table: one station hosts and calls the participants in turn, each speaks for a minute or two, and newcomers check in with a callsign and a name. The topics are what the hobby talks about everywhere, antennas, weather, equipment, who was heard from where. The sideband and the sound are those of the main article, only the language changes.

Who transmits and why

Licensed amateurs in Russia and neighbouring countries, and Russian speakers elsewhere in Europe, meeting on 80 m because it covers that whole area after dark and works every night. Which group meets at which hour the catalogue cannot list: round tables come and go, move by a few kilohertz and keep their own schedules. The catalogue points at 3640 kHz because evening traffic in Russian is regularly found there; treat it as a starting point and tune around.

When and where to listen

Evenings, from sunset in Moscow until late, roughly 15:00 to 20:00 UTC in winter and later in summer, on weekdays as well. Receivers in Russia, Finland, the Baltic states and Poland hear the tables clearly; from western Europe they arrive weaker and later. The dial is 3640 kHz in LSB.

In ShackDeck

Station catalogue → Amateur radio → Russian-speaking net 3,640. The program picks a public receiver covering 3640 kHz, tunes it and sets LSB with the voice passband; a click on a signal in the waterfall puts the voice on pitch. No receiver, antenna or account of your own is needed.