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CCIR493 Selcall - 2026

I am tempted to revisit my previous experiments with CCIR493 selcall. There's a page giving details and info of what I've already done with HF Selcall here

Today (June 6th 2026) I saw a Mastodon post from Peter OE1LFB https://mastodon.radio/@oe1lfb showing a new Codan Envoy, and an idea sparked that perhaps there were other active Selcall users around. I sent a Mastodon post offering to try CCIR493 selcall but Peter informed me that the Codan was “..being used with the Austrian Red Cross, for emcom.”

But the idea took root anyway and I dug out both my Jenal SC2 microphones.

I initially connected one to my Xeigu G90, via its rear panel “data” connector and this seemed to work well. To properly test I wired the second SC2 to a mic plug for my Icom IC-7200.

I now have two separate HF Selcall transceivers. I put them both into dummy loads and tried various selcalls, beacon and beacon-99 calls between them. All working correctly.

In the past I've done selcall tests with a couple of stations - GM4WMM and F6EMT. I need to think about what to do this year as a mini-project.

Peer Tube Video

I've put a rambling video on Peer Tube : https://makertube.net/w/kPHwY1jNVMrH4fxvzHKhuN

Next

When not otherwise being used I'll try to leave the IC-7200 monitoring one of these frequencies (all USB) with Selcall ID 3657

  • 60m : 5363.0kHz
  • 40m :
  • 30m :
  • 20m : 14343.0kHz
  • 17m : 18163.0kHz
  • 15m : 21427.0kHz
  • 12m : 24977.0kHz
  • 10m : 28305.0kHz

I plan to take the G90 and its selcall mic to various portable locations and test the path back to my home station using selcall beacons.

If anybody has the ability to use Barrett/Codan/CCIR493 selcall on HF and would like to try some tests and perhaps set up a net or sked please let me know! My email address is on the home page of this wiki, and is on my G4SLV @ QRZ.com page.

I have also been thinking about an “Engineer Order Wire” back-channel using Allstar for co-ordination and discussion of HF tests. I'll write a new Allstar wiki page about my new Allstar setup but in the meantime - I'm at Allstar node 481483. I don't monitor 24/7, but try to keep an ear on it while I'm near the shack.

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