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What is &#8220;Random MS&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-load_more ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='set_order' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/16340' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-contemporary ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-16340-1bjvvjtYuQ' data-post_id='16340'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-square'>\n\t\t\t<span >B<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tS4. What is &#8220;Random MS&#8221;?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<p><strong>In the Reference Booklet, in the RSGB Band Plan, it states: &#8220;144.200 MHz Random MS SSB calling frequency&#8221;. Could you explain please what this stands for and what it means?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">MS stands for Meteor Scatter (bouncing signals off ionised trails left by meteor showers). Meteor showers are random in nature, and what you\u2019re seeing on the band plan is the dedicated frequency for the handful of people who do Meteor Scatter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Nothing to worry about at Foundation, and not in the course material or syllabus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-custom-fields'>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-permalink'>\n\t\n\t<a href='https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/faq\/what-is-random-ms\/'>\n\t\t\n\t\tPermalink\t\t <div class='ewd-ufaq-permalink-image'><\/div> \t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B S4. What is &#8220;Random MS&#8221;? In the Reference Booklet, in the RSGB Band Plan, it states: &#8220;144.200 MHz Random MS SSB calling frequency&#8221;. Could you explain please what this stands for and what it means? 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