How does hopping work?
A. All radios in a hopping net change frequency 5 times per second. They change together at exactly the same time and follow a pattern, called a pseudo random pattern, which repeats every 457 million years. The hopping occurs on 1kHz spaced channels within a 256kHz wide hop band. One station only is designated as a Base (or Master) Station. This station sends out synchronisation bursts, which allow all the Slave stations to know the precise position in the pseudo random pattern at that point in time, plus ensures that all frequency changes occur correctly and simultaneously.
