29.850 MHz FM Asian Fishermen Fishery Radio Chatter 10 May 2024

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Via UK based receivers, first heard at 1130 UTC on 29850 kHz 29,850 kHz 29.85 MHz 29.850 MHz FM.  Sounds like Japanese, strong FM modulation but the signal strength(s) are all over the place.  Lots of fading.

At around 1230 UTC, I was tuning around 27 MHz band, came across more Asian fishermen chatter on

27.525 MHz FM
27.750 MHz FM
27.800 MHz FM

At 1252 UTC, the signals on 29.850 MHz FM have become considerably stronger, and the frequency is busier in general.  Noting weak activity on

27.650 MHz FM - with severe QRM from UK FM CB signals on 27.651 MHz FM - 27.65125 MHz FM UK FM CB Channel 6
27.700 MHz FM - sporadic SSTV QRM signals on 27.700 MHz USB, along with UK FM
27.825 MHz FM
27.850 MHz FM - also suffering from SSB QRM, paging POCSAG QRM from 27.845 MHz and UK FM CB on 27.851 MHz FM
29.775 MHz FM
29.825 MHz FM
29.875 MHz FM
29.950 MHz FM

No activity on the 12.5 kHz offset frequencies like 29.9625 MHz, 29.9875 MHz, 30.0125 MHz, etc...at least not yet.  The pagers on 29.8 MHz and 29.9 MHz aren't coming in at the moment either.

Both 29.825MHz FM and 29.875MHz FM seem to be some of the more popular frequencies.  29.750 MHz FM also active at 1255 UTC with Asian fishery chatter.