UK FM CB Activity Heard In USA - 6 March 2025

[R4002]

Received locally via my PNI Escort HP 82 handheld CB walkie talkie (AM/FM dual mode) multi-norm CB radio. 

Lots of activity on 27.781 FM (as to be expected).  Carrier noted on 27.941 MHz FM (UK FM CB channel 35).  Another weak carrier, possibly a church broadcast…on 27.991 FM, with severe fading.  27.94125 MHz FM carrier may have been the paging system out of Finland and the like on 27.940 MHz.  I recorded a short clip of me scanning the UK FM band. 


Video link:

https://youtu.be/lX_LK6KDEIw?si=epcLnqwakqjJzXpJ

[R4002]

March 7, 2025

Tune in time (start) 1950 UTC / 2:50pm local time:

UK FM CB activity:

27.60125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 1 - Faint FM activity noted, just so much SSB QRM
27.63125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 4, severe QRM from 27.635MHz AM
27.64125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 5, getting clobbered by American truck drivers on 27.635 MHz AM and 27.635 USB ROS datamode
27.65125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 6
27.66125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 7
27.71125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 12 - multiple signals on top of each other
27.73125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 14 - some very strong signals
27.74125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 15, very busy, QRM from 27.745 MHz LSB and 27.745 MHz AM
27.76125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 17, severe QRM from Mexican taxi cab dispatch lady on 27.765 MHz AM
27.78125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 19 - very busy, a real mess
27.79125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 20 - UK truckers or farmers active on frequency
27.81125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 22 - Several "dead key" transmissions aroiund 2001 UTC
27.82125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 23, very weak, lots of AM and SSB QRM
27.84125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 25, full scale at 1951 UTC, very thick accents
27.85125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 26 - QRM from POCSAG paging signals on 27.850 MHz FM
27.87125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 28
27.89125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 30 - possible church broadcast, QRM from 27.900 MHz USB and 27.905 MHz USB
27.90125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 31 tons of SSB QRM
27.92125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 33, UK farmers, lots of signals mixing together at 1955 UTC
27.94125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 35, another unmodulated carrier right on 27941.35 kHz
27.95125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 36, very deep fades, severe QRM from 27.945 MHz USB, 27.950 MHz USB
27.96125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 37, French language QRM on 27.960 MHz USB
27.97125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 38
27.98125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 39 - carrier with very weak audio, another group of stations mixing in
27.99125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 40 - several QSOs going on at once