27.925 MHz FM - Asian Fishermen Fishery Radio 1413 UTC 23 Oct 2026

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23.10.2026
10/23/2026
October 23, 2026
23 October 2026

Receiver: WebSDR - Wessex UK
Frequency: 27925 kHz 27,925 FM 27.9250 MHz FM [CSQ] 27.925MHz FM [CSQ] Carrier Squelch Chinese Fishery Radio Fishing Radio Comms 27 MHz band Chinese fisheries marine band radio

Likely the dedicated fishery radio 27.5MHz - 39.5MHz - 25 kHz spacing (480 channels) or 12.5 kHz spacing (960 channels).  Narrow FM, 25 watt power output, 1/4 wave antenna (with antenna tuner included as part of the standard kit).  MFSK and FSK selcal / selcall (selective calling) ship to ship call, ship to shore call, fleet call, emergency call and all-call modes.  Carrier squelch. 

27.9250 MHz FM [CSQ].  Previously have logged these guys down as low as, well, 27.500 MHz FM [CSQ].  They seem to like 27.750 MHz FM, 27.800 MHz FM, 27.900 MHz FM, 27.975 MHz FM and others, including 27.5125 MHz FM [CSQ], 27.9125 MHz FM [CSQ] and 27.9375 MHz FM [CSQ].

As one would imagine, a 25 watt radio operating on VHF low band (well, technically its the top part of HF - and yes, it does include the entire 10 meter band) with an antenna on top of a fishing trawler's mast would get out really well...and that person would be right. 

There are numerous fishery radio systems or in general ship to ship and ship to shore marine radio systems that operate in the 27 MHz region or CB radio band.  There's the 27MHz 1 watt double side band 27 MHz 1W DSB fishery radio service in Japan that uses frequencies between 26760 kHz 26.760 MHz to 27.988 MHz 27988 kHz - yes, 1 watt AM service.  The "channel" is just the frequency in kHz as a 5 digit value.   

There's the Australian 27MHz marine service - commonly called “27 meg” ..27.68 MHz to 27.98 MHz, AM voice - 4 watt carrier power, calling frequency Channel 88 or 27.88 MHz 27880 kHz.  The "channel" is simply the frequency after the decimal point, so channel 68 is 27.68 MHz, channel 86 is 27.86 MHz, etc.

27.680 MHz CH68
27.720 MHz CH72
27.820 MHz CH82
27.860 MHz CH86
27.880 MHz CH88
27.900 MHz CH90
27.910 MHz CH91
27.940 MHz CH94
27.960 MHz CH96
27.980 MHz CH98

27MHz marine radios are still used, and the primary and supplementary calling / distress / emergency frequencies 27.88 MHz and 27.86 MHz are still listed as monitored by shore stations.

27.880 MHz - Primary - CH88
27.860 MHz - Secondary - CH86

VHF Channel 16 and VHF Channel 67 are also listed as being monitored by shore stations along with 27MHz Channel 88 and HF SSB frequencies 2182 kHz, 4125 kHz, 6215 kHz and 8291 kHz.

Officially, 2182 kHz USB is no longer monitored, but ships at sea generally keep a listening watch on 2182 kHz and/or 4125 kHz as well as VHF CH16 - 156.8 MHz FM. 

So, at least for Australian coast stations, 27 MHz is taken just as seriously in terms of radio listening watches as VHF marine channel 16 and the HF SSB calling / distress / emergency frequencies. 


There's another system in Thailand (I believe) that is basically just the CB radio service with tons of extra frequencies, going from 26.105 MHz to 27.965 MHz, all modes allowed - AM, FM, USB and LSB, with AM and FM being the most popular.  There's other services, including a variant that operates in the 26.475 MHz to 27.270 MHz range, with radios such as the WTR-358 and WTR-388 providing coverage from 25.550 MHz to 30.495 MHz as an option, or, the "standard" coverage, that is, 26.065 MHz to 28.755 MHz or 25.615 MHz to 30.105 MHz (in 10 kHz steps, either with AM/FM modes - or AM, FM and SSB).   

So, needless to say, the 10 meter band is often full of random fishermen yakking away, using [insert radio system of your choice here].