LSB Chatter

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Anybody know what the source of the chatter on 6960lsb and 6970lsb is right now?
I can't even make out the language. there was a ton of this lsb chatter across the band on Halloween & I've been pretty curious. Any ideas? fishermen maybe?

[HTP]

I seem to remember once hearing a quite heated phone conversation between someone on a ship and a land line I think in that area.  Its been a while though so I don't remember exactly the frequency, but maybe it could be some maritime radio HF phone conversations. 

[HTP]

I looked back in my logs and it was on 6.519Mhz USB back when I heard two people talking in August.  I found out it was marine calling frequency where people on ships call out to other telephones.  I even heard a operator or recording come on and say “to continue with your call please hang up and try again”, then it went to a busy tone or off the hook sort of sound.  So maybe its the same sort of thing you're hearing. 

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Seems a bit more like rag-chewing to me then that. Again, I can't even place the language. Not English or Spanish.

[DavidB]

I looked back in my logs and it was on 6.519Mhz USB back when I heard two people talking in August.  I found out it was marine calling frequency where people on ships call out to other telephones.  I even heard a operator or recording come on and say “to continue with your call please hang up and try again”, then it went to a busy tone or off the hook sort of sound.  So maybe its the same sort of thing you're hearing. 

20 years ago you would run across that sort of thing all the time on the maritime frequencies. Since then, INMARSAT has captured most of the ship-to-shore telephone business, and it is unusual to run across telephone calls on HF.

[Zoidberg]

Lots of sideband chatter this year between 6800-7000, mostly LSB.  Here in Texas I mainly hear Spanish, but occasionally hear Portuguese (presumably from Brazil) and, less often, English, Russian and others.  Most active freqs have been 6900 and 6905, usually LSB, but also hear Spanish QSOs often on 6925.4 USB, 6940 and others.  Most of these sound like informal conversations, similar to phone calls.  The few I've heard in English were pretty mundane chatter between family members or friends.  Accents seemed to be Gulf coast.

7000 LSB can be interesting between 1100-1400 UTC, if you're in the path for Brazil.  You'll hear some peculiar chanting among three or more fellows.  Never have heard a definitive answer about that oddity.  One theory is they're truckers chattering to keep each other awake, using CBs with Brazilian-made transverters that allow tuning to the 40m range.  Dunno, I keep hoping someone familiar with the Brazilian outband radio fellows can offer more specific info.

[cmradio]

20 years ago you would run across that sort of thing all the time on the maritime frequencies.

I remember hearing some steamy calls between sailors and their girls ashore on those channels

Peace!

[Pigmeat]

I used to hear a guy on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico talking to his mistress all the the time in the 6300 khz. range. Apparently his wife or the company he was working for found out about his late night phone calls,because they stopped.

Anyone with a radio in the S.E. USA,Mexico,and most of Latin America knew all about their business.