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Peskies / 6900 kHz USB Spanish Speaking Freebander Net 2300+ UTC 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 2319 UTC »

I've got them on 6900 kHz USB this time, which isn't unheard of...but 6900 kHz LSB seems to be the normal frequency.  Not sure why they're using USB or if this is even the same group (the timing seems a little off).  Similar-sounding traffic to what's usually heard on 6900 LSB later in the evening.  Stations calling into the frequency (or net), giving signal reports, pretty standard operating procedure for 43 meter freebanders (and 11 meter freebanders). 

Still hearing sporadic Spanish language chatter at 2319 UTC. 

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10/11 meters / 27.155 MHz 27155 kHz USB CB channel 16 Spanish Language

« on: June 29, 2017, 2159 UTC »

This is a random catch.  I just heard some Spanish speaking doing radio checks and the usual "holaaaa hollaaaaa" on 27155 USB.  Usually AM traffic is found in this part of the band, as far as I know that applies to the rest of the Americas as well.

Maybe somebody didn't know what "band" he was on (could have been trying to 27605 USB, which would make more sense) or forgot to flip back to AM.  Didn't hear anything after those initial transmissions.

The band isn't nearly as open as it was earlier, but I am still hearing some Spanish speaking traffic up around 27665 USB, 27695 LSB, etc. 

Heard locally with a Superstar 3900 and a Hustler IC-100 mag mount CB antenna. 

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10/11 meters / Missouri Freeband CB 26.815 MHz AM 26815 kHz AM 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 1935 UTC »

Strong AM signal, Unit 211 Morgan County, Central Missouri on 26.815 MHz 26815 AM talking about incoming severe weather, with severe QRM from splattering signals on 26805 AM and 26825 AM.  Lots and lots of "low channel" 26 MHz AM activity from US based stations this afternoon, more or less every 10 kHz from 26515 to 26955 (including 26955 itself!) has been active and/or is active right now.  Heavy QRM from splattering big gun stations on the superbowl channel 6 27.025 MHz AM 27025 AM interfering with stations on 26915 AM, 26945 AM and 26955 AM.

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10/11 meters / Truckers outside CB band 26.105 MHz AM 26105 kHz AM 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 1901 UTC »

26.105 MHz AM 26105 kHz AM 26105 AM 26.105 AM trucker channel band B channel 4 channel 4B B4 etc.  Whatever you call it, its another mystery of the 11 meter freeband. 

Truckers talking about taking an exit, that stupid m*therf*cker that cut me off, "somebody going around the fenceline", "going across 70, you wanna take that offramp..." "well that's just a whorehouse" "can a guy catch a ride on a tuna boat" "you're gonna come back smellin' like fish" sounds like 3-4 conversations going at once with lots of QRM and heterodyne squeals at points.  "that one down in the Mercedes I can see her *****" "me and John K" "where the hell do you think you're going?" "that's a different truck today!" and lots of other unidentified one-liners.  "I'm going from Memphis to St. Louis" "where the hell is that?" "shorter lead than you'd think" "looks like somebody blocking that shoulder some sort of highway truck" etc etc

Basically nonstop traffic on this frequency which is interesting because its sort of off by itself (there's only a handful of other active channels in the "B" band - that is, 26055-26505 kHz or 26.055-26.505 MHz.  But, for whatever reason, 26.105 AM seems to be one of the more popular trucker channels outside the legal band. 

It's channel 4 down two bands.  Channel 4 down one band is 26.555, which is an active Spanish language calling channel in LSB mode, so that would explain why they avoid that, and channel 4 up one band is 27.455, which is also an active Spanish language calling channel in USB mode...so that gives us 26105 or 27905 (channel 4 down two bands and up two bands respectively).  I've heard traffic on 27905 AM and 27915 AM so that checks. 

For whatever the reason, it seems like whenever the band is open, 26.105 MHz AM is active with wall-to-wall trucker chatter. 

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10/11 meters / Spanish language 11 meter net 27.695 MHz LSB 27695 kHz LSB 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 1838 UTC »

27.695 LSB - 27695 LSB 27.695 MHz - home channel (along with 27.665) for Latin American freebanders on the 11 meter band...among

The home channel for Spanish language traffic with lots of Spanish language traffic, mention of Texas several times.  Now being jammed by an American station that keeps saying "taco! taco!" over and over again.  The Spanish speaking stations don't seem to care.  Taking check-ins from various areas, including Texas, Florida, Dominican Republic, Mexico, somewhere in South America (distorted), another station from Dominican Republic checking in at 1838 UTC.

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10/11 meters / Truckers outside CB band 27.485 MHz AM 27485 kHz AM 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 1835 UTC »

Lots of SSB voice traffic above CB channel 40, but for some reason there's actually a decent amount of AM signals in the 27405 to 28000 range.  I noted 27.655 MHz AM in another thread, and there's the usual trucker traffic on 27.615 MHz AM and 27.635 MHz AM...however, this is an interesting one.  Hearing two OMs talking about "traffic westbound" and "yeah, but he's going westbound there, 10-4?" - clearly truckers that are close to each other operating out of band.  Now getting severe QRM from 27.490 MHz LSB (27490 LSB) and they seem to have disappeared.  27.485 MHz is channel 7 up one band...wouldn't surprise me if they just flipped the band switch up another band (or down two bands) to escape the SSB QRM...if they heard the SSB traffic at all.

I know some of these guys run their squelch pretty high so weaker signals aren't ever heard.

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10/11 meters / Strong AM Signals 27.655 MHz / 27655 kHz AM 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 1831 UTC »

Freebander AM CB radio net 27.655 MHz / 27655 kHz AM (channel 20 "up one band").

VERY strong AM traffic right now (1828 UTC) on 27.655 MHz, talking about getting prescriptions filled, generic drugs and other less-than-savory topics (namely abuse of narcotic painkillers and dealing with pharmacists).  Seems like a local net, as first and last names have been heard...a couple of the stations have roger beeps.  Now (1829 UTC) talking about "my little box" - station now has a noticeable hum in background...possibly from the amplifier he's running - as there was no hum before when the signal was weaker.

Several stations working a net-like fashion, Southern accents 27.655 MHz AM

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10/11 meters / 26 MHz Low Channel AM DX 11 meter band 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 1827 UTC »

11 meters is hopping this afternoon, lots and lots of AM activity below channel 1:

26105 kHz / 26.105 MHz AM - English language, truckers
26175 kHz / 26.175 MHz AM - Spanish language
26375 kHz / 26.375 MHz AM - Spanish language, Mexican accents
26515 kHz / 26.515 MHz AM - US stations, southern accents, sounds like a local net
26555 kHz / 26.555 MHz LSB - Spanish language traffic, common low channel Latin American traffic
26605 kHz / 26.605 MHz AM - Spanish language
26615 kHz / 26.615 MHz AM - Spanish language, Dominican Republic heard
26685 kHz / 26.685 MHz AM - Truckers, American accents (English language)
26715 kHz / 26.715 MHz AM - Spanish language, the usual strong signals here and on 26705 AM
26735 kHz / 26.735 MHz AM - Truckers, Americans, local chatter to each other (probably not aware that they're getting "out")
26765 kHz / 26.765 MHz AM - Local net, stations referring to each other by first name
26775 kHz / 26.775 MHz AM - Several US stations heard working DX
26795 kHz / 26.795 MHz AM - Truckers, US stations, local nets
26815 kHz / 26.815 MHz AM - US stations talking about vertical antennas vs. beams, southern and midwestern accents
26835 kHz / 26.835 MHz AM - US stations working DX (similar to 26915 AM, or "915")
26875 kHz / 26.875 MHz AM - Local net, southern accents
26885 kHz / 26.885 MHz AM - US stations working DX
26915 kHz / 26.915 MHz AM - BIG signals today, lots of stations from all over heard, with some splatter from 27.025 MHz AM
26945 kHz / 26.945 MHz AM - "the Carolinas" heard, lots of other southern stations heard on this freq
26955 kHz / 26.955 MHz AM - Truckers heard talking to each other

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10/11 meters / Re: WYTZ STL 26350 FM 1442 UTC 29 Jun 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 1815 UTC »

Nice catch!  I just checked the usual 25910, 25950 and 25990 STL frequencies and heard nothing.  There is some activity popping up on the lower parts of 26 MHz though, I'm listening to truckers on 26375 AM right now. 

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10/11 meters / Re: Outhouse Net 27385 kHz LSB (ch 38) 0302 UTC Jun 28 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 0324 UTC »

Awesome.  I've stumbled across a couple nets above channel 40, namely on 27.470 LSB and 27.545 LSB.  Spanish language nets on 27.500 USB and 27.695 LSB are also active in addition to channel 38 LSB / 27.385 LSB

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Peskies / UNID Portuguese Language 6940 kHz LSB 0300+ UTC 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 0317 UTC »

6.940 MHz LSB - 6940.0 kHz LSB 6940 LSB Portuguese speaking stations fishing fleets fishing boats fishermen pescadores

In addition to the chatter on 6919 LSB, it appears that 6940 is also active.  I thought I was hearing Spanish at first, but I'm now pretty sure its actually Portuguese.  Lots of static crash QRN making copy difficult so I'm not 100% sure what language I'm hearing.  I put that title as Portuguese since that's what I've heard on this frequency in the past and the operating practices (stations talking over each other) seems more like the Portuguese speaking freebanders / bootleggers [yes, even if they actually are fishermen] that hang around the 43 meter band below 7.000 MHz than the more orderly (usually anyway) Spanish speaking freebanders / bootleggers that also hang around the same pirate frequencies.

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Peskies / UNID Portuguese Language 6919 kHz LSB 0300+ UTC 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 0312 UTC »

Hearing some real life pescadores chattering away on one of their favorite frequencies, 6919 kHz LSB.  Weak with some summer storm QRN but they're certainly there.  SIO 222

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10/11 meters / Spanish language 11 meter net 27.500 MHz USB 27500 kHz USB 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 0309 UTC »

Tuned in at 0306 UTC.  Hearing at least three different Spanish-speaking stations chatting away on 27.500 MHz USB.  Interesting frequency choice, as 27.5 MHz / 27500 kHz is usually used for digital modes (I've even heard CW on it) and 11 meter beacons.  These guys are having a pretty run-of-the-mill Spanish speaking 11 meter freebander QSO.  Talking about radios and propagation conditions, roundtable style (as found on 6900 kHz LSB and other 43 meter band frequencies and in lots of other places). 

Weak signals, but readable.

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10/11 meters / Re: Outhouse Net 27385 kHz LSB (ch 38) 0302 UTC Jun 28 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 0305 UTC »

I have the Tram (or Browning, or Tram-Browning, depending on where you look) - all the same company, version of the Larsen NMO-27 professional land mobile style 26-30 MHz antenna, currently cut for 27.4 or 27.5 MHz, somewhere around there) and with a decent NMO mag mount antenna it actually performs just as well as the higher end Wilson, Hustler, K40, etc offerings.

That Radio Shack antenna is a classic.  I have the more modern version of it (that lacks the teardrop shape mount, the one I have has a regular old round mag mount but the antenna itself looks exactly the same).  The SWR readings on it are surprisingly good.  

27.385 LSB is active right now by the way.

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10/11 meters / Late Night 11 Meter Net 27.470 MHz LSB 27470 kHz LSB 0300+ UTC 29 June 2017

« on: June 29, 2017, 0301 UTC »

11 meter band free band CB radio SSB net frequency QRG 27.470 MHz LSB 27470 LSB 27470 kHz LSB.  One of the more popular "in-between" or "slider" channels (5 kHz steps instead of the standard 10 kHz CB radio channel steps), along with 27.420 MHz, 27.430 MHz, 27.440 MHz and 27.450 MHz.  For whatever reason, 27.460 MHz seems to not be nearly as popular as 27.450 or 27.470 MHz.  I have a feeling it has something to do with most English language stations using LSB mode and 27.455 MHz USB being a popular Spanish speaking DX calling frequency, so operating on 27.460 MHz LSB would result in a lot of QRM when the band is open to Latin America. 

Hearing an OM talking about a Uniden HR-2510 with the Chipswitch modification as well as a "Joker" 2-pill (two transistor) amplifier as a package deal.  Casual chatter about the Uniden 2510 or President 2510 radio - "that's another $300 or $350 radio today anyway, you know".  Unable to copy the station he's talking to.  Asked to hear a comment from "Wayne" indicating that this is another roundtable style ragchew net.  Sounds like the operators know each other pretty well.  "Anybody double dog dare me to call Wayne's cell phone?    WAKE UP!"  "What mic is that?" standard ham radio like amateur radio chatter about microphones, audio quality, etc....which is unfortunate because I can only copy one station out of the various stations that are chatting on this frequency.