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Peskies / 6900 kHz LSB Spanish Speaking Freebanders Mexico, Costa Rica, Aruba 7 June 2017

« on: June 07, 2017, 0203 UTC »

Tuned in at 0200 UTC 7 June 2017.  Typical chatter, only seems a bit more "frantic" than before.  Several stations in roundtable discussion.  Band noise was lower earlier, but now some thunderstorm QRN has appeared.  Unfortunately for the 6900 kHz crowd, I've spent most of my monitoring time listening to military traffic.

Notes:

-Stations in Costa Rica and Aruba heard checking into net.  Don't think I've heard these before

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Utility / Three Character Callsign EAMS 6778 USB, 6833 USB, 6903 USB, 6988 USB, 7703 USB

« on: June 07, 2017, 0157 UTC »

43DHYA standby 43DHYA standby

Three character callsigns, 6833 and 6903 appear to be the busiest frequencies of the bunch.  Combined with the considerable rise in activity on the usual frequencies (especially 8992 kHz USB and 11175 kHz USB)...either this is a large exercise or the indications of serious military activity (or maybe both)?

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Utility / EAM on 6988 kHz USB 0154 UTC 7 June 2017

« on: June 07, 2017, 0155 UTC »

In addition to:

6778 kHz USB
6833 kHz USB
6903 kHz USB
7703 kHz USB

now add:  6988 kHz USB to the "odd" EAM frequencies heard today, transmission first noticed at 0153 UTC.

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Utility / Re: 7703 kHz USB 7 Papa Mike 7PM 147 Character EAM 1805 UTC 6/6/2017

« on: June 07, 2017, 0154 UTC »

Hearing an EAM on 6988 kHz USB now (female voice) at 0154 UTC.

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Utility / Re: 6778 kHz USB, 6833 kHz USB, and 6903 kHz USB 6-7 June 2017 EAMS

« on: June 07, 2017, 0151 UTC »

6778 kHz and 6833 kHz are both active with different voices at 0150 UTC.

Each transmission appears to end with a three character callsign

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Peskies / 6870 kHz USB Spanish Language Speaking Freebanders 7 June 2017

« on: June 07, 2017, 0139 UTC »

6.870 MHz USB 6870 kHz USB...Spanish speaking SS OM

43 meter freebanders or pirates, outbanders or bootleggers, whatever you want to call them...they're everywhere tonight. 

Several references to locations in Mexico heard in the first 30-40 seconds of monitoring this frequency.  Mexican accents too.  Hearing two different OMs chatting away.  Several other active frequencies noted in the past hour or so, but this one just popped out of nowhere, possibly the result of a QSY from another frequency (likely 6900 kHz, etc). 

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Peskies / UNID Portuguese Language 6991 kHz LSB 0130+ UTC 7 June 2017

« on: June 07, 2017, 0135 UTC »

Just below 40 meters, 6.991 MHz / 6991 kHz LSB mode

Among all the other activity on the band tonight, some Portuguese chatter has appeared on the unusual frequency of 6991 kHz LSB.  Just above the noise floor but propagation has been interesting tonight so perhaps we'll see more of these "odd" frequencies pop up with our pescadore friends.

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Peskies / UNID Several Languages 8970 kHz USB 0100+ UTC 7 June 2017

« on: June 07, 2017, 0111 UTC »

8.970 MHz USB / 8970 kHz USB

While listening to the heavy USAF voice traffic on 8992 kHz USB I noticed 8970 kHz USB is quite active.  Hearing what sounds like an Asian language there now, but was hearing English (with lots of swearing) there a second ago..

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Utility / Re: 7703 kHz USB 7 Papa Mike 7PM 147 Character EAM 1805 UTC 6/6/2017

« on: June 07, 2017, 0101 UTC »

6778 USB hearing an EAM started at exactly 0100 UTC, callsign Romeo 7 Uniform R7U OUT on 6778 kHz USB at 0103 UTC.

6833 kHz USB and 6903 kHz USB also noted

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Utility / 6778 kHz USB, 6833 kHz USB, and 6903 kHz USB 6-7 June 2017 EAMS

« on: June 07, 2017, 0101 UTC »

Hearing EAMs on these frequencies as well in the 0000-0100 UTC time frame in addition to the heavy traffic heard on 11175 and the other "standard" USAF HF frequencies.

6778 USB active at exactly 0100 UTC.
6903 USB active at 0119-0120 UTC
6778 USB active with 6833 at 0122 UTC
6833 both active at 0122 UTC ZMRQ message of 4 characters follows ZMRQ I say again ZMRQ standby this is G9V out

all three of these frequencies appear to be going at the same time with different operators, sometimes transmitting the same message, sometimes not.  6778 kHz USB, 6833 kHz USB and 6903 kHz USB all going strong at 0127 UTC.   6903 USB beginning to suffer considerable QRM from Spanish language freebanders on 6905 LSB

8UV signed off at 0129 from frequency of 6903 kHz USB

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Utility / 7703 kHz USB 7 Papa Mike 7PM 147 Character EAM 1805 UTC 6/6/2017

« on: June 06, 2017, 1807 UTC »

Sounded just like the usual traffic heard on the HF-GCS frequencies, however I don't recall reading about this one being one of the "primary" USAF HF frequencies.  Station identified as "7 Papa Mike" with "this completes message of one four seven characters, this is 7 Papa Mike out".  11175 kHz USB has been very active today, often with multiple stations transmitting on top of each other (not simulcast echo either, we're talking different voices).

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Peskies / 6903 kHz LSB UNID Radio Checks - Spanish Language 6/6/2017

« on: June 06, 2017, 0238 UTC »

Hearing a very powerful (SIO 555) signal on 6903 kHz LSB, station calling CQ and saying "good evening" and "hello!" over and over again, either actually calling CQ or simply doing a radio check.  Stations were on nearby frequency 6900 kHz USB only a few minutes before this (much stronger) station come on, and they are still busy chatting away on 6895 kHz LSB and 6900 kHz LSB.  No ID heard.  Now (0237 UTC) operator is whistling into microphone and suffering considerable QRM from QSO on 6900 kHz USB that has since returned. 

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Peskies / 6900 kHz USB and LSB Spanish Language 6 June 2017

« on: June 06, 2017, 0235 UTC »

Freebanders or outbanders, operating below 40 meter ham band.  6900 kHz or 6.900 MHz, both LSB and USB mode are active this evening (started listening around 0225 UTC, it is now 0233 UTC).  June 6th, 2017.

Hearing a station from California working a much weaker station on 6900 kHz USB, while 6900 kHz LSB is home to our usual friends (Spanish language speaking freebanders searching for better propagation since 11 meters is a closed band at the moment).  Cesar and other operators chatting away on 6900 LSB, often referring to each other by first name rather than callsign or "handle".  Standard 43 meter chatter (basically the same thing as the various 11 meter freeband nets).  Stations checking in to informal "net", saying hello "good evening" is the de facto greeting, giving signal reports, location or QTH information, and radio transmitter working conditions and equipment discussion...then another station comes on and continues.  Seems like if two stations want to have a longer or more in-depth QSO, they simply flip up to 6900 USB, or QSY to another nearby frequency.  Several references to "California" on both 6900 kHz LSB and 6900 kHz USB.  

6900 LSB is by far much more active than 6900 USB, however the similarities in accents and signal strengths leads me to believe the stations operating on 6900 USB simply "QSYed" by flipping the mode switch from LSB to USB.  The usual QSY frequency of 6895 kHz is also very busy.  Not sure why 6905 kHz is quiet, but its always possible its busy and I'm just not hearing anything.

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Peskies / 6888 kHz USB Portuguese Peskies vs. Data 0226 UTC 6/6/2017 6 June 2017

« on: June 06, 2017, 0228 UTC »

Portuguese speaking fishing fleets pescadores peskies 6.888 MHz USB 6888 kHz USB June 6th, 2017.

Hearing some busy peskie chatter (sounds like Portuguese Language) on 6888 kHz USB, pretty standard, almost "frantic" sounding chatter with some strong data burst QRM that seems to be on exactly the same frequency at times drowning the voice communications out completely.  Lots of storm static QRN as well but nothing too crazy at the moment.  SIO 222 or so due to the ute data QRM and the thunderstorm lightning static crash noise QRN.

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Peskies / 6895 kHz LSB Busy Spanish Speaking Freebander Net 6 June 2017

« on: June 06, 2017, 0225 UTC »

6.895 MHz LSB / 6895 kHz LSB 43 meter pirate two way bootleg Spanish language

Quickly tuned around the 6-7 MHz region starting at 0220 UTC.  6900 kHz LSB appears to be active, but it looks like 6895 LSB is the busy frequency for tonight.  Lots of Spanish language traffic going basically nonstop on this frequency.  Also hearing some Portuguese on 6888 kHz USB with heavy QRM from a MARS net or another net that's using a hybrid of SSB voice and data bursts.  Perhaps a MARS operator is having fun jamming the peskies?