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10/11 meters / 26.855 MHz AM - 26855 kHz AM Freeband 11 Meter DX Skip 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 2113 UTC »

Hearing at least three different stations talking about "individual cups" and "had a wooden paddle with it" "that little cardboard little box" some item that used to cost 59 cents.  Something about wooden paddles.  Another station underneath a stronger station now at 2110 UTC.  Southern accents.  Lots of signals in the legal 40 CB channels.

"down here in Texas" heard at 2111 UTC, followed by a station calling out the "home boy channel" bleedover from channel 6 / the superbowl / 27.025 MHz AM 27025 AM.  "We got a few big radios....[faded out]"  Lots of QSB at 2112 UTC.  Sounds like a local or regional channel, like a lot of these "lowers" frequencies that pop up during band openings.  Lots of complaints about bleedover from nearby channels.  Seems like most, or all, of these stations are coming out of Texas. 

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Band DX Skip 27MHz Band Activity 1630-1645 UTC 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 1645 UTC »

Seems like some Sporadic-E propagation, 11 meter DX 27 MHz band skip propagation free band freeband CB radio 11m

15 minutes of monitoring, starting at 1630 UTC and ending at 1645 UTC. 

26.105 MHz / 26105 AM - Truckers, busy with heavy QRM at points (US stations, EE English speaking)
26.135 MHz / 26135 AM - English language, likely also truckers
26.375 MHz / 26375 AM - Spanish language, very heavy QSB fading
26.515 MHz / 26515 AM - English language, Southern US accents - possibly a local net (similar traffic noted on this frequency before)
26.735 MHz / 26735 AM - Truckers, lots of fading
26.775 MHz / 26775 AM - Florida, Texas and several other southern US states heard working DX
26.885 MHz / 26885 AM - "557 North Carolina" and dozens of other stations from Southern USA booming in nicely
26.915 MHz / 26915 AM - Very busy, mostly southern US with some heavy QRM
26.945 MHz / 26945 AM - Stations shooting DX
26.955 MHz / 26955 AM - Sounds like truckers, talking about spring-loaded clamps?
26.965-27.405 MHz - all channels busy, suffering from heavy splatter from 27.025 / 27025 channel 6 mess
27.420 MHz / 27420 LSB - English language
27.425 MHz / 27425 LSB - English language
27.440 MHz / 27440 LSB - "Number 1 Central Florida"
27.455 MHz / 27455 USB - Heavy QRM - Spanish, with English speaking OM "yes, QSY, give me a frequency!"
27.465 MHz / 27465 LSB - Northwestern Illinois working an unheard station
27.475 MHz / 27475 USB - 2W294 194 Running a Galaxy 2517 working a Moonraker on the tower, working several stations
 

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Peskies / UNID Unknown Language 6956.5 kHz USB 0430+ UTC 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 0439 UTC »

Sounds like Portuguese but it could be Italian for all I know.  6956.5 kHz USB.  6.956.5 MHz USB

Not 100% sure this is Portuguese, as the signals are quite weak.  Seems like all the Spanish speaking freeband nets on 6900 kHz and other frequencies have disappeared.  Reminds me of the Portuguese speaking traffic often heard on 6919 kHz, 6925 kHz, and a bunch of other frequencies.  They are using 6956.5 kHz, which is interesting. 

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Utility / Halifax CANFORCE wrkng aircraft 6855 kHz USB 0040 UTC 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 0041 UTC »

Hearing some military two-way comms on 6855 kHz USB.  Station HALIFAX working an aircraft station (wasn't able to copy any sort of ID or callsign due to heavy fading).

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6900 kHz USB 0000 UTC 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 0015 UTC »

More traffic heard on 6900 kHz - 6.900 MHz this evening, only this time in USB mode.  Seems like our friends are making use of their mode switches

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6880 kHz LSB 0007-0010 UTC 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 0011 UTC »

More radio checks (see thread from same date/time for frequency 6960 kHz / 6.960 MHz LSB mode) heard on 6880 kHz LSB.  Sounded like the same operator too.  Likely somebody checking their SWR and/or tuning their antenna.  I have a feeling somebody was up on 11 meters...and then they dropped down to below the 7000 kHz / 7 MHz amateur band 40 meters.  The 6700 to 7000 kHz range is a favorite for these stations, but they have been heard all over the place.

Nothing heard after 0010 UTC.  Chances are he's moved to a different frequency.

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6900 kHz LSB 0000 UTC 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 0007 UTC »

Spanish language freebander net 6900 kHz
Spanish voices 6.900 MHz LSB
Spanish speaking two way traffic 6900 kHz LSB

starting at around 0000 UTC on 11 July 2017

Hearing faint Spanish language traffic on the "home channel" for 43 meter freeband activity, 6900 kHz.  Noticed activity on several other frequencies at the same time, including 6915 kHz LSB, 6960 kHz LSB, and I have a feeling there are others I haven't come across yet.

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6960 kHz LSB 0000 UTC 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 0004 UTC »

6960 kHz LSB 6.960 MHz LSB 6960 LSB Spanish speaking Spanish language freebander radio checks 6960 LSB

Hearing a nice signal on 6960 LSB just past 0000 UTC (at 0003 UTC) hearing a station doing radio checks, tuning up (dropping an AM carrier on 6960.0 kHz, then switching back to LSB mode and saying "HOLA! HOLA! HOLA!" over and over again...often holding on the vowels, likely indicating that he's checking power levels).

0004 UTC - now whistling into microphone, then switched back to HOLAAAAA! and HOOOOOOOOOOOLLLAAAAA.  Sounds like the 11 meter guys have moved back down to 43 meters....even though 11 meters is still at least sort of active.

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6915 kHz LSB 0000 UTC 11 July 2017

« on: July 11, 2017, 0002 UTC »

6915 kHz LSB 6.915 MHz LSB 6915 LSB 6.915 LSB Spanish speakers freebanders outbanders bootleg two-way traffic pescadores etc

11/07/2017 - 07/11/2017 - 11 JUL 2017 JULY 11 2017 0000 UTC

Tuned into frequency 6915 kHz LSB mode to hear several Spanish speakers chatting away.  Reminds me of the traffic usually heard on 6900 kHz LSB and other nearby frequencies.  Fits in line with 5 kHz channel spacing.  Mention of "Tampico". 

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10/11 meters / UK Remote SDR - European Europe 26 MHz 27 MHz 11 Meter Logs 1 July 2017

« on: July 01, 2017, 1646 UTC »

Pretty quiet band right now.  Usually this SDR is very busy.  Sometimes European openings are preludes to openings in North America 

26200 FM - Paging - POCSAG Pager 26 MHz Paging On-Site system
26350 FM - Paging - POCSAG Pager 26 MHz Paging On-Site system
26405 USB - Russian language
26445 USB - Russian language
26835 FM - Paging - POCSAG Pager 26 MHz Paging On-Site system
27100 FM - Possibly Polish, weak but there's a signal there...maybe Russian
27135 FM - Spanish language, strong
27150 FM - Russian language
27235 FM - Data bursts, with weak voice traffic underneath
27255 FM - English language, with some QRM
27275 FM - English language
27280 FM - Russian language
27345 LSB - Italian language, very strong signal with several other stations underneath
27395 FM - Several signals heard here
27430 USB - Spanish language
27515 USB - Spanish language, mention of Sirio antenna
27525 USB - Spanish language
27555 USB - International 11 meter calling frequency, several stations calling CQ and requesting QSY
27565 USB - Spanish and Italian language both heard on this frequency
27570 FM - Radio checks, or somebody tuning up
27575 USB - Spanish language, very strong
27585 USB - Spanish language, "Alpha Tango 0055" and "Echo Tango 145" heard
27601 FM - English language / UK 27/81 FM CB
27655 USB - Spanish language
27691 FM - English language / UK 27/81 FM CB
27720 USB - Italian language, station calling CQ in Italian
27845 FM - Paging signal - Pager transmitter
27921 FM - English language / UK 27/81 FM CB

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10/11 meters / CB Channel 19 Broadcasts 27185 kHz 27.185 MHz 1 July 2017

« on: July 01, 2017, 1619 UTC »

Broadcast transmissions or recorded transmissions have often been logged CB radio channel 19 - 27.185 MHz AM or 27185 kHz AM.  However, most of the time I hear YLs doing these broadcasts.  The rest of the band seems somewhat quiet, save for channel 6 - 27.025 MHz AM (of course), channel 15 (27.135 MHz AM) and some local traffic on channel 22 (27.225 MHz AM).  Since CH 22 is often used for "shooting skip" and the locals here run power...they often shoot skip on the local channel.  Channel 19 is a different story though, due to the sheer number of transmissions going at once. 

The 11 meter band seems to be opening up a bit early this afternoon (eastern US time).  I'm hearing a OM voice advertising a truck wash and polish service "switch to 23 for full service" which may or may not be actually an advertisement for truckstop whores (as these ads usually are, but they usually feature a YL with a sexy-sounding voice, as female voices over the radio tend to grab a lot more attention).  This is, of course, on top of the usual heterodyne heard on channel 19 during band openings.  Bits and pieces of voice, a number here, a roger beep there, and lots of heterodynes. 

Started listening to 27.185 MHz / CB 19 at 1600 UTC on July 1, 2017.  Fingers crossed the band conditions will continue to get better.  I don't hear anything above channel 40 or below channel 1 (the freeband CB radio frequencies) just yet.

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Peskies / 6905 kHz LSB Spanish Speaking Freebander Net 0200+ UTC 1 July 2017

« on: July 01, 2017, 0212 UTC »

Two stations QSY'ed from 6900 kHz LSB on to this frequency.  It appears that, at least right now (0211 UTC), 6900 kHz LSB is quiet, so I decided to make a thread for 6905 LSB as it is possible that everybody moved up to the new frequency instead of just some of the stations in the net as originally thought.  That, or I'm just not hearing the stations on 6900 kHz LSB right now.  

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Peskies / 6900 kHz LSB Spanish Speaking Freebander Net 0200+ UTC 1 July 2017

« on: July 01, 2017, 0210 UTC »

6.900 MHz LSB 6900 kHz LSB 6.900 LSB 6900 LSB Spanish language Spanish voices Spanish pirates 6900 LSB 30 June 2017 - 1 July 2017

These guys have probably been going since before 0000 UTC on 1 July, but since I first turned in at 0200 UTC, that's the time I'm putting.  Hearing several good-sounding stations having a roundtable QSO, pretty standard operating procedure for this frequency.  At 0208, one of the operator requested a change / QSY to "6 9 0 5" and he and another station moved up to 6905 kHz LSB and continued chatting.  This also matches up with the operating procedures previously heard, as 6900 kHz LSB is used as the "calling" or "primary" frequency, and then stations QSY, usually in 5 kHz steps, just like on 11 meters, for more long-winded or personal QSOs.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Sideband Preacher Babble 15555 kHz USB WJHR Shortwave 15.555 MHz USB

« on: June 30, 2017, 1813 UTC »

I was cruising around 19 meters and came across what I thought was two-way comms (while listening in AM mode) on 15555 kHz / 15.555 MHz...I then switched to USB and realized it was yet another crazy rambling radio evangelist preacher, typical of, well, all the shortwave broadcast bands.  A quick Google search shows me its WJHR out of Milton, Florida.

The question in my mind is, why is this guy using SSB?  Isn't the point of these radio evangelists to reach as many people as possible?  I don't think people with AM only portable receivers would bother to buy a more expensive receiver when they can hear Brother Stair and a dozen other equally delusional radio preachers transmitting in AM? 

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10/11 meters / Strong AM Signals 26.875 MHz AM 26875 kHz AM "88 Alabama" working DX 30-JUN-17

« on: June 30, 2017, 1548 UTC »

Tuned in at 1545 UTC/1145am local time

Station putting out a very loud AM signal on 26875 AM, mentioned working conditions as a Galaxy 88 with a Varmint 150 driver into a Heathkit SB220 and a "homemade ground plane 18 feet tall" working stations in Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, Florida and several other locations all on 26.875 MHz AM.  Very powerful AM signal 10-12 kHz wide doing a solid S9 signal level.  Now several stations replying to station IDing as 88 Alabama, working Bartender, Switchblade and several numerical callsign or handle number stations, including 2408 Mobile and other mobile stations.