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North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio OTR 6770 kHz AM 0010 UTC 25 Aug 2017

« on: August 25, 2017, 0014 UTC »

Old Time Radio 6770 kHz 6.770 MHz, have a faint carrier on 6770.0 kHz and some very very faint bits and pieces of audio coming through.  Unfortunately, there is a fair amount of QRM tonight...in the form of Spanish language traffic on 6765 kHz USB, Portuguese traffic on 6769 LSB, and a strong CW signal that seems to be repeating the same message over and over again on 6767 kHz.  

The carrier and tell-tale bits and pieces of AM audio means its OTR though!  The CW and sporadic SSB QRM are making any copy of the weak audio basically impossible, especially in regular old AM mode.  Switching to 6770 kHz USB makes things a bit easier.  

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Peskies / 6765 kHz USB Voice and CW vs 6769 kHz LSB 25 August 2017

« on: August 25, 2017, 0011 UTC »

This frequency is used for all sorts of stuff.  I've heard SHARES nets here before, Bangkok marine weather traffic and pescadores/freebanders.  Now I'm hearing CW on 6767 kHz mixing in with Spanish language traffic (and Portuguese on 6769 LSB!)

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Peskies / Spanish Language Activity 6900 kHz LSB, 6930 kHz LSB, 6935 kHz USB 25 AUG 2017

« on: August 25, 2017, 0006 UTC »

Spanish voices,

6900 kHz 6.900 MHz LSB
6930 kHz 6.930 MHz LSB
6935 kHz 6.935 MHz USB



Hearing lots of activity on the 43 meter band tonight, all after 0000 UTC 25 August 2017 and all in Spanish.  All seem to be freebander nets. Good signals punching through the summer static and noise QRN nicely.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Burn It Down Radio 6965 AM 2310 UTC 8-24-17

« on: August 25, 2017, 0004 UTC »

Some datalink QRM, hearing an OM talking about email at 0003 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 1430 UTC 24 Aug 2017

« on: August 24, 2017, 1439 UTC »

Bits and pieces of audio heard on a S3 carrier, OM talking

1443 UTC - audio came up a bit, sounds like an old Dragnet episode (I recognize Joe Friday's / Jack Webb's voice)
1445 UTC - phone heard ringing in background
1450 UTC - typical police procedural voiceover with dramatic music
1454 UTC - more music, signal coming up a bit, now pushing S5-S6 on the peaks
1455 UTC - gunfire, more dramatic music
1458 UTC - now getting completely obliterated by a stronger (and much wider) signal
1501 UTC - strong music now, is this another station?
1502 UTC - Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
1510 UTC - music mixing in with Dragnet audio...not sure if this is two stations or one station with two audio feeds
1516 UTC - weak music now, OM and YL talking in the background
1518 UTC - signal jumped back up, hearing more Depeche Mode
1523 UTC - dead air, still S6-S7 carrier
1524 UTC - VFO swoosh, then back to music
1600 UTC - music, weaker now (S4-S5) with more noise, some minor fading
1601 UTC - Journey - Any Way You Want It (mashup)
1615 UTC - signal up a bit with "The Power of Love" (another mashup with another, currently UNID due to fading, track)
1617 UTC - faint techno/dance music beats heard...noise is getting worse
1820 UTC - still going strong, with Duran Duran - Rio (signal is back up, now a nice S7 with less noise)
1822 UTC - The Clash - Should I Say or Should I Go? (some minor fading down to S5 - but still good signal and good copy)
1830 UTC - Berlin - The Metro
1841 UTC - Duran Duran - The Reflex
1846 UTC - U2 - I Will Follow
1849 UTC - Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself (heavy fades now, dipping down into the noise at the worst points)
1905 UTC - Nena - 99 Luftballons (German Version) - still suffering from fading but sounding good on the peaks
1909 UTC - Alphaville - Forever Young
1910 UTC - signal jumped up to S7, really nice modulation for a few seconds, then back down to S4, rapid fades now
1924 UTC - Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
1928 UTC - U2 - Desire

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Peskies / Re: UNID Italian Language 4620 kHz USB 0300 UTC 24 August 2017

« on: August 24, 2017, 0345 UTC »

I'm still hearing the radar pulses on my end

Both 4620 kHz USB and 4630 kHz USB are both quiet now (0345 UTC).  Since you heard the Italians on 4630 USB earlier as well, I think its safe to say that we were probably hearing the same group of stations only moved down 10 kHz from 4630 kHz to 4620 kHz.

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Peskies / UNID Italian Language 4620 kHz USB 0300 UTC 24 August 2017

« on: August 24, 2017, 0311 UTC »

After doing some scanning of the 6-7 MHz region, I decided to go down to 3-6 MHz and see what I could find.  The 6 MHz aeronautical band and the 6 MHz marine frequencies were relatively active but only with legit traffic. 

I've noted Italian traffic on 4630 kHz USB in the past, but I don't think I've logged 4620 before.  These guys sound like the group previously heard on 4630 kHz USB...lots and lots of radar SWOOP SWOOP SWOOP SWOOP (I think its radar) QRM making copy really painful at points.  OTH radar (or whatever this QRM is) is all over the 4-5 MHz region. 

SIO 211 considering the heavy QRM

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio OTR 6770 kHz AM 0255 UTC 24 Aug 2017

« on: August 24, 2017, 0258 UTC »

Late night logging of OTR - Old Time Radio on 6770 AM

Frequency: 6770 kHz 6.770 MHz
Mode: AM
Time: 0255 UTC+


Hearing bits and pieces of audio (and seeing a very faint carrier!) on 6770 kHz this evening.  The Spanish-speaking traffic that was on 6770 USB is long gone and there's no sign of other nearby "peskies".  SIO 111 due to heavy thunderstorm static crash QRN and general summertime noise going on right now, but there is certainly something there.  I am getting bits and pieces of audio at 0258 UTC

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6770 kHz USB 0230 UTC 24 August 2017

« on: August 24, 2017, 0248 UTC »

Date:  August 24, 2017
Time: 0230 UTC - 0242 UTC (signals disappeared after this time, likely due to fading vs. the QSO ending...hard to say for certain though, especially with the summertime static).
Frequency:  6770 kHz 6.770 MHz - same as the famous Old Time Radio or OTR pirate station often logged on this frequency.  See below for discussion regarding phone patch or radiotelephone links heard on nearby frequencies (always in Spanish).
Mode: USB
Language: Spanish, South American or Central American accents, possibly actually fishing fleets or other business or commercial land mobile users instead of freebanding ham operators or amateurs operating out of band.

Two stations chatting away, sounds like a YL talking to an OM, possibly husband and wife, a radiotelephone-like QSO (both sides are taking turns talking though, its simplex as far as I can tell, not semi-duplex or split frequency).

I know, another pirate using 6770 kHz??  This time its another phone patch-like QSO between an OM and a YL.  These types of communications have been noted on several frequencies, including 6723.5 kHz USB, 6771.5 kHz USB and 6772.5 kHz USB as well as several of the more commonly active 6800 kHz to 7000 kHz range frequencies (mainly talking about 69xx kHz here, i.e., the classic pirate frequencies).  QSO faded down into noise just before 0245 UTC (10:45pm local time).  Accents were not Mexican Spanish like, sounded more like South American or possibly Central American in origin. 

Another mystery pescadore log

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6950 kHz LSB 0230 UTC 24 August 2017

« on: August 24, 2017, 0239 UTC »

Lots of Over-The-Horizon Radar OTHR OTH-R interference buzz radar QRM on the band tonight.  These guys are right at the top edge of the roughly 40-50 kHz wide radar signal (starts at around 6900 kHz, another popular Spanish language freebanding frequency).

Mention of "Venezuela" at 0236 UTC and "Argentina" at 0237 UTC.  Lots of fading, there's a stronger station talking to a JBA station, and another, third station is also active on this frequency, sounds like a YL.  Possible ID as actual fishing fleet net (which would explain the YL talking to her husband while he's out on the boat?)  Hard to say for sure as the heavy fading mixed with OTH radar QRM means I'm getting maybe 25% of what the strongest station is saying. 

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Peskies / 6905 kHz LSB Spanish Speaking Freebander Net 0100+ UTC 24 August 2017

« on: August 24, 2017, 0116 UTC »

Both 6900 kHz LSB and 6905 kHz LSB are busy with Spanish voices this evening, similar sounding traffic...but since there's already a thread for 6900 kHz, I figured I'd make one for 6905 LSB. 

Casual Spanish language radio amateurs / freebanders roundtable HF ragchew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0004 UTC August 24, 2017

« on: August 24, 2017, 0013 UTC »

Hearing Latin music with YL and OM talking over the music at 0012 UTC

0032 UTC - Put The Blame On Mame - Rita Hayworth (from the film Gilda)
0057 UTC - "you don't hate me, don't you, Johnny?" "I don't think you have any idea how much"
0058 UTC - dialog continues
0059 UTC - car engines racing
0101 UTC - "she's asked me to represent her with the stockholders"
0109 UTC - over the horizon radar QRM, roughly 40-50 kHz wide from 6900 kHz to 6950 kHz, putting 6925 kHz right in the middle of the QRM
0111 UTC - YL (Rita Hayworth) singing, English/Spanish
0113 UTC - Latin music, back to Rita singing
0119 UTC - "Put The Blame on Mame" - Rita Hayworth (with band music in background) clear audio
0127 UTC - dramatic music
0130 UTC - off

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Peskies / UNID Unknown Language 6747.5 kHz USB 2325 UTC 23 August 2017

« on: August 23, 2017, 2327 UTC »

Pretty sure this is Portuguese but its sandwiched between the super powerful Canadian military volmet weather transmission on 6754 kHz USB and some sort of data link on 6745 kHz USB that its hard to really narrow it on in.  Sounds like Portuguese to me though.  Lots of static crashes making language confirmation impossible at this time so I'm leaving it as "unknown"

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Peskies / 6900 kHz LSB 6.900 MHz LSB Spanish Speaking Freebanders 23 August 2017

« on: August 23, 2017, 2308 UTC »

6.900 MHz 6900 kHz

Mode: LSB

Spanish language freebander net active at 2300 UTC tune in August 23rd, 2017.  Several stations heard going at once with some static crash QRN, likely from thunderstorms.  Stations "checking in" to net and giving signal reports, the usual informal "hello frequency!" and "hola!" transmissions with light banter, sometimes stations talking over each other but general professional-sounding operating procedures.  Like many times before, these transmissions remind me of 11 meter freeband operations coming out of Latin America.  

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6940 USB 2246 UTC August 23, 2017

« on: August 23, 2017, 2305 UTC »

Clever Name Radio pirate log 08/23/2017

6940 kHz USB - 6.940 MHz USB

Beastie Boys at 2304 UTC tune-in, solid S7 signal with very little noise.  


2310 UTC - AC/DC - The Jack
2318 UTC - Broadcasting live from Trump Tower, this is Clever Name Radio (ID)
2318 UTC - 311 - Come Original
2320 UTC - signal now up to S9, peaks past S9+10db