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10/11 meters / Re: 29.710 MHz FM 29710 FM UNID Land Mobile Comms [N1NTE RX] 15 April 2024

« on: April 23, 2024, 1324 UTC »

What are you using for a receiver to snag these?

Here in the upstairs shack/home office, I have a WillCo-equipped R-71A which can cover about a megahertz above 10M and may put it to work scanning when the upper HF spectrum is active.

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10/11 meters / Re: Truck Drivers On 26.735 MHz AM Truckers On Free Band CB 1855 UTC 15 March 2024

« on: March 31, 2024, 1857 UTC »

Where are you hearing FM transmissions?

Two places I caught them recently are 27.605 and 27.615. Apart from that, nada.

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10/11 meters / Re: Truck Drivers On 26.735 MHz AM Truckers On Free Band CB 1855 UTC 15 March 2024

« on: March 28, 2024, 1354 UTC »

Speaking of CB, someone is constantly jamming Channel 5 (27015kHz) a lot.

That's a LatAm trucker channel (similar to CONUS Ch19). They probably have their own unique set of wingnuts who interfere with the channel just as our homegrown idiots do 19.

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10/11 meters / Re: Truck Drivers On 26.735 MHz AM Truckers On Free Band CB 1855 UTC 15 March 2024

« on: March 24, 2024, 1326 UTC »

A lot to quote in the above, so I'll hit the high points:

Radio owner loves his 48T - got great reports with it. The other one he brought was a 29LTD Classic. The Cobra suffered from what I'll call big-truck-itis: Being bounced around on haul roads without the benefit of shock mounting makes every intermittent solder joint in a radio show itself.

In times when there isn't snow or ice on our roads I'm usually on two wheels instead of inside four. Every one of my touring or sport-touring motorcycles has at a minimum a CB rig (either OEM accessory or J&M) installed - with the exception of one. That bike has the ability to accommodate an IC-703, 706MkIIG or IC-7000 and an FTM-10R in its top box. They can be run concurrently. Two of the others also have FTM-10SRs installed.

If I'm underway and on a major thoroughfare I usually monitor Ch19 and the weather band. Having comms aboard the bikes has saved me huge headaches and kept me dry. Relatively speaking. 

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10/11 meters / Re: Truck Drivers On 26.735 MHz AM Truckers On Free Band CB 1855 UTC 15 March 2024

« on: March 22, 2024, 1954 UTC »

I have a DX48T on the bench for one of the locals at the moment. It'll come with the usual "Stay off 10M unless licensed" warnings.

Also volunteered to host study classes for a few of the drivers who are interested in getting their tickets. Those I talked to regarding CB usage say they do a lot more monitoring of road conditions and offloading facility stations than actually chatting with one another so this may open up some possibilities.

Couple hams I knew years ago were OTR drivers and had a lot of fun running HF mobile.

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10/11 meters / Re: Truck Drivers On 26.735 MHz AM Truckers On Free Band CB 1855 UTC 15 March 2024

« on: March 22, 2024, 1333 UTC »

What are they talking about on 26.735?

Typical road blather, the idiot up ahead of them driving stupidly, who's running which load where, how well the truck is running (or not). I've heard activity like this all the way down to around 26.000 but usually not much above Ch40.

Will monitor 735 again today and over the weekend. If no activity then, it's probably local deliveries and their outfit (or customers) close for the weekend.

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10/11 meters / Re: Truck Drivers On 26.735 MHz AM Truckers On Free Band CB 1855 UTC 15 March 2024

« on: March 21, 2024, 2202 UTC »

Had a few hits on 26.735 today. Don't know if skip or not.

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10/11 meters / Re: 27.385 - Comedy, aingst, and Professional Operation

« on: March 21, 2024, 2201 UTC »

Heard both today (1111 is ongoing as I type this) plus the assorted regulars whose psych meds apparently ran out.

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10/11 meters / Re: WWV's 25MHz signal?

« on: March 19, 2024, 1437 UTC »

10/S-9 into N. OH as I type this.

For those who are hams, 12M is hopping at the moment.

And the 25.950 signal is S4 +/- but currently unmodulated.

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10/11 meters / Re: OK, here we go with the West Coast CB CH 38LSB, 27.365MHz, '1, 1, 1, 1', jammer.

« on: March 18, 2024, 1415 UTC »

When I do hear that mess it ranges anywhere between S6 to a little over S9 (northern Ohio) and thankfully fades out after a few hours.

Really surprised someone hasn't IDed this one yet.

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General Radio Discussion / Transnistria (Moldova) towers brought down

« on: April 27, 2022, 1554 UTC »

Found a news article on another forum stating that communications towers at facilities used to "broadcast Russian news" were destroyed by explosives. Anyone have an idea of what these were associated with (SWBC, TV, etc.) and the operator(s) involved?

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Other / Re: Freebanders 6650 jammed with Vivaldi's four seasons & more

« on: April 08, 2022, 1729 UTC »

I'm across the pond from all the fun, it seems.

What's the freeband activity level in that frequency region from, say, 0300UTC til 1000UTC or thereabouts? I don't hear much in the way of 41M two-way comms stateside, but there are a few daytime pirate broadcasters here and there.

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Utility / Re: Propaganda

« on: March 08, 2022, 2141 UTC »

7200 and 14313 are stateside examples of it too.

I'll check 7050 and see what I can hear.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WWCR off the air - any idea why?

« on: January 06, 2022, 1536 UTC »

Noticed them absent. Also noticed WTWW (5085) is way down in strength as compared to "usual". Everything else in the 5MHz region seems to be at their usual signal levels, though.