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10/11 meters / 11 meter opening 10 June 2018

« on: June 10, 2018, 2028 UTC »

Lots of in-band activity on the 40 legal channels as well as US stations on the low frequencies above channel 1 (26885, 26905 and 26915 being very active) and several SSB QSOs in progress above channel 40. Channels 36, 37, 38 and 39 are all wall-to-wall with SSB DX in LSB mode. 27415 LSB, 27425 LSB, 27445 LSB and 27525 LSB also very busy.  I have WWV on 25 MHz coming in SIO 222 or so 25000 kHz

More logs from 10 June 2018:

I was testing an HF antenna as well as using a President Texas 1800 mobile whip (7/8 wave) with a ground plane.

26515 AM 26.515 MHz AM - Georgia, Florida, and other deep south states working each other
26565 AM 26.565 MHz AM - Spanish language, probably from Mexico
26585 AM 26.585 MHz AM - Spanish language, lots of fading
26705 AM 26.705 MHz AM - Spanish language, Puerto Rico and Florida heard (lots of overmodulation, etc.)
26715 AM 26.715 MHz AM - Spanish language, similar to 26705 AM
26775 AM 26.775 MHz AM - Two stations talking, very deep rapid fades, southern accents (English language)
26815 AM 26.815 MHz AM - Lots of activity from the deep south, numerical callsigns heard
26835 AM 26.835 MHz AM - similar to 26815 AM
26885 AM 26.885 MHz AM - Heard mention of Indiana
26905 AM 26.905 MHz AM - radio checks, lots of QRM and some splatter from 27025 AM
26915 AM 26.915 MHz AM - low channel AM calling frequency, busy southern and midwestern USA


27415 LSB 27.415 MHz LSB - Southern USA, active QSO
27425 LSB 27.425 MHz LSB - Heard mention of Ohio
27435 LSB 27.435 MHz LSB - weak, Florida?
27445 LSB 27.445 MHz LSB - very strong, thick midwestern or even Canadian accents
27455 USB 27.455 MHz USB - Spanish language, very active
27480 LSB 27.480 MHz LSB - technical radio discussion, good signals, Georgia and Indiana heard
27525 LSB 27.525 MHz LSB - radio checks, at least two stations giving signal reports
27555 LSB 27.555 MHz LSB - on-going QSO
27555 USB 27.555 MHz USB - stations working DX, heard Nova Scotia working US stations
27625 AM 27.625 MHz AM - audio checks, talking about a "kicker" (amplifier)

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter DX Band Opening Domican Republic SDR Logs 31 May 2018

« on: June 01, 2018, 0011 UTC »

Very busy band tonight, logs start at 2345 UTC (1945 local time)

SS - Spanish language traffic

25000 AM 25.000 MHz AM - WWV, readable ID, S4-S5 signal
26115 AM 26.115 MHz AM - Spanish language, roger beeps and noise toys heard, lots of fading
26305 AM 26.305 MHz AM - US stations, possibly truckers
26375 AM 26.375 MHz AM - Spanish language, similar to 26.585 AM
26405 AM 26.405 MHz AM - Spanish language, very busy with lots of QRM
26500 USB 26.500 MHz USB - Spanish language
26515 AM 26.515 MHz AM - "I found an arch" "that's what they're talking about" Texas accents
26535 AM 26.535 MHz AM - Spanish language, Mexican accents
26540 LSB 26.540 MHz LSB - Spanish language, similar to 26.555 LSB
26555 LSB 26.555 MHz LSB - Spanish language, very busy
26565 AM 26.565 MHz AM - Spanish language, likely from Mexico
26585 AM 26.585 MHz AM - Spanish language, Mexican accents (commonly heard Mexican QSO channel)
26615 AM 26.615 MHz AM - "1985 Shooting Star USA" "Happy Father's Day Puerto Rico! Break Break!"
26665 AM 26.665 MHz AM - Spanish language, possible taxi cab dispatcher (weak)
26685 AM 26.685 MHz AM - "well I can use it" "10-4" with lots of splatter from 26705 AM and 26715 AM
26705 AM 26.705 MHz AM - just as bad as 27025 AM during a band open, but in Spanish
26715 AM 26.715 MHz AM - very messy, full scale high power Spanish language traffic
26735 AM 26.735 MHz AM - US truckers (this is channel 19 "down one band")
26775 AM 26.775 MHz AM - heard mention of Florida (English language)
26785 AM 26.785 MHz AM - US stations, like most of the lower freqs, sound like locals talking to each other
26805 AM 26.805 MHz AM - Southern accents, talking about Teddy Roosevelt, the CIA controlling the liberals minds, etc
26825 AM 26.825 MHz AM - "that sounds good" "not as good as it can" "what were you running? 50 watts?" "I got you S7"
26845 AM 26.845 MHz AM - US stations, weak
26885 AM 26.885 MHz AM - "ain't nobody but a little mud duck" very strong US stations
26905 AM 26.905 MHz AM - "it was really rolling a while ago"
26915 AM 26.915 MHz AM - Southern US stations working DX very busy
26935 AM 26.935 MHz AM - US stations talking about "the dirty Irish" and Italian politicians, seemed local to each other
26955 AM 26.955 MHz AM - US stations, presumed truckers going by what they were talking about
The legal 40 channels were wall to wall, but here's some notes:
26975 AM 26.975 MHz AM - Hi-fi AM audio, doing radio checks, peaking at S9+30
26995 AM 26.995 MHz AM - US based stations working DX in AM mode, not a legal CB channel (channel 3A)
27145 AM 27.145 MHz AM - YL Taxi cab dispatcher in Spanish, not a legal CB channel (channel 15A)
27375 LSB 27.375 MHz LSB - US stations, very busy SSB DXing
27380 LSB 27.380 MHz LSB - US stations, Southern and Midwestern accents heard
27385 LSB 27.385 MHz LSB - CB CH 38 LSB, SSB calling frequency, very busy
Higher bands:
27415 AM 27.415 MHz AM - 2 QSOs heard at once, Texas accented stations and another station underneath
27425 AM  27.425 MHz AM - Taxi dispatch, YL dispatcher talking to OM driver with roger beeps (very active)
27425 LSB  27.425 MHz LSB - QSO in Spanish, heard underneath the taxi driver chatter on 27.425 AM
27435 AM  27.435 MHz AM - OM talking, very weak (Spanish language)
27445 AM  27.440 MHz AM - Spanish language chatter, possibly taxi cab dispatch
27445 LSB 27.445 MHz LSB - English language, US based stations, very strong
27455 USB 27.455 MHz USB - Spanish language calling channel, non stop activity
27465 LSB 27.465 MHz LSB - US stations, QSO in progress, S9 signals
27480 LSB 27.480 MHz LSB - US stations, similar to 27465 LSB, talking about antennas
27480 USB 27.480 MHz USB - Spanish language
27505 AM 27.505 MHz AM - "I'll give you enough time to get moving around" "something like that" "6 to 9" southern accents
27515 AM 27.515 MHz AM - Spanish language, taxi cab dispatch YL with roger beep
27575 AM 27.575 MHz AM - "that little radio is throwing some fire" "10-4" - maybe truckers?
27595 LSB 27.595 MHz LSB - Midwestern US accents
27605 AM 27.605 MHz AM - English language, sounds like truckers
27625 USB 27.625 MHz USB - Spanish language, strong
27635 LSB 27.635 MHz LSB - Spanish language, weak
27665 USB 27.665 MHz USB - Spanish language
27675 AM 27.675 MHz AM - Southern US accents, casual QSO (likely local to each other)
27765 AM 27.765 MHz AM - "I ain't seen him in a while" US stations having a QSO, probably local to each other
27835 AM 27.835 MHz AM - "its showing up on the monitor" "does that still work?" US operators talking about equipment
27855 AM 27.855 MHz AM - "well if you mess it up just go buy her a new one" and complaints about Spanish QRM
27905 USB 27.905 MHz USB - US stations, talking about how "Good Morning America" should be canceled

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10/11 meters / Sporadic-E Opening 11 meter band DX 27MHz band 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 1547 UTC »

Hearing some activity on the usual channels at 1540 UTC:

26715 AM - Spanish language traffic, one station was 30db over S9 (this is the "Spanish Superbowl")
26895 AM - southern accented stations
26915 AM - "low band" AM freeband activity heard
27005 AM - CB channel 4 - Spanish language
27025 AM - CB channel 6 - The Superbowl
27085 AM - CB channel 11 - AM CB calling channel, lots of DX heard
27165 AM - CB channel 17 - several stations from southern USA heard
27265 AM - CB channel 26 - similar to 27085
27285 AM - CB channel 28 - similar to 27085 and 27265
27385 LSB - CB channel 38 LSB - stations working DX, lots of fading
27435 LSB - similar to 27385 LSB, freebanders working DX
27465 LSB - SSB activity heard (US stations)

Seems like sporadic E activity since there's lots of rapid fading but the higher power channels are coming in pretty strong

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ion Radio 6930.3 AM 1200 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 1209 UTC »

ION RADIO Ion Radio 6930 AM 6930.3 kHz 6.9303 MHz 6.930.3 MHz AM mode pirate station Ion Radio

Carrier popped up just after 1200 UTC time,

1208 UTC - very faint modulation heard, sounds like ambient or psychedelic of some kind maybe?
1210 UTC - carrier may be closer to 6930.25 kHz now, hard to say if there's some sort of minor drift
1214 UTC - can hear an OM talking (very faint but certainly there)
1215 UTC - "legal deportation hearings" "from the White House"
1216 UTC - "the President wants to keep the aid program going" "Toledo, Ohio" "black men were arrested"
1217 UTC - "huge explosions on the planet Mars"
1219 UTC - "WKBW" commercial station ID
1220 UTC - "DO YOU HEAR ME DOWN THERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA"
1221 UTC - "we were all born naked....N A K E D naked"
1224 UTC - "Halloween night"
1224 UTC - "several persons have been injured...may have been killed" "East River Road on Grand Island"
1233 UTC - CW heard
1234 UTC - "all off-duty police officers report" hearing two-way radio chatter now
1241 UTC - "smooth metallic object" "state trooper I was just talking to"
1242 UTC - fading QSB getting a bit more pronounced
1243 UTC - "just what is going on down there?" "we have to get out of the immediate area!"
1253 UTC - "it just cut the helicopter in half...." signal is now considerably stronger, peaking at S7-S8
1254 UTC - sounds like War of The Worlds
1309 UTC - "some sort of gas spreading over the cars"
1315 UTC - talking about H.G. Wells and "The War of The Worlds" broadcast

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Fusion Radio 6950 USB 1155 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 1155 UTC »

UNID pirate station 6950 kHz 6.950 MHz May 27th 2018 Memorial Day weekend pirate fest!

1155 UTC - Hearing Suite Judy Blue-Eyes at 1155 UTC on 6950 USB.  Good signal at start
1200 UTC - "direct from the college of knowledge..." - if that was an ID, I just barely missed it
1203 UTC - "Jessie's Girl" fading in and out, good copy on peaks but deep fades
1207 UTC - Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee
1213 UTC - "American Girl"
1214 UTC - Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny) (classic!)
1217 UTC - "Live from the college of knowledge...radio....something" into [possibly Radio Fusion Radio?]
1218 UTC - "We Built This City"
1223 UTC - much clearer ID heard - "direct from the college of knowledge...Radio Fusion Radio"
1227 UTC - ID into Rick Astley's timeless classic "Together Forever"
1231 UTC - "Naughty Girls"
1235 UTC - ID "here we go again on Radio Fusion Radio" then some slightly distorted speech
1236 UTC - more Rick Astley
1239 UTC - ID, QSL email address, into Duran Duran's classic "Hungry Like The Wolf"
1301 UTC - still going strong!
1302 UTC - Radio Fusion Radio ID
1307 UTC - National Anthem, Radio Fusion Radio ID, off

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Peskies / 6920 kHz USB Spanish Language Chatter 1150 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 1153 UTC »

Hearing an OM speaking Spanish, S4 or so, checked several SDRs and he may be operating at just the right time between he's readable up and down the East Coast.  "Grand Norte" heard at 1152 UTC.  So far only one side of the QSO heard.  Mention of "Miami" a few seconds later.

Can only hear one side of a two station QSO, likely freebanders using USB instead of their usual LSB. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 1110 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 1119 UTC »

UNID pirate station 6925 kHz 6.925 USB mode MHz May 27th 2018 Memorial Day weekend pirate fest!  Seriously though, this is the most stations going over a weekend I've heard in a while and it doesn't seem to be stopping

Hearing military-style music and an OM talking about "military might" "reserve troops", etc.  Lots of fading and noise making getting anything else difficult.  Checking remote receivers gives me either nothing or similar results. 

1119 UTC - "if they come from southwest, the Ukraine" "between the Caspian and Black Sea"
1125 UTC - "and while the Germans...."
1131 UTC - "125 miles" "by the Germans" - sounds like narration about the Eastern Front of WWII
1147 UTC - more dramatic martial music with narration on top, talking about Russia in WWII
1154 UTC - "they want solders, they want solders bad" ??
1157 UTC - "along the entire front" "by the spring of 1942" "German armies could be defeated"
1158 UTC - signal is wavering with more fading down into the noise
1203 UTC - either off or faded completely down into the noise

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6905 AM 0219 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 0220 UTC »

Strong signal at sign on with rap music, probably Seven Trees Radio.  Lots of QRM from 6900 USB and 6900 LSB as well as OTH radar

Today/tonight has been one of the busiest in pirate radio in a while!  Thanks for the show - wish the band wasn't so noisy (the signal has gotten somewhat stronger over the past 5-7 minutes, unfortunately the OTHR QRM is basically everywhere)

Off at 0232 UTC.  Strong freebanders (Spanish language) on 6900 LSB and 6905 LSB still chatting away

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0200 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 0212 UTC »

Tribute to vets, then "Taps" played several times, often with several seconds of dead air in between songs

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 0130 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 0133 UTC »

Another carrier on 6924.90 to 6925 kHz just popped up, very busy band tonight!  Unfortunately there's a big wideband QRM in the 6922 to 6933 kHz range now

0134 UTC - checked back and the carrier is gone

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 USB 0128 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 0129 UTC »

Dramatic music, S4-S5

Sounds like audio from the film "Midway"
6955 kHz 6.955 MHz
lots of war and military themed shows on this weekend

0145 UTC - "Objective AF is Midway"
0146 UTC - strong QRM on 6956 kHz
0155 UTC - long slow fades
0202 UTC - OM and YL talking, dramatic music in background
0214 UTC - "you wanted me shipped out!"
0219 UTC - off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6937.5 AM 0105 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 0115 UTC »

Drama audio heard, lots of fading

0115 UTC - off?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Toynbee Radio 6925.5 AM 0106 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 0113 UTC »

Bits and pieces of music coming through the static crashes...

Can hear a YL singing at 0113 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 0105 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 0105 UTC »

Bagpipes?

0122 UTC - Ride of The Valkyries / Wagner

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6972 AM 0100 UTC 27 May 2018

« on: May 27, 2018, 0101 UTC »

Started on 6970, then went up to 6975, then back down to 6972, can hear music now

0103 UTC - signal up considerably, nice wide AM audio