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Peskies / UNID Portuguese Language 6875 kHz LSB 2235 UTC 6 Dec 2017

« on: December 06, 2017, 2239 UTC »

Portuguese speaking stations 6875 kHz 6.875 MHz 43 meter band fishing fleet communications 6 MHz band 7 MHz band 6875 LSB 6925 LSB Brazilian fishery radio 6875 kHz LSB. 


I wish I could say the 6925 kHz LSB crowd has picked a new frequency but alas, 6925 LSB is active right now too.  Hearing several Portuguese speaking stations chattering away on 6875 LSB at 2235 UTC tune-in time.  Decent signal strength with moderate QRM (from other stations, of course). 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6905 kHz LSB 1540 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1543 UTC »

Hearing bits and pieces of Spanish language chatter on 6905 kHz LSB (6900 kHz USB has since cleared, stations went back to 6900 kHz LSB after the QRM there went away)....making the usual 5 kHz channel steps possible again.  Generally, 6900 USB + 6905 LSB don't mix too well.

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Peskies / 6900 kHz LSB QRM and USB 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1420 UTC »

UNID station QRMing the freebanders using 6900 kHz LSB with audio clips, sweeping tones, and SSTV...several stations then switched up to 6900 kHz USB (although the QRM on 6900 LSB has since disappeared).

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6888 kHz USB 1347 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1348 UTC »

6888 kHz 6.888 MHz
6888 USB 6.888 MHz USB Spanish SS voices 6888 USB

Weak Spanish chatter heard on 6888 kHz USB this Sunday morning.  SIO 222 at best. 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6925.5 kHz USB 1345 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1347 UTC »

First I thought this was just 6925 kHz USB, but they're on 6925.5 kHz, USB mode.

Spanish language traffic heard on common North American pirate frequency, 6925 kHz.  Weak traffic but can make out that its Spanish and that its a two-way communication and not a broadcast. 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 7600.6 kHz USB 1330 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1334 UTC »

Hearing OMs talking about numbers..."70, 50, 60", weak signals, but they sound best on 7600.6 kHz.  This is another "easy-to-remember" frequency.  "everything will be fine" heard at 1331 UTC.  Possible fishing fleet communications?  Could be talking about catch sizes or other business-related chatter.  Mention of "cambio" (which is a commonly-heard Spanish-language radio operator term meaning roughly "over to you" or "back to you", or, in American English radio procedure..."over"). 

These communications remind me of the traffic heard on 7757.7 kHz USB on October 30th (see log in this subforum).  Nothing heard from 1333 UTC to 1334 UTC.  Possibly went QRT or QSY. 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 7557 kHz USB 1325 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1329 UTC »

Spanish language traffic 7557 kHz USB 7.557 MHz USB

Frequency reminds me of 7757.7, which was previously logged on 30 Oct 2017.  They're "hiding" very close to the extremely strong SWBC signal on 7570 kHz.

QSO on-going on 1325 UTC tune-in time.  At least three different stations talking, one of them is at noise level.  Seems to be some frequency drift (one of the stronger stations sounds much better on 7557.2 kHz, whereas the other stations seem to be on 7557.0 kHz).  So I put 7557 kHz USB as the frequency in the log. 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6958.5 kHz USB 1320 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1321 UTC »

6958.5 kHz USB 6.958.5 MHz USB Spanish SS speakers Spanish language

The band is very busy this morning!  SIO 222 or so, weak data QRM from time to time...this is another (possible) radiotelephone link. 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6920 kHz LSB 1315 UTC 3 Oct 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1317 UTC »

6920 kHz LSB
6.920 MHz LSB

While 6900 kHz LSB, 6930 kHz USB and 6994 kHz USB continue to be active...6920 kHz LSB popped up out of nowhere.  Two stations having a QSO, one of them has a very loud, and at times, overmodulated/clipping sounded signal.  A distinctive microphone "click", almost sounds like a very short duration end-of-transmission beep or "roger beep".  Several numbers read, including "0000" repeated three times by the stronger of the two stations.  At 1315 UTC, the stronger of the two stations was SIO 444.  Very professional sounding conversation, its possible that these aren't freebanders but are something else.  Discussing international events at 1316 UTC. 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6930 kHz USB 1312 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1313 UTC »

6930 kHz 6.930 MHz 03-DEC-2017
Language: Spanish
UNID stations, possible freebanders

After 6950 kHz USB went quiet, I noticed weak SSB traffic 20 kHz down on 6930 kHz USB.  Much more laid back QSO on-going at 1312 UTC tune in.  Two OMs talking, heard laughing several times, distinctive Mexican accents. 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6950 kHz USB 1310 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1310 UTC »

6950 kHz 6.950 MHz 6.95 MHz
Spanish language, OM and YL talking

Sounds like a possible radiotelephone link as both the OM and YL have been talking over each other, almost like a heated discussion...several curse words (in Spanish of course) heard being said by the OM...then the frequency went quiet.  Frequency is active again as of 1322 UTC.

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6994 kHz USB 1308 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1309 UTC »

6994 kHz 6.994 MHz
6994 LSB 6.994 LSB

Hearing two stations speaking Spanish, several strings of numbers read, then it sounded like the replying station was reading them back...followed by "nada! nada! nada!" repeated several times by the original station.  Much weaker than the loud freebanders heard on 6900 kHz LSB at the same time this frequency is active.

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Peskies / 6900 kHz LSB Spanish Language Freeband Net 1305 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1307 UTC »

Spanish speaking stations 6900 kHz 6.9 MHz 6.900 MHz LSB Spanish freeband net Spanish speaking freebanders 6900 LSB

Tuned in at 1305 UTC, hearing several stations having a roundtable QSO on 6900 kHz LSB.  New stations checking into net at 1305 UTC, wishing "good day" to all stations on frequency.  Some stations are S9 with loud punchy audio while others are considerably weaker.  1306 UTC, saying hello to Enrique.  Pretty standard operating procedure for this frequency.  Chances are this frequency will be active all day.

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Band 27.025 MHz 27.085 MHz Sporadic-E 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1302 UTC »

Starting at 1300 UTC or so...the 11 meter band started to (very sporadically) wake up

27025 kHz AM 27.025 MHz AM - CB channel 6 - bits and pieces of the "Superbowl" audio coming in
27085 kHz AM 27.085 MHz AM - CB channel 11 - several stations shooting DX, similar to what's usually heard on 27.025 AM

Both of these frequencies exhibited severe fading...which makes me think this is a sporadic-E event

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Peskies / 6765 kHz USB UNID Spanish + Data QRM 1245 UTC 3 Dec 2017

« on: December 03, 2017, 1246 UTC »

Hearing polytone data traffic on 6765 kHz USB with Spanish voices underneath.  I was trying to listen to the Old Time Radio pirate station on 6770 kHz AM earlier and it was impossible in regular wide AM due to heavy QRM from 6765 kHz.  I know that 6765 USB is a very popular frequency for all sorts of stuff.