And - the taxi dispatcher lady on 25695 AM 25.695 MHz AM is coming in at 1612 UTC, SIO 444 good signal (can only hear the dispatcher though, cannot hear the mobiles/taxis on frequency).
Chris, I've heard taxi dispatch traffic (Spanish language, the tell-tale YL reading taxi ID numbers/callsigns, rates/prices, telephone numbers and addresses over the air very rapidly - from my barely conversational level Spanish skills, it seems like in addition to addresses/telephone numbers, some of the taxi dispatchers read what sound like trip identifier numbers or maybe they are standardized taxi ID numbers (in other words - "the next trip is for taxi 123, trip # 901, address is this" - followed closely by "the next trip is for taxi 204, trip #902, address is that" and so on) - which is why at leas t some of these YLs reading numbers in Spanish over the air have been misidentified as drug traffickers sending coded messages to reach other, numbers stations or other users.
I've heard taxi dispatch ladies (I've heard other CBers call them "the taco lady" or "the taco taxi ladies" or similar) on CB channels 21, 24, 25 and others. I've heard the same dispatcher on 27.215 MHz [CB channel 21] several times (see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy482kq75bE). Same with one who uses 27.515 MHz AM - which is interesting because 27.515 LSB is used as a home channel by many of the 11 meter SSB operators in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean.
Other frequencies like 26.905 MHz (see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKzGLSNryE), 26.935 MHz, 26.945 MHz, 26.955 MHz and the 5 Class C RC frequencies - channel 3A 26.995 MHz / channel 7A 27.045 MHz / channel 11A 27.095 MHz / channel 15A 27.145 MHz and channel 19A 27.195 MHz. 26.995 MHz, 27.095 MHz, 27.145 MHz and 27.195 MHz seem to be more popular over 27.045 MHz - given the proximity of 27.045 MHz to QRM city (Channel 6 - 27.025 MHz)...although 26.995 can also suffer from splatter from 27.025 AM. Apparently, use of the "A channels" for land mobile radio communications - taxi dispatch - taxi cab radio - taxi controllers, etc - see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRm3UJq8pkw is popular elsewhere (in that video - it's somebody in the UK hearing Russian taxi dispatch radio traffic on 27.045 MHz FM).
The lower bands - band A: 25.615 MHz to 26.055 MHz and band B: 26.065 MHz to 26.505 MHz are very popular (as the near daily taxi dispatcher lady heard on 25.695 MHz checks) as well as the higher portion of the 27.410 MHz to 28 MHz portion - specifically the higher portion of band E: 27.415 MHz to 27.855 MHz and the lower portions of band F: 27.865 MHz to 28.305 MHz. Since the lower areas (25.615 MHz to 26.505 MHz - see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa86bSsKUqs) and the higher areas (above roughly 27.7 MHz or so) are usually quieter...that also makes more sense.
Of course, the fact that the dispatchers are heard on the regular legal 40 channels and on the RC channels...indicates that these land mobile users are using whichever frequency they want.
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