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Utility / Re: "Rich Lady" as ID, using phonetics, 6739 USB 0735 UTC 08 May 2017

« on: May 09, 2017, 1744 UTC »

Unknown Name, 

Next time you hear traffic on 6739 kHz USB, try these other frequencies, as USAF HF-GCS transmissions are often simulcasted:

4724 kHz USB
8992 kHz USB
11175 kHz USB
13200 kHz USB
15016 kHz USB

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Utility / Re: For the CW buffs...22MHz JA Marine.

« on: May 09, 2017, 1743 UTC »

Nice work, Looking-Glass

These guys are running some serious power.  And to think I could have thought CW had been abandoned for marine traffic.  Awesome that there's a beacon / channel marker transmitter active 24/7 on 22611.5 kHz.  

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6789 kHz USB 0415+ UTC 8 May 2017

« on: May 08, 2017, 0419 UTC »

Checked the 6-7 MHz region and it is surprisingly quiet this evening (er, morning, in UTC terms).  However, I am hearing some faint Spanish chatter on 6789 kHz USB.  Reminds me of the traffic noted on 6900 kHz and other nearby frequencies, perhaps a bit faster paced, maybe indicating fishing fleets vs. freebanders?  Hard to say since the signals are so weak. 

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Peskies / Re: 10570 kHz USB UNID Asian / Pacific Rim Language 2110 UTC 7 May 2017

« on: May 08, 2017, 0415 UTC »

The times you mention and the frequency choice match up with the languages. 

Hopefully Looking-Glass and/or another one of the stations that listens to traffic from that part of the world can chime in on this (and on 10491.8 kHz).  I checked both frequencies around 0400-0415 UTC (8 May 2017) and heard nothing, as to be expected for receivers located on the US East Coast.

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Peskies / UNID Unknown Language 4600 kHz LSB 0405+ UTC 8 May 2017

« on: May 08, 2017, 0408 UTC »

I think we've found another "peskie" frequency choice. 

Other stations and myself have now logged 4630 and 4646 in addition to this one, 4600 kHz.  Considerably weaker than the stations heard on 4630 kHz and 4646 kHz, these stations also appear to be speaking Portuguese.  "Peskie-like" operating procedures noted as well.

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Peskies / UNID Possible Italian / Portuguese 4630 kHz USB 0400+ UTC 8 May 2017

« on: May 08, 2017, 0405 UTC »

Tuned back to this frequency after listening to 4646 kHz USB.  Hearing at least 3-4 different stations chatting away, very similar to the Portuguese traffic heard on 6925 LSB, 6919 LSB, etc.  Closer to the Portuguese speaking peskies than the Spanish speaking stations on 6900 LSB, 6895 LSB, etc.  My instinct is telling me this is Italian but I really don't know.  Could still be Portuguese.  Its not Spanish (at least not right now, at 0404 UTC).  Like the other frequencies commonly monitored, I'm sure there are several different groups using the same or similar frequencies.

SIO 333 at best due to static crashes / QRN.

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Peskies / UNID Unknown Language 4646 kHz USB 0400+ UTC 8 May 2017

« on: May 08, 2017, 0401 UTC »

Noticed activity on this frequency while listening for traffic on 4630 kHz USB.  Seems to be similar signal strength as the possible Portuguese / Italian / Spanish () language signals heard on 4630 kHz.  Aircraft traffic on nearby frequency 4666 kHz USB.  

I think what I'm hearing is Italian or maybe Portuguese with a different accent than I'm used to hearing.  I don't think its Spanish (if it is, I've never heard this accent before).  

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Peskies / Re: 4630 kHz USB UNID Language Unknown 0327 UTC 4 May 2017

« on: May 08, 2017, 0358 UTC »

Hearing chatter on 4630 kHz USB at 0355 UTC via Concord, NH and Rochester, NY remote SDRs.  The language does not appear to be Spanish though.  Sounds more like Portuguese to me.  Lots of static crashes though.  Could maybe even be Italian.  Possible that this is not the same stations the other stations have heard.   Decent signal strength but QRN levels are making listening not as easy as it could be.  There are several other SSB QSOs nearby in frequency showing up on the SDR waterfall. 

It's possible that we've stumbled upon another "peskie" watering hole.

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Peskies / Re: 4630 kHz USB UNID Language Unknown 0327 UTC 4 May 2017

« on: May 07, 2017, 1837 UTC »

Looks like we've found another frequency in use by this group.  More listening (and research) is needed but this is promising knowing that you heard similar traffic to the station that recorded the traffic on 4630 kHz USB and put it on YouTube.

Hopefully I'll have some free time in the coming evenings to park a receiver (and/or remote SDRs) on 4630 kHz and see if I can hear them too.  Considering previous logs of 15151.5 kHz and other higher-frequency logs, along with the dozens of 11 meter band frequencies in question and the various 6-7 MHz band traffic centering around 6900 kHz, I have a feeling there's another frequency or two out there, possibly on other bands.  That does confirm the theory regarding at least some of these operators having the capability to operate all over HF, vs. only operating on 43 meters and/or 11 meters. 

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10/11 meters / Re: 11m Short skip 1525z 6 May 2017

« on: May 07, 2017, 1640 UTC »

What frequencies are active? The usual Spanish language stuff or is it mostly domestic US traffic on 27385 LSB etc

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Other / Re: Marine Net 8.076MHz USB??

« on: May 07, 2017, 1438 UTC »

Nice work on solving this one, Looking-Glass.  I remember discussing it with you in another thread (the one about the mystery Japanese traffic on 6707 kHz USB, I think).

At least they're operating outside the ham bands.  I know the missionaries in that part of the world tend to use whatever they can get their hands on.  Sounds like the network operating on 8076 kHz USB is pretty extensive though, especially if they're using net control procedures and terms like "call sign" 

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Peskies / Re: 4630 kHz USB UNID Language Unknown 0327 UTC 4 May 2017

« on: May 07, 2017, 1422 UTC »

Looks like these stations have been heard by other listeners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHZX2Rhm8Mg

Does that recording sound like the stations you've heard, TW?  Sounds like peskies to me.  Very similar operating procedures and accents to the stations heard on 69xx kHz.  Perhaps you've found their "low band" frequency

Further Googling of the frequency shows it has been recorded as in use by the Russian and Algerian military, by numbers station E06 and is listed in an old (1987) version of FCC rules part 87.513 Civil Air Patrol frequencies available (not sure if that's still current or not).  Regardless, I don't think what you've been hearing is CAP or Russian military traffic.

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Peskies / Re: 6905 kHz LSB Spanish Speaking Freebander Net 0050 UTC 2 May 2017

« on: May 06, 2017, 1642 UTC »

I've noticed that even when a pirate broadcaster is on the same frequency as the freebanders (or a nearby frequency, for example 6900 kHz AM vs. 6905 kHz LSB), the freebanders just keep on talking. Sometimes they're really really loud.  Previous monitoring has indicated that at least some of them are running 100 watt ham rigs with directional antennas (specific mentions of beam/Yagi antennas and Yaesu/Alinco ham radios). 

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Peskies / Re: 4630 kHz USB UNID Language Unknown 0327 UTC 4 May 2017

« on: May 05, 2017, 0315 UTC »

Nice catch.  Haven't seen this frequency before as far as pescadore / peskie / fishing fleet communications.  It is outside the 4 MHz marine band (4000-4438 kHz) in the 4438-4650 kHz "fixed and mobile" band (just like how 6765-7000 kHz is a fixed and mobile allocation).  Seems like these types of stations like these bands. 

Thanks for posting this log, Traveling Wave. 

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Peskies / UNID Spanish Language 6827 kHz LSB 0200+ UTC 2 May 2017

« on: May 02, 2017, 0200 UTC »

More weak Spanish speaking stations on a newly-logged frequency 6827 kHz LSB / 6.827 MHz LSB.  Sounds like two stations having a casual QSO.  This is the first log for tonight in this portion of the band, which seems to be one of the least-popular areas for whatever reason.  Weak signals but strong enough for me to ID the language as Spanish.  Two stations heard with very little pause / break time between transmissions, likely indicating that this is not a ragchew type net but simply two stations talking to each other.  Causal chatter means its probably not military or government...