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10/11 meters / Pager Signal on 30.000 MHz 30000 kHz - 12 October 2022

« on: October 12, 2022, 1438 UTC »

European paging systems previously logged on this frequency and on nearby frequencies - including 29.800 MHz, 29.850 MHz, 29.900 MHz, 29.950 MHz as well as 30.020 MHz and 30.025 MHz. 

POCSAG signal coming in nicely at 1435 UTC.  29750, 29800, 29850, 29900 and 29950 are quiet.  11 meters and 10 meters are both very busy though.

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Opening 12 Oct 2022

« on: October 12, 2022, 1435 UTC »

Lots of signals all over the band this morning, noting activity on several of the UK FM channels, plus 26 MHz pagers, FM voice, AM voice, data links, all sorts of stuff.

UK FM CB coming in nicely, including the "top channel" UK FM CB channel 40 - 27991 FM 27.991 MHz FM 27.99125 MHz.  Also noted a POCSAG paging signal on 27.885 MHz 27885 kHz, along with another dead unmodulated carrier on 27881 FM 27.88125 MHz FM (UK FM CB channel 29). 

Data signal, MFSK type, coming in on 27.845 MHz 27845 kHz..  I've logged a similar signal before, on slightly offset frequency 27.847 MHz 27847 kHz.

In addition to the UK and European signals, the Latin American stations are also coming in - including the 26585 AM and 26595 AM Mexican trucker and freeband CB 11m calling channels, 26555 LSB, 27455 USB and several others. 

Our taxi cab dispatch YL friends are around as well.  Hearing Spanish language on 26625 AM right now.  Lots of echo and sound effects. 

POCSAG signals on 26.695 MHz and 26.745 MHz starting to fade in.

27255 is going absolutely nuts.  Non-stop FSK bursts, AM voice signals, FM voice signals..  27.255 MHz back at it! 

ROS data mode coming in nicely on 27235, 27245 and 27635.  Very strong on 27635. 

UNID YL on UK FM CB Channel 7 - 27661 FM 27.66125 MHz FM...maybe a church broadcast?  CADS or WPAS?  Very difficult copy due to heavy QRM from 27.660 MHz USB and 27.665 MHz USB.  Sounds like she's reading something far away from the microphone?  Might be a church service or a recording of something.  Again, very difficult copy due to heavy QRM on 27660 USB and 27665 USB.

EDIT:  Yep, we've got a church service on 27661 FM at 1447 UTC, 1448 UTC (still going at 1454 UTC).  At 1453 UTC, the 27.660 MHz USB and 27.665 MHz USB QRM signals were improved upon by adding a 27.665 MHz LSB signal to the mix.  Now we've got some heavy QRM.  But, the 27.661 MHz signal (WPAS Channel LW07 FM UK FM Channel 7 27661.25 FM) church service is still coming in at 1456 UTC.  Now very very bad QRM (1456 UTC) completely drowned out the FM signal. 

UPDATE: By 1458 UTC, the church broadcast signal has faded down significantly...still there, but 27660 USB is just making it impossible. 

Taxi cab dispatcher (Spanish language) now coming in very strong on 27.755 MHz AM 27755 AM.  Previously logged female taxi dispatcher 27.755 AM.  Mexican taxi cab dispatch lady with multi-tone burst "roger beep" (end of transmission tone burst).  Z

UK FM CB Channel 19 is, to be expected, very very busy.  Lots of activity on there and basically from 26-28 MHz.  Also a nice strong signal on 25950 FM 25.950 MHz FM - likely the WBAP-AM studio-transmitter link (STL).  Previously logged during band openings, along with 25910 FM and 25990 FM. 

Pager or signal data link signal coming in still on 30.000 MHz.  Also works if you tune it in at 29997 USB 29.997 MHz USB.

29.800 MHz - 29800 kHz - POCSAG
29.850 MHz - 29850 kHz - POCSAG
29.900 MHz - 29900 kHz - POCSAG (weak, but fading up...and then back down)
30.000 MHz - 30000 kHz - Paging signal of some type

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Opening 11 Oct 2022

« on: October 11, 2022, 1220 UTC »

Tuned in at 1215 UTC (via W3HFU KiwiSDR)

Noted lots of Latin American stations coming in already, on

26525 AM
26555 LSB
26585 AM
26605 AM
27455 USB
27475 USB

Plus paging signals on

26150 kHz 26.150 MHz Pager
26250 kHz 26.250 MHz Pager
26450 kHz 26.450 MHz Pager
26695 kHz 26.695 MHz Pager
26745 kHz 26.745 MHz Pager

No obvious UK FM CB signals yet, although the 27410 to 28000 "high band" is full of SSB signals and a few AM signals as well

At 1221 UTC, the Italians are starting to come in nicely on 27465 27.465 MHz AM "Canale 45"

1223 UTC - I stand corrected - UK FM CB coming in now too. 

UK FM CB activity on

27651 FM 27.65125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 6
27661 FM 27.66125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 7
27781 FM 27.78125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 19
27971 FM 27.97125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 38
27981 FM 27.98125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 39

And others now.  27.651 FM and 27.661 FM are both getting clobbered by SSB signals on/near frequency (27.650 USB, 27.660 USB, 27.665 LSB, etc.)

Checking the 29700 to 30000 29.7 MHz to 30.0 MHz band for freebanders and paging/data signals:

29800 kHz 29.800 MHz Paging signal, weak but its there.  Not nearly as strong as the 26MHz band or 27MHz band POCSAG and other pager signals

29650 FM 29.650 MHz FM - 10m amateur band FM signals
29905 FM 29.905 MHz FM - Freebander chatter, French language - French stations noted using these frequencies previously (29.925 MHz, 29.965 MHz, 29.975 MHz, etc.).  No paging signals on 29.9 MHz or 29.95 MHz as of 1228 UTC.


At 1230 UTC:

27065 AM 27.065 MHz AM - CB Channel 9 - Spanish language calling channel, with extremely strong signals (blowing 27025 and 27085 out of the water!)
27205 FM 27.205 MHz FM - CB Channel 20 - FM signals, sounds like German?  Mixing with AM
27295 FM 27.295 MHz FM - CB Channel 29 - Very strong German language signals at 1231 UTC
27235 FM 27.235 MHz FM - CB Channel 24 - Data signals, mixing with FM voice
27245 FM 27.245 MHz FM - CB Channel 25 - Data signals, similar to 27.235 MHz
27200 AM 27.200 MHz AM - Music heard - yes, on 27.200 MHz, not 27.195 or 27.205 MHz
27200 FM 27.200 MHz FM - FSK Data bursts, now stronger than the AM signal on 27.2 MHz,
27190 USB 27.190 MHz USB - German language
27195 AM 27.195 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher? - RCRS data channel
27350 FM 27.350 MHz FM - POCSAG Pager signal - very strong, heavy QRM from 27.355 MHz / CB Channel 35 LSB
27225 AM 27.225 MHz AM - CB Channel 22 - Very messy frequency, lots of US signals in AM mode mixing with FM voice and data
27225 FM 27.225 MHz FM - CB Channel 22 FM - Very busy, heavy QRM
27019 FSK 27.019 MHz FSK signals - noted when 27025 splatter isn't just obliterating this part of the band
27002 FM 27.002 MHz - POCSAG signal coming in now - center frequency 27002.5 or 27003 27.003 MHz 27.002 MHz POCSAG
26950 FM 26.950 MHz - Data signals - a little narrower compared to the POCSAG signals, known use in Russia for low power data links (also 26.945 MHz, 26.955 MHz, 26.960 MHz)
27300 FM 27.300 MHz - POCSAG pager signal - wide band signal, on top of all the CB activity
26875 FM 26.875 MHz - Strong data signal, MFSK, approx 3 kHz wide
26875 USB 26.875 MHz USB - Spanish language, radio checks
26865 FM 26.865 MHz - Strong data signal, MFSK, identical to the signal noted on 26.875 MHz
26885 FM 26.885 MHz - Now three frequencies active with the same type of signal - see 26865 and 26875 frequencies - UNID data mode MFSK FSK
26815 FM 26.815 MHz FM - German, very strong signals...mixing with yet another data signal (they're now every 10 kHz up and down 26 MHz
26765 AM 26.765 MHz AM - Familiar Spanish language taxi dispatcher coming in over the MFSK signal and other data signals, the band is now full of pager signals (1245 UTC)


1246 UTC:

25685 AM 25.685 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher lady - Spanish language
25695 AM 25.695 MHz AM - The usual user of this frequency, SIO 444, very good signal from them today, complete with end of transmission single tone beep
25735 AM 25.735 MHz AM - Taxi dispatch radio - Spanish language - YL dispatcher
25800 AM 25.800 MHz AM - Noted constant (or nearly constant) AM carrier here...possibly 11m shortwave broadcast? 25800 kHz 25.800 MHz
25985 LSB 25.985 MHz LSB - Spanish language - known freebander hangout frequency
26015 AM 26.015 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher lady - Spanish language
26075 LSB 26.075 MHz LSB - Spanish language chatter
26085 LSB 26.085 MHz LSB - Heard some German here - "Kilo Papa"
26100 FM 26.100 MHz FM - Pager - UK or European paging frequency
26175 AM 26.175 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher - Spanish language / Latin America
26200 FM 26.200 MHz FM - Pager - UK or European paging frequency
26250 FM 26.250 MHz FM - Pager - UK or European paging frequency
26285 USB 26.285 MHz USB - UK station calling CQ DX on the 26MHz frequency (alternate to 27.555 MHz USB, which is jam-packed at the moment)
26350 FM 26.350 MHz FM - Pager, fading in and out
26420 USB 26.420 MHz USB - "29WE20 Calling CQ DX and Standing by" "Good afternoon from Ireland, 29 Whiskey Echo 20, over" "Central New York State"
26425 USB 26.425 MHz USB - UNID language, Polish or Russian
26450 FM 26.450 MHz FM - Pager - UK or European paging frequency
26525 LSB 26.525 MHz LSB - Spanish language, two OMs talking about politics - very strong SIO 555 signals at 1256 UTC
26555 LSB 26.555 MHz LSB - Spanish language, extremely busy
26585 AM 26.585 MHz AM - Spanish language - Latin America - Mexican trucker frequency
26600 FM 26.600 MHz FM - Paging signal
26635 FM 26.635 MHz FM - Paging signal - European paging frequency or UK hospital busy
26645 FM 26.645 MHz FM - Pager - UK or European paging frequency
26650 FM 26.650 MHz FM - Unmodulated carrier signal - likely a pager or datalink "idle" signal
26695 FM 26.695 MHz FM - Extremely strong POCSAG paging pager signal - about as strong as 26.745 MHz
26725 FM 26.725 MHz FM - German language, heavy QSB and QRM
26740 FM 26.740 MHz FM - Narrowband data signal, sort of "hiding" right underneath the much wider/stronger signal on 26745
26745 FM 26.745 MHz FM - Extremely strong POCSAG paging pager signal
26750 FM 26.750 MHz FM - Data bursts - not as wide as the usual pager signals
26765 FM 26.765 MHz FM - Data signal or weaker pager signal, underneath the taxi cab company using AM on same frequency
26765 AM 26.765 MHz AM - Taxi cab company - can hear female dispatcher working OM drivers, very good signal - Spanish language
26795 FM 26.795 MHz FM - German language, very weak
26800 FM 26.800 MHz FM - Pager - POCSAG - unknown source location
26805 FM 26.805 MHz FM - German language
26835 FM 26.835 MHz FM - Pager - UK or European paging frequency
26850 FM 26.850 MHz FM - Paging or data signal, roughly 8-9 kHz wide
26865 FM 26.865 MHz FM - UNID language
26875 USB 26.875 MHz USB - Spanish language, somebody saying "hola!" over and over again
26880 FM 26.880 MHz FM - Carrier being switched off and on?  Presumably another pager transmitter?  26880 CW?
26900 FM 26.900 MHz FM - Pager - UK or European paging frequency
26925 FM 26.925 MHz FM - FM Voice on the waterfall, then data?  Hybrid voice/data pager?  Now hearing German in FM
26945 FM 26.945 MHz FM - FSK data on frequency, this frequency is used for short range data links and telemetry
26950 FM 26.950 MHz FM - Data or paging system - well documented signal, about 8-10 kHz wide
26955 FM 26.955 MHz FM - German language - German FM CB Channel 80
26960 FM 26.960 MHz FM - Weak voice signal noted, mixing with data bursts similar to those heard on 26945
26960 FM 26.960 MHz FM - Data or paging system telemetry (related to 26945 data signals)

26965 to 27405 is wall to wall, signals every 5 or 10 kHz - will include unique logs

26995 LSB 26.995 MHz LSB - Spanish language
26995 FM 26.995 MHz FM - Data bursts, various types
27003 FM 27.003 MHz FM - POCSAG Paging signal - 27002.5 27002 kHz 27.003 MHz
27007 FM 27.007 MHz FM - POCSAG Paging signal - previously heard by other listeners 27007 POCSAG
27030 FSK 27.030 MHz FSK - Very strong FSK - center frequency 27.030 MHz, heavy QRM from 27.025 AM CB Channel 6
27050 FSK 27.050 MHz FSK - FSK signals
27055 USB 27.055 MHz USB - CB Channel 8 USB - German language
27060 FM 27.060 MHz FM - Data bursts, 3-4 kHz wide, similar to those logged on 26.885 and other frequencies
27095 AM 27.095 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatcher, heavy data QRM
27095 FM 27.095 MHz FM - Data signals, various bandwidths, waveforms, etc.
27100 FM 27.100 MHz FM - Paging signal - POCSAG signal underneath lots of other signals
27120 FM 27.120 MHz FM - Data signal - also possible ISM signals right on 27.12 MHz - but there's a paging signal on here too (tunable in USB or LSB as well as AM/FM)
27129 FSK 27.129 MHz FSK - Strong FSK signal, non-stop transmission
27144 FSK 27.144 MHz FSK - Strong FSk signals
27145 FM 27.145 MHz FM - More familiar sounding data burst, RC or telemetry signals, including one on 27144.6 27.1446 MHz
27150 FM 27.150 MHz FM - Weak POCSAG paging signal
27195 AM 27.195 MHz AM - Spanish language taxi cab dispatcher YL female dispatcher, can hear OM drivers replying, data QRM
27195 FM 27.195 MHz FM - The usual 6-7 kHz wide FSK data signals
27235 FM 27.235 MHz FM - CB Channel 24 FM - Spanish language - UNID source, very strong, mixing with data signals
27245 FM 27.245 MHz FM - CB Channel 25 FM - Very strong data signals on frequency
27245 AM 27.245 MHz AM - CB Channel 25 AM - Spanish speaking taxi cab dispatch also on frequency
27255 AM 27.255 MHz AM - CB Channel 23 AM - Taxi cab dispatcher getting clobbered by FM signals
27255 FM 27.255 MHz FM - CB Channel 23 FM - German language
27265 AM 27.265 MHz AM - CB Channel 26 AM - Lots of AM DXers active on frequency
27265 USB 27.265 MHz USB - CB Channel 26 USB - UK station working unknown station, giving signal report to "Pete" at 1325 UTC
27272 FSK 27.272 MHz FSK - Strong FSK signal
27285 AM 27.285 MHz AM - CB Channel 28 AM - Lots of AM DXers active on frequency
27295 FM 27.295 MHz FM - CB Channel 29 FM - Lots of signals on frequency, mostly FM

Once you past the 27.3 MHz threshold, things get even crazier....SSB signals every 5 kHz, AM, FM all mixing together, all the way up past 27.7 MHz or 27.8 MHz

27465 AM 27.465 MHz AM - Italian BIG RADIOS station "Canale 45" or "Channel 45" - lots of strong AM signals
27601 FM 27.601 MHz FM 27.60125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 1 - Very busy with FM signals, getting very bad QRM from 27.600 MHz USB
27645 AM 27.645 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher lady - Spanish language
27650 FM 27.650 MHz FM - Data bursts - 3-4 kHz wide
27681 FM 27.681 MHz FM 27.68125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 9 - Hearing two OMs having a casual QSO
27700 USB 27.700 MHz USB - SSTV signals!
27701 FM 27.701 MHz FM 27.70125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 11 - FM signal mixing with QRM from 27.700 USB SSTV
27755 FM 27.755 MHz FM - German language
27761 FM 27.761 MHz FM 27.76125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 17 - noted activity, seems to be heavy QRM
27781 FM 27.781 MHz FM 27.78125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 19 - Very busy, lots of strong signals
27841 FM 27.841 MHz FM 27.84125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 25 - Active
27851 FM 27.851 MHz FM 27.85125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 26 - Active
27881 FM 27.881 MHz FM 27.88125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 29 - Dead carrier, S9 signal...full quieting at 1328 UTC, 1330 UTC...
27885 FM 27.885 MHz FM - POCSAG Paging signal heard at 1339 UTC
27901 FM 27.901 MHz FM 27.90125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 30 - Very busy
27911 FM 27.911 MHz FM 27.91125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 31 - Also very busy
27915 AM 27.915 MHz AM - UNID user, noted AM signals here mixed in with the UK FM and SSB signals
27941 FM 27.941 MHz FM 27.94125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 35 - Another carrier - noted yesterday as well
27961 FM 27.961 MHz FM 27.96125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 37 - faded in at 1332 UTC
27971 FM 27.971 MHz FM 27.97125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 38
27981 FM 27.981 MHz FM 27.98125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 39
27991 FM 27.991 MHz FM 27.99125 MHz FM - UK FM CB Channel 40 - Active

29825 FSK 29.825 MHz FSK - FSK data signal noted
29875 FM 29.875 MHz FM - Weak FM signals noted around 1335 UTC - UNID source

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10/11 meters / Re: 11m Activity 28 SEP 2022

« on: September 28, 2022, 1456 UTC »

1435 UTC tune-in

25625 USB - 25.625 MHz USB, weak SSB traffic heard here, this frequency is apparently popular in Europe?
25665 AM - 25.665 MHz AM Taxi dispatcher - Latin America - Spanish language
25695 AM - Taxi dispatch lady - the one usually heard on this frequency 25.695MHz AM taxi cab company dispatch radio
25775 LSB - 25.775 MHz LSB - Spanish language, unknown source
26035 AM - 26.035 MHz AM - Taxi cab company dispatcher, Spanish langauge
26145 USB - 26.145 MHz USB - Weak SSB chatter, Polish language?
26150 Pager 26.150 MHz POCSAG Paging Signals - UK or European 26MHz band paging systems
26250 Pager 26.250 MHz POCSAG Paging Signals - UK or European 26MHz band pagers  - wide and narrow band signals
26275 AM - 26.275 MHz AM - UNID AM signals noted around 1438 UTC
26350 Pager 26.350 MHz POCSAG Paging Signals + other paging signals (wide and narrow band signals)
26365 AM - 26.365 MHz AM - Spanish speaking freebanders - lots of noise toys, music, etc
26400 Pager 26.400 MHz 26MHz European POCSAG on site paging transmissions
26450 Pager 26.450 MHz Paging signals - fading in and out, but they're there!
26550 Pager 26.550 MHz 26.55 MHz paging transmitter, several different bandwidths noted
26555 LSB - 26.555 MHz LSB - Spanish language Latin American 26MHz band DX SSB Calling Frequency (see also: 27.455 MHz USB)
26570 LSB 26.570 MHz LSB - Spanish language freebanders, QSY'ed from 26.555 LSB
26585 AM 26.585 MHz AM - Mexican truckers using export radios - popular 26 MHz AM CB frequency, busy
26600 Pager 26.600 MHz Pager Paging signals UNID
26635 Pager 26.635 MHz European paging pager network, UK or Europe
26635 AM - 26.635 MHz AM Latin American traffic, freebanders and a taxi cab dispatcher lady
26650 Pager 26.650 MHz POCSAG Paging signals
26695 Pager 26.695 MHz Pager signals, European paging networks on 26 MHz, offset frequency for 26.7 MHz
26735 FM - 26.735 MHz FM - FM Voice noted, German language?  Heavy QRM
26735 AM - 26.735 MHz AM - AM Voice mode - Spanish langauge
26745 Pager 26.745 MHz Pager signals, European paging networks on 26 MHz, offset frequency for 26.75 MHz
26765 AM - 26.765 MHz AM - Spanish speaking YL, taxi cab dispatcher reading numbers with end of transmission beep
26835 Pager 26.835 MHz Pager signals, fading up and down, but readable in AM, FM and USB/LSB modes 26,835 Pager
26845 FM - 26.845 MHz FM - German language
25850 Pager or data link 26.850 MHz sporadic 6-7 kHz wide data bursts, probably another pager
26855 FM - 26.855 MHz FM - German language
26875 FM - 26.875 MHz FM - German language
26885 AM - 26.885 MHz AM - Spanish language chatter, possibly taxi cab dispatcher, mixing with QRM
26900 Pager 26.900 MHz - Strong Paging signal
26905 FM - 26.905 MHz FM - German language, very good signals at points
26935 AM - 26.935 MHz AM - Popular Spanish language frequency, FM QRM
26935 FM - 26.935 MHz FM - German language
26950 Pager 26.950 MHz POCSAG Paging Signal - 26.95 MHz 26,950 Pager Data Bursts

26965-27405 very busy, lots of AM, FM and SSB signals all over the band


27045 FSK 27.045 MHz Very strong FSK burst noted at 1449 UTC
27195 FM - 27.195 MHz AM - Spanish language taxi dispatcher
27195 USB - 27.195 MHz USB - German language

From roughly 27345 to past 27405 or 27410, SSB signals every 5 kHz 27.345 MHz, 27.350 MHz, 27.355 MHz,  27.360 MHz, etc.

FM voice (German) on 27.415 MHz

27505 Pager 27.505 MHz - Strong Paging signal
27550 Pager 27.550 MHz - Strong Paging signal

SSB signals every 5-10 kHz, the band is going nuts.  Noting FM signals starting at 27.60125 FM (UK FM CB channel 1)

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10/11 meters / Latin America + US 11 Meter Opening 26 Sept 2022

« on: September 26, 2022, 1727 UTC »

Lots of activity on the Spanish language DX frequencies:


25695 AM 25.695 MHz AM - Very faint, but our usual Mexican taxi cab company coming in - 25 MHz band taxis on 25 MHz 25/26 MHz band
25925 AM 25.925 MHz AM - Taxi lady - dispatcher reading taxi IDs, can hear the taxi (mobiles) replying to her - land mobile system!
26555 LSB 26.555 MHz LSB - low channels 26MHz band SSB calling frequency - Spanish speaking stations
26565 AM 26.565 MHz AM - Mexican truckers
26570 LSB 26.570 MHz LSB - QSY from 26.555 LSB, Mexican accented Spanish language
26575 AM 26.575 MHz AM - Mexican truckers
26585 AM 26.585 MHz AM - Mexican trucker/freebander AM DX frequency
26765 AM 26.765 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher, YL with tell-tale roger beep and number strings
26785 AM 26.785 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher
26805 FM 26.805 MHz FM - US FM freeband frequency active with US stations, some with nice loud audio
26815 AM 26.815 MHz AM - US stations, freebanders working DX

27195 AM 27.195 MHz AM - Several different AM signals noted here, including a female taxi dispatcher
27200 USB 27.200 MHz USB - Weak SSB chatter, while 27190 USB has been logged several times - nevermind, its Portuguese!
27295 FM 27.295 MHz FM - CB Channel 29 FM, also 27295 AM mixing in

27455 USB 27.455 MHz USB - high channels 27MHz band SSB calling frequency - Spanish speaking stations
27665 LSB 27.665 MHz LSB - Spanish language
27665 USB 27.665 MHz USB - Spanish language
27695 LSB 27.695 MHz LSB - Spanish language

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Opening 22 Sept 2022

« on: September 22, 2022, 1802 UTC »

Via W3HFU KiwiSDR with 11 meter dipole / 10 meter dipole 25-30 MHz enhanced RX antenna

Tuned in at 1305 local time, 1705 UTC time


25655 AM 25.655 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
25695 AM 25.695 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
25985 LSB 25.985 MHz LSB - Spanish speaking freebanders, previously monitored
25995 AM 25.995 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
26055 AM 26.055 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
26095 AM 26.095 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
26165 FSK - FSK bursts, center frequency 26.165 MHz
26205 AM 26.205 MHz AM - Spanish language, freebanders/outbanders mixing in with taxi company 26MHz
26365 AM 26.365 MHz AM - Weak AM signals noted
26375 AM 26.375 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
26415 AM 26.415 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
26565 AM 26.565 MHz AM - Strong signals, Mexican accented Spanish 26 MHz AM DX
26585 AM 26.585 MHz AM - Mexican 11m frequency, Mexican CB radio chatter (see also: 26.565 AM), very busy
26605 AM 26.605 MHz AM - Spanish speaking OMs heard, not sure if freebanders or taxi company
26615 AM 26.615 MHz AM - Spanish language
26635 AM 26.635 MHz AM - S9+30 at points, "Julio" heard
26685 AM 26.685 MHz AM - Poor copy, AM signals noted on waterfall
26695 AM 26.695 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
26895 AM 26.895 MHz AM - Weak AM signals noted, UNID language
26905 AM 26.905 MHz AM - English language, presumably US stations, weak
26925 AM 26.925 MHz AM - Sounds like another taxi dispatcher
26935 AM 26.935 MHz AM - Spanish speaking OM heard, UNID users

26965-27405 legal CB band, very busy, channel 5, channel 6, channel 7, channel 9, channel 10, channel 11, basically all of them very busy. 

26995 FSK 26.995 MHz FSK - FSK signals noted around 1755 UTC on this data/RC (Class C) frequency
27145 AM 27.145 MHz AM - US stations, using their +10 kHz switch to access a clear frequency (channel 15A)
27195 AM 27.195 MHz AM - Heard US truckers on channel 19A (RC channel, RCRS at 1805 UTC)
27195 AM 27.195 MHz AM - Some Spanish language coming in on 27.195MHz as well



27415 AM 27.415 MHz AM - Somebody doing radio checks?
27425 USB 27.425 MHz USB - "HOLA! HOLA! HOOLLLAAAAA!" (more radio checks and QRM)
27430 LSB 27.430 MHz LSB - UNID chatter, heavy QRM from 27.425 USB
27455 USB 27.455 MHz USB - Latin American 11 meter DX calling frequency, busy, of course
27465 AM 27.465 MHz AM - Very weak AM signals...not use if this is the Italians or not
27475 USB 27.475 MHz USB - Spanish speaking freebanders
27490 USB 27.490 MHz USB - Very strong signals, Portuguese and Spanish mixing together 
27495 USB 27.495 MHz USB - Spanish language, freebanders (signal reports heard)
27555 USB 27.555 MHz USB - International 11 meter - 10 division (Mexico) station calling CQ, among others
27575 USB 27.575 MHz USB - Spanish language, popular frequency to QSY from 27.555 USB
27600 USB 27.600 MHz USB - Spanish language, Mexican accents
27605 AM 27.605 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady reading numbers
27605 USB 27.605 MHz USB - Spanish language chatter
27665 USB 27.665 MHz USB - The usual suspects active, complete with roger beeps
27735 AM 27.735 MHz AM - Taxi dispatch lady reading numeric taxi and fare IDs, good signals
27785 AM 27.785 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady
27855 AM 27.855 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher YL Spanish language Spanish speaking taxi dispatch lady

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Opening 20 Sept 2022

« on: September 20, 2022, 1348 UTC »

Tuned in at 1340 UTC - via W3HFU KiwiSDR

25.635 MHz AM 25635 AM - Taxi dispatcher YL - mixing with what sounds like another group on same frequency
25.685 MHz AM 25685 AM - Taxi company dispatch frequency - Latin America
25.695 MHz AM 25695 AM - Taxi dispatcher YL - taxis on 25 MHz - previously logged - Mexican taxi cab radio
25.775 MHz LSB 25775 LSB - Spanish language, presumably freebanders since they're running SSB not AM or FM
25.845 MHz LSB 25845 LSB - Spanish speaking freebanders/outbanders
25.895 MHz AM 25895 AM - Spanish language, probably also a taxi lady
25.905 MHz AM 25905 AM - Taxi company dispatch lady - female reading numbers in Spanish
25.925 MHz AM 25925 AM - Taxi company dispatcher - female dispatcher reading numeric ID numbers in Spanish
26.035 MHz AM 26035 AM - Taxi dispatch lady - previously logged, very good signal, very distinctive roger beep
26.175 MHz AM 26175 AM - Spanish language chatter noted
26.565 MHz AM 26565 AM - Similar to 26.585 AM
26.585 MHz AM 26585 AM - Very busy, Mexican trucker and Latin American DX AM frequency
26.645 MHz AM 26645 AM - Spanish language taxi dispatch lady reading ID numbers and ride/fare IDs
26.695 MHz AM 26695 AM - Spanish language, sporadic signals
26.765 MHz AM 26765 AM - Spanish language taxi dispatcher YL - with roger beep, OM drivers replying heard
26.785 MHz AM 26785 AM - Spanish speaking OMs heard
26.875 MHz AM 26875 AM - Spanish language taxi dispatcher YL - with roger beep
26.905 MHz AM 26905 AM - Weak AM signal noted, roger beep was heard - presumably taxi dispatcher
26.945 MHz AM 26945 AM - Spanish language taxi dispatcher YL - with roger beep

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Band Logs - Via Plonsk Poland KiwiSDR - 20 Sept 2022

« on: September 20, 2022, 1258 UTC »

Plonsk Poland KiwiSDR - grid square KO02 / KO02eo

Tune-in time: 1245 UTC (1445 local time - Warsaw time)



26.000 MHz 26000 kHz - 26.0 MHz - POCSAG paging signal, weak (fading)
26.115 MHz 26115 kHz - 26.115 USB - Polish language, weak
26.120 MHz 26120 kHz - 26.120 USB - another strong data signal
26.125 MHz 26125 kHz - 26.125 USB - Strong continuous data signal
26.410 MHz 26410 kHz - 26,410 USB - Polish language
26.420 MHz 26420 kHz - 26,420 USB - Polish language
26.425 MHz 26425 kHz - 26,425 USB - Polish language, busy
26.435 MHz 26435 kHz - 26,435 USB - Polish language
26.445 MHz 26445 kHz - 26.445 USB - Polish language
26.445 MHz 26445 kHz - 26.445 FM - Sounds like Russian, low deviation
26.450 MHz 26450 kHz - 26.450 MHz - POCSAG pager
26.600 MHz 26600 kHz - 26.600 MHz Pager POCSAG (weak, fading)
26.945 MHz 26945 kHz - Data bursts, 6.5 kHz bandwidth, 7 kHz bandwidth
26.945 MHz 26945 kHz - 26,945 - Numerous data burst signals on frequency at once
26.960 MHz 26960 kHz - 26960 FM - Data bursts, similar to 26945
26.962 MHz 26962 kHz - 26962 FM - Data bursts, narrow band, also FSK signals
26.965 MHz 26965 kHz - 26965 FM - Polish language, fair to strong signals
26.969 MHz 26969 kHz - FSK bursts - center frequency, 26.967 MHz USB
26.970 MHz 26970 kHz - 26970 AM - Polish language chatter noted
27.010 MHz 27010 kHz - 27010 FM - Polish language, very busy
27.010 MHz 27010 kHz - 27010 AM - AM signals and FM signals, Polish (in AM mode too)
27.015 MHz 27015 kHz - 27015 AM - QRM city, UNID stations mixing together, Polish/Russian?
27.025 MHz 27025 kHz - 27025 AM - CB Channel 6 skip from US - US stations coming in
27.075 MHz 27075 kHz - 27075 FM - Polish language
27.085 MHz 27085 kHz - 27085 AM - CB Channel 11 skip from USA, fading in and out
27.120 MHz 27120 kHz - 27120 FM - Polish language, weak
27.125 MHz 27125 kHz - 27125 AM - Several signals mixing together
27.135 MHz 27135 kHz - 27135 AM - Polish
27.165 MHz 27165 kHz - 27165 FM - Music noted at 1313 UTC
27.180 MHz 27180 kHz - 27180 AM - Polish, by far the more popular mode - very strong signals
27.180 MHz 27180 kHz - 27180 FM - Polish
27.185 MHz 27185 kHz - 27185 AM - Polish
27.200 MHz 27200 kHz - 27200 FM - Polish
27.200 MHz 27200 kHz - 27200 LSB - Polish
27.215 MHz to 27.235 MHz - Very strong over the horizon radar OTHR signal
27.240 MHz 27240 kHz - 27240 AM - Very strong AM signals
27.245 MHz 27245 kHz - 27245 USB - Spanish language ?
27.265 MHz 27265 kHz - 27265 AM - US stations starting to come in
27.300 MHz 27300 kHz - 27300 LSB - German language?
27.310 MHz 27310 kHz - 27310 AM - Polish, very strong (S9 to S9+20 dB, very nice AM signals)
27.315 MHz 27315 kHz - 27315 FM - Numerous FM signals mixing together
27.321 MHz 27321 kHz - 27321 USB - FSK - center frequency 27.323 MHz
27.325 MHz 27325 kHz - 27325 AM - Roger beep noted, UNID language
27.340 MHz 27340 kHz - 27340 FM - Polish 
27.355 MHz 27355 kHz - 27355 LSB - Portuguese
27.400 MHz 27400 kHz - 27400 FM - Polish language, sporadic signals
27.405 MHz 27405 kHz - 27405 USB - German language
27.450 MHz 27450 kHz - 27450 USB - Italian language, "DXer" - switching back and forth (English also heard)
27.455 MHz 27455 kHz - 27455 USB - Italian
27.500 MHz 27500 kHz - 27500 USB - Weak SSB heard, lots of QRM from pager
27.505 MHz 27505 kHz - 27.505 MHz POCSAG pager signals - various signal strengths
27.525 MHz 27525 kHz - 27525 FM 27.525 FM - Russian
27.555 MHz 27555 kHz - 27555 USB - International 11m calling frequency, active
27.565 MHz 27565 kHz - 27565 USB - "and you heard me?" (English), then Spanish
27.595 MHz 27595 kHz - 27,595 FM 27595 FM - Russian language, possibly taxi dispatcher
27.615 MHz 27615 kHz - 27615 USB - "okay" - then what sounded like Greek ()

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10/11 meters / Re: 11m 19 SEP 2022

« on: September 19, 2022, 1651 UTC »

Tuned back in at 1645 UTC and the band is wide awake...still very much open


Voice signals:

25.615 MHz AM 25615 AM - Weak AM voice signal noted
25.695 MHz AM 25695 AM - Our friends the Latin American taxi cab company on 25 MHz (specifically 25.695 MHz) is back!  YL dispatcher
25.735 MHz USB 25735 USB - Spanish language chatter, likely freebanders
25.975 MHz AM 25975 AM - Taxi dispatcher YL - Spanish speaking taxi lady with roger beep
25.985 MHz LSB 25985 LSB - Spanish speaking freebanders back at it
26.035 MHz AM 26035 AM - Taxi dispatch lady - Spanish language Latin American land mobile radio system 26 MHz band
26.205 MHz AM 26205 AM - OMs speaking Spanish, some heavy QRM from the paging signal on 26.2 MHz 26200 kHz


Data signals:

26.150 MHz 26150 kHz - POCSAG pager signals
26.200 MHz 26200 kHz - POCSAG pager signals
26.250 MHz 26250 kHz - POCSAG pager signals
26.350 MHz 26350 kHz - POCSAG pager signals
26.355 MHz 26355 kHz - Wideband (7-8 kHz wide) data or pager signals
26.450 MHz 26450 kHz - POCSAG pager signals, with SSB QRM
26.650 MHz 26650 kHz - Data and voice pager very strong, with heavy OTH radar QRM
26.655 MHz 26655 kHz - FSK signal - center frequency, or 26.653 MHz USB
26.695 MHz 26695 kHz - POCSAG coming in very nicely
26.745 MHz 26745 kHz - POCSAG pager signals coming in again
26.850 MHz 26850 kHz - Pager signal, mixing in with another data signal
26.865 MHz 26865 kHz - POCSAG pager, possible offset frequency (26.8625 MHz?? 26.863 MHz?)
26.900 MHz 26900 kHz - POCSAG
26.935 MHz 26935 kHz - Paging signals
27.450 MHz 27450 kHz - Unmodulated FM carrier signal - noted during previous band openings, possibly from Nordic countries per other reports
27.650 MHz 27650 kHz - Pager or data link signals, suffering from heavy QRM

FSK signals literally all over the band, from 26 to 28 MHz

Wow - the 29.800 MHz pager is coming in as well...maybe 29.900 MHz will appear at some point too - or the 29.950 MHz, 30.000 MHz, 30.020 MHz or 30.025 MHz pagers

1432 German OM on ch 35 in FM mode
1434 27555 USB Munich Germany
1435 Ch 38 LSB - Italy?
1437 27360 LSB German accent EE OM
1446 27520 USB Sardinia
1458 26905 FM - German It's interesting how geographically narrow many of these openings are, like a pipe from here to Germany. Reminds me of DGPS and NDB DX down around 300 kHz.
1500 26815 FM
1501 27025 CB Ch 6 FM - German OM
1501 26955 FM German
1502 26650 Some periodic data / paging?  Yes, sounds like a pager
1503 26850 Another pager?
1504 26950 Pager?
1504 26250, 26350, 26450, 26550 Also pagers?
1513 27455 FM French. Maybe the far end of the pipe is moving west now?
1519 27490 USB - German. Still mostly German ops, and lots of them
1600 39L Jamaica Guy
1610 27575 USB Sicily Italy
1655 38L Belgium YL calling

Absolutely.  26100, 26150, 26200, 26235 (and other offsets like 26237.5, 26238) 26250, 26350, 26400, 26435, 26440, 26450, 26550, 26555 (yes, even though 26.555 LSB is super popular) 26600, 26605, 26610, 26625, 26635, 26645, 26650, 26655, 26695, 26700, 26705, 26745, 26750, 26755, 26845, 26850, 26855, 26865, 26900, 26935 and many others are all known 26 MHz band paging frequencies.  The lower 26 MHz ones are apparently UK hospital pagers and used in other parts of Europe as well.  26600 had a very strong signal on it at points, and was transmitting an unmodulated carrier "idle" when there wasn't data being sent.   

26950 26.950 MHz and 26955 26.955 MHz also apparently heavily used.  There are dozens of others, including in-band frequencies - especially around 27100, 27150, 27300, 27350 and 27360.  Same with 27450, 27500 (and 27505), 27550 and 27650.  Not sure of their origin.  Paging and data links on 26945 and 26960 are apparently out of Russia and likely used elsewhere as well.  There are also pagers operating on 29750, 29800, 29850, 29900, 29950, 30000, 30020 and 30025 all appear to be coming out of Europe.  I know that at one time anyway, 30.020 MHz and 30.025 MHz often had POCSAG signals on them, apparently out of Canada.  Not sure if they're still using those frequencies as well or not. 

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Opening 19 Sept 2022

« on: September 19, 2022, 1435 UTC »

Tuned in at 1430 UTC, noticed that the UK or European source POCSAG paging signals on 26.745 MHz are already there.

Lots of SSB signals above CB channel 30 or 35 at this point - going up past the beginning of the UK FM CB band (27.6 MHz - 27.601 MHz



Voice signals

25.885 MHz AM 25885 AM - Spanish language taxi dispatch lady YL - previously logged 25 MHz and 26 MHz low frequencies taxi cab companies
25.985 MHz LSB 25985 LSB - Spanish language, presumably freebanders - monitored on this frequency previously
26.055 MHz AM 26055 AM - Spanish language taxicab dispatcher with roger beep (end of transmission signal/burst)
26.205 MHz USB 26205 USB - Spanish language, Mexican accented stations
26.555 MHz LSB 26555 LSB - Latin American DX frequency, very busy
26.565 MHz AM 26565 AM - Spanish language
26.575 MHz AM 26575 AM - Spanish language, very strong signals at points
26.585 MHz AM 26585 AM - Mexican truckers and freeband frequency, very busy
26.625 MHz AM 26625 AM - Spanish language, sporadic signal
26.635 MHz AM 26635 AM - Spanish language
26.695 MHz AM 26695 AM - Voice signals noted at 1448 UTC, as the pager signal fades away
26.805 MHz FM 26805 FM - US freebanders on the 26.805 FM 26MHz FM freeband frequency
27.195 MHz AM 27195 AM - AM voice signals mixing with FM voice signals on 27195 RC/data freq
27.195 MHz FM 27195 FM - FM signals mixing with AM voice signals on 27.195MHz RC frequency
27.641 MHz FM 27641.25 FM - UK FM CB channel 5 - UK FM 27/81 CB chatter 27.64125 MHz FM mixing with SSB signals on 27.640 MHz USB
27.765 MHz AM 27765 AM - Spanish language, some QRM, possibly from FM on/near the same frequency
27.785 MHz FM 27785 FM - German language
27.815 MHz AM 27815 AM - Spanish language, taxi cab dispatcher
27.855 MHz USB 27855 USB - Spanish language, weak
27.945 MHz AM 27945 AM - Strong AM signal noted at 1443 UTC
27.951 MHz FM 27951.25 FM - UK FM CB channel 36 - 27.95125 MHz FM
27.965 MHz AM 27965 AM - Spanish language taxi dispatcher

Data signals

26.635 MHz 26635 kHz - POCSAG paging signals, mixing with voice
26.695 MHz 26695 kHz - POCSAG paging signals - very weak (at 1433 UTC anyway)
26.745 MHz 26745 kHz - POCSAG paging signals, roughly 6 kHz wide - multiple signals on frequency at once
27.197 MHz USB - FSK signal - center frequency 27198.5 kHz
27.341 MHz USB 27341 USB or 27.344 MHz LSB 27344 LSB - FSK signal - center frequency 27342.3 kHz 27.342 MHz

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Opening 16 Sept 2022

« on: September 16, 2022, 1504 UTC »

Tuned in at 1500 UTC

Via W3HFU KiwiSDR


25.000 MHz AM 25000 AM - WWV 25 MHz 25000 kHz 25.0 MHz very faint at 1500 UTC
25.625 MHz AM 25625 AM - Taxi cab dispatcher - Spanish speaking dispatch chatter
25.695 MHz AM 25695 AM - Taxi dispatch radio comms, strong signals - Spanish language taxi lady with distinctive roger beep
25.775 MHz AM 25775 AM - Taxi dispatch radio, weak to fair signal - Spanish language YL taxi dispatcher
25.885 MHz AM 25885 AM - Taxi dispatch YL
25.975 MHz AM 25975 AM - Taxi dispatch radio, fair signal
25.985 MHz LSB 25985 LSB - Spanish language chatter - likely freebanders
26.005 MHz AM 26005 AM - Taxi dispatch radio businesses using export radios, Latin America
26.035 MHz AM 26035 AM - Taxi dispatch, YL speaking Spanish
26.105 MHz AM 26105 AM - Heard US stations (probably truckers or freebanders) down in the noise
26.145 MHz AM 26145 AM - Taxi dispatch radio - Spanish language land mobile 26MHz
26.175 MHz AM 26175 AM - Taxi dispatcher - female Spanish speaking taxi cab radio with roger beep
26.225 MHz USB 26225 USB - Mexican 11m freebanders - haven't heard activity on this frequency in a while
26.350 MHz FM 26350 FM - Carrier faded in a for a few moments...this is a known European and UK paging frequency
26.375 MHz AM 26375 AM - Weak to fair signal, sounds like another taxi dispatch YL
26.405 MHz AM 26405 AM - Spanish language chatter, freebanders
26.485 MHz AM 26485 AM - English language, possibly truckers or another business user - American accents
26.550 MHz 26550 kHz FSK signal - 26.549 MHz USB or 26.548 MHz USB 26.551 MHz LSB or 26.552 MHz LSB
26.555 MHz LSB 26555 LSB - Spanish language 11m low channel 26MHz band calling frequency 26.555 LSB
26.575 MHz AM 26575 AM - Very active, Latin American traffic - similar to 26585 AM and numerous others
26.585 MHz AM 26585 AM - Big signals, Mexican trucker frequency - 26.585 MHz AM
26.595 MHz AM 26595 AM - Spanish language, lots of signals mixing together
26.605 MHz AM 26605 AM - Spanish language, OMs chatting, sounds similar to 26.585 AM, 26.595 AM, etc.
26.610 MHz 26610 kHz FSK signal center frequency 26.61 MHz, 26.609 USB or 26.611 MHz LSB
26.625 MHz AM 26625 AM - Somebody keying down, then several quick mic presses (probably testing)
26.765 MHz AM 26765 AM - Taxi dispatcher, strong signals
26.805 MHz FM 26805 FM - Freebanders on the 26 MHz FM CB channel - 26.805 FM
26.865 MHz AM 26865 AM - Sporadic signal, UNID freeband users

27.145 MHz 27145.3 - carrier noted (RC channel, data frequency, near several known 11m beacons)
27.195 MHz AM 27195 AM - AM voice signals coming in on RCRS (Class C) data/RC frequency
27.195 MHz AM 27195 AM - at 1712 UTC, hearing Spanish language chatter on 27.195 MHz
27.200 MHz LSB 27200 LSB or 27.197 MHz USB 27197 USB - strong FSK signal (near 27.195 MHz RC/data frequency)
27.300 MHz 27300 kHz - POCSAG paging signal noted - European origin (faded up and then back into the noise)

27.415 MHz USB 27415 USB - Spanish language chatter
27.450 MHz FM 27450 FM - Carrier faded in at about 1710 UTC...there is a signal from the Nordic countries reported on this frequency
27.455 MHz USB 27455 USB -  Spanish language 11m high channel 27MHz band calling frequency 27.455 USB
27.465 MHz AM 27465 AM - "Canale 45" - Italian BIG RADIOS frequency - we've got a European opening!
27.470 MHz USB 27470 USB - Freeband signals, QRM from 27.465 AM
27.475 MHz LSB 27475 LSB - US freebanders outbanders SSB 11m chatter
27.475 MHz USB 27475 USB - Spanish language, sporadic signals
27.490 MHz USB 27490 USB - Freeband activity
27.500 MHz USB 27500 USB - Freeband activity
27.505 MHz 27505 kHz - Wide POCSAG paging signal faded up at approx 1519 or 1520 UTC, then back down into the noise
27.510 MHz USB 27510 USB - Weak signals starting to fade in
27.515 MHz LSB 27515 LSB - Caribbean stations - The Knight Patrol
27.555 MHz USB 27555 USB - Activity starting up at approx. 1523 UTC
27.605 MHz USB 27605 USB - Italian language chatter just prior to 1530 UTC
27.61125 MHz FM 27611 FM 27.611 MHz - UK FM CB channel 2 - UK CB activity noted
27.615 MHz AM 27615 AM - Spanish language AM traffic, weak
27.655 MHz AM 27655 AM - Sounds like truckers - US truck drivers using free band export radios
27.675 MHz USB 27675 USB - Spanish language
27.695 MHz LSB 27695 LSB - Spanish language
27.709 MHz 27709 kHz FSK signal center frequency, 27.755 MHz LSB or 27.753 MHz USB
27.705 MHz LSB 27705 LSB - Spanish language
27.755 MHz AM 27755 AM - Taxi dispatcher lady, previously logged on this frequency
27.756 MHz 27756 kHz FSK signal center frequency, 27.755 MHz LSB or 27.753 MHz USB
27.800 MHz LSB 27800 LSB - Spanish language
27.815 MHz AM 27815 AM - Taxi dispatcher - YL Spanish language Mexican accent with roger beep
27.855 MHz USB 27855 USB - Portuguese language chatter
27.885 MHz AM 27885 AM - Taxi dispatcher - YL Spanish language Mexican accent with roger beep
27.905 MHz AM 27905 AM - Faint AM chatter noted, sounds like American truckers
27.915 MHz AM 27915 AM - Taxi dispatch - Latin America - YL with distinctive roger beep
27.935 MHz USB 27935 USB - UNID language, SSB chatter
27.945 MHz LSB 27945 LSB - Spanish language, likely freebanders / outbanders - good signals
27.975 MHz AM 27975 AM - Spanish language Faded up around 1708 UTC, several AM carriers on/around 27.975 MHz, very busy

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10/11 meters / 11 Meter Opening 15 Sept 2022

« on: September 15, 2022, 1422 UTC »

Via W3HFU KiwiSDR

Starting at 0950 local (1350 UTC)


25000 AM 25.000 MHz AM - WWV starting to fade up out of the noise at 1358 or 1359 UTC
25375 FM 25.375 MHz FM - POCSAG paging signal bursts, 3-4 seconds long, fair signal
25655 AM 25.655 MHz AM - "if that guy starts running his mouth.." "that other dude" - two OMs (English language)
25695 AM 25.695 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatcher
25775 LSB 25.775 MHz LSB - Spanish language chatter, strong signals
25876 USB 25.876 MHz USB - strong FSK signal...center frequency 25.877 MHz 25877 kHz
25945 AM 25.945 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatch, weak to fair signal, can hear YL dispatcher and OM drivers
25950 FM 25.950 MHz FM - STL signal, faded in around 1415 or so, reached S7 by 1417 UTC
25985 LSB 25.985 MHz LSB Spanish language freebander or outbander chatter
26005 AM 26.005 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatcher with distinctive roger beep at the end of transmission (Spanish language)
26035 AM 26.035 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatch lady, hearing OM drivers reply to hear
26175 AM 26.175 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatcher with distinctive roger beep at the end of transmission (Spanish language)
26181 USB 26.181 MHz USB - FSK signal, center frequency 26182.5 26.183 MHz
26185 AM 26.185 MHz AM - Taxi dispatch chatter, some minor QRM from the FSK signal
26205 AM 26.205 MHz AM - Weak AM voice heard
26205 USB 26.205 MHz USB - Spanish language chatter, presumably freebanders
26365 AM 26.365 MHz AM - Caribbean stations, heavily accented English language heard
26455 AM 26.455 MHz AM - Taxi cab company - can hear OM drivers replying to YL dispatcher - "that's by [dispatch/ride] 01"
26547 MHz USB 26.547 MHz USB or 26.550 MHz LSB - strong FSK signal 26.549 MHz
26565 AM 26.565 MHz AM - Several stations mixing together, hearing the usual "taxi lady" taxi dispatch 26 MHz
26585 AM 26.585 MHz AM - The usual busy frequency - Mexican truckers, etc. 
26608 USB 26.608 MHz USB - very strong FSK (center frequency may be closer to 26.609 MHz or 26.610 MHz
26645 AM 26.645 MHz AM - Taxi dispatch lady, Spanish language with roger beeps (end of transmission burst)
26650 USB 26.650 MHz USB - Spanish language chatter, some FSK in the background (would have been on 26.649 MHz USB)
26695 AM 26.695 MHz AM - Spanish language OMs chatting, weak to fair signal
26765 AM 26.765 MHz AM - Latin American taxi cab company dispatcher radio (YL with single tone end of transmission beep)
26855 AM 26.855 MHz AM - Spanish language chatter heard, heavy fading
26935 LSB 26.935 MHz LSB - Portuguese chatter with interesting roger beep - mixing with taxi dispatch comms
26935 AM 26.935 MHz AM - Spanish language taxi dispatch lady, fair signal
26945 AM 26.945 MHz AM - Spanish language taxi dispatch - mixing with OM chatter

Basically every channel on the legal 40 busy with activity

26995 AM 26.995 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatcher noted at 1412 UTC, complete with roger beep

27440 USB 27.440 MHz USB - Very strong Spanish language chatter noted
27455 USB 27.455 MHz USB - Spanish language calling frequency, very busy
27515 LSB 27.515 MHz LSB - The Knight Patrol frequency, Caribbean Sea - some very strong signals!
27665 USB 27.665 MHz USB - Spanish speaking informal QSOs
27765 LSB 27.765 MHz LSB - Spanish language, Mexican accent
27785 AM 27.785 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatch lady, good signals
27815 AM 27.815 MHz AM - Taxi cab dispatch lady, distinctive roger beep
27795 LSB 27.795 MHz LSB - Portuguese chatter
27600 USB 27.600 MHz USB - Caribbean stations, English language, good signals

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10/11 meters / 11 meter activity via GB3WB KiwiSDR 13 July 2022

« on: July 13, 2022, 1146 UTC »

Via GB3WB KiwiSDR

Data and paging signals pagers on 26 MHz 27 MHz Pagers 29 MHz band RTTY 11m FSK on 27 MHz data links

26165 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
26170 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
26200 - Paging - POCSAG
26350 - Paging - POCSAG
26400 - Paging - POCSAG
26450 - Paging signals
26605 - Paging - POCSAG (likely an offset from 26.600 MHz)
26650 - Paging - POCSAG - very strong signals
26695 - Paging signals, POCSAG and other signals mixing in
26700 - Paging POCSAG signals
26705 - Paging signals, sporadic signals
26745 - Paging - POCSAG, mixing in with the signals from 26.75 MHz
26750 - Data bursts, not POCSAG, often mixing in with the paging bursts
26750 - Paging, with carrier signal transmitted during idle periods, carrier on 26750.6
26755 - Paging - POCSAG - mixing in with 26.750 MHz
26785 - Paging - POCSAG
26786 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
26788 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
26799 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
26800 - Paging - fading in and out
26801 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
26813 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
26815 - Paging - POCSAG signals mixing in with carrier (?) on 26.817 MHz
26829 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
26835 - Paging - very strong signals, several on same frequency - wide band POCSAG
26850 - Paging - similar to 26.835 MHz and 26.900 MHz
26900 - Paging - very strong signals  - wide band POCSAG
27007 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27095 - Data bursts, similar to data links usually noted on 27.255 MHz or 27.195 MHz
27118 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27150 - Paging - similar to signals on 27.300 MHz, 27.360 MHz, 26.900 MHz, etc.
27198 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27235 - AX.25 Packet Radio Signals mixing in with AM and FM voice
27245 - AX.25 Packet Radio Signals mixing in with AM and FM voice and ROS data
27245 - ROS data mode
27249 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27250 - Paging signals - POCSAG
27255 - Data bursts, the usually heard one with two identical bursts roughly 4-5 kHz apart
27259 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27300 - Paging - several signals at once, very busy as well
27313 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27333 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27356 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27360 - Paging - very wide signal - 27.352 MHz to 27.367 MHz
27370 - Paging - several signals at once, 4.5 kHz wide, 7 kHz wide, 8 kHz wide - very active
27373 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27450 - Paging - POCSAG (mixing with SSB signals)
27500 - Pager signals - weak, mixing with data bursts and paging signals on 27.505 MHz
27505 - Paging signals - very strong
27550 - Paging signals - POCSAG - QRM from SSB voice
27619 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27635 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27650 - Paging - POCSAG and carrier signal during idle periods
27706 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27757 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27777 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27845 - Paging POCSAG
27958 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27960 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27972 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
27975 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
29705 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
29750 - Paging POCSAG - very busy, strong signals
29780 - FSK signals, not the same as the other ones noted on 11m, but still narrow band
29800 - Paging POCSAG - very busy, strong signals
29825 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
29835 - FSK - RTTY like narrow band
29850 - Paging POCSAG - very busy, strong signals
29870 - Constant FSK signal, unmodulated when idle
29900 - Paging POCSAG - strong signals

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10/11 meters / 11 meter evening activity via W3HFU KiwiSDR 06/27/22

« on: June 27, 2022, 2215 UTC »

Hearing lots of North and South American stations this evening





26.715 MHz AM 26715 kHz AM - Very busy, Spanish language, as expected
26.855 MHz AM 26855 kHz AM to 26.955 MHz - every 10 kHz, busy busy, including 26.915 AM

27.655 MHz AM 27655 kHz AM - two OMs having a casual QSO, possibly truckers?
27.695 MHz LSB 27695 kHz LSB - Spanish speaking stations
27.695 MHz USB 27695 MHz USB - Spanish speaking stations
27.755 MHz AM 27.755 MHz AM - "904 in Jacksonville, there ain't nobody on this channel"
27.805 MHz 27805 kHz AM - two OMs talking about noise level, sounds like CBers (not truckers) - US stations

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10/11 meters / 11 meter activity via GB3WB KiwiSDR 27 June 2022

« on: June 27, 2022, 1743 UTC »

25625 kHz AM 25.625 MHz AM - Spanish language chatter
25735 kHz FM 25.735 MHz FM - French language
25775 kHz AM 25.775 MHz AM - Weak AM signals noted, sounds like Italian
26150 kHz 26.150 MHz - Paging - sporadic signals
26165 kHz AM 26.165 MHz AM - Italian
26175 kHz 26.175 MHz - Paging, 6-7  kHz wide POCSAG
26200 kHz 26.200 MHz - Paging - strong signals - FM carrier on frequency when "idle" - numerous signals POCSAG
26250 kHz 26.250 MHz - Paging - POCSAG, very strong signals at points (POCSAG)
26300 kHz 26.300 MHz - Paging - POCSAG, very strong signals at points (POCSAG)
26350 kHz 26.350 MHz - Paging - POCSAG, very strong signals at points (POCSAG)
26375 kHz FM 26.375 MHz FM - UNID language, weak
26375 kHz USB 26.375 MHz USB
26500 kHz 26.500 MHz - Numerous different paging signals on this frequency, often stepping on each other
26520 kHz 26.520 MHz - Paging, also noting various modes on frequency at the same time
26745 kHz 26.745 MHz - Paging, very busy
26900 kHz 26.900 MHz - Paging, S9 peaks, lots of signals at once
26805 kHz USB 26.805 MHz USB - Heavily accented English and French heard