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10/11 meters / 27635 USB 1830-1845 + UTC

« on: October 17, 2015, 1853 UTC »

Hearing some sort of polytone "jingle" on 27635 USB.  Usually when the band is open, this frequency is occupied by truckers operating freeband (since it is CB channel 19 with the flick of the bandswitch on export/"10-meter" radios).  Today, however, I've been hearing this weird polytone transmission every few minutes.  Great variation in signal strength as well.  Right now its around S3 but it was a clear S7 about 10 minutes ago (1640 UTC).  

I can hear some USB voice traffic underneath it from time to time.  Anybody know what this is?  I'm thinking its just some sort of elaborate noise toy that somebody is running with high power and/or an awesome antenna but wanted to get a second opinion by more experienced ops (or somebody who can look at it on a SDR waterfall/spectrograph

Edit:  Now at 1654 UTC it has shot up to S9.

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10/11 meters / Re: 11m waking up?

« on: October 17, 2015, 1610 UTC »

More logs:

Lots and lots of Spanish language traffic.  OTH radar seems to be hanging around the 27.7 region.  Checked 25910 FM, 25950 FM, 25990 FM and 26010 FM and heard nothing

26225 USB - SS traffic, quality audio
26375 AM - SS traffic, possible taxicab dispatcher, heavy QSB
26425 AM - SS traffic
26540 LSB - SS traffic
26555 LSB - SS traffic
26585 AM - SS traffic, very loud as usual.  Echo, noise toys.  I like to think of this frequency as the Mexican version of 27025
26605 AM - SS traffic with music in the background, heterodyne, QRM, etc
26665 AM - SS traffic, Mexican accents, noise toys
26705 AM - Spanish language signals, with heavy bleedover from stations on 26715
26715 AM - Very loud Spanish language signals - as per usual on 26705-26725
26915 AM - more Southern US "skip shooter" traffic, QSB
27015 AM - CB channel 5 - serious heterodyne (Spanish language)
27025 AM - CB channel 6 - see above (only in English this time )
27345 AM - CB channel 34 - Spanish language with noise toys and roger beeps, QSB (perhaps condx are changing?)
27375 AM and LSB CB channel 37 - Spanish language traffic with 26 Foxtrot (something something).  UK stations calling CQ under the QRM
27425 AM - SS traffic, with roger beeps.  YL giving out numbers, likely a taxi dispatcher
27425 LSB - EE Southern US operator QSOs
27435 USB - SS traffic
27455 USB - Spanish language calling frequency
27500 AM/CW (CW!!!)
27525 USB - "Spoke to Canada earlier and that's another first for me so another country on the map" - UK accent
27565 USB - SS traffic, weak
27615 LSB - SS traffic, peaking to S9+20
27695 LSB - SS traffic, not moving the S-meter but mostly copyable
27700 USB - Nearly constant SSTV 
27710 OTH Radar (to around 27750 or so)
27725 USB - "Hola Que Tal?" - Spanish language traffic

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10/11 meters / Re: 11m waking up?

« on: October 17, 2015, 1505 UTC »

Hearing Irish and English (26CT115 requesting QSY to 27405) stations on 27385 LSB as well as 27395 LSB.  

Other logs (1450-1505 UTC).  Receiving equipment is: Galaxy DX959 with indoor dipole (random wire is antenna #2)

26585 AM - very busy, constant S7-S9 signal heterodyne, music, roger beeps, feedback, very messy
26625 AM - "Hola Hola Hola Hola Hola!"
26775 AM - Southern US accents
27385 LSB - very busy (US and Western European stations)
27405 LSB - South Carolina station working UK
27415 AM - SS taxicab dispatch (with roger beeps!)
27455 USB - Latin America calling frequency active, heavy QSB
27505 USB - SS operators, one is down in the noise, the other a solid S9 +20.  
27555 USB - Hearing stations down in the noise, roger beeps, somebody calling CQ DX but they faded away before I heard an ID
27705 USB - SS operators, very loud (all over S9 on both antennas)

1507 UTC: Swapped out the Galaxy with the Voyager VR9000 (better known as the Superstar 3900F), backup radio is IC707.  Did this because the Voyager has FM.

26585 AM - More of the same.  Even noiser on the Voyager (this is to be expected with the radio in question)
26915 AM - "Mister Shoeshine is back quiet"
26955 AM - very strong carrier somebody keyed down for a second and didn't say anything (was S9 +40db!!!)
27405 LSB - 26CT115 (or maybe 26CT1115) working Kentucky station, heavy QRM
27470 USB - SS traffic, nice audio and strong signals
27555 USB - "all the best boys good morning" (British accent)
27590 USB - British accent "I'd lose my mind and I don't want to do that"
27601 FM - Heard UK CB traffic, but was then obliterated by 27605 LSB
27605 LSB - SS traffic, strong
27620 USB - Caught the tail end of an ID "Charlie Alpha"
27635 USB - polytones, stations down in the noise, weak AM carrier whine
27665 USB - "Buenas tardes" "Saludos a la frecuencia!" - active with roger beeps
27700 USB - weak SSTV (!!!!)
27775 AM - EE traffic, US accents

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever - 6950 usb - 2300z Oct 16, 2015

« on: October 16, 2015, 2310 UTC »

Nice and loud (Happy Monday) bouncing between S9 and S9+30.  A solid S9 with the attenuator on.

DJ Dickweed the propagation gods are with you tonight - hearing you nicely on the portable Grundig G3 with just the standard telescopic whip antenna (indoors with the local QRN and everything!)

Thanks for the show.  Always enjoy hearing RFW.

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10/11 meters / 11 meters 26-28 MHz Open and Active 6 October 2015

« on: October 06, 2015, 2150 UTC »

Did a quick band scan from 26-28MHz:

26215 kHz USB - Spanish language
26225 kHz USB - Spanish language - much louder and more active than 26215, S9+ signals
26405 kHz AM - Spanish language - sounds like a taxicab dispatcher
26535 kHz AM - Spanish language, heavy QSB
26555 kHz LSB - Spanish language - mention of Dominican Republic
26585 kHz AM - Very busy, likely Mexican calling channel (activity on this freq is usually indicative of some sort of opening I've noticed)
26605 kHz AM - Spanish language with roger beeps and noise toys, music, etc
26705 kHz AM - Puerto Rico very loud S9 +++ with splatter from 26715
26715 kHz AM - Puerto Rico mentioned, very strong signals
26885 kHz AM - English language, Southern US accents
27015 kHz AM - CB channel 5 - Spanish language
27025 kHz AM - CB channel 6 - you know what's on this frequency when the band is open
27045 kHz AM - CB channel 7A (not a legal CB freq) - Spanish language QSO,
27065 kHz AM - CB channel 9 - similar to 26705 and 26715, strong signals
27265 kHz AM - CB channel 26 - English language, Southern US accents
27285 kHz AM - CB channel 28 - Same as channel 26
27385 kHz LSB - CB channel 38 - Very busy, heard Mississippi, Indiana, several QSOs at once
27395 kHz LSB - CB channel 39 - SSB activity, likely stations QSYed from 27385
27455 kHz USB - Spanish language calling channel, active with several stations at once
27465 kHz USB - QSO in Spanish between two stations, one is S9 +30, good quality audio
27470 kHz USB - Similar to 27465, strong signals, roger beeps
27665 kHz USB - Busy, S2-S4 signals, Spanish and possibly Portuguese QSOs
27715 kHz LSB - Spanish language QSO
 
Given that most of the traffic heard was in Spanish and the STL frequencies of 25910 and 25990 were quiet, best bet is another Latin American opening.  When these things get really crazy I can hear taxicab dispatchers every 10 kHz from 25615 up to 27995 and sometimes activity up into the CW portion of the bottom of 10 meters!

Update at 2240 UTC 10/06/2015:

26565 AM - Similar traffic to 26585
26665 AM - Spanish language, heavy QSB
26675 AM - Puerto Rico mentioned, roger beeps, music
26735 AM - Sounds like Truckers (this is CB channel 19 "down one band" on export radios so that makes sense)
26915 AM - Southern US QSOs, loud radios, some QSB
27255 AM - CB channel 23 - Data Bursts/Paging (paging is legal on this frequency under Part 95, up to 25w allowed!)
27445 AM - Taxicab Dispatch (Spanish language)
27515 LSB - Jamaican station very loud, some well over S9
27555 USB - voice traffic way down in the noise
27695 LSB - Spanish language traffic, Cali mentioned (possible Columbia traffic??)
27705 LSB - Similar to 27695 LSB
27765 LSB - Spanish language QSO, with OTH radar QRM
 

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Other / UNID CW 6920 2300 UTC 16 Sept 2015

« on: September 16, 2015, 2302 UTC »

Hearing a "dot" beep every 3 seconds or so on 6920.00 kHz (in CW mode).  Originally tuned it in on 6919 kHz USB. 

Confirmed the same on the WebSDR (http://k2sdr.dyndns.org:8902/) so this isn't local.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6938 AM 9/7/2015 2243z

« on: September 07, 2015, 2249 UTC »

Hearing it here on 6938 with UTE QRM on 6941.  Noisy conditions here (local QRN).  S7 signal.  Unable to actually discern what is being played but I can hear something there.  Unable to copy at all in USB due to strong UTE signal near frequency.  S6-S7 as well on the NJ WebSDR (WebSDR is showing carrier frequency slightly lower at 6937.7 kHz).

at 2251, signal on my local radio is now strong enough to hear The Temptations - Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch and British accented announcer.  

Re-tuned my radio to 6937.7 and it does sound a bit better.  Still hearing faint UTE QRM from the signal on 6941.

2310 UTC - signal even stronger now.  UTE QRM is gone.  Nice wide audio.  Hearing it on the Grundig G3 portable nicely.  
2311 UTC - Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain  

Voiceover the rest of Cypress Hill into House of Pain - Jump Around

2318 UTC - Announcer: "KICK IT!" into Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right

Killer tunes tonight CWR  

2340 UTC - operator chatter about Absolut vodka
2350 UTC - mild UTE QRM returning during the fades, Faith No More - Epic punching through on the peaks
2358 UTC - Judas Priest - Breaking The Law - kickass tune
2359 UTC - operator voice over Judas Priest, fading getting a bit worse
0000 UTC - now hearing Spanish language (I think) chatter on 6935 LSB causing some QRM

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 18145 usb again 9/6/15 1425 utc

« on: September 06, 2015, 1437 UTC »

They're operating within the 17 meter ham band.  

About a S3 here, noisy, but completely readable signal.  Not hearing anything else from 18068 - 18168 kHz

Completely gone by 1445 UTC (stepped away from the radio for a minute, came back and it was gone).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6950 USB 0020Z Wolverine Radio 6 Sept 2015

« on: September 06, 2015, 0028 UTC »

Hearing old time music nice and mellow.  Excellent audio and a solid S9

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Other / 6940 CW 0024 UTC

« on: September 06, 2015, 0024 UTC »

Hearing CW on 6940, peaking to S8

Gone

Back on at 0026

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Marlene 6935 USB 2350 05 SEP 2015

« on: September 05, 2015, 2359 UTC »

Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone  in progress at 2357

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2318- 09/03/15

« on: September 03, 2015, 2333 UTC »

Hearing "Crazy Train" nicely through the local QRN 6969.0 kHz USB

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6935 USB 0135 UTC 22 August 2015

« on: August 23, 2015, 0137 UTC »

Hearing what sounds like the Soviet National Anthem on 6935 USB.  Nice and loud tonight.  

Shoutout to R4002 (me!) and HFU 0140 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0037 UTC 23 Aug 2015

« on: August 23, 2015, 0103 UTC »

Solid S9.  Top notch signal, armchair copy of "Lucky Man" in progress at 0101 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Burn It Down Radio 6962 USB/AM *0045-0117* UTC 17Aug15

« on: August 17, 2015, 0137 UTC »

Scorpions - Wind of Change at tune-in (0135 UTC)