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Author Topic: 11m 19 SEP 2022  (Read 613 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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11m 19 SEP 2022
« on: September 19, 2022, 1433 UTC »
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

1505 UTC waterfall:


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« Last Edit: September 19, 2022, 1655 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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11 Meter Opening 19 Sept 2022
« Reply #1 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
« Last Edit: September 19, 2022, 1454 UTC by R4002 »
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Re: 11m 19 SEP 2022
« Reply #2 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. 
« Last Edit: September 19, 2022, 1716 UTC by R4002 »
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Re: 11m 19 SEP 2022
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2022, 0222 UTC »
Disappointing 10-11 meter conditions here so far today not much coming in here downunder unfortunately
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