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Offline ZFT

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19 Oct 11M opening
« on: October 19, 2022, 1249 UTC »
From 12:oo UTC thru 12:33 UTC hearing UK stations on US CB Ch 19,26,27,33 in AM and various UK stations on their FM allocations

Monitored while mobile in the South Eastern PA area
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Re: 19 Oct 11M opening
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2022, 1710 UTC »
Another busy day!

Lots of SSB QRM on the UK FM CB channels, but there's FM signals there too.  Noting activity on UK FM CB Channel 19 (27.78125 MHz FM), Channel 6 (27.65125 MHz FM), Channel 16 (27.75125 MHz FM) - lots of QRM on and around 27.75 MHz and 27.755 MHz - hearing AM taxi cab dispatcher signals mixing in with the UK FM stuff on 27.755 MHz. 

Activity noted on:

27991 FM - UK FM CB Channel 40 - 27.99125 MHz FM
27985 USB - French language chatter 27.985 MHz
27981 FM - UK FM CB Channel 39 - 27.98125 MHz FM
27975 LSB - Portuguese?  27.975 MHz LSB
27971 FM - UK FM CB Channel 38 - 27.97125 MHz FM - very very busy, strong SSB QRM
27955 USB - Spanish language
27950 USB - Spanish language
27950 LSB - Spanish language
27945 AM - UNID AM signals, probably taxi cab dispatch or freebanders
27941 FM - UK FM CB Channel 35, constant carrier...noted in previous band openings 27.94125 MHz FM or a carrier on 27.94 MHz
27935 USB - UK stations, lots of signals on top of each other...sounds like it might be recorded audio?
27931 FM - UK FM CB Channel 34 - getting obliterated by the guys on 27.935 MHz USB
27911 FM - UK FM CB Channel 32 - weak signals noted 27.91125 MHz FM
27910 USB - French
27881 FM - UK FM CB Channel 29 - at least one carrier on frequency, almost full quieting...no audio?

right now, way too many signals to log them all!

Above 29.7 MHz, pretty quiet - not hearing any paging signals on the usual 29.750 MHz, 29.800 MHz, 29.850 MHz, 29.900 MHz, 29.950 MHz, 30.000 MHz or 30.020 MHz and 30.025 MHz frequencies. 

Also some interesting in-band logs - including 27130 USB 27.130 MHz USB, 27240 LSB 27.240 MHz LSB, 27110 FM 27.110 MHz FM, AM and FM signals on several channels, including CB channel 18 (27.175 MHz), CB channel 27 (27.275 MHz), LSB signals on 27.245 MHz (CB Channel 25), data signals of various types on CB channels 24 and 25 (27.235 MHz and 27.245 MHz).  The RC channels are full of voice and data and a very strong FSK (sounds like RTTY!) signal on 27.342 MHz USB or 27.345 LSB, with very strong Italian signals on 27.340 MHz LSB 27.345 MHz LSB mixing with Spanish language signals and all sorts of other QRM

26945 FM 26.945 MHz FM - Data signal underneath the AM voice
26945 AM 26.945 MHz AM - Spanish language
26935 AM 26.935 MHz AM - Spanish language, lots of QRM at points
26925 AM 26.925 MHz AM - Spanish language
26900 FM 26.900 MHz FM - Data signals - wider band (likely pagers) pager 26.9 MHz
26890 FM 26.890 MHz FM - FSK signals (narrow band)
26867 FM 26.867 MHz FM - FSK signals (narrow band)
26865 FM 26.865 MHz FM - POCSAG paging signals
26863 FM 26.863 MHz FM - FSK signals (narrow band)
26850 FM 26.850 MHz FM - POCSAG paging signals
26765 AM 26.765 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher - very good signal at points, the usual user logged on this frequency
26755 AM 26.755 MHz AM - US stations, sounds like truckers
26745 FM 26.745 MHz FM - POCSAG paging signals - getting stronger
26715 AM 26.715 MHz AM - Spanish language big radios frequency - active
26695 FM 26.695 MHz FM - POCSAG paging signals
26685 FM 26.685 MHz FM - Weak FM signals noted
26635 AM 26.635 MHz AM - Spanish language, some bad QRM from the pager on frequency
26635 FM 26.635 MHz FM - POCSAG paging signals - UK or European origin on site pager (26.635 MHz, 26.6375 MHz offset?)
26605 AM 26.605 MHz AM - Spanish language, freebanders
26595 AM 26.595 MHz AM - Spanish language, freebanders
26585 AM 26.585 MHz AM - Spanish language, freebanders
26565 FM 26.565 MHz FM - German language, German CB Channel 41
26565 AM 26.565 MHz AM - Spanish language
26555 LSB 26.555 MHz LSB - Latin American "low band" SSB calling frequency
26550 FM 26.550 MHz FM - POCSAG paging signal down in the noise
26540 LSB 26.540 MHz LSB - SSB signals, QSY'ed from 26.555 LSB
26515 FM 26.515 MHz FM - Sounds like Dutch?
26515 AM 26.515 MHz AM - Spanish language, taxi dispatcher
26500 FM 26.500 MHz FM - POCSAG Paging Signal
26485 AM 26.485 MHz AM - Spanish language, taxi dispatch lady
26415 AM 26.415 MHz AM - Spanish language, weak
26400 FM 26.400 MHz FM - POCSAG pager signals 26.4 MHz pager
26375 AM 26.375 MHz AM - Spanish language, very busy
26250 FM 26.250 MHz FM - POCSAG pager signals 26.25 MHz pager
26200 FM 26.200 MHz FM - POCSAG pager signals 26.2 MHz pager
26165 AM 26.165 MHz AM - Spanish language - taxi dispatch
26005 AM 26.005 MHz AM - Spanish language chatter
26000 FM 26.000 MHz FM - POCSAG pager signals and data/telemetry signals
25985 LSB 25.985 MHz LSB - Caribbean accented English - previously logged activity on/near here 25 MHz SSB
25855 AM 25.855 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher - Spanish language YL dispatcher
25695 AM 25.695 MHz AM - Taxi dispatcher - Spanish language YL dispatcher
25635 AM 25.635 MHz AM - Spanish language, YL reading number strings, sounds like a taxi dispatcher
« Last Edit: October 19, 2022, 1737 UTC by R4002 »
U.S. East Coast, various HF/VHF/UHF radios/transceivers/scanners/receivers - land mobile system operator - focus on VHF/UHF and 11m