UK Pagers (RX on U.S. East Coast) 26 MHz Band + UK FM CB 1630 UTC 27 Jan 2025

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Received via W3HFU SDR and local receivers. 

Hearing the tell-tale nonstop paging signals on 26.695 MHz, 26.745 MHz and sporadic POCSAG or sounds like POCSAG paging signals on 26.635 MHz as well.

26635 kHz - Paging
26695 kHz - Paging - UK hospital pagers, also mainland Europe paging systems (see also: 26.700 MHz, 26.705 MHz)
26745 kHz - Paging - UK hospital pagers, also mainland European paging systems - 26.700 MHz, 26.705 MHz

At around 1633 UTC or 1634 UTC, I started noticing voice comms mixing in with the paging signals on 26.635MHz.  AM mode...followed by an AM signal - carrier frequency 26635.4 or so, AM signal modulated with ~ 1000 or 1100 Hz tones (so it appears as three carriers, one on 26635.4 kHz, another one 26634.4 kHz and another on 26636.5 kHz). 

Unsure if this is an unrelated data link system or part of a paging system operating on 26.635 MHz that just happens to be a little off-frequency.

The AM voice traffic on 26.635 MHz sounded like Mexican taxi cab comms, which makes sense.


At 1639 UTC, hearing U.S. domestic freeband 11 meter operators on 26.745 MHz LSB, which is unique.