6-7 MHz Very Busy Freebanders Pescadores 10-11 Oct 2018

[R4002]

6200 kHz - 6525 kHz - marine band - maritime HF-SSB 6 MHz band
6525 kHz - 6685 kHz - aeronautical band - routed aircraft HF-SSB 6 MHz band - MWARA frequencies here
6685 kHz - 6765 kHz - aeronautical band - off-route band 6 MHz aircraft band - some military and general ute/data use
6765 kHz - 7000 kHz - fixed/mobile band - 43 meters, heavily used by all sorts of everything (including pirates)

Lots and lots of Spanish and Portuguese language chatter all over the band last night:

not including several QSOs active in the 6200 kHz to 6525 kHz marine band (of which there were many) - but including the 6525-6765 aeronautical HF-SSB band (6525 kHz to 6685 kHz and 6685 kHz to 6765 kHz subbands)

6528 kHz USB - Spanish language chatter
6555 kHz USB - Spanish language, freebanders/outbanders operating in the aeronautical band
6565 kHz USB - Spanish language, OMs talking
6666.6 kHz USB - Spanish language, sounded like two QSOs at once, operator "Juan" heard, somebody whistling into mic
6675 kHz USB - Spanish language, weak
6698.5 kHz USB - Spanish language
6700 kHz USB - Spanish language (about the same signal strength as the traffic on 6698.5 USB, making a real mess)
6705 kHz USB - Portuguese language, sounded like pescadores
6715 kHz USB - Spanish language, possible radiotelephone link
6730 kHz LSB - Spanish language
6755 kHz USB - Spanish language, getting clobbered with QRM from 6754 kHz USB
6771.5 kHz USB - Spanish language, another possible radiotelephone link
6775 kHz LSB - Spanish language, OM and YL chatter, another possible radiotelephone link
6777.5 kHz USB - Spanish language, OM talking to another very weak station
6780 kHz USB - Spanish language, likely radiotelephone link (frequency, mode and users logged previously)
6790 kHz LSB - Portuguese language
6790 kHz USB - Spanish language, another possible radiotelephone link
6800 kHz USB - Spanish language, probably freebanders or pescadores
6818 kHz LSB - Portuguese language
6825 kHz USB - Spanish language, strong at points
6858.5 kHz USB - Spanish language, good signals
6868 kHz LSB - Portuguese language
6880 kHz USB - Spanish language
6888 kHz LSB - Portuguese language
6900 kHz LSB - Spanish language - common freebander frequency
6900 kHz USB - Spanish language (6900 LSB and 6900 USB going at the same time)
6905 kHz LSB - Spanish language with QRM from 6900 kHz USB
6910 kHz LSB - Spanish language
6919 kHz LSB - Portuguese language
6920 kHz USB - Spanish language
6925 kHz LSB - Portuguese language, very busy
6930 kHz USB - Spanish language
6935 kHz LSB - Portuguese language, possibly two QSOs going on at once on this frequency
6950 kHz USB - Spanish language, YL and OMs talking
6961 kHz USB - Spanish language
6975 kHz USB - Spanish language
6980 kHz LSB - Spanish language
6990 kHz LSB - Spanish language
7000 kHz USB - OM and YL talking with ham radio CW traffic on top of them