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Author Topic: Pescadores on 5000 kHz USB (with WWV!) 2229 UTC 14 Jan 2019  (Read 872 times)

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Hearing SSB chatter on 5000 kHz USB 5.000 MHz USB with the WWV clicks in the background.  They stopped for the voice announcements at 2230 UTC (from WWV).  Not 100% sure on the language, but its certainly Spanish, Portuguese or Italian.  Considering the fact that Skip heard similar signals previously and they've been logged on nearby frequencies...

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Re: Pescadores on 5000 kHz USB (with WWV!) 2229 UTC 14 Jan 2019
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2019, 0001 UTC »
Hearing SSB chatter on 5000 kHz USB 5.000 MHz USB with the WWV clicks in the background.  They stopped for the voice announcements at 2230 UTC (from WWV).  Not 100% sure on the language, but its certainly Spanish, Portuguese or Italian.  Considering the fact that Skip heard similar signals previously and they've been logged on nearby frequencies...

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Re: Pescadores on 5000 kHz USB (with WWV!) 2229 UTC 14 Jan 2019
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2019, 1123 UTC »
I noticed strong signals last night as well from the peskies.

BTW - The KiwiSDR has the sky loop antenna again, via a custom splitter that provides a slightly reduced signal level so it should not overload anymore. So performance should be back to how it was before I switched to the LoG antenna.
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Re: Pescadores on 5000 kHz USB (with WWV!) 2229 UTC 14 Jan 2019
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2019, 1233 UTC »
I will try and see if they're back on the frequency this evening, along with the various English and Spanish language nets heard in the 6-7 MHz region.  Thanks Chris!

TheRelayStation, the CBers of 40 meters are usually found in the 6600-7000 kHz range or the 6500-7000 kHz range, 5000 kHz is a new one for them (I think they're more than likely fishing fleets using out of band frequencies, the [in]famous pescadores).
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