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Author Topic: Argentina Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018  (Read 8884 times)

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Re: Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #30 on: December 12, 2018, 1303 UTC »
p.s. they were on again last night, 0105 UTC 12 Dec 2018 with the warbling tones, and then into the OM speaking. Good reception.
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Re: Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #31 on: December 15, 2018, 1454 UTC »
Back again 0101 UTC 15 Dec 2018 with the warbling tones and then SS OM, but he only spoke for a minute or so.
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Re: Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #32 on: December 16, 2018, 1743 UTC »
Heard again 0113 UTC 16 Dec 2018 - they were on later than usual. Alternating tones, then distorted OM speech. I now think this is more likely technical difficulties vs encryption.
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Re: Argentina Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #33 on: December 18, 2018, 1110 UTC »
Heard at 0104 UTC 18 Dec 2018 with the usual alternating tones and then SS OM. Good signal.
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Re: Argentina Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2018, 0114 UTC »
0108 UTC -  Heard the alternating tones and OM transmission then off at 0111 UTC Dec. 22, 2018. Signal was very weak but could make out the voice communication not sure of the language.
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Re: Argentina Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #35 on: December 31, 2018, 1804 UTC »
Noted again on the SDR recording at 0107 UTC 31 Dec 2018 with the alternating tones and then announcements by a SS OM.
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Re: Argentina Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #36 on: January 02, 2019, 1713 UTC »
0111 UTC 2 Jan 2019. Starting even a little later tonight. Usual format, alternating tones then SS OM.
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Re: Argentina Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2019, 1135 UTC »
0058 UTC 3 Jan 2018 - On a little early last night. Very strong signal, but we had a good opening on 43m to South America with signals from Lupo Radio and the UNID pirate on 6934.8 kHz.
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Re: Argentina Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #38 on: January 04, 2019, 1224 UTC »
On at 0100 UTC 4 Jan 2019 with a strong signal.
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Re: Argentina Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #39 on: January 10, 2019, 1113 UTC »
I've noticed these transmissions nightly lately on the SDR recordings. Same format as always, and starting around 0100 UTC.
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Re: Peskies? Military? Other? 6920 USB 0106 UTC 5 Oct 2018
« Reply #40 on: September 05, 2019, 2145 UTC »
Argentina, for sure. Calling several argentine towns (Santa Fe, Tucuman etc.)

This is the communications network that the Argentine federal police in HF to communicate with their delegations in the interior of the country 3 times per day at fixed times. The most stable is 6920 khz USB


Very nice!  Proof that a lot of the stuff heard in the 6-7 MHz region is coming out of South America when the conditions are right.  Reminds me of the rural radiotelephone activity centered in the 6700-6900 kHz region (most of it seems to follow the band plan for 6765 kHz being the bottom edge of the fixed/mobile band).

 

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