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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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11m 27 OCT 2021
« on: October 27, 2021, 1223 UTC »
1222 Starting to get some DX on channel 6. Also local trucking traffic on channel 1.
1345 Sme locals heard on ch 12, could be trucking related also. Still no real DX.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2021, 1355 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: 11m 27 OCT 2021
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2021, 1224 UTC »
Indeed - the band is showing the subtle signs that it might be open again today...

1233 UTC - music coming in on 27195 USB 27.195 MHz USB (on the W3HFU KiwiSDR)
« Last Edit: October 27, 2021, 1233 UTC by R4002 »
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Re: 11m 27 OCT 2021
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2021, 1330 UTC »
At 1325 UTC, noted faint pager signal activity on 26.900 MHz 26900 kHz on the W3HFU KiwiSDR (11 meter dipole).  26.9 MHz is a known active European 26 MHz paging frequency.

Maybe a bigger opening today or some Sporadic-E activity. 

1357 UTC: caught the tail end of some CW on 27.500 MHz, then again on 27.501 MHz
1357 UTC: now some weak-ish AM on 27.465 MHz - and its...Italian! 
1358 UTC: now a CW signal on 27500.7 27.500.7 MHz 27.5 MHz CW signals...
1359 UTC: the Italians on 27465 AM have faded out - I think this a very sporadic E type situation at the moment
1440 UTC: 25.965 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 25965 AM taxi dispatch 25 MHz
1440 UTC: 26.035 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 26035 AM taxi dispatch 26 MHz
1440 UTC: 25.695 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 25695 AM taxi dispatch 25 MHz
1443 UTC: 26.135 MHz AM - Spanish language chatter, probably also taxi dispatch 26.135 MHz
1443 UTC: 25.695 MHz AM - taxi dispatch Spanish - very good signal now
1444 UTC: 26.455 MHz AM - taxi dispatch Spanish language Juanita taxicab radio dispatch
1444 UTC: 26.175 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 26035 AM taxi dispatch 26 MHz
1445 UTC: 25.695 MHz AM - usual taxi cab dispatcher YL reading numbers in Spanish
1446 UTC: 26.665 MHz AM - Spanish language chatter coming in now
1447 UTC: 27.605 MHz AM - taxi cab radio dispatch taxi dispatch 27 MHz lady reading numbers in Spanish
1448 UTC: 27.795 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 27795 AM taxi dispatch 27 MHz
1448 UTC: 27.935 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 27935 AM taxi dispatch 27 MHz
1448 UTC: 27.745 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 27745 AM taxi dispatch 27 MHz
1448 UTC: 27.785 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 27785 AM taxi dispatch 27 MHz
1449 UTC: 27.765 MHz AM taxi cab radio dispatch Spanish lady YL dispatcher on 27765 AM taxi dispatch 27 MHz
1449 UTC: 27.815 MHz AM Mexican taxi cab dispatcher Mexico City Mexico D.F. taxicab radio dispatch 27815 AM 27.815 AM
1457 UTC: 26.945 MHz AM - taxi cab dispatcher - Spanish numbers YL dispatcher with end of transmission burst
1457 UTC: 26.175 MHz AM - taxi cab dispatcher - Spanish numbers YL dispatcher lady 26175 kHz 26.175 MHz
1457 UTC: 26.935 MHz AM - taxi cab dispatcher Mexican taxi cab 26 MHz band
1500 UTC: 27.665 MHz - SSB activity - Spanish - 27.665 LSB and 27.665 USB at the same time 27665 USB and 27665 LSB
1515 UTC: now the 26.585 MHz AM Mexican trucker and freeband CB frequency is coming alive
1530 UTC: 27.450 MHz USB - Spanish language - busy
1530 UTC: 27.455 MHz USB - Spanish language - busy
1530 UTC: 27.415 MHz USB - weak English language mixing with AM signal (27.415 MHz AM taxi dispatcher)
1530 UTC: 27.415 MHz AM - taxi cab dispatch mixing with US stations - talking about 20 meter band openings
1530 UTC: 27.455 MHz USB - very very busy with SIO 555 signals at points
1530 UTC: 27.545 MHz AM - taxi cab dispatch lady YL dispatcher reading numbers Mexican taxi cab
1610 UTC: American CB stations coming in on 915 AM - 26915 AM 26.915 MHz AM - big radios channel!
1610 UTC: 27.195 FSK bursts - RC RS Frequency 27.195 MHz with FSK bursts every 3 seconds
1610 UTC: 27.195 MHz Channel 19A Taxi Dispatcher AM Voice mixing with Data bursts Class C data/RC +10 kHz
1615 UTC: 27.255 MHz Channel 23 - another taxi dispatcher lady coming in clear with data bursts telemetry in the background
1615 UTC: 26.995 MHz FSK data bursts - roughly 4 kHz wide signals
1620 UTC: WWV on 25 MHz 25.000 MHz 25000 kHz coming in very nicely now S7-S8 signal very good
1820 UTC: WWV on 25 MHz is now gone
1820 UTC: CB channels 26 and 28 are both busy with American CB stations - 27.265 MHz and 27.285 MHz
1820 UTC: the other big radio channels, namely the Super Bowl CB channel 6 and CB channel 11 27.025 MHz and 27.085 MHz
1820 UTC: Checked the Class C (RC) channels, very weak data bursts still coming in on 27.195 MHz
1820 UTC: 27.255 MHz - CB Channel 23 has AM voice (lots of it) and some FSK bursts underneath
1825 UTC: 26.585 MHz still active - Mexican 26 MHz 11 meter freeband stations - Latin American Spanish CB
1825 UTC: 26.715 MHz AM has very sporadic traffic with heavy fading QSB
1825 UTC: checked 26.585 AM again - now hearing music mixing with various stations
1825 UTC: weak activity on 26225 USB 26.225 USB - Latin American SSB calling channel - cf. 26.555 LSB and 27.455 USB

Seems like the band has quieted down a lot as of 1820 UTC (likely before that).  The low channels 25.615 MHz to 26.955 MHz are almost completely quiet again...
« Last Edit: October 27, 2021, 1827 UTC by R4002 »
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