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Author Topic: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013  (Read 5145 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« on: October 14, 2013, 2356 UTC »
Just signing on now, S9+
Off at 2258 and then back on.
A little bit of Ultraman music, then off, then back on 0002z.
« Last Edit: October 15, 2013, 0002 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2013, 0004 UTC »
Receiving about an S9 here in southern new jersey on the grundig 750
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2013, 0004 UTC »
S9 w +15 peaks here. Some minor occasional fade

0004, "La La La" song (in progress)
0006, Ultraman show, ID, email addy, DJ gab
0007, Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
0010, DJ gab & Penguins - Earth Angel
0013, DJ gab, timecheck, email addy & Elvis - Jailhouse Rock
0015, song interrupt, DJ gab, timecheck, email addy
0016, Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla        ---fade getting worse, settling back down---
0020, DJ gab, email addy x2, ID & Vivaldi's Four Seasons classical piece
0025, DJ gab w Maple Leaf Rag in bkgnd, ID, timecheck, email addy, "this is a live broadcast"
0027, orchestral piece excerpt
0029, ID, email addy, gab about sinister nursery rhymes
0031, corny tune     ---fade getting worse again---
0033, DJ gab, ID, email addy, timecheck, "Get a load of this"
0034, Periodic Table song
0036, DJ gab & Roy Brown - Butcher Pete
0040, DJ gab, email addy, clarinet & trumpet gab
0041, Glenn Miller - In The Mood     --band getting noisy--
0045, DJ gab, ---copy getting tough---
0047, ---uncopyable---  There goes the neighborhood!
0058, ---uncopyable---

=== Thanx for the great show & the k00l tunes Ultraman!! ===
« Last Edit: October 15, 2013, 0100 UTC by Mentholyptus »
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2013, 0005 UTC »
0004 Rapid fade S-7 to S9  Strange vocal  laughing rap sort of thing.
0006  Ultraman show, MAC ID, address.
0007 Chuck Berry, J B G
0010  Earth Angel
0018  Getting a bit fady here.
0021  ohboy..Vivaldi.. 4 Seasons ! Not your usual pirate fare
0024 TDR factoid
0025  Ultraman show, address, ID, live broadcast.
0031 Tarantula song
0034 Periodic table tune to an opera aria
0041  Glen Miller  ITM  , noisy, fady here now, occasionaly comes back to S9

Not a bad show.. quite entertaining !

0050 Fading into the noise floor occasionaly, CCR
0053 Comment on Biden's home defence comment
0058 ID
0059 Fade into noise, definately getting worse, "chipmunk song- Italian"
0102 Comment on Radio Paisano
0104 Signoff of Ultraman show, hard copy. Switching from DADFA to mag loop & back keeps ahead of the fade
0106 "Jimmy Stewart" engineering the show
0107 signing off, Pirate Life song
0109 US anthem Off


« Last Edit: October 15, 2013, 0110 UTC by halifaxtap »
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2013, 0008 UTC »
S7 here over a S4 noise floor, static crashes to S7.  Playing Johnnie B Goode @ 0008z
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2013, 0008 UTC »
0006 Current day Ultraman with ID, contact info, T/C, Johnny B Goode

Ultraman doing a great job hosting the show.

0050 Jimmy Stewart is riding shotgun in the studio tonight.
0104 Ultraman has to go and fight monsters (algebra); Jimmy Stewart wrapup
0107 Pirate song and N/A
0110 off

Killer S9+10 signal and audio

Thanks MAC; very entertaining show.
« Last Edit: October 15, 2013, 0111 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2013, 0011 UTC »
johnny b goode chuck berry in progress 0008z
then om chatter
now crooning
tough copy - noisy s6
godzilla at 0016z
« Last Edit: October 15, 2013, 0016 UTC by fpeconsultant »
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2013, 0013 UTC »
S6 here with lots of static.
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2013, 0023 UTC »
Another good signal !!!   S20+ here. Very nice audio. Classical music. I should know this but...
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2013, 0032 UTC »
00:25 heard excerpt from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
00:28 ID
00:30 into new song
01:10 off
« Last Edit: October 15, 2013, 0113 UTC by RCCI »
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2013, 0033 UTC »
S6 and fading here in SC.
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2013, 0036 UTC »
S9+ with audio that is weak to very good.

Jail House Rock stopped mid song. Ultra Man talking and gave out email addy.
Blue Oyster Cult Godzilla
Ultra Man talk then classical song

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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2013, 0037 UTC »
Good signal in central il.
Periodic table. 0034
Great show Ultraman!
Thanks for the show!
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Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2355 UTC 14 Oct 14 2013
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2013, 0059 UTC »
MAC sounding good here at 0058z with UltraMan introducing a Lou Monte song. S9+5. 55444.

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