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Author Topic: Pirate BBC Radio 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015  (Read 4106 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Pirate BBC Radio 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« on: September 22, 2015, 2352 UTC »
Just signed on, SIO 433. Sounds like Pirate BBC Radio?
« Last Edit: September 22, 2015, 2359 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2015, 2354 UTC »
2352 UTC S6 here on 6850.2 AM with British accented announcers, so I think you are correct Chris S!
0002 UTC YL with "BBC World Service", then time pips ???, and OM with ID
0018 UTC Signal started to fade out...threshold at 0021 UTC :(
« Last Edit: September 23, 2015, 0021 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2015, 2354 UTC »
BBC News, in parallel with BBC WS on Sirius/XM channel 120  S-7
Running 3 minutes late!
« Last Edit: September 23, 2015, 0003 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: UNID 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2015, 2356 UTC »
Nx from the Beeb, nice sounding S6 signal here.
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Re: UNID 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2015, 0001 UTC »
S5
0001 UTC, Two British talking about Cambridge
0002 UTC, BBC World Service - ID
0004 UTC, News

0017 UTC, Report on interest rates (S7 now - Sunset helps  :))
« Last Edit: September 23, 2015, 0018 UTC by Oliver »
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Re: Pirate BBC Radio 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2015, 0012 UTC »
0011 Loud and clear here, S9+ 
0016 Talk of US Federal Reserve.
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Re: Pirate BBC Radio 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2015, 0028 UTC »
Mostly underneath some "repetitive tone" interference here, but I can hear the talk with British accents.
Fades above the QRM every so often.

Heard "... from the BBC World Service..... News...." at 0033 UTC above the QRM.
Talk about Obama, Russia... can't really follow it.



« Last Edit: September 23, 2015, 0034 UTC by John Poet »
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Re: Pirate BBC Radio 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2015, 0032 UTC »
Just pops up out of the high noise floor here in AL tonight at times.
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Re: Pirate BBC Radio 6850 AM 2351 UTC 22 Sep 2015
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2015, 0126 UTC »
A bit noisy with a S8 signal here in SE PA  at 0127 UTC

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