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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on October 30, 2014, 2343 UTC

Title: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on October 30, 2014, 2343 UTC

Just signing on now with instrumental music. Now an OM talking, it sounds like the reading of a story?
S9+

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: myteaquinn on October 30, 2014, 2345 UTC

Could that be Vincent Price? S9+ signal. I was wrong it is Basil Rathbone Thanks for the clarification Evil Elvis.

Title: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: Evil Elvis on October 30, 2014, 2347 UTC

S8 on 6950.6 AM

2344: Basil Rathbone: Tell-Tale Heart
2357: TCS ID into Jaws theme!
2359: Indianapolis Speech
0003: Doors - Horse Latitudes
0005: Doors - Not To Touch the Earth (thus never to hug a tree)
0009: I'm on board!
0009: "Don't be afraid" "it will be alright"
0010: BÖC - Don't Fear the Reaper
0016: echoey Tolkien? Crowley?
0018: Alice: Cold Ethyl
0021: All aboard!
0021: White Zombie/Thrust/American Werewolf in London
0025: CCR - Bad Moon Rising
0027: MT 6 - Redrum
0033: BÖC - Unknown Tongue
0037: Yes, I have my ticket!
0038: Doomsday Device
0042: Rake's Song

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: hsmith77 on October 30, 2014, 2348 UTC

S9 here in SW OH. Story Time?

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: Skipmuck on October 30, 2014, 2350 UTC

Strong open carrier at 0039 UTC, then spooky instrumental music at 2342 UTC
2345 UTC Spoken word story by British accented man announcer...
2356 UTC Sound of a heart beating then hideous laughing
2357 UTC TCS ID :) followed by some spooky piano music sounds
2359 UTC Spoken word story by man announcer
0003 UTC "Horse Latitudes"-Doors, "Not to Touch the Earth"-Doors
0008 UTC Man announcer with ID..."You're on board The Crystal Ship....."
0009 UTC Spoken word story man announcer
0011 UTC "Don't Fear the Reaper"-Blue Oyster Cult"
0015 UTC Spoken word story by British accented man announcer
0018 UTC Alice Cooper tune I forget the name of :-[
0021 UTC TCS ID, into spoken word story with wolves howling
0025 UTC "Bad Moon Rising"-CCR
0033 UTC UNID song that the boys in the chat room said is Blue Oyster Cult
0037 UTC TCS ID, into spoken word story
0043 UTC "Rakes Song"-Decemberists
0046 UTC Spoken word story
0048 UTC "Werewolves of London"-Warren Zevon
0051 UTC Spoken word...Night of the Living Dead?
0057 UTC UNID Rock tune (noise level is picking up)
0102 UTC TCS ID, into spoken word story (Christopher Walken doing "The Raven" per a gentleman in the chat room ;D
0111 UTC "Fire"-Crazy World of Arthur Brown
0114 UTC Lady announcer with TCS ID, into another spoken word story about NUKE day in the UK!
Thank you very much for the entertaining Halloween show this evening Mr. John Poet! Superb!

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: fpeconsultant on October 30, 2014, 2350 UTC

very strong s9 here
om talking - 2350z
yes tell tale heart - very nice
"the old man was dead"
ccr 0026z  bad moon on rize

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: Rafman on October 30, 2014, 2352 UTC

2357z TCS ID
0005z "Run with Me" aka "Not to Touch the Earth" The Doors
0011z "Don't Fear the Reaper" Blue Oyster Cult
0048z "Werewolves of London" Warren Zevon [RIP]

I'm hearing it at s6-7, good audio... [once I set my filters correctly...  :-\ ]

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: kgb on October 30, 2014, 2353 UTC

Very strong here in NE Ohio S9+.

Sounds like reading of Edger Allen Poe.

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: oly1959 on October 30, 2014, 2353 UTC

Kept this under wrap, per The Poet, it is the TCS Halloween Show. Lots of movie cuts and Edgar Allen Poe readings. Should be a great show! Signal is a S9+ and pretty good audio. Thanks John and the Relayer! Happy Halloween! ;D

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: rdla4 on October 30, 2014, 2354 UTC

Strong S9 into Georgia. A good story!

Title: Re: The Crystal Ship 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: refmo on October 30, 2014, 2356 UTC

Strong S9+ signal, with reading of 'Tell-Tale Heart'.
TCS relay network ID @ 2357z
Still S9+ @ 0020 with "Cold Ethyl" by Alice Cooper followed by ID, mentions of bodies coming back to life, were-wolf howls, story about werewolves, etc....
0025 - "Bad Moon Rising"
Thanks for the show!

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: jFarley on October 31, 2014, 0008 UTC

0005 Just tuned in to the Doors
0009 TCS ID, "...Let the darkness take you away...", and into a story, "Don't Fear the Reaper"
0016 Reading of "Annabel Lee"
0025 "...beware the moon, David"; CCR - "Bad Moon"
0037 Delbert Grady clip
0048 Zevon - "Werewolves"
0102 Reading of "The Raven"

Big S9+5 here; thanks TCS and Relay!
I didn't check my calibration today, but I have this on 6950.666

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: CaptnKliegle on October 31, 2014, 0015 UTC

00:13Z S7 steady in SE NH - The Reaper by BOC. Have a digital signal just below on 6947kHz at an S-9. Just have to listen to USB.

Title: Re: UNID 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: Dr Smoke on October 31, 2014, 0017 UTC

 Very poor signal here in SE Mass. Heavy QRM. Audio pretty tough copy, music better ( Blue Oyster Cults Don't fear the reaper". Into another reading at 0015

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: blw on October 31, 2014, 0028 UTC

CCR with Bad Moon On the Rise playing. Fair to weak signal coming in tonight. Sometimes fading into the noise.

Thanks for the show. Great to hear TCS again.

0040 utc, wow- signal is coming in stronger. Great!

0115 utc, ID and email address. PSA. Very good signal getting better. Using SAM mode.

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: ChrisLobdell on October 31, 2014, 0044 UTC

TCS with some RTTY QRM on frequency with "The Rake's Song" by The Decembrists 0043 UTC
S-8. Thanks for the show Poet!

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: MrMomB on October 31, 2014, 0050 UTC

00:50 Werewolves' of London.  QSB and QRM digital.  S-9++

Best copy 6.954

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: RadioBouy on October 31, 2014, 0057 UTC

Zombie Story...best reception for me is 6951.600 on my Ten Tec Jupiter

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: mark-n-nut on October 31, 2014, 0100 UTC

Getting stronger here after sunset and making it thru the local static and noise.

Mark in Northern UT (NUT)

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on October 31, 2014, 0113 UTC

S9+ into north AL.  Sounding good!  Thanks for the show!

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: MrMomB on October 31, 2014, 0134 UTC

Welcome RadioBouy.

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: John Poet on October 31, 2014, 0156 UTC

There will be a 'special edition' eQSL for this Halloween show, as soon as I make it...

Please send reports or just copy your loggings, with a time, to tcsshortwave@gmail.com

Thanks for listening. Wishing you all a creepy Halloween...!

Here's the playlist, if anyone's curious about stuff they didn't recognize:

TCS Halloween Show "Let The Darkness Take You Away"

1. The Shining - Opening Sequence (1:48)
 2. The Tell Tale Heart- Basil Rathbone 13.5 mins (13:33)
 3. ID come and play with us  (0:30)
 4. JAWS theme & Indianapolis  mp3 (5:55)
 5. The Doors - Horse Latitudes (1:34)
 6. The Doors - Not To Touch The Earth (3:55)
 7. ID come and play with us (0:30)
 8. Poet and 'The Pavillion'/ Don't Fear the Reaper- BOC (6:43)
 9. Read By Basil Rathbone - Annabel Lee (2:04)
 10. Heathcliff & Catherine's ghost (Wuthering Heights, CBS Mystery Theatre) (0:33)
 11. Alice Cooper - Cold Ethyl (2:53)
12. ID come and play with us (0:30)
 13. Night of the Living Dead - First Radio Report (0:22)
 14. An American Werewolf in London (410) Movie CLIP - Jack's Warning (1981) (2:32)
 15. CCR - Bad Moon Rising (2:19)
 16. Come Play With Us - The Shining (15) Movie CLIP (1980) (0:51)
 17. The Changeling seance scene (1980) (4:59)
 18. Redrum - The Shining (1980) (0:30)
 19. Blue Oyster Cult - Unknown Tongue (3:55)
 20. ID come and play with us (0:30)
 21. The Shining - Delbert Grady (4:31)
 22. The Decemberists - The Rake's Song (3:16)
 23. An American Werewolf in London - David's Undead Victims (1981)(2:46)
 24. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London (3:20)
25. Newscast- Night of the Living Dead (5:14)
 26. Blue Oyster Cult - Joan Crawford (4:54)
 27. ID come and play with us (0:30)
 28. Audio Book - The Raven (Christopher Walken) (8:30)
 29. The Crazy world of arthur brown - FIRE  
      TCS ID, Email, Farewell Adieu
30.  British Civil Defense Nuclear War Education and Attack Warning tapes

Title: Re: TCS 6950.6 AM 2342 UTC 30 Oct 2014
Post by: Mentholyptus on October 31, 2014, 1055 UTC

Weak S9 w. RTTY (??) on top. Music copyable, speech not.

0004, Not To Touch The Earth - Doors
0008, dialog
0011, Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
0016, dialog & spooky sounds
0019, tune (signal fade, unintelligible)
0022, dialog
0025, Bad Moon Rising - CCR
0027, spooky dialog
0034, tune
0037, dialog
0042, tune (Alright??)
0046, dialog
0049, Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
0052, dialog ("Stay inside behind locked doors")
0057, tune

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes TCS  !!! ===