Sprockets 6880 AM 2302 UTC 26 August 2022

[Charlie_Dont_Surf]

SINPO 34333 on an SDR in Ohio.

2303 - Dance music. "Stand at attention for transmission!" in a reasonable German accent.
2307 - ID. "You are listening to Schprockets. East Germany's most exciting dance party."
2312 - Announcement between songs but missed it because there was too much fading and QRN. Agree with Alleycat; could stand to turn up the audio a bit.
2323 - "Sprockets. Brought to you by the Pirate Radio Relay League" (?)
2332 - Madonna
2339 - Dieter and Claus in the studio.
2353 - Two of Hearts
2356 - "Ja. You are listening to Schprockets..(something)..We are going to signoff now."
2357 - SSTV. Four images sent but I was only in a position to receive one of them.

0005 - Off

[hsmith77]

2305 music amid lots of static ?
2320 "Out of the Blue " Julian Casablancas
2334 "Into the Groove " Madonna
2337  " U + Ur hand " Pink

[Molvania Poacher]

SINPO=34333

2306- "I Need Your Love" by Calvin Harris.
2307- OM IDs "Your are listening to Sprockets...East Germany's most exciting dance party."
2307- "Don't Stop My Now" by Bananarama.
2311- OM host Dieter will give shout-outs to HFU posters.
2312- "Sex Object" by Kraftwerk.

2325- Still going with "Oxygene, Part 4" by Jean Michel Jarre.
2327- "Lights" by Ellie Goulding.
2331- Dieter says he gives shout-outs to the HFU, over the theme music from Sprockets on SNL, "now we dance!"
2331- "Into The Groove" by Madonna.

2357- SSTV.
0001- Second SSTV.
0003- Third SSTV.
0005- Silence, then OFF.

Vielen dank und beste grüße, to Herr Dieter and his monkey...Now we dance!

[Chuck54]

Reception into NE Ohio:

S4  SIO 222  SINPO 25232  Just above noise level right now

2308 UTC Don't Stop Me Now Bananarama

2314 Sex Object by Kraftwerk

2316 signal peaks at S8 then back down

2316 female voice, cannot make out words

2324 Music

2328 Lights by Ellie Goulding

2334 Into the Groove by Madonna

2336 U + Ur Hand by Pink

2340 Just Dance by Lady Gaga

2346 Stole My Heart by One Direction

2358 SSTV images

Tks for broadcast Sprockets...would greatly appreciate adding your EQSL!

Thanks!!!

[alleycat]

Possible ID at 2308: "You are listening to Eastern? Dance Party". Carrier measures up to S9+20 above an S7 noise floor, but audio level is not as audible as would be expected from a signal this strong (the static crashes don't help); signal is also fading down to S9 at times.

[aurora]

Good signal with local storm interference - 45344

2305 - Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding / I Need Your Love
2307 - OM talking
2308 - Banarama / Don't Stop Me Now
2312 - Announcer giving a shout out to the HFU

[Ct Yankee]

Sprockets was the name of a reoccurring German themed art/culture skit on SNL, a Kraftwerk song was the theme song.

2309 Faint EDM perhaps
2312 Shout outs
2356 Sprockets signing off to SSTV

[KMD3HR]

Music
SIO 333

[Charlie_Dont_Surf]

Sprockets was the name of a reoccurring German themed art/culture skit on SNL, a Kraftwerk song was the theme song.

Yes, of course. I had Dana Carvey's face in mind when I was transcribing the words.

[William Hassig]

Tuned in at 2325utc on Brookfield IL sdr with very weak S7 signal, barely hear music under the mud,

[Shortwave_Listener]

S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

2350 UTC-Right On Track (Midtown Mix) by The Breakfast Club
2351 UTC-Two Of Hearts by Stacey Q
2355 UTC-Talk over music with German accent, hard to understand but I heard “You are listening to Sprockets” and “We will sign off now”, repeated many times
2357 UTC-SSTV (forgot to turn on the KwiSDR SSTV decoder again)
2359 UTC-Next SSTV

0001 UTC-Next SSTV (I have the decoder running now)


0003 UTC-Next SSTV, crappy decoder didn’t decode it
0005 UTC-OFF

[dxace1]

"Yah, you are listening to Sprockets....we will sign off now..."
SSTV at 2357 UTC
Thanks Sprockets -- please eQSL if you can

[Doublewide207]

Sprockets
2357 UTC- multiple SSTV signing off

[Pigmeat]

"Vould you like to touch my monkey?"

"Ja!"