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Author Topic: Santa Claus Radio 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022  (Read 552 times)

Offline DangerKitty

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Santa Claus Radio 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« on: December 17, 2022, 0026 UTC »
S5
No ID so far
tx at 0026
OM with "Oh yeah", "testing 1,2 3,4" doing mic checks,
0027: OM: "Radio" -> some noisey talk?
audio is off and on, now with AC hum
0031: classical crooning - > YL talking, can't make it out

0033: "A Marshmallow World" - Johnny Desmond
0036: "Christmas Rose" - Frankie Lane
0043: "The Jolly Old Man in the Bright Red Suit" - Vaughn Monroe
0045: "Santa Claus for President" - Sammy Kaye
0053: OM w/ID: "HO HO HO, you're listening to Santa Claus Radio"
0053: "Blue Christmas" - Doye O'Dell

Thank you for the show, Santa! You're the best!
« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0055 UTC by umst777 »
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2022, 0030 UTC »
S9 with some QSB but sounding good
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2022, 0030 UTC »
S8 @ 0029 with "Naughty Angeline" by Art Lund
0033 - "A Marshmallow World" Johnny Desmond
0040 - possibly a 'Santa Claus Radio' ID, then old eggnog ad
« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0040 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2022, 0030 UTC »
0029 Music just came on ?
0042 "Meet me Under the Mistletoe" Dick Robertson
0048 "Santa Claus for President " Sammy Kaye
0051 "White Christmas" Hugo Winterhalter
« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0051 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2022, 0030 UTC »
00:29  Naughty Angeline - Art Lund - S5-6 signal with good audio into SE VA tonight.
Some nasty wideband UTE just below this station. 4190 would be much less noisey here.
00:33 Marshmallow World
00:35 Christmas Roses - Frankie Laine
« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0036 UTC by BigAl »
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 0026 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2022, 0031 UTC »
00:30 UTC - Weak readable with mellow winter Christmas season music.


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« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0035 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

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Re: Santa Claus Radio 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2022, 0031 UTC »
0030 UTC: Nice signal with a 40's era song.
0052 UTC: "your listening to Santa Claus Radio" said to be coming to you from the North Pole.
« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0054 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2022, 0039 UTC »
SINPO=24232

038- "Don't Wait 'Til The Night Before Christmas" by Sammy Kaye.
039- Recorded old time radio add? Eggnog mentioned.
040- "Meet Me Under The Mistletoe" by Dick Robertson.
« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0041 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2022, 0046 UTC »
Reception into NE Ohio:

S9+   SIO 555  SINPO 55555 loud and clear tonight!

0043 UTC The Jolly Old Man in the Bright Red Suit by Vaughn Monroe
0045 Santa Claus for President by Sammy Kaye

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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2022, 0049 UTC »
0030 "Naughty Angeline" - Art Lund w/ some interruptions w/ xmtr, narration, "It's a marshmallow world" - Johnny Desmond - Xmtr. Humm a moment, "Christmas Rose" Frankie Lane, "Don't wait for the night before Christmas" - Sammy Kaye, dialogue about Frosty the Snowman, "Meet me under the mistletoe" - Dick Robertson and his orchestra, "The jolly old man in the bright red suit" - Vaughn Monroe into program of big band Christmas music.  Xmtr hum between songs.

S7 with very good audio.
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2022, 0050 UTC »
Excellent sig w/"Santa Claus for President"
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Re: UNID 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2022, 0051 UTC »
0048 UTC SIO 444, S8 into the Maryland KIWI SDR.
0048 Snowy White Show and Jingle Bells by Vaughn Monroe and HIs Orchestra
0050 White Christmas by Hugo Winterhalter
Nice old-time Christmas music.
0053 OM sounded like an ID but I couldn't make it out. Then into song Blue Christmas by Doye O'Dell
0056 The Christmas Song by Tony Martin
« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0056 UTC by Sky Waves »
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Re: Santa Claus Radio 4185 USB 00 UTC 17 DEC 2022
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2022, 0057 UTC »
0056 UTC "The Christmas Song"
0058 UTC OM with a hearty "Ho Ho Ho" and "Santa Claus Radio"  :)
(Solid S5 signal and above the noise)
0101 UTC OFF?

Here's the last 5 minutes of the show:
 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eNrY_m-q9C94BHNiv-ucV_MOtWJNDswb/view?usp=sharing
« Last Edit: December 17, 2022, 0114 UTC by Skipmuck »
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