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Author Topic: The Crystal Ship 6950.7 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13  (Read 4502 times)

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The Crystal Ship 6950.7 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« on: May 06, 2013, 0040 UTC »
Signed on with The Crystal Ship at about 00:39.  Good S7 signal but a little drifty.  Good audio.  Playing some Tom Petty songs I've never heard before.  Thanks for the show TCS!!!  
« Last Edit: May 06, 2013, 0118 UTC by Dr. Strangelove »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2013, 0043 UTC »
s/on [measured about 6950.70]

0042z "Pirates Cove" Tom Petty [Oops, not MC!!!]
0046z "Flirting with Time" TP
0124z "Insider" Tom Petty w/Stevie Nicks
0128z ID w/email "Buried Treasure from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers"
0128z "Crawling Back to You"
0137z "You're So Bad"

I am LOVING this all Petty broadcast!!! I'm a big fan of his ;)
s9
« Last Edit: May 06, 2013, 0138 UTC by Rafman »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2013, 0045 UTC »
Carr on 6950.7AM at 0033, and SSTV at 0036 (no cap here).  Doors - "TCS", and opening monologue at 0040.

S8 with significant choppy fading here.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2013, 0046 UTC »
TC here S-9 with fades 0046. Thanks for the show. ;)

A couple of Tom Petty tunes 0046
« Last Edit: May 06, 2013, 0050 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2013, 0046 UTC »
Crystal Ship S9 in NH this evening, sent this SSTV before start of show

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2013, 0048 UTC »
00:45 hearing music (can't quite identify song) Fairly good signal S5 - Audio OK
Looks to be a Tom Petty evening!
00:56  ID
« Last Edit: May 06, 2013, 0057 UTC by RCCI - Radio Comedy Club International »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2013, 0050 UTC »
S7 at 0047 "Flirting with Time" Tom Petty
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2013, 0054 UTC »
S8, occasional fades, playing Tom Petty music.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2013, 0101 UTC »
S7 here - static - petty tune at 0100z
tough copy due to noise
decent audio
thx TCS
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2013, 0112 UTC »
Excellent signal at signon, but starting to fade quite a bit at 0105+

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950.7 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2013, 0124 UTC »
Just a carrier on 6950.7 here via the home receiver with indoor antenna since 0047z, not enough to ID any material or station.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950.7 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2013, 0130 UTC »
Nice signal into NW Ohio, S8 with occasional short fade.  Music with ID at 0128.

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950.7 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2013, 0133 UTC »
6950.7 khz AM
Tuned in at 01:24 ut  fast fades in and out S5 - S7
01:24 ut ?Tom Petty
01:27 ut Fem voice gives E-Mail addy - another voice gives CS ID
01:29 ut Another Tom Petty tune
Tough copy here w/ fades and static
1:33 ut sig up briefly to S7 - S8 at start of another T.P. tune.
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1:40 - 1:41 ut partial copy ?World Famous Recipes, Crystal ship, Tom Petty & H.B. TCS Relay Net
Sun going down here - SSB traffic coming up - interfering w/ your sig at times.
« Last Edit: May 06, 2013, 0146 UTC by Rockpicker »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950.7 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2013, 0151 UTC »
Tom Petty Mx- "You're so bad" ending at 0140-0151UTC
ID at 0140, mentioned the buried treasures of Tom Petty on the TCS Shortwave Relay Network.

Signal ranges from s1 to s6.  mostly s4 since I tuned in at 0140.

Very cool of you to play lots of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers tunes!!!
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6950.7 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2013, 0514 UTC »
Thanks to the listeners and loggers who caught this show!

Since so many of these may be unfamiliar, here's the TP playlist for that show:

Playlist for "Buried Treasures from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers"
(with album/release dates):
 
 The Trip To Pirates Cove   (Mojo, 2010)
 Flirting With Time  (Highway Companion, 2006)
 Two Gunslingers     (Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)
 A Higher Place      (Wildflowers, 1994)

 When The Time Comes (You're Gonna Get It, 1978)
 Finding Out         (Long After Dark, 1982)
 A Thing About You   (Hard Promises, 1981)
 Kings Highway       (Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)

 All The Wrong Reasons  (Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)
 Hurt                   (You're Gonna Get It, 1978)
 Runaway Trains     (Let Me Up, I've Had Enough, 1987)
 Insider            (Hard Promises, 1981)

 Crawling Back To You  (Wildflowers, 1994)
 Ankle Deep    (Highway Companion, 2006)
 Yer So Bad    (Full Moon Fever, 1989)

 Rockin' Around with You (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1976)
 This One's For Me      (Echo, 1999)
 The Dark of the Sun    (Into The Great Wide Open, 1991)
 

John Poet

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