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Author Topic: The Mighty KBC, 9925 khz., 0003 UTC 7/6/2013  (Read 1851 times)

Offline BoomboxDX

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The Mighty KBC, 9925 khz., 0003 UTC 7/6/2013
« on: July 10, 2013, 0717 UTC »
Saturday (local time) I tuned into 80's sounding pop music on 9925 khz.  The signal was fluttery (like a polar signal).  It turns out it was this KBC station I've read about here.

Heard an ID at 0003z "Jukebox.... good morning, good afternoon from the Mighty K(G)C!!"  Into another pop song with a chick singer.  Another announcement with the DJ mentioning something about the 90's, and into Belinda Carlisle's hit from 1989.

Heard an ID at 0009z, something about "blasting into the stratosphere with 175,000 watts", then another 80's pop song.  ID at 0016z, DJ talking about "the Mighty KBC.... 33rd year (?)... USA, UK and Europe...." The announcer sounded like the American accented guys that used to be on Radio Netherlands.

Signal started weakening from around S3 to S2 or so, and kept deteriorating, after an ID at 0019z ("KBC") and a pop song sung by a guy.  There was another announcement at 0021z ("22 minutes past the hour") -- by then the signal had deteriorated into the noise, audible, but not readable.

Pretty cool mix of 80's music.  Hadn't heard this station before.  The overall conditions were mediocre, there was a high noise level here at my QTH.  Received it on my Panasonic RFB45 and 25 ft. wire.
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Re: The Mighty KBC, 9925 khz., 0003 UTC 7/6/2013
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 1905 UTC »
Mighty KBC was coming in S+20 for me here this Saturday (usually S+30), and it had that shifty fluttering for me too. Copy was OK though. They played my request in the second hour (Little Green Bag, by The George Baker Selection), plus I got a shoutout at the end of the program. Usually they blast right into North America, but the past 2 weeks the band conditions have not been great.

They're on every Saturday night @ 0000 UTC (Sunday morning) for 2 hours.
They broadcast out of Holland, but the xmitter is in Germany.
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« Last Edit: July 11, 2013, 1912 UTC by Mentholyptus »
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Offline skeezix

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Re: The Mighty KBC, 9925 khz., 0003 UTC 7/6/2013
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2013, 0132 UTC »
Heard 'em on my Sony car SW receiver fairly well from 0010-0035Z, then not too bad once I got home.

Say "hi" to Uncle Eric & Mr. Spencer.  ;D
« Last Edit: July 12, 2013, 0251 UTC by skeezix »
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