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Author Topic: Northwoods Radio 6935 USB 1103 UTC 1 Sep 2013  (Read 2055 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Northwoods Radio 6935 USB 1103 UTC 1 Sep 2013
« on: September 01, 2013, 1103 UTC »
Hearing some faint music.
Loon ID at 1113
Audio in parallel with 6950 AM

ID at 1130, said a live show, 7 watts on 6950
I have the netSDR tuned to 6950 with the sky loop and the NRD 545 tuned to 6935 with the resonant loop.

« Last Edit: September 01, 2013, 1419 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 6935 USB 1103 UTC 1 Sep 2013
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2013, 1107 UTC »
Barely above the noise floor here.  Heard some loons calling at 1113.
« Last Edit: September 01, 2013, 1118 UTC by Kilokat7 »
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Re: Northwoods Radio 6935 USB 1103 UTC 1 Sep 2013
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2013, 1133 UTC »
Glad to hear you again. lots of fading S5

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Re: Northwoods Radio 6935 USB 1103 UTC 1 Sep 2013
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2013, 1206 UTC »
S7 signal here, with some band noise whine till 1230. Copy OK though
So nice to have tunes on when I get home from work around 1020 UTC (hint)  ;^)

1204, tune in progress
1206, conga/flute jam tune w Echoplex parts
1215, faint plunkings
1217, funky spacey vamp w rap-type vocal
1223, spacey guitar wank rhythm w Echoplex vamp
1233, DJ gab about split freq, "wrapping it up in 10-15 min", QSL info
1236, spacey funky wank groove w keyboard
1240, Loon, ID & SSTV tones to 1245
---off---

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« Last Edit: September 01, 2013, 1302 UTC by Mentholyptus »
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Re: Northwoods Radio 6935 USB 1103 UTC 1 Sep 2013
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2013, 2145 UTC »
There's a new 30 Below blog post detailing reception of this transmission: http://hfunderground.com/blog/?p=113
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Re: Northwoods Radio 6935 USB 1103 UTC 1 Sep 2013
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2013, 2336 UTC »
Recorder catch:

6935 USB

Signal started off good, but drop in strength as broadcast went along.

10:50z-12:44z Northwoods Radio show



Audio (complete show): https://archive.org/download/Httparchive.orgdetailsShortwavePirateRadioCont2/NorthwoodsRadio6935Usb1050z-1244z09-01-13.mp3

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