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Author Topic: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025  (Read 1730 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« on: January 26, 2025, 2105 UTC »
2104 Soviet anthem
2111 ID, back to the music. Great to hear you on the air again, John Poet!
« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2112 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: The Crysal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2025, 2105 UTC »
2104 Soviet anthem in English by The Derp Brothers.
2108 "Don't Shake Hands With a One-Eyed Pirate" by Gunnar Madsen.
2111 The Crystal Ship ID by OM into "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas.
2116 "Keep Pushin'" by REO Speedwagon.
2119 "Let It Ride" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
2124 ID by OM into "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" by Judas Priest.
2130 "No Surrender" by Bruce Springsteen.
2134 "Turn Up the Radio" by Autograph.
2139 ID by OM into short clip of "Unchained" by Van Halen then "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction.
2142 "Do It Again" by Steely Dan.
2148 "Scare Easy" by Mudcrutch.
2153 ID by YL into short clip of "Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture" by The Film Music Orchestra.
2156 "Breaking the Chains" by Dokken.
2200 ID by OM into "Unchained" by Van Halen.
2203 "I'm Free" by The Who.
2206 ID and email by YL and Ad for Doner Pass Diner into "Running On Empty" by Jackson Browne.
2211 "You're listening to The Crystal Ship Unchained ... from the TCS Relay Network" ID by OM.
2212 "Don't Look Back" by Boston.
2218 ID by OM and YL with email.
2219 "We Want the Airwaves" by The Ramones.
2222 SSTV image.
2224 OTA.

Thanks for today's show!

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« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2225 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: UNID 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2025, 2107 UTC »
SIO 444

2106 - Music good signal
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2025, 2107 UTC »
I have it with a good signal (SIO 434).  Playing a Soviet song.
2111 ID as The Crystal Ship Radio.
« Last Edit: January 27, 2025, 0003 UTC by JustGreg »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2025, 2112 UTC »
2110U Playing Kansas "Carry On my Wayward Son"
SIO = 433

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Re: UNID 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2025, 2115 UTC »
2109   "Don't Shake Hands With a One-Eyed Pirate"

2111  Monty Python Clip "Go and tell your master we have been charged by God with a sacred quest!"
with ID as "The Crystal Ship - Unchained"---  thought that one-eyed pirate tune was familiar!   :D

S-6 to S-7 peaks on the Maryland skyloop SDR which has low-noise today--- buried by noise in Traverse City.

2112 Kansas- Carry on my wayward son with some very nice fade-ups!
HUGE audio fade-ups on REO Speedwagon's "Keep pushin' on!" at 2117

Long deep fades at 2118-- signal has been from just under S-5 to over S-9, with  audio just barely audible to blasting out my speakers!

2119   BTO  "Let It Ride"
2124  "Look, you stupid bastard, you got no arms left!"   "YES I do, look--- just a flesh wound!" ~ Monty Python
"TCS Unchained" ID, into Judas Priest "You got another thing coming"

2130- Bruce Springsteen "No Retreat, No Surrender"
2135-  Big booming fade-ups on Autorgraph "TURN UP THE RADIO"
2138  Monty Python "We were inmates of a Bengali psychiatric prison, and escaped by making this tiger skin out of old used cereal packets"
into Jane's Addiction "Been Caught Stealin"
2145  HUGE audio on Steely Dan's "Do it again", on the fade-ups--- sounding GREAT on the Maryland SDR
2149-  MUDCRUTCH (Tom Petty)- "I don't scare easy"

2153-  The late Radical with his spoof ad for "eBestiality.com"-- the animal dating website.
That was all HIS work--- my only contribution was adding the love theme from Romeo and Juliet at the end...
My "Donner Pass Diner "ad--  It's barbecue like 'your mom and dad didn't make it'

2156 Dokken "Breaking the chains"
2202 - The Who  "I'm Free!"
2206-  MP "Oh lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it you may blow thine enemies to bits, in they mercy"
Into another 'Donner Pass Diner' ad-  "We don't want pioneers with good taste-- we want pioneers that taste good"

2207 Jackson Browne "Running On Empty"  Sounds like some minor interference at this time..
2212- Boston- "Don't Look Back"
2218-  ID, Quint and "Farewell and adieu", into station closing theme song,
The Ramones "We want the airwaves!" and closing clips.
Into an SSTV (did anyone get that?) and off about 2224.

My great thanks to those responsible for this!  Sounded GREAT on the Maryland SDR--
I was grooving in my chair!


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Let's just say 'The Crystal Ship is on the air'-- even if John Poet is not, so to speak  :)
This is like listening to the ghost of one of my transmitters....

This program first aired 12 years ago, in 2013... As a brief editorial comment,
I would not have opened with the Soviet anthem, if it were today, hi.

This story can now be told-- this show was my private celebration of being "unchained" from any fixed-QTH antenna system,
or anything that resembled it   ;D 
« Last Edit: January 27, 2025, 0712 UTC by John Poet »

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2025, 2119 UTC »
2118-Very Strong on S. Beverage. SINPO 55545

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2025, 2121 UTC »
SINPO=45444
2121- "Let It Ride" by BTO.
2124- ID by OM.
2124- "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" by Judas Priest.

SINPO=45333, a little noisier with more fades, but still a great signal overall
2201- "Unchained" by Van Halen.
2203- "I'm Free" by The Who.
2206- Audio clip of Michael Palin speaking about the holy hand grenade, from Monty Python And The Holy Grail.
2206- YL synth voice repeating email address.
2206- OM spoof commercial for The Donner Pass Diner, "We don't want pioneers with good taste...We want pioneers that taste good."
2207- "Running On Empty" by Jackson Browne.
« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2208 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2025, 2122 UTC »
2122 UTC - Let It Ride BTO
2126 UTC - Crystal Ship ID
2127 UTC - You've Got Another Thing Comin Judas Priest


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« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2127 UTC by K1MLP »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2025, 2122 UTC »
2121 UTC Just tuned in to hear the song "Let it ride"
2124 UTC Om talking about a flesh wound then station ID.
2125 UTC song "You've got another thing comin"
2136 UTC song "Turn up the radio"
2138 UTC Om with station id then the song "Been caught stealing"
2142 UTC song "Do it again"

Thanks for the new station.

S 4 to 5 with moderate fading and noise direct. Thanks for the show please Qsl and thanks  ;D
« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2142 UTC by TRI International »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2025, 2124 UTC »
S5  SIO 333  SINPO 35343

2121 UTC Let It Ride by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
2123 ID
2126 You've Got Another Thing Comin' by Judas Priest
2130 No Surrender by Bruce Springsteen
2134 Turn Up the Radio by Autograph
2139 ID
2139 Been Caught Stealing by Jane's Addiction
2143 Do It Again by Steely Dan
2214 Don't Look Back by Boston

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« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2214 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2025, 2125 UTC »
2124  UTC

S-9 + 20

ROCK MUSIC

ID  --  2125 UTC

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2025, 2129 UTC »
Fair to nearly good signal with some fading via the Cape May County, N.J., SDR ...

2127 UTC: "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" by Judas Priest.
2130 UTC: "No Surrender" by Bruce Springsteen.
2134 UTC: "Turn Up the Radio" by Autograph (big '80s one-hit wonder!).
2138 UTC: Quick "Monty Python" sound clip, OM with Crystal Ship ID "via the TCS Relay Network," then "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction.
2142 UTC: "Do it Again" by Steely Dan.
2148 UTC: "Scare Easy" by Mudcrutch (Tom Petty's other band).
2153 UTC: Quick movie sound clip, a couple of Tarzan yells, John Poet sound clip, then synth female-voiced ID, and parody ad for human-animal dating site.
2155 UTC: Parody ad for the Donner Pass Diner, then "Breaking the Chains" by Dokken.
2159 UTC: OM with ID: "You're listening to The Crystal Ship Unchained ... from the TCS Relay Network. That was followed by "Unchained" by Van Halen.
2203 UTC: "I'm Free" by The Who.
2206 UTC: Sound clip from "Monty Python & the Holy Grail," then synth female voice with email address (TCSshortwave@gmail.com), and another Donner Pass Diner parody ad, and another "Monty Python" clip.
2207 UTC: "Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne.
2211 UTC: OM with ID "The Crystal Ship Unchained" ID again into "Don't Look Back" by Boston. A bit of interference from peskies sneaking in at times.
2218 UTC: OM with ID again into synth female voice with the email address again, then a sound clip from "Jaws." That was followed by "We Want the Airwaves" by the Ramones.
2222 UTC: Several sound clips in a row, then SSTV transmission and off.

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« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2226 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2025, 2132 UTC »
Nice audio S8 SIO: 454

2130 -  "No Surrender" -  Bruce Springsteen
2134 - "Turn Up The Radio" - Autograph
2222 - SSTV
« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2225 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925 AM 2104 UTC 26 JAN 2025
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2025, 2133 UTC »
Excellent reception
2131 "No Surrender Bruce Springsteen
2124 "Turn Up The Radio" Autograph
2143 "Do It Again Steely Dan
2148 "Scare Easy" Mudcrutch
2153 ID, parody ad
2156 "Breaking the Chains" Dokken
« Last Edit: January 26, 2025, 2156 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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