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Author Topic: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025  (Read 965 times)

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Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« on: February 24, 2025, 2052 UTC »
2051 Carrier, no audio yet.
2100 ID and into music.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2100 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2025, 2101 UTC »
2100: Saw the carrier for the last several minutes and now very faint flute music. I have the frequency closer to 6930.68 AM.
2104: Blue Sands by The Braxton Brothers.
2109: Flow by Vandell Andrew.
2114: Exhale by Patrick Bradley. Fading up to a good signal.
2117: Into the Light by Ken Navarro.
2122: Perfect Timing by Lisa Addeo.
2127: Every Time I Open My Eyes by Andre Ward.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2128 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2025, 2104 UTC »
2103 "Blue Sands" by The Braxton Brothers.
2107 "Flow" by Vandell Andrew.
2111 "Exhale" by Patrick Bradley.
2116 "Into the Light" by Ken Navarro.
2120 "This is Radio Free New England" ID by YL into "Perfect Timing" by Lisa Addeo.
2124 "Every Time I Open My Eyes" by Andre Ward.
2128 "Tidal" by The Smooth Jazz Alley.
2132 "Heaven In Your Eyes feat. Brian Simpson" by Elan Trotman.
2136 "The Way" by Lindsey Webster.
2141 "Eddie's Ready" by Thom Rotella.
2145 "Take That!" by Rob Zinn.
2149 "Gathering (feat. Jeff Kashiwa)" by Reza Khan.
2152 "Why Dontcha Duit" by Walter Runge.
2156 "Coming Home" by Peter White.
2159 "This is Radio Free New England" ID by YL and Gulls into "Play the Groove" by Nathan Mitchell.
2203 "Just Because" by Bernie Williams.
2207 "Chronicles (feat. Derrick Harvin)" by Rohan Reid.

2308 SSTV image.
2312 OTA.

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« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2313 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2025, 2105 UTC »
S8 SIO 444
2104 - "Blue Sands" The Braxton Brothers
2107 - "Flow" - Vandell Andrew
2120 - YL w/ID: "This is Radio Free New England"
2215 - "Dressed To Chill" - Marion Meadows
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2215 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2025, 2106 UTC »
Fair via the Poland, New York, SDR ...

2105 UTC: "Blue Sands" by The Braxton Brothers.
2107 UTC: "Flow" by Vandell Andrew.
2111 UTC: "Exhale" by Patrick Bradley.
2115 UTC: "Into the Light" by Ken Navarro.
2119 UTC: YL-voiced ID with maritime sounds into "Perfect Timing" by Lisa Addeo.
2124 UTC: "Every Time I Open My Eyes" by Andre Ward. Still some noise behind this signal, but it's improved from fair reception to mostly good over the past 20 minutes.
2128 UTC: "Tidal" by The Smooth Jazz Alley feat. Andy Snitzer.
* * * *
Checked back via the same SDR and found the noise creeping up closer to the signal level. Still not bad reception, however ...

2201 UTC: "Play the Groove" by Nathan Mitchell.
2203 UTC: "Just Because" by Bernie Williams.

Thanks for the afternoon music, RFNE!
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2205 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2025, 2112 UTC »
Very good reception
2112 "Exhale" Patrick Bradley
2116 "Into the Light" Ken Navarro
2120 ID with gulls, "Perfect Timing" Lisa Addeo
2125 "Every Time I Open My Eyes" Andre Ward
Time for dinner prep
2221 "Amends" Jazmin Ghent
2223 "The Coast is Clear" Jacob Webb near perfect reception, see for yourself: https://imgur.com/a/8au6YA5
2226 ID (first few tones before ID sounded like ION's tones 🤔
2228 "Fields of Gold" Tommy Emmanuel
2234 "Mr. Groove" Euge Groove
2259 "Delicioso" Tom Grant
2301 "Fingerprints" The Allen Carman Project
2309 SSTV
2310 ION-like tones, off
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2311 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2025, 2115 UTC »
2113 UTC Unid smooth jazz (Solid S9 with light fading and excellent audio) I have it on about 6930.7 AM
2120 UTC YL with ID over seashore sound effects..."This is Radio Free New England", then back to smooth jazz
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2139 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2025, 2127 UTC »
Broadcaster: Radio Free New England
Listening date: 24 February 2024
Listening time: 21:20 to 22:35 UTC time
Frequency: 6930 KHz
SINPO: 55544
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Princeton Junction, NJ (USA)
Receiver used: kiwiSDR Princeton Junction, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: DX Commander
Details of the programme listened to:
2120 UTC “Perfect Timing” (Lisa Addeo)
2124 “Every Time I Open My Eyes” (Andre Ward)
2128 "Tidal (feat. Andy Snitzer)" (The Smooth Jazz Alley)
2132 "Heaven In Your Eyes feat. Brian Simpson" (Elan Trotman)
2137 "The Way" (Lindsey Webster)
2141 "Eddie's Ready" (Thom Rotella)
2145 "Take That!" (Rob Zinn)
2149 "Gathering (feat. Jeff Kashiwa)" (Reza Khan)
2152 "Why Dontcha Duit" (Walter Runge)
2156 "Coming Home" (Peter White)
2200 "Play the Groove" (Nathan Mitchell)"
2204 "Just Because" (Bernie Williams)
2207 "Chronicles (feat. Derrick Harvin)" (Rohan Reid)
2211 "Keystroke (feat. Gail Jhonson)" (Jazz in Pink)
2215 "Dressed To Chill" (Marion Meadows)
2219 "Amends (feat. Jeff Lorber)" (Jazmin Ghent)
2223 "The Coast Is Clear (feat. Judah Sealy)" (Jacob Webb)
2226 "Fields of Gold" (Tommy Emmanuel)
2230 "A Little Bit Happy" (TALK)
2234 "Mr. Groove" (Euge Groove)

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Thank you for your show.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2236 UTC by J. Carlos Pérez Montero »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2025, 2149 UTC »
2149 - guitar music
2301 - Fingerprints- The Allen Carman Project] still alot of fading but coming in pretty strong now
2308 - YL ID into SSTV
2312 - Carrier OFF
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2313 UTC by hflstnr »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2025, 2154 UTC »
6930.68 here too with the Elad S3.  Often unusable due to a weak signal and noise.  Carrier is only about 23 dB above the noise--not enough here--30 dB difference is much better.  6400 Hertz bandwidth seems a compromise between fidelity and noise.

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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2025, 2229 UTC »
2226utc SIO333 direct   some noise
Fields of gold
2259utc Delicioso
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2302 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2025, 2239 UTC »
RFNE back with usual EL jazz music Signal is quite good at Vermont
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2025, 2302 UTC »
2257 UTC song "Delicioso"
2300 UTC song "Fingerprints"
2304 UTC song "All I see is you"
2309 UTC Yl with ID then sstv signal  :'( wasn't ready. Then OTA?? See signal but no audio.


S - 9 with slight fading. Thanks for the show , please Qsl and thanks.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2025, 2312 UTC by TRI International »
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Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2025, 2323 UTC »
All this smooth jazz makes me feel like I've been on the phone on hold waiting for customer service for a couple hours.  ;D :D

Seriously now:  Audio is pretty good. Good signal into a mid-Atlantic SDR. SINPO 55455.

The only complaint (and it is a very small complaint) is very slight FMing only noticeable I think when you turn on a synchronous detector (SAM, SAS, etc.) that tends to produce a little bit of audio distortion in those receiving modes. Not noticeable when listening in AM mode, as far as I can tell.

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