WDEF 6935 AM was 6880 AM 0101 UTC 14 MAR 2025

[DangerKitty]

0101: music, easy listening, "After The Love Is Gone" - Manhattan Strings
0103: heavy UTE QRM, but still barely discernible
0106: ? QSY to 6935 ?
0108: ? QSY from 6880 ?; sounds like similar music to 6880
0108: OM talking, cannot make out -> easy listening mx, "When I Need You" - Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra
0111: more Easy Listening Music (ELM), "Before Happiness" - Karl Fulz[1-3]5232
0118: OM talking, can't make out -> ELM
0126: OM: "prepare for data transmission", SSTV


0144: "Classical Gas" - not Mason Williams, but a favorite - thanks; "What Is Love" cover
0149: ID by synth voice, ELM

Thank you for the show, Captain Mitchell (or should I say "Micthell"?) !

[Radiouser]

0102 "After The Love Has Gone" by The Manhattan Strings.
0105 OTA.

QSY to 6935

0109 "When I Need You" by Frank Chacksfield Orchestra.
0114 "Over the Edge" by Matt Fax.
0118 OM talking into instrumental music.
0121 More easy listening music.
0125 More ELM.
0127 SSTV image.
0130 "Girls On the Avenue" by Starlight Orchestra Band.
0132 OM talking about polish and footware at K-Mart.
0133 ELM music.
0135 "Heaven Knows" by The Starshine Orchestra.
0138 ELM music.
0141 "Sunflower" by Frank Chacksfield Orchestra.
0143 OM with K-Mart layaway info into "Classical Gas" cover.
0146 "What is Life" cover.
0149 WDEF ID by OM into "Woman" by London Session Players.
0152 ELM music.
0154 OM with K-Mart swim wear and summer fashions.
0155 "Theme from "Love Story" by Peter Nero.
0157 ELM music.
0159 ELM music.
0201 ELM music.
0203 OM with K-Mart ad into ELM music.
0206 ELM music.
0208 ELM music.
0211 Man with K-Mart footware ad.
0212 ELM music.
0215 "Eres tú" by Acker Bilk.
0218 SSTV image.
0220 OTA.

Thanks for tonight's program.

[CaptainMitchell]

QSY/moved to 6935 kHz.

[osiris]

0109: OM Speaking
0109: Music

[Skipmuck]

0116 UTC Orchestral music just above the noise...excellent audio
0118 UTC OM speaking but nada on the copy...followed by more easy listening music
I was late on hitting the MMSSTV app

0135 UTC Easy listening music still just above the noise floor here
0144 UTC "Classical Gas"-(not sure if Mason Williams or cover)
0146 UTC Signal dropped a bit into the noise
0148 UTC Faded back up a bit with unid cover of "My Sweet Lord"
0149 UTC OM with clear ID..."WDEF"
0155 UTC "Theme from Love Story?"
0203 UTC OM speaking but nada on the copy
0210 UTC Sounded a bit like a cover of "Copacabana"
0212 UTC QRM from peskies on LSB until 0216 UTC
0218 UTC Scottie 1 SSTV
0220 UTC OFF



Here's my recording from 0124-0220 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bGYIBfFj11NbmOQxsUo05a1BfXfNEAOI/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for the trip down Aisle 43 of KMART! It was the go to store here before Walmart opened up! TYFSOKM and I would very much appreciate a WDEF eQSL!

[Treehouse SWL]

Fair via the Atwater, Ohio, SDR ...

0117 UTC: Instrumental easy listening music.
0118 UTC: Male voice talking; sounds like a recording, followed by instrumental version of a 1970s song I can't remember the title of.
0121 UTC: Another easy listening song. These sound like old Muzak songs, in that they're instrumentals of recognizable hits from the 1960s and '70s.
0124 UTC: Easy listening instrumental of John Denver's "You Fill Up My Senses (Annie's Song)."
0127 UTC: Synth male voice with announcement: "Prepare for data transmission," followed by SSTV transmission that included WDEF call letters in the image.
0129 UTC: More easy listening music.
0132 UTC: Old ad that started with "Attention Kmart shoppers," tying in with the SSTV theme, followed by a slow, jazzy instrumental.
0135 UTC: Slightly disco-sounding easy listening song.
0138 UTC: Easily listening cover of "I'll Never Fall in Love Again."

Thanks for the music, WDEF!

[acceptabledecision]

0118 utc: +10 here, but my noise floor is still atrocious tonight. Can’t make out an I.d.

[myteaquinn]

Late start on the decode:

[hsmith77]

0135 music ?

[ChrisLobdell]

0141 Quite weak here but I can hear music mixed with my local noise.

[Molvania Poacher]

SINPO=14221

146- Weak music down in the noise here.

[Tony_Pavick]

Fair signal into Hope BC Canada.

0155: Jazz
off at 0206

Tony Pavick

[Quasar]

0206 S5 audio right @my noise floor.

[CaptainMitchell]

Thanks for listening to Part One of the Blue Light Special. Reception reports are also appreciated.

eQSLs will go out shortly.

SSTV #1 - https://drive.proton.me/urls/0KM4053J8R#ngfihzWCuNia
SSTV #2 - https://drive.proton.me/urls/JCNYA9EBEM#PWI4tdlBxiLz

wdef-captain.mitchell AT proton.me

Captain Mitchell

[Ron Hunsicker]

Via a recording.  Mostly "just usable" until 0127 when the first SSTV ID image was transmitted in Scottie 1.  25352, barely.


Ron