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Author Topic: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025  (Read 648 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« on: March 18, 2025, 1750 UTC »
1749 UTC Unid genre of music...S9 peaks with light to moderate fading and noise...excellent audio
1752 UTC Different song with metronome sounding drum beat intro to electronic music..."Radioactivity"-Kraftwerk
1758 UTC Synth voiced OM with ID..."This is station Sternradio"...followed by "Roundabout"-Yes
(Modulation sounds more "upfront" today...excellent dynamic range!)
1807 UTC OM and YL with ID and talk...German and English..."transmitter is smoking"
1809 UTC "Elected"-Alice Cooper
1813 UTC OM and YL in English and German with "transmitter is smoking...smoking will kill you"
1815 UTC Unid rock song-OM singer
1820 UTC "It's Different for Girls"-Joe Jackson (One I haven't heard on the radio in many years!)
1823 UTC "Deacon Blues"-Steely Dan
1831 UTC Unid electronica song-OM singer
1854 UTC "Court of the Crimson King"-King Crimson
1919 UTC YL with repeated phrase in German
1922 UTC OM and YL in English and German phrase repeated...then "end of broadcast day", followed by the Sternradio sign-off song by Laibach ending with an OM reading Winston Churchill's address
1928 UTC Short anthem, then OFF

Thank you for the afternoon entertainment...nice sound you have there!
« Last Edit: March 22, 2025, 1605 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2025, 1755 UTC »
Very good reception
1754 "Radioactivity" Kraftwerk, probably Sternradio
1824 "Deacon Blues" Steely Dan
« Last Edit: March 18, 2025, 1825 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2025, 1805 UTC »
1804z "Roundabout"

Stein radio

Great signal, SAM mode

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Re: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2025, 1806 UTC »
Good signal into the Fair Hill, Maryland, SDR ...

1804 UTC: "Roundabout" by Yes.
1807 UTC: Sternradio's usual bilingual ID with OM and YL voice, followed by the bilingual announcement that the transmitter is smoking and "smoking will kill you."
1809 UTC: "Elected" by Alice Cooper.
1813 UTC: Transmitter smoking announcement repeated several times again.
1815 UTC: "Moya" by The Southern Death Cult. The audio sounds very nice in SAM mode on the SDR.
1820 UTC: "It's Different for Girls" by Joe Jackson.
1823 UTC: "Deacon Blues" by Steely Dan.
1830 UTC: "Blue" by B! Machine.

Thanks for the music, Sternradio!
« Last Edit: March 18, 2025, 1831 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2025, 1817 UTC »
1816 Rock  music?
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Re: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2025, 1832 UTC »
1827 Deacon Blues from Steely Dan's "AJA"

Great signal. enjoying it.

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Re: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2025, 1834 UTC »
1833 Just tuned in, solid SIO 555
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Re: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2025, 1858 UTC »
Good signal
1858 - "In The Court Of The Crimson King" - Greg Lake
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Re: Sternradio 6952.8 AM 1749 UTC 18 MAR 2025
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2025, 1908 UTC »
1907 "Martyrium, Ver. 2" by Die Form.
1913 "K-Pax" by Kirlian Camera.
1920 ID by YL in German into "Fear the Sea" by The Gathering.
1923 OM in English and YL in German with "please standby, Sternradio is having technical difficulties, transmitter is
        smoking, smoking will kill you".
1924 OM with signff message into "The Great Seal" by Laibach.
1928 OTA.
« Last Edit: March 18, 2025, 1928 UTC by Radiouser »
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