Radio First Termer via UNID 6969 LSB 0052 UTC 25 MAR 2025

[Treehouse SWL]

Just barely audible out west at the Northern Utah SDR. Pretty good signal (S7ish) heard via the Fair Hill, Maryland, SDR ...

0052 UTC: OM talking about the Republic of Vietnam over classic rock music, then "Evil Ways" by Santana.
0056 UTC: OM talking again, saying he's reading from latrine wall sayings from the Republic of Vietnam.
0058 UTC: "Pinball Wizard" by The Who.
0100 UTC: OM saying he's gotten letters, describes a "Dave Rabbit Sweatshirt" and gives address to order one. Mentions Radio Saigon Underground into "The White Room" by Cream. (Find more about Dave Rabbit and his place in pirate radio history here: https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Radio_First_Termer).
0105 UTC: OM talking again about visiting the latrine and other adventures, then "Green-Eyed Lady" by Sugarloaf. (I assume this is an old recording of a Radio First Termer broadcast from Saigon. Cold Country Canada relayed a Radio First Termer broadcast on this 6969 frequency last month.)
0107 UTC: Some transmitter interruptions, then back to the song.
0112 UTC: OM talking again, broken up by part of an ad for a modern app, then back to an apparent imitation of JFK doing a weather forecast for Saigon over rock music.
0115 UTC: OM talking again, another latrine saying, then another rock song.
0120 UTC: OM talking about how long this song is, even as it continued.
0122 UTC: OM talking again, introducing "Soul Experience" by Iron Butterfly. Some audio hiccups, then "Mama Told Me Not to Come" by Three Dog Night.
0124 UTC: OM with a bit more talking into the "James Bond" theme.
0125 UTC: Another OM with an ID I didn't catch, then back to a fake ad for Saigon businesses on Radio First Termer. That was followed by a YL talking.
0127 UTC: Original OM (Dave) talking into "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf.
0132 UTC: Off.
0133 UTC: Transmitter struggling to get back on, then on with "D.O.A." by Bloodrock.
0135 UTC: Back off again mid-song.

Thanks for the pirate radio history!

[ChrisLobdell]

0057 Talk about Carlos Santana by OM .. Vietnam ... The Big 69 ....
0058 PinBall Wizard - The Who
0103 White Room - Cream
0106 Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf.

[myteaquinn]

0057: Very noisy but did mke out the word Vietnam. Playing Pinball Wizard.
0108: Nice boost in signal strength playing Green-Eyed lady by Sugarloaf.

[Molvania Poacher]

SINPO=15311

107- "Green Eyed Lady" by Sugarloaf.

[Quasar]

0109 S8 with noisy audio.

[Sarge94]

0111 - Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf                 

[Andrew Yoder]

Good signal with Sugarloaf "Green-Eyed Lady." Into announcements. Haven't heard an ID yet, but it's definitely a recording of Radio First Termer. Not sure if this the original recording or one of the recordings that Dave re-edited with a small staff for the Gulf War

[Radiouser]

0111 "Green Eyed Lady" by Sugarloaf.
0122 "Funk #49" by The James Gang.
0123 "Mama Told Me Not To Come" by Three Dog Night.
0126 ID by OM.
0127 "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf.
0132 OTA.
0133 "D.O.A." by Bloodrock.
0135 OTA.

[hsmith77]

0120  Music  ? 

[Ron Hunsicker]

Via a recording.  The Elad S3 has them at 6968.94, where RFT sounds best.  2800 Hertz bandwidth or a little less.  Fading, mostly 25342 here.

Ron