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Author Topic: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025  (Read 492 times)

Offline hflstnr

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WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« on: May 27, 2025, 0110 UTC »
0110 - badlands- Bruce Springsteen
0111 - Damn Right, Ive Got the Blues- Buddy Guy
0122 - "WDEF" ID into, Fox on the run- Sweet
« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0124 UTC by hflstnr »
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Re: UNID 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2025, 0112 UTC »
0111 S8-9 with "Damn Right, I've Got the Blues" by Buddy Guy.
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Re: UNID 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2025, 0113 UTC »
SINPO=45343

112- "Damn Right, I've Got The Blues" by Buddy Guy.
115- "Who Needs Love Like That" by Erasure.
« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0116 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2025, 0113 UTC »
S7  SIO 333  SINPO 35343

0112 UTC Damn Right, I've Got the Blues by Buddy Guy
0116 Who Needs Love Like That by Erasure
0119 Things Can Only Get Better by Howard Jones
0122 ID into Fox on the Run by Sweet
0126 Dirty Mistreater, Don't You Know by Sonny Terry
0128 C.W. "CQ Pirates-On the air de WDEF de WDEF BK"
0129 Electric Uncle Sam by Primus
0132 Rusty Cage by Soundgarden
0136 ID into Rotten Apple by Alice in Chains
0138 Signal now S8-9

Thanks!
« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0138 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: UNID 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2025, 0117 UTC »
0116 - Signal into my NYC shack is 333. Erasure being played.

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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2025, 0119 UTC »
0118 - Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones               S7
0135 - Rusty Cage - Soundgarden
« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0135 UTC by Sarge94 »

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Re: UNID 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2025, 0121 UTC »
0114 Electronic Blues, 'Who Needs Love Like That' - Erasure,  'Things Can Only Get Better' - Howard Jones, 'Fox On The Run' - Sweet, 'Dirty Mistreater, Don't You Know' - Sonny Terry, CW ID, 'Electric Uncle Sam' - Primus, 'Rusty Cage' - Soundgarden, ID by electronic OM, dense rock music.

S4-5. noisy.

0142 improved to S 5-6.

Thanks for the Sonny Terry.
« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0142 UTC by Markokpik »
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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2025, 0126 UTC »
0123 "Fox On the Run" by Sweet.
0126 "Dirty Mistreater, Don't You Know" by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee.
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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2025, 0131 UTC »
0131 S9 with excellent audio. Tnx for the show.
All reports given are direct from my station in NYC.
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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2025, 0141 UTC »
Broadcaster: WDEF
Listening date: 27 May 2025 (UTC)
Listening time: 01:35 to 02:30 UTC time
Frequency: 6965 USB
SINPO: 55444
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Receiver used: kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: Active Loop Noise HF
Details of the programme listened to:
0138 UTC "Alice In Chains - Rotten Apple
0143 "Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Crazy Mary
0148 "Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young
0152 "James - Laid
0154 "Loggins & Messina - Your Mama Don't Dance
0157 "Len Stevens - Moon River
0201 "Douglas Gamley - Song of India
0204 "Len Stevens - The Dove
0208 "Len Stevens Orchestra - Symphony No. 5: (Second Movement Theme) (Based on Tchaikovsky's "Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante cantabile")
0214 "The Cure - A Letter to Elise
0219 "Counting Crows - Hanginaround
0223 "The Commodores - Easy
0227 "Beck - Gamma Ray

I would be grateful to receive your eQSL at: laradioymuchomas@gmail.com

Thank you for your show.
« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0228 UTC by J. Carlos Pérez Montero »
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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2025, 0144 UTC »
S9 signal heard over moderate noise via the Traverse City, Michigan, SDR ...

0142 UTC: "Rotten Apple" by Alice in Chains.
0143 UTC: "Crazy Mary" by Big Head Todd & The Monsters.
0147 UTC: "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel.
0151 UTC: "Laid" by James (a great band!).
0154 UTC: "Your Mama Don't Dance" by Loggins & Messina.
0156 UTC: Synth voice with WDEF ID into "Moon River" by Len Stevens.
0200 UTC: "Songs of India" by Douglas Gamley.
0203 UTC: "The Dove" by Len Stevens.

Thanks for the music, WDEF!
« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0204 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2025, 0146 UTC »
Fair signal in western New York  SINPO 34233, long fades

0130z   ID "WDEF" with slow reverberation
0145z   "Crazy Mary" by Big Head TYodd and trhe Monsters (thanks Shazam)
0149z   "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel
0157z   "WDEF" ID without the reverberation

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QSLs welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com
« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0203 UTC by Jim Renfrew »

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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2025, 0149 UTC »
0148: Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel. Nice S9 signal.
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Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2025, 0209 UTC »
0128 C.W. "CQ Pirates-On the air de WDEF de WDEF BK"

ARRR! POTA, hi hi.

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West coast is starting to open, too bad I'm going OTA soon..
As always, thanks for the reception reports and listening!!  :D  :D

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« Last Edit: May 27, 2025, 0248 UTC by CaptainMitchell »
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