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Author Topic: WDEF ? 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025  (Read 1452 times)

Offline DangerKitty

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WDEF ? 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« on: June 01, 2025, 0120 UTC »
0120: music "Echoes" - Pink Floyd
45343
- various times wide band UTE QRM; please consider QSY to 69xx
0132: still playing "Echoes", amazingly Shazam can still ID the song through the QRM
0135: QRM continues

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« Last Edit: June 01, 2025, 1510 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2025, 0124 UTC »
0122 "Echoes " Pink Floyd   S7
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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2025, 0126 UTC »
0125 on Traverse City MI sdr with good S9+10 to S9+20 signal, Pink Floyd music, 0129 50khz wide hiss qrm coming and going, off at 0142.   
« Last Edit: June 01, 2025, 0144 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2025, 0126 UTC »
S7 here with Pink floyd.
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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2025, 0127 UTC »
S7 and sounding good!
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Re: WDEF 6850 was 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2025, 0128 UTC »
0127: Echoes by Pink Floyd. Good signal showing S7.
0140: QSY to 6850 USB still playing Echoes.
0143: Off
« Last Edit: June 02, 2025, 0012 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2025, 0128 UTC »
Broadcaster: Radio Free Spirit
Listening date: 1 June 2025
Listening time: 01:25 to UTC time
Frequency: 6890 USB
SINPO: 45544
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Receiver used: kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: Active Low Noise HF
Details of the programme listened to:
0125 UTC "Pink Floyd - Echoes


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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2025, 0130 UTC »
0128 "Echoes" by Pink Floyd.
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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2025, 0134 UTC »
0125  'Echos' - Pink Floyd

S5 here.  Noisy signal.
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Re: UNID 6850 USB was 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2025, 0135 UTC »
S10+ signal heard via the Traverse City, Michigan, SDR ...

0133 UTC: "Echoes" by Pink Floyd.
0140 UTC: Off, leaving the frequency to the big, wide, nasty ute.
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0142 UTC: Found this on 6850 USB with "Echoes" by Pink Floyd.
0143 UTC: Off.
« Last Edit: June 01, 2025, 0144 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2025, 0138 UTC »
Noise is from about 6965 to 6915.  Prior to the noise, was 20 dB over the background.


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Re: UNID 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2025, 0144 UTC »
ARRR! UTE... IM DOWN AT 6805 NOW.
ARR! How can a pirate travelling the globe stay freedom loving without Voice of America? ARR! All my Mateys hear now is CNR, arr...

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Re: WDEF ? 6890 USB 0120 UTC 01 June 2025
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2025, 1511 UTC »
SDR recording catch - I suspect this may have been WDEF which QSY'd to 6805 USB to escape the QRM, although 6805 was covered here by another UTE.
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