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Author Topic: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025  (Read 2349 times)

Offline Radiouser

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Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« on: August 14, 2025, 0132 UTC »
0132 "Incubus (Lćther Strip Remix)" by The Electric Hellfire Club.
0136 ID by OM then YL in German over top of "Re-Search" by Die Form.
0137 "Worlock" by Skinny Puppy.
« Last Edit: August 14, 2025, 0137 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2025, 0134 UTC »
Pushing S5 to S7 here, QRN is building up.

Sounding good in stereo using SAS mode on my Kiwi.

0143 utc: Heard the shoutout!


0244 utc:
« Last Edit: August 14, 2025, 0249 UTC by nitroengine »
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Offline Quasar

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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2025, 0141 UTC »
0141 Big S9+20 over signal into NYC. Tnx for the show.
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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2025, 0146 UTC »
Pushing S5 to S7 here, QRN is building up.

Sounding good in stereo using SAS mode on my Kiwi.
How does Throbbing Gristle sound in SAS mode?  This is usually one of the better stereo separated tunes I play, but QRN is a little high this evening on the remotes I usually monitor, but I can still hear the slapping going off in the one channel. ;)
Bitte warten, Sternradio hat technische Schwierigkeiten. Der Sender raucht. Rauchen wird dich töten.

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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2025, 0151 UTC »
How does Throbbing Gristle sound in SAS mode?  This is usually one of the better stereo separated tunes I play, but QRN is a little high this evening on the remotes I usually monitor, but I can still hear the slapping going off in the one channel. ;)

Pretty cool. You can hear the clear stereo separation.

0150: Off. Uh oh, blew another tube?
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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2025, 0153 UTC »
Something went...wrong...be back on air later. Maybe.
Bitte warten, Sternradio hat technische Schwierigkeiten. Der Sender raucht. Rauchen wird dich töten.

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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2025, 0156 UTC »
How does Throbbing Gristle sound in SAS mode?  This is usually one of the better stereo separated tunes I play, but QRN is a little high this evening on the remotes I usually monitor, but I can still hear the slapping going off in the one channel. ;)

Pretty cool. You can hear the clear stereo separation.

0150: Off. Uh oh, blew another tube?
Saw a bunch of distortion on the waterfall, looked over, plate current was bouncing around like a stripper's tits.  Fuse blew shortly afterwards.  Hrmph.  Things smell, *hot*.  But that might just have been a the glitch resistor cooking itself before things got out of hand.

This is what you get for using 1970s Japanese gear as an exciter ;)
Bitte warten, Sternradio hat technische Schwierigkeiten. Der Sender raucht. Rauchen wird dich töten.

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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2025, 0203 UTC »
Fuse replaced.  Had to pick out all of the bits of glass from the exploded fuse.  All tubes seem fine.  I think the exciter has a VHF oscillation problem.  There is a reason I put in a big fat 20ohm resistor on the B+ to stop this crap.  Transformer isn't kaput, fuses are cheap!
Bitte warten, Sternradio hat technische Schwierigkeiten. Der Sender raucht. Rauchen wird dich töten.

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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2025, 0208 UTC »
0200 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5-S7 signal, independent sideband stereo, heavy metal rock at low noise level, at 0205 switched to Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9+10 to +20+ signal, heavy metal and death metal rock, at 0333 ID on waterfall, off suddenly at 0349. 
« Last Edit: August 14, 2025, 0349 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2025, 0240 UTC »
0237 - Solitude - Ulver                        S8
0239 - Vigil - Ulver

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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2025, 0245 UTC »
0237 - Solitude - Ulver                        S8
0239 - Vigil - Ulver
Dedicated to the memory of Ozzy.  :'(
Bitte warten, Sternradio hat technische Schwierigkeiten. Der Sender raucht. Rauchen wird dich töten.

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Re: Stern Radio 6955 AM 0132 UTC 14 AUG 2025
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2025, 2217 UTC »
S9+10 Nice Saw PF The Wall twice.. LA and NY.. Still have two foam wall sections.. The Now Ex Wife Snagged them.  She got One... and a shit load more of stuff... :-\
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