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Author Topic: The Bell System 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025  (Read 971 times)

Offline DangerKitty

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The Bell System 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« on: August 18, 2025, 0008 UTC »
0007: people talking about telephone related items, various trouble conditions, things a phone operator might say
0017: still going on re: telephone stuff
0020: "The Bell System", very 43M-ish. Very phone-ish.
~0026: EOT

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« Last Edit: August 18, 2025, 0028 UTC by DangerKitty »
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2025, 0010 UTC »
S9 - and kinda weird
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2025, 0011 UTC »
0011 Operator skit.
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2025, 0015 UTC »
0013 telephone /operator calls
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2025, 0017 UTC »
0015 heard telephone ring??? very weak signals here
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Offline J. Carlos Pérez Montero

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Re: The Bell System 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2025, 0019 UTC »
Broadcaster: The Bell System
Listening date: 18 August 2025 (UTC)
Listening time: 00:15 to 00:27 UTC time
Frequency: 6930 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 Low Noise HF
Details of the programme listened to:
0015 Sounds telephone ring voices
0020 Operator telephone
0025 New York telephone
0027 OTA

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Thank you for your show.
« Last Edit: August 18, 2025, 0027 UTC by J. Carlos Pérez Montero »
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2025, 0021 UTC »
0020 - think i heard an ID and talk of QSLs
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Re: The Bell System 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2025, 0023 UTC »
0022: Dial tones, phone ringing and a woman talking. Noisy S7 signal.
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Offline caodwolf

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Re: The Bell System 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2025, 0207 UTC »
0017 - 0025 S5 & noises. WinRadio recording catch.

Program of telephone calls,  rings , rotary dialing and phone operator chatter
0020 Station ID

Interesting

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Offline DXerKen

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Re: The Bell System 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2025, 1121 UTC »
Station: The Bell System
Listening date: 18 August 2025
Listening time: 00:24 - 00:27 (UTC time)
Frequency: 6930kHz USB
SINPO: 45343
Listening Location: Yokohama City (Japan) via kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Receiver used: kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: Active Low Noise HF Antenna
Details of the programme listened to:
  0024 Sound of telephone calls
       Calling the rocket crew.
       YL Operator Telephone
        *Can you help us find Harry?
        *You can find every business in Town at New York.   etc,
  0027 off


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Re: The Bell System 6930 USB 0007 UTC 18 August 2025
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2025, 1309 UTC »
SDR recording catch. Very good reception here, an endless series of old telephone system recordings of operators, messages, dialing, ringing, etc.

Thanks for your broadcast to help #keep43mweird !!
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