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Author Topic: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025  (Read 2887 times)

DangerKitty

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Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« on: September 14, 2025, 0008 UTC »
0008: music "Night On Bald Mountain" - L. Bernstein & NY Philhamonic
2533[2-3]
0010: YL talking w/another YL re: special broadcast
0011: "Journey In Satchidananda" - Alice Coltrane
...
0031: in progress "Look Outside" - Broadcast
...
0100: ID and email address for reception reports, "Banditos" - Refreshments

Thank you for the special broadcast!
« Last Edit: September 14, 2025, 0101 UTC by DangerKitty »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2025, 0010 UTC »
0009: Night on Bald Mountain. With ATC radio communications.
0010: Op speaking about a special broadcast.
0014: Journey In Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane.
0026: Come On Let's Go by Broadcast.
0034: Look Outside by Broadcast. Followed by station id.
0111: Off
« Last Edit: September 14, 2025, 0111 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2025, 0014 UTC »
0013 - journey in Satchidanada- Alice Coltrane
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Re: Radio Free Spirit6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2025, 0014 UTC »
0013utc SIO333
music
Journey in satchidananda
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2025, 0020 UTC »
S8  SIO 444  SINPO 45334

0018 UTC Females, one with British accent chat, expresso, coffee, turn it up
0020 A Minha Menina by Os Mutantes
0024 Comments, on the turntable, into Come On, Let's Go by Broadcast
0028 OTA (Trouble?)
0047 "Finally the needle dropped...." ID
0048 Elephant by Tame Impala
0053 Steady, As She Goes by The Raconteurs
0055 Email into Hey You by Dope Lemon
0100 Email into Banditos by Refreshments
0104 Crystal Frontier by Calexico

Thank you!!!
« Last Edit: September 14, 2025, 0105 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2025, 0024 UTC »
0023 "My Girl" - The Mutants.
0024 YL talking about the racoons outside.
0025 "Come On Let's Go" - Broadcast.
0035 "Sunday Morning" - The Velvet Underground & Nico.
0040 "Archbishop Harold Holmes" - Jack White.
0044 "What's the Trick?" - Jack White.0048 Elephant by Tame Impala.
0053 Steady, As She Goes -The Raconteurs.
0055 Email into Hey You - Dope Lemon.
0100 Email into Banditos - Refreshments.
0104 "Crystal Frontier (Widescreen Version)" - Calexico.
0108 "Oscillations" - Silver Apples.
0111 eQSL info and ID by YL and OTA.

Thanks for today's broadcast! ) ) ) ) )

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« Last Edit: September 14, 2025, 0111 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2025, 0039 UTC »
S5-S6 signal heard via the Lodi, New York, SDR with noticeable fading and moderate noise levels ...

0035 UTC: "Sunday Morning" by The Velvet Underground & Nico.
0040 UTC: Female announcer introducing next song and adding "let's see if the ghosts are taking notes tonight" into "Archbishop Harold Holmes" by Jack White.
0043 UTC: "What's the Trick?" by Jack White.
0047 UTC: The usual British-accented female host welcomes listeners and talks about Juan Valdez and the raccoons again. She also promotes Fogbank Records.
0048 UTC: ID and mentioning the studio van in the woods again into "Elephant" by Tame Impala.
0049 UTC: Transmitter suddenly off a few moments, then on, and off again, then on again.
0051 UTC: "Steady, As She Goes" by The Raconteurs (lots of Jack White music tonight, which is fine by me!).
0555 UTC: Other female host (she sounds American) gives the ID and email address, then "Hey You" by DOPE LEMON.
0100 UTC: The British-accented host gave the email address again, then "Banditos" by Refreshments.
« Last Edit: September 14, 2025, 0100 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2025, 0039 UTC »
Fine signal in Maryland
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2025, 0100 UTC »
Good decent signal at 0059 via the W3HFU sdr with slight fading
Tecsun PL-880, Currently testing the Youloop antenna. Various sdrs.

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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2025, 0101 UTC »
0101 - Banditos - Refreshments                         S8

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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2025, 0104 UTC »
S8-9 here in mobile location in  NE PA  tonight with some sweet sounding audio. Thanks for the show !
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2025, 0108 UTC »
Very good reception

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0108 "Oscillations" Silver Apples
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2025, 0112 UTC »
VG signal, agree that audio sounds good--has more bass than a lot of unmodified ham transceivers
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Re: Radio Free Spirit 6935 USB 0008 UTC 14 SEP 2025
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2025, 1220 UTC »
SDR recording catch

0008 Signed on with "Night on Bald Mountain" with air traffic control audio mixed in.
0010 YL welcoming listeners and then into "Journey In Satchidananda"
0018 Two YLs speaking, then into "A Minha Menina"
0024 YL recapping the last song, then "Come On, Let's Go"
0028 Some dead air
0030 "We'll be back in just a minute", then into music.
...
0055 ID and email address.
0111 Off

I continued listening while doing some programming work, thanks for the fun broadcast and helping to #keep43mweird !
« Last Edit: September 14, 2025, 1345 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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