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Author Topic: UNID 6880 USB 2357 UTC 21 OCT 2025  (Read 248 times)

Offline TheHappyWanker

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UNID 6880 USB 2357 UTC 21 OCT 2025
« on: October 21, 2025, 2358 UTC »
S7+ Music
0016 UTC Tom Petty USB and OTA
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2229 UTC by TheHappyWanker »
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Re: UNID 6880 USB 2357 UTC 21 OCT 2025
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2025, 0001 UTC »
S9+ signal heard via the SDR at Traverse City, Michigan, with decent audio but lots of noise at times and fading ...

0000 UTC: "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates.
0002 UTC: "Heartache Tonight" by Eagles.
0006 UTC: "Mysterious Ways" by U2.
0010 UTC: "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M.
0013 UTC: "Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
0017 UTC: Off.

Thanks for the great music this evening!
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 0017 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: UNID 6880 USB 2357 UTC 21 OCT 2025
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2025, 0001 UTC »
0001 S8 but not detecting any audio.
All reports given are direct from my station in NYC.
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Offline J. Carlos Pérez Montero

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Re: UNID 6880 USB 2357 UTC 21 OCT 2025
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2025, 0005 UTC »
Broadcaster: UNID
Listening date: 22 October 2025
Listening time: 00:00 to 00:17 UTC time
Frequency: 6880 AM
SINPO: 35533
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Lodi, NY (USA)
Antenna used: 250 Ft end fed, 35 ft AGL
Details of the programme listened to:
0000 "Eagles - Heartache Tonight
0006 "U2 - Mysterious Ways
0010 "R.E.M. - Shiny, Happy People
0013 "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Learning to Fly
0017 OTA

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

Thank you for your show.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 0017 UTC by J. Carlos Pérez Montero »
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Re: UNID 6880 USB 2357 UTC 21 OCT 2025
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2025, 0008 UTC »
Peaking at S9+23

0005 Heartache Tonight - Eagles
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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Re: UNID 6880 USB 2357 UTC 21 OCT 2025
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2025, 1257 UTC »
SDR recording catch. This was actually in CUSB (Carrier + USB) mode.  Fairly weak here, but some audio from time to time.

0013 "Learning to Fly"
0017 Off
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