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Author Topic: Mini Transat Yacht Race 21660 AM 1500 UTC 4 NOV 2025  (Read 258 times)

Offline Ct Yankee

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Mini Transat Yacht Race 21660 AM 1500 UTC 4 NOV 2025
« on: November 04, 2025, 1501 UTC »
Good reception, moderate fades - French/English service.

A daily broadcast meant for race participants sailing solo from Europe to the West Indies, race held in odd years.  Generally, transmission is weather forecast and music.  This is the B25 frequency, race has been in progress since September.

1500 Suddenly on...."The Black Pearl" Scotty
1501 YL in French
1515 YL continues in French
1516 Same YL says "Anyway...." gives weather forecast in heavily French accented English - between fades and accent, tough to comprehend
1521 "....winds at 18 knots..."
1525 "....tomorrow winds at 15 knots, one five......"
1530 "...and finally.....that's all for today", YL back to French
1534 YL with numbers in both French and English
1544 YL and OM conversing in French
1550 Many music snippets including, but not limited to, the following:  "Everybody" Backstreet Boys, "Baby One More Time" Brittany Spears, "Genie in a Bottle" Christine Aguilera, "Gangsta's Paradise" Coolio & L.V., "Thank You" Dido, "Doo Woo" Lauryn Hill, "Thunderstruck" AC/DC, "Blue" Eiffel 65, "All Star" Smash Mouth, "Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice, "Torn" Natalie Imbruglia, "Mambo No. 5 "Lou Bega", "No Diggity" Blackstreet, "Ready or Not" Fugees, "My Name Is" Eminem, "Mo Money Mo Problems" The Notorious B.I.G.
Something for everyone  ;D
1559 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Propellerheads
1600 Off
« Last Edit: November 04, 2025, 1649 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Offline East Troy Don

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Re: Mini Transat Yacht Race 21660 AM 1500 UTC 4 NOV 2025
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2025, 1517 UTC »
Mini Transat  with French / English service covering weather reports for Caribbean region.   21660 khz @ 15:10Z.   Female announcer.
Music with kettle drums  @ 15:16

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