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Author Topic: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026  (Read 338 times)

ChrisSmolinski

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Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« on: August 07, 2026, 2041 UTC »
2040 Sounds like smooth jazz - Ion Radio?
2106 Ion Radio ID
« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2107 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: ION RADIO 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2026, 2047 UTC »
2047utc  noisy  storms in area

Music

2145utc  happy boy
Lost weekend
Cape Cod
From space
Lafayette
« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2205 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: UNID 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2026, 2052 UTC »
2050 UTC - Signal is S7 in WNY, audio making it above the noise.
2103 UTC - Signal fading, audio in the noise.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2104 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2026, 2056 UTC »
2056 jingly music
2057 YL ID "This is ION Radio" and then backwards! and  3 more IDs
2058 got to be called "Memoria"
2102 next song with kid's prayer spoken over the music
2106 YL "India Oscar November - this is Ion Radio" into next song - YL singing a fast samba with trumpet
2110 Creep by Radiohead
2114 probably called "Look Out for Number One"
2118 jazz waltz for guitar
2119 OM "This is Ion Radio, AM mode on shortwave"

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« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2120 UTC by jackroberts »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2026, 2128 UTC »
s6 here

2127 "Amos Ame" - Hidria Spacefolk.
2129 "Cain Go Home" - Death Hawks.
2133 "Cosmic Blues" - The Stevenson Ranch Davidians.
2137 ID into "Big Rock Candy Mountain" - The Beat Farmers.
2140 "California Kid" - The Beat Farmers.
2142 "Gun Sale At The Church" - The Beat Farmers.
2145 " Happy Boy" - The Beat Farmers.
2147 "Lakeside Trailer Park" - The Beat Farmers.
2149 "Lost Weekend" - The Beat Farmers.
2152 ID into "Cape Cod" - Anders Osborne.
2158 "From Space" - Anders Osborne.
2204 "Lafayette" - Anders Osborne.
2208 "Life Don't Last That Long" - Anders Osborne.
2213 "Dresden" - Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark.
2217 "History of Modern, Part 1" - Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark.
2221 EOT.
2222 OTA.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2222 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2026, 2137 UTC »
S2-3 at peaks  SIO 222  SINPO 25222

2133 UTC Music

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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2026, 2146 UTC »
Listening via the SDR in Shrewsbury, Vermont, which is receiving an S9+ signal and good audio amid some static crashes, but pretty quiet band conditions overall ...

2145 UTC: "Happy Boy (Live)" by The Beat Farmers.
2147 UTC: "Lakeside Trailer Park (Live)" by The Beat Farmers.
2149 UTC: "Lost Weekend (Live)" by The Beat Farmers.
2152 UTC: Female-voiced Ion Radio ID, then "Cape Cod" by Anders Osborne.
2158 UTC: "From Space" by Anders Osborne.
2204 UTC: "Lafayette" by Anders Osborne.
2208 UTC: "Life Don't Last That Long" by Anders Osborne.

Thanks for all the great music this afternoon/evening!
« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2211 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2026, 2150 UTC »
Station: ION Radio
Listening date: 07 August 2026
Listening time: 21:49 - 22:21 (UTC time)
Frequency: 6955 AM
SINPO: 35232 - 35333
Listening Location: Yokohama City (Japan) via kiwiSDR Buckingham, PA, USA
Receiver used: kiwiSDR / Buckingham, PA, USA
Antenna used: LZ1AQ 1.2m dia
Details of the programme listened to:
  2149 "Lost Weekend" by Beat Farmers
  2152 YL ID
          "Cape Cod" by Anders Osborne
  2158 "From Space" by Anders Osborne
  2204 "Lafayette" by Anders Osborne
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  2221 off

Thank you for your music show.   I enjoyed your music show...

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« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2221 UTC by DXerKen »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2026, 2155 UTC »
2155 - Cape Cod - Anders Osborne              S8
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2026, 2203 UTC »
2202  Unknown music
2204  Lafayette, by Anders Osborne

S8-9 with a lot of static interference
« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2205 UTC by Kestrel »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2040 UTC 7 AUG 2026
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2026, 2213 UTC »
Excellent with light guitar music at 2200

Signal strength really dropped over the past few min
« Last Edit: August 07, 2026, 2215 UTC by Andrew Yoder »
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