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Author Topic: Route 66 Radio 6940 USB 0115 UTC 4 OCT 2026  (Read 421 times)

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Route 66 Radio 6940 USB 0115 UTC 4 OCT 2026
« on: October 04, 2026, 0115 UTC »
music and old talk show
« Last Edit: October 04, 2026, 1629 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Route 66 Radio 6940 usb 0115 utc oct4
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2026, 0129 UTC »
0127 "You guys are nothing but a pack of cards"
0128 Stop Stop Stop by the Hollies
0131 an oldie, but I can't make out the lyrics
0133 "Here's how to make your breakfast exciting" ad for Ralston
0134 banter between guys including a WC Fields wannabe
0137 White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
0139 Turn Turn Turn by the Byrds
0143 skit with guy checking in to a motel
0145 Gimme Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group
0148 "You are tuned to Route 66 Radio" into skit again about Mr and Mrs John Q Smith - ala Firesign Theatre
0156 Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots
0158 ID and good night see you next time, and off air

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« Last Edit: October 04, 2026, 0159 UTC by jackroberts »
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Re: 6940 usb 0115 utc oct4
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2026, 0143 UTC »
0143 comedy program.
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Re: 6940 usb 0115 utc oct4
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2026, 0155 UTC »
Listening via the SDR in Presque Isle, Wisconsin ...

0154 UTC: Old radio comedy program amid heavy Link-11 interference from the nearby frequency.
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Re: Route 66 Radio 6940 USB 0115 UTC 4 OCT 2026
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2026, 1629 UTC »
SDR recording catch. Definitely JBA (Just Barely Audible) with a little signal poking up above the static now and then.
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Re: Route 66 Radio 6940 USB 0115 UTC 4 OCT 2026
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2026, 1803 UTC »
Transmission seemed to start at around 0043 with a few false starts.

Here's the full 1 hour 16 minutes as received by me in Hope BC Canada

20261004_0043_UT_6940_khz_USB_North_America_Route_66_Radio.mp4

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