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Author Topic: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026  (Read 297 times)

Radiouser

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2149 "Chase" - Giorgio Moroder.
2155 Art Bell opening with his Halloween show.
2156 Art Bell taking calls with caller from Arizona saying he caught a Chupacabra eating his 3 spools of RG8 coax.
2159 Caller saying he heard a signal on 6938 around midnight and the Chupacabra only chews his coax when 6938 signal comes on.
2200 Wrigley's Spearmint gum commercial.
2201 Caller from Pennsylvania talking about increasing solar flares.
2203 Door bell rings and AB talking to 4 kids in Halloween costumes and gave candy to a kid dressed as a ground radial.
2205 K-Tel 22 greatest hits LP for $3.99 commercial.
2206 Caller from California complaining about a letter he received from his HOA.
2208 Another caller inquiring a transmitter on 6938.
2210 Dress shirts commercial of 4 for $10 on sale at Sears.
2211 Caller from Oregon receiving a QSL card from next year for a station he never heard on 6938.
2212 Art Bell answers his doorbell and a kid dressed as a FCC, Field Enforcement Division official who is there to inspect RFI and related infractions while using a Radio Shack handheld CB as a field strength meter.
2220 Art Bell describing a balun.
2222 Kid talking about a station on 6938.
2223 Art Bell gave the kid a chocolate bar.
2225 Commercial for Wrigley's Spearmint gum.
2226 Caller from Ohio suggesting Art put up a G5RV antenna.
2228 Commercial for Roy Rogers Restaurants Great Western Hamburger for 49 cents.
2229 Blazing Saddles movie promo.
2230 Art Bell received a paranormal detector he just received in the mail.
2231 Commercial for Radio Shack Science Fair kit for $17.79
2232 Art Bell talking about his paranormal detector.
2233 Caller from the UK talking about his paranormal 9000 detector.
2235 Art Bell answers his doorbell with a kid mentioning 6938.
2237 Caller mentioning he found a component on his paranormal detector marked 6938.
2241 Caller from New Jersey talking about a numbers station he heard reading pizza toppings in groups of 5.
2250 Commercial for a pizza product.
2251 Caller from North Carolina talking about a strange signal from 3 days in the future.
2252 Art Bell talking about the grey line.
2254 Art Bell answers doorbell to discover 2 kids from Department of Temporal Investigation asking about a timeline event violation.
2300 Art Bell gave both kids a chocolate bar.
2301 Art Bell returns to his previous caller.
2305 Art Bell signing off into "Midnight in the Desert" - Crystal Gayle.
2308 OTA.

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

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« Last Edit: October 25, 2026, 2308 UTC by Radiouser »
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UNID 6925USB 2150UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2026, 2151 UTC »
Fair signal
Music   sounds like Art Bell theme?
Chase

Art Bell show


Thanks for show!!
« Last Edit: October 25, 2026, 2156 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: Art Bell Radio ? 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2026, 2154 UTC »
2152 "Chase", very good signal.
2156 Caller from Arizona.
2203 Trick or treaters at the door. One is dressed as a ground radial.
2212 Kid dressed as an FCC field agent.
2225 Caller talking about G5RV antennas.
« Last Edit: October 25, 2026, 2228 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2026, 2200 UTC »
S7 here Thx THW
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2026, 2202 UTC »
433 SIO here in Jacksonville, NC as of 2201 UTC. Reception is improving as we go.
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2026, 2203 UTC »
2203: Weak talk in the noise. Some sounds effects as well.
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2026, 2204 UTC »
22.02 UTC Art Bell with an interview
22.03 UTC someone is on the door, 4 children here, about HAM radio
22.04 UTC Happy Halloween, conversation continued
22.05 UTC K-Tel advertisement, male announcer and popcorn music
22.06 UTC phone call talk about antenna
22.07 UTC Art Bell about another story and another telephone caller
22.09 UTC caller complains about 6938 carrier, about antenna for weather machine
22.10 UTC another advertisement, phone call with a listener in Oregon,
about QSL for having never heard the station, content
22.12 UTC doorbell again, Art Bell talked to a child dressed as a FCC official, inspection?
22.14 UTC talk about Halloween, 12 dollars, about walkie talkie and microwaves
22.16 UTC conversation about the transmitter
22.20 UTC about antenna system, tower on the property, investigation, field strength meter
22.21 UTC one more question, about a tree, shortwave radio, about HF Underground
22.22 UTC about pirate radio activities
22.23 UTC Happy Halloween, 6938 problems, short break, advertisement song
22.25 UTC Wrigleys spearmint gum song, caller from Ohio, about G5RV antenna
22.28 UTC Art Bell, we'll be back, another advertisment for Roy Rogers 0ß
22.29 UTC promotion for Blazing Saddles movie
22.30 UTC Art Bell is back, concersation with a walkie talkie?, another commercial
22.33 UTC guest from the United Kingdom

fair reception on the K1RA Warrenton, VA, KiwiSDR
Meanwhile - 22.45 UTC - direct reception also in NW Germany

Thanks for the interesting ART BELL Halloween program.
Please eQSL to my address below, if possible.
Thank you in advance for any response!
« Last Edit: October 25, 2026, 2251 UTC by RainBrandy »
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2026, 2207 UTC »
2206 Talking of HOA and antennas. S9+
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2026, 2214 UTC »
Good signal - 44344

2211 - Art Bell taking phone calls
2212 - FCC visits Art Bell (actually an Halloween Trick or Treater)
2224 - Art takes a break - Wrigleys Spearmint Gum commercial
2226 - Art takes another caller - talking about a G5RV antenna
2228 - commercial for hamburger
2229 - Blazing Saddles promo followed by Art talking to Jeff about a paranormal activity electronic device
2231 - Radio Shack commercial
2232 - Art back talking about the paranormal activity device
« Last Edit: October 25, 2026, 2234 UTC by aurora »
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2026, 2225 UTC »
Broadcaster: Art Bell Radio
Listening date: 25 October 2026
Listening time: 22:25 to UTC time
Frequency: 6925 USB
SINPO: 45544
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: 250 Ft end fed, 35 ft AGL
Details of the programme listened to
Halloween, California, radial, treater
2241 New Jersey

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Thank you for your excellent show.
« Last Edit: October 25, 2026, 2243 UTC by J. Carlos Pérez Montero »
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2026, 2233 UTC »
VG signal at 2231. Art gets a paranormal detector in the mail. He tests it & the display still shows up after he turns it off
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2026, 2243 UTC »
S5  SIO 333  SINPO 35333

2243 UTC Men chatting, remove the olives from the pizza, decoding transmission, pineapple question

Thanks!!!
« Last Edit: October 25, 2026, 2245 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2026, 2304 UTC »
2258:  S4 with weak-to-moderate QRN using the Jumonville PA KiwiSDR.  Hearing a robot couple bantering about possession of a recording, then a "strange signal". 

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Re: Art Bell Radio 'Halloween Show' 6925 USB 2149 UTC 25 OCT 2026
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2026, 2309 UTC »
Good signal until about 2301 when it began to fade ... 2308 close down ...thanks for the encore bcast!
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