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Author Topic: Edmund Fitzgerald Radio 6930 USB 1249 UTC 10 NOV 2026  (Read 90 times)

ChrisSmolinski

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Just signed on with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
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1249 "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot.
1256 History of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
1258 ID and back to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
1304 ID 2x.
1305 "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot.
1311 History of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
1314 OTA.
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1252 "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
1257 OM with history of EF.
The April 1959 edition of National Geographic included a feature on the "New Era on the Great Lakes" - a photo and blurb was included about the then under 1 year old Edmund Fitzgerald. Page 460 here but magazine may start at page 400.

https://www.cuttersguide.com/pdf/National-Geographic/1959-04.pdf



1300 EF reprise
1304 "You have been listening to Edmund Fitzgerald Radio", pause
1305 EF reprise
1311 History of EF
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1252: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. S7 with an S5 noise floor.
1256: Background information of the Edmund Fitzgerald and it's sinking.
1258: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.
1305: Station id into The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.
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Informations about Edmund Fitzgerald
1258 Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Identification
1305 Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
1311 Informations about Edmund Fitzgerald which went down at November, 11th 1975 17 miles before Michigan
1314 End of Programm
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1301 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
1305 OM ID and reprise of above song
1312 history of the ship, and ID at 1314
1314 I expected the song to come around again, but off air

A nice tribute show
I would appreciate an eQSL sent to jaroberts1914@gmail - gracias!
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Chuck54

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1311 UTC OM history of Edmund Fitzgerald
1313 OM ID

Thanks for Remembering! I saw the Edmund Fitzgerald in Grand River/Fairport Harbor, Ohio.
Chuck Kirkpatrick
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