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Author Topic: WHYP 4070 USB 2245 UTC December 17, 2016  (Read 1460 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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WHYP 4070 USB 2245 UTC December 17, 2016
« on: December 17, 2016, 2244 UTC »
On suddenly at 2245 UTC with "Super Freak"-Rick James S9 here! Very light fading and minor T-storm static
Superb USB audio  :)
2251 UTC "Let It Whip"-Dazz Band
2257 UTC "What's Going On"-Four Non Blondes with JB Yay Yay mashup
2258 UTC JB audio clip, into "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"-Kenny G, into OM and "Christmas Through the Years Retrospective"
2300 UTC "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree", then story of the origin of WHYP....James Brownyard....
2302 UTC "Happy Xmas (The War is Over)-John Lennon, then story continued
2303 UTC "Brownyard Family Christmas"..."Go Power at Christmas Time"-James Brown
2315 UTC "The Merry Christmas Polka"-Jim Reeves (Didn't have Shazam the last time I heard this!)
2326 UTC Signal has dropped down to S7 but still dominant over the T-storm static
2329 UTC "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"-Choral singers hehe....
2330 UTC "12 Days of Christmas" by an unshazamable group  :D
2335 UTC Back up to S9 again!
2352 UTC Lots of yay yay yay's.... :D
2354 UTC OFF

Thanks for the Christmas Show JB and WHYP! Heard it with mostly excellent reception this time! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
« Last Edit: December 17, 2016, 2355 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: WHYP 4070 USB 2245 UTC December 17, 2016
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2016, 2245 UTC »
A good signal at 2245, SIO 433 to 444.
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Re: WHYP 4070 USB 2245 UTC December 17, 2016
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2016, 2253 UTC »
WHYP 4070 USB S3-S5 in NY

2252: Dazz Band "Let It Whip"
2257: 4 Non Blondes "What's Up"
2258: OM talking into Kenny G ? "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
2259: WHYP Christmas into Brenda Lee "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
2300: OM talking about WHYP again
2302: "So This Is Christmas" mentioned WHYP Memorial Station and James Brownyard
« Last Edit: December 17, 2016, 2303 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: WHYP 4070 USB 2245 UTC December 17, 2016
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2016, 2255 UTC »
S5 and sounding good.  Getting a few static crashes from approaching storms.
2255 - "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band
2317 - announcer mentioned WBIG (relayer?), and continued with the WHYP Christmas Retrospective.
2320 - "Run Run Rudolph" by The Humpers
2328 - Captain Ganja talking
2329 - the 5 herpes seeds song (12 days of Christmas)
« Last Edit: December 17, 2016, 2331 UTC by refmo »
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Re: WHYP 4070 USB 2245 UTC December 17, 2016
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2016, 2255 UTC »
2254- "Let It Whip"  S5-6
2257- "What's Going On" Four Non Blondes
2300- WHYP ID and mentioned Xmas Program
2301- JB talking about Xmas memories and the history of WHYP
2304- James Brown song then talking about the first broadcast of WHYP in 1966
2306- talking about first broadcast of pirate WHYP on shortwave in July of 1998
2307- "Christmas Wrapping" The Waitresses, signal up to S7-8 with great audio
2314- WHYP ID then clip of James Brownyard with a weather report
2315- "Christmas Polka"
2317- more WHYP history and mentioned "Brownyard Family Christmas"
2320- rock version of "Run Run Rudolph", signal down to S3
2322- WHYP ID by Ravi Brownyard
2324- Ravi Brownyard with "The Night Before Christmas"  ;D
2330- "Twelve Days Of Christmas" parody
2335- WHYP ID then a song request for Jay Smilkstein
2340- parody of "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree", signal up to S6-7
2344- parody of "Do You Hear What I Hear" and WHYP ID
2349- parody of "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"
2352- JB gave whypradio@gmail.com for a special QSL then a bunch of "yay yay yay's"
2353- clip of George Zeller saying "probably the worst station I've ever heard on shortwave, it was so bad it was actually entertaining!"
2354- off.

 Thanks for the show!  :)
« Last Edit: December 17, 2016, 2355 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: WHYP 4070 USB 2245 UTC December 17, 2016
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2016, 2317 UTC »


  4070 USB 2312 Z: Occasional bits of very weak audio. SINPO: 1-2,4,3,3,2.
160'(48.76m) end-fed wire at 150'(45.72m).
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40m rotatable dipole at 150' (45.72m).
Antennas into AH-4 auto tuner.
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Re: WHYP 4070 USB 2245 UTC December 17, 2016
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2016, 2329 UTC »
Nice S7 signal but hampered by crashes from the t-storms down south.  "WHYP Christmas through the years retrospective", nice to hear you again this season, JB!
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