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Author Topic: ION Radio 6925 AM 0022 UTC 7 May 2017  (Read 1853 times)

Offline BigAl

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ION Radio 6925 AM 0022 UTC 7 May 2017
« on: May 08, 2017, 0032 UTC »
S4-6 with deep fades - Caught country version of Led Zeppelin "Black Dog" then unintelligible song
00:23 SSTV partial capture showing ION Radio - First copy of ION Radio here. Thanks for the show!
00:31 Blues tune
00:33 CW ID
00:34 Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out - Eric Clapton
00:38 SSTV
00:39 off
« Last Edit: May 08, 2017, 1135 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Offline refmo

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Re: ION Radio 6925AM 00:22 UTC 7 May 2017
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2017, 0038 UTC »
Rough copy,  carrier seems very noisy, and cw very chirpy.  Copied CW ID/email @ 0030
May need to beef up your power supply regulation a little, but you were getting out.
« Last Edit: May 08, 2017, 0047 UTC by refmo »
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Re: ION Radio 6925 AM 0022 UTC 7 May 2017
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2017, 1140 UTC »
SDR recording catch. Weak until sudden increase in signal around 0029z.

Chris Smolinski
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