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Author Topic: Radio Tango America 6935 USB 1500 UTC 27 Jan 2018  (Read 1236 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Radio Tango America 6935 USB 1500 UTC 27 Jan 2018
« on: January 27, 2018, 1509 UTC »
1508 Hearing some weak music, SIO 322.
1527 ID
« Last Edit: January 27, 2018, 1527 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 6935 USB 1500 UTC 27 Jan 2018
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2018, 1513 UTC »
Fair signal in New Hampshire, S5

1516z A bit of "Hernando's Hideway"
1525z Lots of instrumental dance music classics. Announcer says something now and then but no copy (Spanish?)
1534z ID, "This Is Radio Tango America" and off

Thanks for the tunes...
« Last Edit: January 27, 2018, 1534 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: UNID 6935 USB 1500 UTC 27 Jan 2018
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2018, 1515 UTC »
6935 kHz 6.935 MHz
Radio Tango America pirate radio station 27 Jan 2018

Hearing music fading up and down at 1510 UTC tune in...hard to ID music

1521 UTC - thought I heard an ID...or something...
1527 UTC - Radio Tango America ID heard
« Last Edit: January 27, 2018, 1532 UTC by R4002 »
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Re: UNID 6935 USB 1500 UTC 27 Jan 2018
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2018, 1520 UTC »
Started out about S5, but mostly down to S3 now with music, noisy copy.
1527 - ID 'esta es Radio Tango America', S5 again
1528 - "Santa Maria" Gotan Project
1533 - ID again

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« Last Edit: January 27, 2018, 1542 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Radio Tango America 6935 USB 1500 UTC 27 Jan 2018
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2018, 1529 UTC »
S6-7 here in Western TN

1524: Tango music
1527: Esta es Radio Tango America
1527: Gotan Project - Santa Maria
1532: "Muchos gracias, buenos dias"
1533: Off

ˇGracias por la emisión!

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« Last Edit: January 27, 2018, 1551 UTC by Evil Elvis »
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Re: Radio Tango America 6935 USB 1500 UTC 27 Jan 2018
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2018, 1530 UTC »
1528 UTC "Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)"-Gotan Project (Barely moving the S-meter but nice low noise floor here)
1533 UTC OM with ID "Esta es Radio Tango America...this is Radio Tango America......buenos dias", and OFF

Cool!  :)
« Last Edit: January 27, 2018, 1537 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Tango America 6935 USB 1500 UTC 27 Jan 2018
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2018, 1534 UTC »
Really weak, but just came up with a couple of clear IDs in Spanish & English, maybe it's a sign-off announcement? Thanks for the show. My 1st time to hear RTA
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