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Offline Zoidberg

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WEAK Radio 6930U
« on: January 05, 2011, 0707 UTC »
1/5/10
6930 USB
0705z: WEAK Radio ID.  Just barely above the mud here since around 0653z, hearing some blues rock and stoner rock sounding guitar (thick sounding like the pickup tone control has been dialed down) but so far not enough to ID anything.
0712z: This one is vaguely familiar, kinda reminiscent of Christina Amphlett's vocal style, something with "nightmare" in the lyrics, trippy sounding almost atonal guitar.
0730z: WEAK ID, after another song that I should have recognized, sounded like "uranium" in lyrics.
0749z: WEAK ID, some thumpy, grindy dance stuff now.
0827z: Just floated back in after long fade-out.
0843z: Some shhmooove R&B, tho' it sounds sorta... odd.  Maybe it's the fades or the cheap beer.
0935z: Still hanging in there, some occasional clear peaks between fades.
1000-1100z: Not watching the clock but heard some Gerry Rafferty songs, solo and w/ Stealers Wheel.

A little better here in Gopher Stomp via the Palstar and fugloop than via the web controlled Drake R8 in VA.  Minor but pesky heterodyne whine in the background audible on both receivers.  Signal got steadily better with some good peaks for several minutes at a time.  Audio sounded good - not quite as much bass thump but clean and balanced.
« Last Edit: January 05, 2011, 1435 UTC by Lex »
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