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Author Topic: The Relay Station 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018  (Read 2005 times)

Offline refmo

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The Relay Station 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« on: May 13, 2018, 0218 UTC »
On with mashup of Break On Through/Paranoid.  Very good audio, 10 khz with thumping bass in the 15 inch woofers here.
0220 - "Somebody's Watching Me" Rockwell
0226 - "Cruel Summer Feeling" DJ Stacey Zirgar or Ace of Base
0233 - "Burning Down The House"
0240 - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
0245 - "Bittersweet Symphony"
0250 - "Everything She Wants (Remix)"
0316 - "In The Air Tonight".  Down to S5 and fair copy now.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2018, 1337 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2018, 0220 UTC »
Mashup of Black Sabbath "Paranoid" and "Break On Through" by the Doors.  S9 signal 20k wide. HUGE!

S8 and still listening at 0324 UTC.  Thanks for a great show.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2018, 0333 UTC by bandarr3000 »

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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2018, 0220 UTC »
UNID 6880 AM S5 in NY

0217: On the air with The Doors "Break On Through (To The Other Side)"
0220: Rockwell "Somebody's Watching Me"
0227: Ace Of Base "Cruel Summer"
« Last Edit: May 13, 2018, 0228 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2018, 0220 UTC »
S9+10

0218 The Doors - Break on Through
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2018, 0225 UTC »
S9 into bama.  Sounding great.  Thanks for the show!
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2018, 0242 UTC »
0241 - Heard it Through the grapevine
S7
0243 - electronic music - That Sweet Melody - DJ Flight per shazam
0249 - Everything She Wants Remix
S8
Wide signal here
0257 - Immigrant Song - Trent Reznor
0300 - Cut You Down  - Johnny cash
0306 - Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus remix
0309 Nin
Great songs tonight
0313 - In The Air tonight - Lorde
0319 - Talk about pat benatar
0319 - Love Is A Battlefield
Still strong here but a lot of static crashes
« Last Edit: May 13, 2018, 0322 UTC by Helicaster »
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2018, 0243 UTC »
Logging “ i heard it through the grapevine” at 02:40z at sinpo 42343 here in the east of england Thank you ... krissy ♂
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2018, 0245 UTC »
02:39  Tough copy in WNY Have the carrier but the audio is mostly not there.  73
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2018, 0248 UTC »
Strong in Michigan.  Remixes and covers of '80s songs:

Bitter Sweet Harmony by John Van Dongen
Everything She Wants by Wham!
Immigrant Song by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
God's Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash
Personal Jesus (Kazan Cathedral Mix) by Depeche Mode
Everyday is Exactly the Same by Nine Inch Nails
In The Air Tonight  (Radio 1 Live Lounge) by Lorde
Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar (plus introduction and interview by Oprah Winfrey)
Down by the River by Norah Jones
Rocket Man by Pickin' On featuring Iron Horse
Hoo Hoo Ba Kanda by Pogo
« Last Edit: May 13, 2018, 0341 UTC by TomCat4680 »
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2018, 0340 UTC »
a bit late to the weekend pirate party with a bit of mashups and interesting tunes
the artist was Norah Jones with Neil Young, "Down by the river" in concert.
thanks to everyone for listening and logging - have a great weekend ;)
« Last Edit: May 13, 2018, 0341 UTC by TheRelayStation »
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2018, 1415 UTC »
Late for the logging (I had a busy evening collecting my daughter after her big trip to DC) but recorded the show and am pleased to say that the signal was up to SIO 333 at times. First logging of the Relay Station yet! You can make it out west. Thanks for the show!
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2018, 1745 UTC »
SDR recording catch
0212 Sign on, weak carrier
0216 Stronger carrier
0217 Music started, "Break On Through" mostly an SIO 322.
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2018, 2035 UTC »
Late for the logging (I had a busy evening collecting my daughter after her big trip to DC) but recorded the show and am pleased to say that the signal was up to SIO 333 at times. First logging of the Relay Station yet! You can make it out west. Thanks for the show!
thanks MDK2.
i did expect those results after observing my signal strengths on several SDR's located around the US and abroad.
not bad for 500w especially on AM but the "mirror in the sky" should take %95 of the credit ;)
if i came to the party a bit earlier before the band stretched her legs (and most left for the night), the local reports would have been better but despite that, i enjoyed the hour long broadcast.
i was actually listening on my RSP2 for awhile before i decided to broadcast (also checking out QAM256 streams from my internet/cable)
im surprised Chris was able to receive anything at that point in time considering the signal should have flew right over his QTH as observed on nearby remote SDR's.
but then again, Chris has an amazing setup that can catch signals most of us cant even see on the spectrum.
edit:
thanks for the thread discussion link Chris, an interesting read for sure.
« Last Edit: May 14, 2018, 1458 UTC by TheRelayStation »
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 0217 UTC 13 May 2018
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2018, 1058 UTC »
im surprised Chris was able to receive anything at that point in time considering the signal should have flew right over his QTH as observed on nearby remote SDR's.
but then again, Chris has an amazing setup that can catch signals most of us cant even see on the spectrum.

There's actually an interesting paper I just found the other day (due to some searching I did based on a discussion with MDK2 in fact) titled "Nighttime above-the-MUF HF propagation on a midlatitude circuit".  There's a link in the Propagation thread: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,42441.0.html
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