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Author Topic: King Kong Radio 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018  (Read 1665 times)

Offline refmo

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King Kong Radio 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« on: July 04, 2018, 0154 UTC »
S5 with patriotic songs by the USAF band.  Started out on 6927 and moved to 6930 shortly thereafter.
0155 - "El Capitan March" USCG Band
0203 - ID
0204 - ID again, then SSTV


« Last Edit: July 04, 2018, 0209 UTC by refmo »
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UNID 6930 USB 0154 UTC 4 July 2018
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2018, 0154 UTC »
"El Capitan" at S9 here
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2018, 0155 UTC »
0150 UTC - Signal S9 in WNY, audio is good, playing marching songs.
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2018, 0156 UTC »
Peaking +20 into AL
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2018, 0157 UTC »
01:50 S-9 with great audio.
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2018, 0158 UTC »
King Kong Radio 6930 USB S9 in NY

0158: US Air Force Band "Air Force Hymn"
0159: United States Coast Guard Band "The Star Spangled Banner"
0200: United States Coast Guard Band "The Golden Reserve"
0203: United States Coast Guard Band "Presentation Of Colors"
0204: King Kong Radio I.D. then into SSTV
0206: Off the air
« Last Edit: July 04, 2018, 0206 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2018, 0159 UTC »
0150 - 2 marches and now a chorus.

Started at S6 and now up to S7.
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Re: King Kong Radio 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2018, 0208 UTC »
0204 ID then SSTV, 0207  (short data bursts ?)
D/E/F/G/It/Sp : Dutch/English/French/German/Italian/Spanish
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Re: King Kong Radio 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2018, 0208 UTC »
Nice signal here.

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Re: King Kong Radio 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2018, 0756 UTC »
01.48 UTC sign on with US patriotic orchestral march music
01.50 UTC another march music
01.54 UTC another march music
01.56 UTC choir is singing
01.58 UTC tenor is singing, then the whole choir again
01.59 UTC US National Anthem
02.00 UTC another orchestral tune
02.03 UTC ID by OM: King - Kong - Radio, slower orchestral tune
02.04 UTC ID by OM: King - Kong - Radio followed by SSTV
02.06 UTC sign off

https://imgur.com/a/yO8NuHg

On my tonight's Perseus SDR recording in NW Germany,
very strong stgnal here, SINPO 43443!
Please e-QSL to my addy! Thanks for the patriotic tunes and SSTV!
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Re: King Kong Radio 6930 USB 0148 UTC 04 Jul 2018
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2018, 1826 UTC »
Good signal here. (SDR recording, sorry for the late post.)

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