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Author Topic: Charleston R.Int. 5140 AM 1725 UTC 09 Nov 2018  (Read 732 times)

Offline kris

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Charleston R.Int. 5140 AM 1725 UTC 09 Nov 2018
« on: November 09, 2018, 1730 UTC »
FRQ 5140 is  today occupiedy by UTIL


Subject included "Where are you" at first, (at 1725 utc)

« Last Edit: November 09, 2018, 1802 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Ant. Sky Loop 180m 15m AGL, Sky Loop 120m 35m AGL
       + QRM X-phase eliminator
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Re: Charleston R.I. where are you? 1725 UTC 09 Nov 2018
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2018, 1735 UTC »
That's an early question...
Charleston usually comes on the air a few minutes before 1800 utc

1759 ID, very weak
1805 that's even an extra-weak signal tonight, some music heard
1912 far stronger now, fair with some fading, W retro singer
1915 "La bella romanina", 1917 ID, 1918 bit of comedy, music from movie ?
1921 ID, more music
(2020 no signal)
2046 trace of music
« Last Edit: November 09, 2018, 2047 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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+/- : about 0.02 offset, ++/-- 0.03/0.04 offset
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Re: Charleston R.Int. 5140 AM 1725 UTC 09 Nov 2018
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2018, 2004 UTC »
Thank you, Rey for explaining.
I was worried that UTIL had chased them out of this FRQ, and they have not found a new one yet.
Today (10 Nov.) at 2000 UTC,  channel is clean and SINPO 45444
RX888 ( SDR-FE-PLAY, HRD-747, Sony XDR-F1HD),
Ant. Sky Loop 180m 15m AGL, Sky Loop 120m 35m AGL
       + QRM X-phase eliminator
QTH:  N Poland  Ru/Sp/Gr/Sb=Russian,Spanish,Greek,Serbien
eQSL appreciated to: 13krzycho@gmail.com

 

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