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Author Topic: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020  (Read 2211 times)

PirateSWL

Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM S5-S7 in NY

0019: Brief Twilight Zone theme into Blues Image "Ride Captain Ride"
0020: This Is Captain Morgan Shortwave I.D. over the song
0022: Twilight Zone theme & I.D.
0023: The James Hunter Six "Minute By Minute"
0027: B.B. King "Early In The Morning"
0036: Another I.D. and Twilight Zone theme
« Last Edit: May 26, 2020, 0038 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2020, 0024 UTC »
on 6950.25 AM   direct
0020 weak, music
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+/- : about 0.02 offset, ++/-- 0.03/0.04 offset
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.3 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2020, 0025 UTC »
SIO: 333
0024 - "Minute By Minute" - The James Hunter Six
0027 - "Early Every Morning" - B.B. King
0029 - "You Upset Me Baby" - B.B. King
0032 - "When It Was Wrong" - The California Honeydrops
0036 - ID w/ CMSW twilight zone theme music
0041 - "Bubblegum" The California Honeydrops
0046 - ID w/ CMSW twilight zone theme music
0047 - OFF
0050 - back on
0054 - "Baby, Please Come Home" - Jimmie Vaughan
0057 - "Free Your Mins" - Too Slim & The Taildraggers
0105 - "Natural Man" - Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials
« Last Edit: May 26, 2020, 0105 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2020, 0026 UTC »
Weak signal barely above noise floor at 0025.
Some improvement  in signal at 0200, but static levels also rose.
Six of one, half a dozen of another.
« Last Edit: May 26, 2020, 0105 UTC by JohnS »
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2020, 0026 UTC »
0026z

S7

Music
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2020, 0027 UTC »
Very good signal showing S9 and sometimes jumping up to S9+10. Thanks for the broadcast Captain.

Motown tune by unk artist
More Motown by unk artists....signal is improving with sunset and remaining well about the noise floor- 0043 utc. Thanks for the great tunes.

« Last Edit: May 26, 2020, 0044 UTC by blw »
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2020, 0036 UTC »
0034 Blues

S5, just audible
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2020, 0043 UTC »
0040 UTC - Signal is S7-S9 in WNY, audio making it above the noisy band conditions tonight. Playing the blues.
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2020, 0100 UTC »
Tuned in just before 0100 to hear "Captain Morgan Shortwave" IDs and hard blues...huge signal via na5b SDR in DC
Actual frequency measured as 6950.3 on SSB
Blues through 0100
« Last Edit: May 26, 2020, 0109 UTC by dxace1 »
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0019 UTC 26 May 2020
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2020, 0106 UTC »
0105 Good signal between fades ... thanks for the blues music!
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