Turtlehead Radio 6925 LSB

[Zoidberg]

4/13/12, 6925 LSB, 0355z: Collective Soul "Run", possible ID but couldn't copy here, song with autotuned vocals.
0415z: ID, still can't quite copy it clearly.
0415z: "When the Saints Come Marching In" Tom Waits? Sounds like his growlsinging and some New Orleans horns
0422z: Repeated IDs, sounds like might be Turtlehead Radio
0426z: Fairly clear ID for Turtlehead Radio, with some audio effects.  Conditions seem to be improving a bit here now.
0439z: Same techno sorta song with autotuned vocals heard earlier.  Turtlehead Radio ID.
0443z: What little I can copy of the lyrics, sounds like Thriving Ivy "For Heaven's Sake"?
0453z: Live on mic ID, shout-out to me (thanks!), with gmail address.

Rough copy until around 0425z, then improved considerably.  Audio sounds a bit thin but readable during peaks and lulls in noise.

Thanks for the show!  After 0425z was probably my best copy yet this year of Turtlehead Radio.  Best copy overall was probably back in December 2011.  Overall was coming in better at home with the indoor fugloop than via a much better receiver and outdoor antenna via a web tuner.

[weaksigs]

Nice catch Lex!
Too late for me to stay up! 

This would be a new one for me...

Cheers!

weaksigs

[ChrisSmolinski]

Noted here at 0330z on the SDR overnight recording. Mostly S6 to S7 with high noise, lots of fading. ID and mention of HFUnderground at 0452z. Email address also given: turtleheadradio@gmail.com

Signal up to S9 just as he signed off, of course. Curse you, fickle gods of HF propagation!

He came back on at 0455 for a few seconds with an ID.

[Zoidberg]

Credit where due, I got the tip from Token on evil IRC.

I checked Chris's SDR on the T2FD a few times and Turtlehead was barely audible at best.  One of those occasions where propagation to my area overpowered the usual blanket of white noise RFI that usually throttles my fugloop.

Chris, was the signal noticeably stronger on your other SDR with the sky loop?

[ChrisSmolinski]

Credit where due, I got the tip from Token on evil IRC.

I checked Chris's SDR on the T2FD a few times and Turtlehead was barely audible at best.  One of those occasions where propagation to my area overpowered the usual blanket of white noise RFI that usually throttles my fugloop.

Chris, was the signal noticeably stronger on your other SDR with the sky loop?

It was audible during much of the entire transmission (0330-0452z) with some deep fades at times. So it would seem that once again, the sky loop beat out the T2FD. Turtlehead was certainly not as strong as he usually is here.

To be fair, the high end of the T2FD isn't very high right now, due to some winter storms. Fixing that is on my agenda for Spring, along with raising some parts of the sky loop, and re-routing the south side of it behind some trees. I can never seem to leave well enough alone with antenna.