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Author Topic: Radio Free Mars 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020  (Read 2836 times)

Big Badfish Al

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Radio Free Mars 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« on: July 19, 2020, 2324 UTC »
Frequency: 6872.1
Mode: AM
Date: 19 July 2020
Time: 2322 -
SINPO: 33333 in Uniontown PA
Signal meter: S7+

2322 - The Beatles - We Can't World It Out (club mix)
2324 - The Beatles - Hey Jude (club mix)
2327 - siren effect
2328 - ELO - All Over The World (club mix)
2333 - slight ult interference
2334 - static and noise
2335 - ELO - Last Train To London   (bootleg club mix)
2340 - Buckner & Gracia - Pacman Fever (bootleg club mix)
2341 - sounds like an ID 'Radio Free...
2343 - Donkey Kong on keyboard and piano
2349 - ELO - Ticket To the Moon (club mix)
2352  - The Beatles - We Can Work It Out (club mix)
2256 - The Beatles - Hey Jude (club mix)
2359 - USB and ULT Interfence - tones and sounds like MARS talk
0000 - piano music
0002 - ELO - All Over The World (club mix)
0008 - ELO - Last Train To London (club mix)
0009 - Tones and more interfence in USB
0013 - Pacman again
0014 - Tones from MARS and USB talk
0014 - Back into Pacman and Donkey Kong on keyboards
0019 - ID in distorted voice 'Radio Free Mars'
0020 - Piano again off

*good white label DJ bootleg mixes

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« Last Edit: July 20, 2020, 0021 UTC by pirateswl »
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PirateSWL

Re: UNID 6873 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2020, 2328 UTC »
Radio Free Mars 6872.1 AM S2-S3 in NY

2327: "Hey Jude" but might not be by the Beatles
2329: Electric Light Orchestra "All Over The World"
2340: Various video game sounds
0019: Super Mario theme song on piano
0020: Off the air (killer show, loved all the video game stuff)(Dying for an eQSL from you !)
« Last Edit: July 20, 2020, 0021 UTC by pirateswl »
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Radio Free Mars? 6872.1 AM 2328 UTC 19 July 2020
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2020, 2328 UTC »
2328 UTC I have music here on 6872.1 AM
2330 UTC Sounds like "All Over the World"-ELO?
2332 UTC OFF I think  :( Nope...back up again!  :)
2334 UTC Faded out or OFF again?
2335 UTC Shazam says "Lost Rain to Rhonda"-Jean Claude Gavri...second time Shazaming says "Last Train to London"-ELO!

Signal picking up nicely now at S7....very nice audio!
2340 UTC Unid synthesizer instrumental followed by an interesting jazzy classical piano instrumental. Sounds like the soundtrack to a movie....
2347 UTC OFF, then back on with more piano music
2349 UTC "Ticket To the Moon"-ELO
2352 UTC Unid dance mix cover of "We Can Work It Out"
2358 UTC Unid dance mix cover of "Hey Jude"
I believe this is our good friend Marvin the Martian!  :)
0015 UTC I could clearly make out the ID "Radio Free Mars"  :)

Thanks for the interesting tunes!  8)
« Last Edit: July 20, 2020, 0016 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Radio Free Mars 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2020, 2333 UTC »
SINPO=22222 (UTE QRM and noise. Maybe some whistling too?). Up to SINPO=44333 by 2335.

2331- "All Over The World" by ELO.
2332- Off and then back with same song at 2333.
2334- Carrier off and on seemingly. Then off.
2335- Back on with "Last Train to London" by ELO. SINPO=44333 now.
2340- 80s video game Pac Man tune turned into an electronic instrumental song.
2341- Piano song, can't ID.
2342- Keyboard music with repeating melody. Then orchestral sounding, George Gershwin?
2345- Keyboard music with repeating melody again. Then orchestral again, followed by piano music. Sort of a mashup.
2347- Off, then back on with more piano music.
2348- "Ticket To The Moon" by ELO.
2352- Electronic dance version of "We Can Work It Out" by Beatles.
2357- Electronic dance version of "Hey Jude" by Beatles.
0001- Piano music repeating again. Heard distorted voice twice, at end of each repetition of the tune.
0002- "All Over The World" by ELO again. 0006- Video game sounds over music.
0007- "Last Train To London" by ELO again.

0016- Pac Man music, followed by repeating piano music and clear "Radio Free Mars" ID by OM. Then repeating piano music continues.
0018- Keyboard music with repeating melody again. Followed by same musical mashup of melodies as before.
0020- Off.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2020, 0023 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Ray Lalleu

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Re: UNID 6873 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2020, 2333 UTC »
on 6872.1
2327 some music at noise level  (not 6873 !)
(2332 gone?)
2335 trace
« Last Edit: July 19, 2020, 2336 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: UNID 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2020, 2346 UTC »
Fair signal via NA5B near Washington, D.C. ...

2343 UTC: Piano music -- sounds like no one particular piece in particular.
2347 UTC: Signal seemed to go off a moment, then back on with "Ticket to the Moon" by ELO. Sounds like the modulation's not quite right at times, but that might just be reception conditions.
2351 UTC: Sounds like a modern remix of The Beatles' "We Can Work it Out." The signal's really fading at times.
2357 UTC: Remix or dance cover of Beatles' "Hey Jude" with a couple videogame sound effects added in.
0001 UTC: Back to piano music, interrupted by a distorted-voiced ID for "Radio Free ...," then "All Over the World" by ELO, along with some more videogame sound effects added.
0007 UTC: "Last Train to London" by ELO, according to Shazam. Signal's really fading out now.

Thanks for the music, Radio Free Mars!
« Last Edit: July 20, 2020, 0019 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: UNID 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2020, 2348 UTC »
Good signal but lots of local storm interferennce - 44233

2340 - Pac Man audio clip
2343 - ID (synthesizer) "Radio Free..."
2345 - ID again but too hard to decypher
2346 - ID once more
2347 - gone then back on
2348 - Ticket To The Moon
« Last Edit: July 19, 2020, 2350 UTC by aurora »
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dxace1

Re: UNID 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2020, 2355 UTC »
6872.1 with Beatles electronic version "My Way"
Strong signal in MD at 2350 UTC
Hey Judge to 0001 UTC
PacMan sounds interspersed
« Last Edit: July 20, 2020, 0002 UTC by dxace1 »
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Radio Free Mars 6872.1 AM 2322 UTC 19 July 2020
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2020, 2356 UTC »
SIO 333 - S5-S6

2350 – “Ticket To The Moon” – ELO
2352 – “Revolution 95” – Funk Lubricator
2357 - "Hey Jude" - Mash-up
0009 - "Last Train To London" - ELO
0016 -  ID: "Radio Free Mars" by OM w/ongoing Piano music
0020 - OFF

Thanks Radio Free Mars for the show! Much appreciated!
« Last Edit: July 20, 2020, 0028 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: UNID 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2020, 0004 UTC »
Really good signal of S9+10. Thanks for the broadcast.

Mix of good rock tunes.
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Re: UNID 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2020, 0009 UTC »
Fair to good signal into NE Central Florida, some noise and fading.
0004 ELO "All Over The World"
0008 ELO "Last Train To London"
« Last Edit: July 20, 2020, 0012 UTC by The Web »
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Re: UNID 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2020, 0020 UTC »
0020 - instrumental just above the noise and then carrier gone.
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2020, 0027 UTC »
2325 Just barely audible music.  2345 suddenly bursts to very audible S5 for about 15 seconds, then drops out entirely.  Fades back in, then n and out of the static floor with mellow music, perhaps ID at a couple of points.

S3 (static floor here right now) to brief S4 peaks.
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872.1 AM 2322 UTV 19 July 2020
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2020, 0030 UTC »
Reception Report into NE Ohio

SIO 323   SINPO 33233  Rough copy with fading and noise tonight

2348  Piano music
2353 music
2359 Hey Jude Remix- Beatles

Conditions not the greatest but hope to catch you again!!
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