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Offline S. McArdle

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The Crystal Ship via High Plains Relay Service
« on: June 18, 2012, 0222 UTC »
The Crystal Ship via High Plains Relay Service, 6-18-12, 0216-0329, 6.925U, sigs at S7-9, hearing star spangled banner, then Baseball Extravaganza pgm, tunes "Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball," "I Love Mickey" & Springsteen's "Glory Days," and Abbott & Costello's "Who's On First." Also, Joe DiMaggio's Mr. Coffee commercial & tune by Meatloaf.
« Last Edit: June 18, 2012, 1610 UTC by S. McArdle »
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Re: The Crystal Ship via relay service
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2012, 0223 UTC »
s5-7in ok
sounds great
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Re: The Crystal Ship via relay service
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2012, 0228 UTC »
On at 0213 with a bit of "Dark Side of the Moon"
0214z Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum!
0215   Doors "Crystal Ship"
0218   Star Spangled Banner
0219   Baseball?  The Radical with TCS ID announcing The Baseball Extravaganza
0220   "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"

About S9.  Thanks Poet and whoever did the relay!
« Last Edit: June 18, 2012, 0230 UTC by textim »
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Re: The Crystal Ship via relay service
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2012, 0231 UTC »
6/18/2012, 6925 khz USB,

The Radical's "TCS Baseball Extravaganza" show

0226- "People will come. People will most definately come" (Field of Dreams)
Into "I love Mickey (Mantle)" song

0228- Bogie on Baseball
0229- "Love is like a baseball game"

0323- Commander Bunny threatens to stalk you and your wife, if you don't join Free Radio Cafe! heh


Weak but listenable in USB.
SINPO=25343

via High Plains Relay Service, I presume.
« Last Edit: June 18, 2012, 0326 UTC by John Poet »
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Re: The Crystal Ship via relay service
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2012, 0240 UTC »
6/18/12, 6925 USB, 0230z: Just tuned in, heard TCS Relay Network ID and "Baseball!".  Verrry dramatic reading of "Casey at the Bat", sounds like Borlis Karloff reading, tough copy through fades and local noise.  Springsteen "Glory Days".
0243z: Abbott and Costello "Who's On First" routine.  I dunno.  Third base.
0247z: Song about Ty Cobb.
0250z: "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio", Les Brown & His Band of Reno w/ Betty Jane Bonney
0252z: "You are tuned to the TCS Shortwave Relay Network" ID
0300z: John Fogarty "Centerfield", "Go get 'em, Tigers", other stuff.
0307z: Ol' lady sez someone is being "too darned sexually explicit"
0315z: Meatloaf "Pair of Dice by the Dashboard Light".  Pair of Guys.  Pair of Eyes.  Pero Dies.  Something like that.
0323z: Commander Bunny endorses the Free Radio Cafe? The late, great Rodney King was right - We really can all just get along. :o
0329z: Sign-off ID, Quint, Ramones "We Want the Airwaves", Jack Webb, Cary Grant
SINPO=43323, signal peaks up to S9 via indoor antenna, but fades to S1.
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Re: The Crystal Ship via relay service
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2012, 0243 UTC »
Very nice signal and audio here at 0240 with "Glory Days", "Who's On First" bit.

Great show; thanks TCS!
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Re: The Crystal Ship via relay service
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2012, 0248 UTC »
Enjoying the program with SINPO 33233 here in Southern Virginia...

Thank You TCS for the relayed program!!!

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Re: The Crystal Ship via relay service
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2012, 1327 UTC »
Recorder catch:

6925 USB SIO 333-434

Good signal & audio with some fading - similar details as others.

02:14z-03:29z  The Crystal Ship 'Baseball' show via HPRS

Audio (complete broadcast): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/TheCrystalShiphprsRelay6925Usb0214z-0329z06-18-12.mp3

Good to hear ya again Poet & thnx HPRS for the relay! :)
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Re: The Crystal Ship via High Plains Relay Service
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2012, 1834 UTC »
SDR recording catch, mostly an S7 signal, noise levels not too bad, so overall very good reception.
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Re: The Crystal Ship via High Plains Relay Service
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2012, 1849 UTC »
I had this one too.  Good signal into southern Wisconsin, heard from 0238-0315 UTC, though it was definitely on both before and after I heard it.  My first encounter with TCS, woohoo! 
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