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Author Topic: Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021  (Read 2349 times)

The Mercian

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Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021
« on: December 26, 2021, 1451 UTC »
SIO 555

1448z Presenter
1448z The Christmas Song / The Raveoettes
1451z ID
1451z Space Christmas / Allo Darlin'
1454z Presenter - a selection of christmas music
1455z My dear acquaintance / Regina Spektor

« Last Edit: December 26, 2021, 1455 UTC by europirate »
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Re: Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2021, 1534 UTC »
signal S9+15-20 on the SDR in SW England
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Re: Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2021, 1543 UTC »
Seems to be rather distorted and splattering a bit. S9 in SW England
1542 Listener reports
1544 signal clean now

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Re: Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2021, 1602 UTC »
1600 TX out
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Re: Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2021, 1616 UTC »
On @ 16:15. Audio improved. s9+30+ on Ireland NW sdr. Weak but audible direct here.

The Mercian

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Re: Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2021, 1635 UTC »
SIO 555

Cuckoo ID
1630z A holly jolly christmas / Starlite Singers
ID in I
1633z I saw three ships ... / Nahville Praise ensemble
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Re: Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2021, 1655 UTC »
on 6275     Sony+wire
1653 "Wonderful Xmas time", 1655 ID, music
D/E/F/G/It/Sp : Dutch/English/French/German/Italian/Spanish
+/- : about 0.02 offset, ++/-- 0.03/0.04 offset
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Re: Radio Cuckoo 6275 AM 1448 UTC 26 Dec 2021
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2021, 1824 UTC »
1455z My dear acquaintance / Regina Spektor

Repeated at 1818 UTC.

Christmas Tonight / Hillary Scott at 1823
Female announcer with an Irish accent.

SINPO 55555 / S9+40 dB signal strength with zero variation (groundwave) on the NW Ireland SDR.
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