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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Grumpy Grandpa on May 02, 2023, 2229 UTC

Title: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Grumpy Grandpa on May 02, 2023, 2229 UTC
Tune-in @ 2225 to "Deutschland" Rammstein
"Radio" Rammstein @ 2229
"Just Adjust it" Audiowire @ 2234
"Weit Wag" Rammstein @ 2238 (good signal peaks here)
SSTV @ 2242
"Radioactivity" Kraftwerk @ 2244
SSTV @ 2251
Talk abt Gordon Lightfoot's passing- something about playing tunes by the artist @ 2253
There was probably an ID in here too- I missed it.
"Early Morning Rain" G.Lightfoot @ 2254
"For Lovin' Me" G.Lightfoot @ 2257
"Go Go Girl" G. Lightfoot @ 2259
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" G. Lightfoot @ 2302
SSTV (aborted) followed by retry @ 2308
"Pussy-Willows, Cat-Tails" @ 2310 (aborted and restarted)

Thanks for the varied show, mate!

S9 SIO=444 w/ occasional fades (updated)

Fort Smith AR/RSPdx/CCW loop kit + 25x25 LoG
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on May 02, 2023, 2234 UTC
2234 SIO 444
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Skipmuck on May 02, 2023, 2235 UTC
2234 UTC Unid Rammstein song (Solid S4, but just above the noise)
2242 UTC Martin 1 SSTV (Turned on the app late)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ocyw14i.jpg)
2354 UTC "Early Morning Rain"-Gordon Lightfoot  8)
2357 UTC "For Lovin' Me"-Gordon Lightfoot
2302 UTC "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"-Gordon Lightfoot (This song is a masterpiece!)
2313 UTC "Bitter Green"-Gordon Lightfoot
2316 UTC "If You Could Read My Mind"-Gordon Lightfoot  :)
2320 UTC "Summer Side of Life"-Gordon Lightfoot
(https://i.imgur.com/0ARKjOt.jpg)
2326 UTC "Cotton Jenny"-Gordon Lightfoot
2329 UTC "Beautiful"-Gordon Lightfoot
2332 UTC DJ chat but didn't catch what was said
2333 UTC "Sundown"-Gordon Lightfoot
2336 UTC "Carefree Highway"-Gordon Lightfoot
(https://i.imgur.com/lC1zuJg.jpg)
2341 UTC "Rainy Day People"-Gordon Lightfoot
(https://i.imgur.com/cOg2Ifr.jpg)
2349 UTC "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"-Gordon Lightfoot
2356 UTC "Race Among the Ruins"-Gordon Lightfoot
2359 UTC "Daylight Katy"-Gordon Lightfoot
0003 UTC "The Circle Is Small"-Gordon Lightfoot
(https://i.imgur.com/d35ifcz.jpg)
0008 UTC "Baby Step Back"-Gordon Lightfoot
0012 UTC OM DJ chat..."one of the greats...life devoted to music", followed by "Stay Loose"-Gordon Lightfoot
0016 UTC "Restless"-Gordon Lightfoot
0020 UTC OM DJ chat, then OFF

Thank you for the fine tribute to a great singer-songwriter! RIP Gordon....
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: N2MLP on May 02, 2023, 2236 UTC
2234UTC
S 5 signal

playing music
unknown song
rob zombie?
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: IrvingtonVFD43 on May 02, 2023, 2244 UTC
2241-Just tuned in, weak w/music S3 at best
2243-SSTV transmission.

(https://i.imgur.com/bCucsrX.png)

2310-Another SSTV transmission-Gordon Lightfoot album cover.

(https://i.imgur.com/XoxdHp4.png)

Gordon Lightfoot takes me back to my younger years. My Dad listened to him all the time!
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Chuck54 on May 02, 2023, 2244 UTC
Reception into NE Ohio:

S8  SIO 444  SINPO 45444

2240 UTC Weit Weg by Rammstein
2242 SSTV Image of Rammstein
2244 Geiger Counter/Radioactivity by Kraftwerk
2251 SSTV image Chicken head   
2253 Host comments on tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, play Greatest Hits album
2254 Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot
2257 For Lovin' Me by GL
2258 Signal now S9+ 10  SIO 555  SINPO 55555 Loud and clear!!!

Thanks for the broadcast and great tribute.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Ct Yankee on May 02, 2023, 2247 UTC
Fair reception, just over very low noise floor

2246 Unid music
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Bali_Frank on May 02, 2023, 2249 UTC
signal S6-7 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
22.45 song "Radioactivity"
22.51 SSTV
23.53 talking, ID (a man)
23.54 song "Early Morning Rain"

(https://imgur.com/lsj049v.jpg)
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Sky Waves on May 02, 2023, 2256 UTC
2252 UTC SIO 444, S8 into my SDR direct
2252 SSTV- Just tuned in and didn't decode.
2253 Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot
2256 For Lovin' Me by Gordon Lightfoot
2258 Go-Go Round by Gordon Lightfoot
2301 Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Thanks for the program!
2307 SSTV(https://i.imgur.com/k3HHk8q.png) (https://i.imgur.com/h8vIV2x.png) (https://i.imgur.com/LkPeyMV.png)
2308 Pussywillows, Cat-tails
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: dxbill on May 02, 2023, 2257 UTC
Beautiful Thunder Chicken Radio SSTV and voice ID at 2254 UTC. Thanks for the Gordon Lightfoot tribute love it! Thanks Much, Thunder Chicken!!! S9 here in Central Wisconsin.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Andrew Yoder on May 02, 2023, 2259 UTC
VG signal with what I guess is a song by Gordon Lightfoot
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: N2MLP on May 02, 2023, 2316 UTC
2315 UTC
S 7 signal
playing music
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: dxace1 on May 02, 2023, 2327 UTC
G Lightfoot tribues
Signal OK at Maryland as of 2327 UTC
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Markokpik on May 02, 2023, 2328 UTC
2315 "Bitter Green", "If you could read my mind", 2321 recording "Summer Side of Life", SSTV (Gordon Lightfoot), "Cotton Jenny", "Beautiful" (some technical problems), T.C. "that one must be corrupted" … talked about how good a story teller Gordon Lightfoot was. "Sundown",  "Carefree Highway", , SSTV (didn't decode here), "Rainy Day People", SSTV (Picture of Gordon Lightfoot performing "R. I. P. Gordon Lightfoot 11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023", "Edmund Fitzgerald" (glitchy), 2351 signal dropped (with increase in QRN) ... back about 1 min. later, "Race among the ruins",  "Daylight Katy", "The Circle is Small",  SSTV (GL face shot), "Baby step back", TC thanks all for listening, "Stay loose", UnId show, TC not bowing out with usual thunder and crash." ... off.

S6 - 7.  Good audio.

Nice tribute thanks Thunder Chicken.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: myteaquinn on May 02, 2023, 2338 UTC
2337: Carefree Highway at tune in. Nice S9 signal.
2342: Rainy Day People
2351: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
2357: Race Among the Ruins
0010: Baby Step Back
0013: Stay Loose
0017: Restless

(https://i.postimg.cc/FHDH8gK7/Thunder-Chicken-Radio-6950-USB-05-03-2023a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Sparkyzilla85 on May 02, 2023, 2352 UTC
2350 UTC Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald      S9+10 signal

(https://i.postimg.cc/jW7v6w4B/2023-05-02-18-48-59.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jW7v6w4B)
(https://i.postimg.cc/yWBn9Ngr/2023-05-02-18-41-30.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yWBn9Ngr)



Thanks for the show!



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Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 02 MAY 2023
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on May 02, 2023, 2355 UTC
23:54 UTC - Weak readable with Gordon Lightfoot tribute.


RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
Post by: Molvania Poacher on May 03, 2023, 0023 UTC
SINPO=13211, very weak signal here tonight.

0018- "Restless" by Gordon Lightfoot.
0020- Off or lost signal here.