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Title: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: DangerKitty on December 29, 2022, 2357 UTC
mx at 2357
S6, 34333
no ID so far
2359: easy listening music, can't ID
0000: sci-fi type music (or sound fx?), again, can't ID
0002: breaks in audio, frequency seems to be drifting up/down
song: You Got Lucky - Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
0008: now S7-8, 33333 (except for some distortion); QRM from some digital signal from about 4147-4180 or so
0014: audio off/on; "Don't Come Around Here No More" - Tom Petty & HBs
0023: "Won't Back Down" - TP & HBs
0025: "Running Down A Dream" - TP & HBs
0030: OM: "Cluck, cluck, cluck. I think the transmitter's warmed up now." -> "Free Falling" - TP & HBs
0033: S+N: -87 dBm, SNR: up to 16 peaks, freq. still seems to drift now and again
0034: ? more TP & HBs, I believe
0042: SSTV
0044: "Learning to Fly" - TP & HBs
0105: "Rare and Precious Chain" - Jethro Tull

Not sure if the audio distortion is from frequency drift or variable speed playback of vinyl or cassette.

0109: "Kissing Willie" - Jethro Tull
Waterfall image at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAOzdNzCujrxo-aK7oEm4GvhWcOe-jIx/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for the show! Very nice musical selection.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: myteaquinn on December 30, 2022, 0001 UTC
0000 UTC: Good signal with sound effects, moaning and blowing wind, ect..

(https://i.postimg.cc/RhBw9zNk/Thunder-Chicken-Radio-4180-USB-12-30-2022a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)  (https://i.postimg.cc/prcbpSTq/Thunder-Chicken-Radio-4180-USB-12-30-2022b.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)  (https://i.postimg.cc/K8v0JyFY/Thunder-Chicken-Radio-4180-USB-12-30-2022c.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)  (https://i.postimg.cc/rmWjKVGf/Thunder-Chicken-Radio-4180-USB-12-30-2022d.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Skipmuck on December 30, 2022, 0003 UTC
0002 UTC "You Got Lucky"-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
(S5 peaks and solid above the high noise level...signal is drifting badly)
0009 UTC "Don't Come Around Here No More"-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
(Still drifting)
0020 UTC "Jammin Me"-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers (Signal is unstable)
0022 UTC "I Won't Back Down"-TP & H
0026 UTC "Running Down A Dream"-TP & H
(Frequency seems to be varying a few hz up and down and occasional transmission breaks)
0030 UTC OM with "Cluck Cluck Cluck...I think the transmitters ? now", into "Free Falling"-TP & H
0042 UTC Scottie 1 SSTV
(http://i.imgur.com/v3lpnul.jpg) (https://imgur.com/v3lpnul)
0130 UTC OFF

Thanks for the TP and the Tull!
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on December 30, 2022, 0006 UTC
20 over here and sounding good.  Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Ray Lalleu on December 30, 2022, 0007 UTC
on  4180 USB   DIRECT
0005  guessing some music in the noise
0018 peaking, music, 0019 fax QRM
fading up very slowly, 0030 talking (no copy), music
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: elburndx on December 30, 2022, 0008 UTC
S9+10

distorted audio and occasionally going off air

0006 You Got Lucky - Tom Petty
0009 Don’t Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Bali_Frank on December 30, 2022, 0014 UTC
signal S9+ on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
Title: Thunder Chicken 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: TRI International on December 30, 2022, 0024 UTC
0017 UTC Just tuned in to music song / also hear humming sound.
0022 UTC more music
0026 UTC song "Runnin down a dream"
0029 UTC Om said hes getting the transmitter warmed up now then the song "Free fallin"
0035 UTC song "A face in the crowd"
0038 UTC song "Yer so bad"

S 7 to 8, using Shazam to id songs. Thanks for the show pls Qsl and thanks.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: flexoman61 on December 30, 2022, 0028 UTC
0027 Tom Petty playing. Fair/good signal, audio is a little rough.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: JustGreg on December 30, 2022, 0031 UTC
I have it with a fair signal and some QRM for wideband trading signal.  Playing Tom Petty.  Thanks for the show.
0124, Just sent Thunder Chicken ID in waterfall.  Neat!
0126, ID via SSTV image.
0144, Happy New Year, followed by images.  SSTV is an old vacuum tube receiver.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Molvania Poacher on December 30, 2022, 0033 UTC
SINPO=24222

032- "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty.
034- "A Face In The Crowd" by Tom Petty.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: William Hassig on December 30, 2022, 0033 UTC
Tuned in at 0032 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal and some 60hz powerline buzz, slow pop tune "free falling", songs are playing at unsteady speed like an old cassette player, at 0042 SSTV/FAX, thanks for the tunes.   
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Evil Elvis on December 30, 2022, 0106 UTC
Good sig into west TN.

0103: Tull
0105: more Tull
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: ear in the ether on December 30, 2022, 0150 UTC
01:50UTC, 4180 khz USB, Jethro Tull.... S9 signal, good audio
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Sky Waves on December 30, 2022, 0203 UTC
0202utc SIO 444, S7  using a Maryland kiwisdr
0203 rock song but no ID sounds like Jethro Tull?
0207 Rock song starting with a flute
Thanks for the program!
0212 Farm On The Freeway by Jethro Tull
0222 Digital signal followed by SSTV
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Pigmeat on December 30, 2022, 0213 UTC
Good choice of frequency, Rooster. There's no use in banging heads with propagation on 41 meters when it doesn't want to play.

That blonde in the shredded jeans reminds me of a lot of ex-girlfriends. That's the kind that cause fights. Don't go off until I get back from taking a leak.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Shortwave_Listener on December 30, 2022, 0221 UTC
S7 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR. Usual horrible Thunder Chicken audio.

0219 UTC-Unknown Music
0223 UTC-Waterfall Image
0223 UTC- Scottie 1 SSTV, interrupted
0223 UTC-“Hang on a minute, I’m gonna start that one over”
0223 UTC-Scottie 1 SSTV
0225 UTC-“Last song, thanks for listening”
0225 UTC-Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull
0230 UTC-Thunder Chicken Radio ID
0230 UTC-OFF

(https://i.ibb.co/cvYnb4j/Thunder-Chicken-Radio-4180-USB-0223-UTC-30-DEC-2022-S1.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Pigmeat on December 30, 2022, 0243 UTC
Big signal on the Kiwi w/ the 900 ft. loop on Smolinski's Radio Ranch. A good 10 over. I heard most of "Locomotive Breath" and the outro I.D.

I don't know how they mic'd Ian and that flute live? I saw them several times at their peak and the guy danced all over the stage while playing it. I'm certain he was as stoned as most of the audience.
Title: Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 4180 USB 2357 UTC 29 DEC 2022
Post by: Pigmeat on December 30, 2022, 0407 UTC
Tuned in at 0032 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal and some 60hz powerline buzz, slow pop tune "free falling", songs are playing at unsteady speed like an old cassette player, at 0042 SSTV/FAX, thanks for the tunes.

Old cassettes can cause the same sound. Some of my "Radio Al Fansome" shows sound like Charlie Brown's teacher after a couple of decades in the box. A Tom Petty cassette from the 80's is going to have a lot of stretch in it.