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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: myteaquinn on December 04, 2023, 0110 UTC
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Playing a Casey Kasem program for a transmitter test.
0114: State of the Heart by Rick Springfield.
0121: Heaven by Bryan Adams.
0124: Hello Again by Neil Diamond.
0409: Off, thank you for the show tonight.
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4185 khz, S9+ Casey Kasem... #32 on the count down...thanks for the broadcast !
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SINPO=44444
107- Casey Kasem on the mic. July 27, 1985 American Top 40.
108- "St. Elmo's Fire Theme" by John Parr.
110- Short snippets of 80s tunes in quick succession.
111- Radio ads, then weather forecast, follwed by commercial station ID.
112- Casey back on the mic.
112- "State Of The Heart" by Rick Springfield.
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How is the audio comrades? We are optimizing everything including the audio. Please let us know how you think it sounds.
Many thanks, DW
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AUDIO IS GREAT !!!
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0124 Audio good for SSB .... how many watts DW? 500 watts nice
0232 The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News.
0304 Still sounding good here DW!
0409 off - good signal to the end!
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Half a kilo!
Thanks for the input.
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Comrade, the audio quality is excellent-- Clear and crisp!
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Audio is pretty good!
Sinpo55555
American Top 40 w/Casey Kasem
0130utc Radio Ads and wx
0131utc “The Goonies are good enough” by Cindy Lauper
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0121 UTC Rough reception here with moderate fading and an S5 noise level, but some S7 peaks with excellent audio. Casey Kasem's American Top 40 relay
0142 UTC "St Elmo's Fire"-John Parr
0249 UTC "Sussudio"-Phil Collins (signal is about the same with the high noise level here)
0317 UTC Hit some S8 peaks during "Never Surrender"-Corey Hart
0400 UTC "Shout"-Tears For Fears"
0404 UTC "Every Time You Go Away"-Paul Young
Here's a 15 minute recording from 0121-0136 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gZW_cpGNZ0uhY1wfDDgjA9j5auVzn_HR/view?usp=sharing
Another 15 minute recording from 0318-0333 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KmW2u5Vf8zZq1yW5vRAzjDaLEVcMPV_f/view?usp=sharing
Thank you for the trip back to 1985 DJDW!
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Great signal on the Sutton, MA SDR! S7-S9
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Great to hear from everyone! I'm going to just let this show play out the whole way. It will likely fade out for most but its a great test for the station and heats the bunker too! Thanks Skipmuck for the recording! I'll check it out after.
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Super strong, S9+15 / SINPO 55555 on a New England SDR with Casey Kaysem's American Top 40 countdown from obviously decades ago (about 1985 or so) but adverts from 2021. Replay from a station in the Canadian Maritimes, "Coast 101". (Eh?) Mentions of Nova Scotia in the adverts and temperatures in Celsius but then an advert for a car dealership in Newfoundland.
DJDW asked for comments on the audio. I'm listening on a hi-fi speaker. I'm going to be the contrarian and say that the high end sounds a little restricted; there is a bit more rolloff above 3 KHz than I have heard from you in the past on 43 meters. Sorry to rain on the parade. Otherwise, no problems.
Recording of 5:23 starting at 0209 UTC, after boosting the high end: https://voca.ro/1oMzWXHwR937 (https://voca.ro/1oMzWXHwR937)
0241 - Live on-scene report from a pastry shop in downtown Saint John's (Newfoundland).
0246 - They are up to Phil Collins' "Sussudio" with Kasey playing all the sections of songs containing stuttering that have hit number 1.
0250 - Gotta go. I'm out. Cheers.
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ok Charlie...thanks for the report. Opened up the highs a little bit more. Any change?
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ok Charlie...thanks for the report. Opened up the highs a little bit more. Any change?
Yeah, I think so. In fact, I think I noticed the exact moment that you did that. Seeing "energy" out a little past 4 KHz now, which is new. TNX, man.
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I can get it in the ballpark here attenuated on my SDR but you really can't beat listener reports in the distance. Thanks again for helping.
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I can get it in the ballpark here attenuated on my SDL but you really can't beat listener reports in the distance. Thanks again for helping.
I know exactly what you are talking about. I aim to please (most of the time ;D ).
Scroll up to my first post for a recording.
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Sounds great here. S9+10, minimal fading, low noise, 4 kHz wide signal. Mentions of Gander and PEI; this is a Canadian feed.
Was that you broadcasting Casey Kasem on 6950 earlier?
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Yes that was me on 6950 earlier. Yesterday too. As hard to believe as this sounds yesterday I picked the exact same show that 77LJS decided to play also totally at random. Well, kind of. It was recommended in my You Tube feed, which made me pick it for a transmitter test. After seeing I was identified as 77LJS I checked the logs and found out we aired the same feed :o :-[
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Got it. It was I who suggested the broadcast earlier tonight might have been 77LJS based on the similarity (I even sent them a reception report!). I edited the post to remove the reference and changed the title of the thread from UNID to RFW. Thanks for the confirmation.
Sounding great here!
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I picked the exact same show that 77LJS decided to play also totally at random. Well, kind of. It was recommended in my You Tube feed, which made me pick it for a transmitter test.
Big Brother Google's influence is felt far and wide. ;D
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Here I thought I had a great original idea to air this old stuff as my transmitter test! lol Nope. I was shocked 77LJS was already doing it and especially that we aired the SAME damn show. I mean c'mon! What are the odds?! I wouldn't believe me but its the honest truth guys. Crazy smh ;D
Looks like the ATU was indeed the source of all my troubles on these lower frequencies. Swapped for higher power caps and inductors and not a single hiccup. Rock solid.
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Yes that was me on 6950 earlier. Yesterday too. As hard to believe as this sounds yesterday I picked the exact same show that 77LJS decided to play also totally at random. Well, kind of. It was recommended in my You Tube feed, which made me pick it for a transmitter test. After seeing I was identified as 77LJS I checked the logs and found out we aired the same feed :o :-[
I fixed that other thread you mentioned!
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,122051.0.html
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Allright thanks Skipmuck!
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Still going strong at 0335 with Bruce Springsteen, "Glory Days." Rock solid signal. My local 25,000 watt flamethrower doesn't come in this good. ;D
Whitney Houston at 0348
QRT at 0409.
Thanks again for the broadcasts!
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I enjoyed the show as much as you folks. Simpler times. Great music and a legendary DJ. Proud to bring it to you. Perhaps I will again. Thanks for tuning in and helping with the reports and recordings.
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My off-air recording is here:
https://archive.org/details/radio-free-whatever-4185-usb-0208-utc-4-dec-2023 (https://archive.org/details/radio-free-whatever-4185-usb-0208-utc-4-dec-2023)
Will post one for the earlier broadcast on 6950, too.