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Title: X-FM Shortwave 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: DimBulb on September 15, 2013, 0259 UTC
X-FM sounding good in NH tonight, S9+10 and well above the noise.

0257z Oasis - Supersonic
0301z X-FM ID (yes, you have been found thanks to LightKeeper), xfmshortwave@gmail.com
0305z Queens of the Stone Age - I Sat by the Ocean
0310z Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
0313z ID into Noro - Brand New
0318z Celestica - Crystal Castles

Taking requests here or via email (above)

0322z Van Halen - Panama (for OLY1969)
0327z Kansas - Carry on my Wayward Son  (for Skeezix)

Skeezix says his true request is for a beer, maybe you have a beer tune, or a good beer-drinking tune

0330z Blur - Girls and Boys

How about B-52's Love Shack and/or Give Me Back My Man?

0335z Reel Big Fish - Beer (raise one for me Skeezix)
0338z ID into Neon Trees & Kaskade - Lessons in Love
0348z ID into Bush - The Sound of Winter
0351z ID into Bush - Machinehead
0400z ID into Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round (sounds seriously autotuned)

0405z Bedtime - Thanks for the music RedHat  (signal still holding at S9+10)

Request line open at (408) 800-6925




Title: Re: X-FM 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: Rockpicker on September 15, 2013, 0302 UTC
6975 Am  XFM 
S7 - S8  just above the static here at S7
3:00z XFM Id
Title: Re: X-FM 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: RCCI on September 15, 2013, 0305 UTC
03:04 Just barely picking them up over the noise level S2 ---- hear OP talking
03:20 music S4 -- moving up
Title: Re: X-FM 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: BOR on September 15, 2013, 0306 UTC
Fairly good signal strength on the west coast.....only problem is the static is just as loud. Stevie Ray songs never go amiss on a Saturday night ;-)

Thanks for the show....BOR
Title: Re: X-FM 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: jFarley on September 15, 2013, 0310 UTC
Being heard here in Chicago with the typical great audio and S9+15 signal.

0305 "Playing tunes for you under the stars"

Thanks XFM!

(http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s387/jFarley44/Screenshot-2013-09-14-222002_zps434c251b.png) (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/jFarley44/media/Screenshot-2013-09-14-222002_zps434c251b.png.html)
Title: Re: X-FM 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: William Hassig on September 15, 2013, 0318 UTC
Tuned in at 0311utc, fair/poor, soft rock and pop music. xfmshortwave@gmail.com.
Title: Re: X-FM Shortwave 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on September 15, 2013, 0328 UTC
Just a trace of a carrier here, dang it!!!
Title: Re: X-FM Shortwave 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: Hornet0123 on September 15, 2013, 0356 UTC
Hearing Machine head s8 in Maine, pretty good above the noise and some occasional digital interference.

0356 - some shout outs
Title: Red Mercury Labs 6975AM
Post by: Jolly Roger on September 15, 2013, 0408 UTC
Got RML in with a nice signal into northern Canada.
Title: Re: X-FM Shortwave 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: skeezix on September 15, 2013, 0512 UTC
Been listening since he came on. Been up & down, from the noise level S5 to a solid S9.

Around 0430Z, the band dropped and signal has been just above the noise level. Too bad too, some great music playing tonight. And, of course, in the awesome C-QUAM.

Title: Re: X-FM Shortwave 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: Kilokat7 on September 15, 2013, 1322 UTC
SDR catch, very nice audio as usual, but the summer static is still with us :-(

Off-air 20 kHz wide stereo recording using the SDR and Sodira: 6975 kHz X-FM C-QUAM STEREO 0256-0337 UTC 15SE13.mp3 (http://amdxer.com/download/DX_Audio_Clips_Other/6975%20kHz%20X-FM%20C-QUAM%20STEREO%200256-0337%20UTC%2015SE13.mp3)

Thanks RH!
Title: Re: X-FM Shortwave 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on September 15, 2013, 1407 UTC
SDR recording catch. 0245 sign on, with about an S8 signal. The signal improved over time, and was around S9 by 0300, until 0340 when the band went long and it almost completely faded out. Just traces until 0520 sign off.

jFarley - a nice example of the classic barber pole effect on your waterfall, showing the path going long for you.

Title: Re: X-FM Shortwave 6975 AM 0253z Sept. 15, 2013
Post by: Kilokat7 on September 15, 2013, 1458 UTC
SDR recording catch. 0245 sign on, with about an S8 signal. The signal improved over time, and was around S9 by 0300, until 0340 when the band went long and it almost completely faded out. Just traces until 0520 sign off.

jFarley - a nice example of the classic barber pole effect on your waterfall, showing the path going long for you.


I noticed the same on my waterfall, however the "barber pole" was going the opposite direction of jFarley's.  Not sure why but I thought it was interesting.  The band went long for me during Skeezix's beer song, X-FM being hardly audible from then on.