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Title: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: DangerKitty on April 19, 2024, 2353 UTC
2352: talking; "please stand by. radio is having techincal difficulties. [etc.]" in EE and GG
2354: "Sweet Melissa" - Allman Brothers
55544, S9+20, slight fading; very strong
2358: "This is station Sternradio" by OM and YL
0031: QSY to 6945.7 -> music

Thank you for the broadcast!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: myteaquinn on April 19, 2024, 2355 UTC
2353: "The transmitter is smoking" into Melissa by The Allman Brothers Band.
2359: Absent Friends by Killing Joke.
0116: Masochist II by Die Form.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: Markokpik on April 19, 2024, 2356 UTC
2354  Alternate sections by YL & OM, mellow rock music.

A7

Sounds like Sternradio.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: intellman on April 19, 2024, 2356 UTC
2354 - Hearing The Allman Brothers "Melissa". Signal is S7 into my NYC shack.

Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: Ct Yankee on April 19, 2024, 2358 UTC
Good reception, Better here on AM

2358 YL and OM from Sternradio talking
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: Skipmuck on April 20, 2024, 0000 UTC
2356 UTC "Melissa"-Allman Brothers (S8 peaks with moderate fading)
2357 UTC OM and YL with Sternradio ID
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: Mick Boyle on April 20, 2024, 0000 UTC
MD SDR

2359 UTC Absent Friends- Killing Joke
0004 UTC Performance - Poptone
0008 UTC Worlock (LP Mix) - Skinny Puppy
Title: Re: UNID 6961.6 USB 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: super skyrider on April 20, 2024, 0002 UTC
About an S3 in Tulsa, signals kinda weak everywhere this evening,

"Melissa" Allman Bros 2355

can't hear announcer very well after song...

I'll have to stick with this awhile to see if things improve

Thanks for the show!!

Chris KC5IIE
Rec: FDM DUO (SdrConsole)
Ant 40m loop

Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: Radio Star on April 20, 2024, 0008 UTC
0008 - "Worlock" - Skinny Puppy
0014 - "Dis-O-Bedience" - KMFDM
0019 - "More Resistance" - Borghesia
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 then 6945.67 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: William Hassig on April 20, 2024, 0013 UTC
Tuned in at 0010 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S9-S9+10 signal, unusual pop music, shifted freq several times, 
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0026 UTC
unusual pop music
These are our favourite compliments!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: elburndx on April 20, 2024, 0028 UTC
S9+30!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0031 UTC
QSY 6945.666 avoiding legit users of said spectrum.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: WA0093SWL on April 20, 2024, 0036 UTC
Clear here in Missouri. So is Captain Morgan too
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: Doc Roe on April 20, 2024, 0040 UTC
Big +20 over signal. However selective fade/phase distortion being exasperated here by the wide bandwidth.
 Would probably sound awesome with more stable conditions and less multi-path.
 SIO 555+.
 Not familiar with the EU music,....but still a nice backdrop on a raw, chilly eve.
 Thanks for the show, Stern!!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0047 UTC
There was some digimode stuff behind me, moved back to 6961.666
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: JustGreg on April 20, 2024, 0047 UTC
I have it with a fair signal.  Just ID as Satan's Radio, email address into a song. Some digital mode now.
0047 moved to 6961.8
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0052 UTC
I have it with a fair signal.  Just ID as Satan's Radio, email address into a song. Some digital mode now.
0047 moved to 6961.8
Like a hooker, I know when to move to another corner!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0059 UTC
I moved to 6946.666 to avoid some narrowband donkey.

No honor amongst thieves.  Cunts.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0108 UTC
Fuck it, we'll lose a sideband!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0122 UTC
I'm down at 6938.666 currently.  Damn you all!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: DXrafaelcolDX on April 20, 2024, 0146 UTC
Hi noted on 6938.7 with low signal, also with some deep fades; but I can hear the music in the signal peaks SIO 232

thanks forthe show, greetings from Colombia
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: radioKB5AG on April 20, 2024, 0146 UTC
Still sounds good with one sideband!  S9 in East Tennessee.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0152 UTC
Still sounds good with one sideband!  S9 in East Tennessee.
It's amazing with the 0Hz reference of the carrier does for AM audio!
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: radioKB5AG on April 20, 2024, 0201 UTC
I like you back on good old AM again.  You're audio is good out to around 14khz, but then fading makes it noisy.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0205 UTC
I like you back on good old AM again.  You're audio is good out to around 14khz, but then fading makes it noisy.
What sort of receiver do you use? I'm curious as to what isn't happy with sideband + carrier.  Much of this is an experimentation process for us.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: bcoggs on April 20, 2024, 0214 UTC
0211 Switched to USB

Signal very strong, but difficult to make out voice or enjoy music. Perhaps over-equalized, over-compressed, IMHO.


(https://i.imgur.com/Mm2LGfd.png)
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0214 UTC
Heavy metal tunes are the true challenge of an AM transmitter.  Transformers growl just as loudly as the guitars.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: radioKB5AG on April 20, 2024, 0223 UTC
I'm using a Reuter RDR Pocket. It does fine with a single sideband, but I had it in SSB to start with and it was fiddly to tune your signal.  Switching back to AM solved that.  And then you went back to AM.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: sternradio666 on April 20, 2024, 0228 UTC
0211 Switched to USB

Signal very strong, but difficult to make out voice or enjoy music. Perhaps over-equalized, over-compressed, IMH


(https://i.imgur.com/Mm2LGfd.png)
Much of that is the source material.  I may be a little over aggressive on the compression myself.  I play some very...not pleasant music sometimes.  For example, Satyricon does not do well over AM.   One learns a lot about the hits of the past by blasting out shitty AM today.

You want to be a hitmaker? Blat out your tunes over HF and see if they sound like garbage not, if not, you might have a hit.  Really.  Shit we've learned here at Sternradio.
Title: Re: Sternradio 6945.7 was 6961.6 AM 2352 UTC 19 APR 2024
Post by: bcoggs on April 20, 2024, 1405 UTC
Thanks for the show!