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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: John Poet on December 25, 2024, 0101 UTC

Title: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 25 DEC 2024
Post by: John Poet on December 25, 2024, 0101 UTC
AGAIN strong signal and great audio on the Maryland 900-foot sky-loop SDR.

World War II type audio clearly identifies this as another WFDR broadcast,
although the exact programming may be a little different yet again.
Not sure who the current speaker is, but not FDR or Churchill... 0101

Mostly S-9 to S-10+

OK, this is a little later than December 1941--- talking about Eisenhower's successes in Africa,
and his pending promotion to command of the European Allied forces---

"Germany must be stripped of her military might,
and given no opportunity in the .... future to regain that might!"   0105

Later identified by speaker as another Christmas broadcast, but the year wasn't given-- suspect Christmas 1942 or 1943.

0120 announcement identified the foregoing speaker as 'the President of the United States',
but in this broadcast it didn't sound like FDR to me at all.  Ok, whatever.
Immediately followed by station ID WFDR and off at 0121 UTC.


My salute to "WFDR"---  my kind of programming
when I wanted to vary from classic rock or modern poliltics!

LOVE IT!

Several very brief audio drop-outs around 0100.

Title: Re: WFDR 6925 AM 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: elburndx on December 25, 2024, 0102 UTC
S9+20 with QRN

Title: Re: WFDR 6925 AM 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: Chuck54 on December 25, 2024, 0107 UTC
S9 + 10  SIO 555  SINPO 55345

0106 UTC Discussing international relationships, Russia, Great Britain and the United States

Thanks!!!
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 AM 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: NQC on December 25, 2024, 0113 UTC
  2000 EST :FDR strong on HFU SDR and MA SDR. Fair to weak/noisy  on my  crummy set up .

NQC
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: Charlie_Dont_Surf on December 25, 2024, 0114 UTC
In USB right now at 0113. Was this in AM earlier?
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: William Hassig on December 25, 2024, 0115 UTC
Tuned in at 0113 on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 to S9+10 signal, speeches by FDR during WW2, at 0121 said "this is WFDR" then off. 
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: John Poet on December 25, 2024, 0117 UTC
Tuned in at 0113 on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 to S9+10 signal, speeches by FDR,

CRAP!   I f*cked up!   I have been listening in USB all along without realizing it...
(I'm on the SDR!  no wonder the audio/signal is so good, LOL)

Sorry, about that, all. Corrected my subject line.

Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: Charlie_Dont_Surf on December 25, 2024, 0123 UTC
Tuned in at 0113 on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 to S9+10 signal, speeches by FDR,

CRAP!   I f*cked up!   I have been listening in USB all along without realizing it...
(I'm on the SDR!  no wonder the audio/signal is so good, LOL)

Sorry, about that, all. Corrected my subject line.

No worries.
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: John Poet on December 25, 2024, 0130 UTC
It IS true that I AM  "out of practice"!   LOL


I was never "in practice" when it came to the SDRs.... I was usually using my own receiver.



Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 3 DEC 2025 (likely, but no ID yet)
Post by: ChrisLobdell on December 25, 2024, 0237 UTC
0234 FDR speech, just above the noise. S5
0236 USA National Anthem - Instrumental.
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 24 DEC 2025
Post by: Quasar on December 25, 2024, 0242 UTC
0241 Just above the noise (S3) here as well. Music unidentifiable.
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Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 24 DEC 2025
Post by: Professor on December 25, 2024, 0247 UTC
0246 Not sure this is the same station. Signal is all over the place. Sometimes very strong and then fading way down. Currently S4 to S5. Was playing some strange Donald Duck sounding voice.
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 24 DEC 2025
Post by: FelixChapel on December 25, 2024, 0329 UTC
SIO 555
0328 Comedy Xmas song with lots of F bombs
0329 Its Christmas Time Again - Psycholouis
0330 Christmas At Ground Zero - Weird Al
0333 Harvey The Chronically Depressed Snowman - Almost Vinyl
0337 You A mean One Mr Grinch
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 24 DEC 2025
Post by: Shawndx on December 25, 2024, 0335 UTC
o335 with Harvey The Chronically Depressed Snowman. The Grinch song  Fair signals tonight
Title: Re: WFDR 6925 USB 0055 UTC 24 DEC 2025
Post by: myteaquinn on December 25, 2024, 0341 UTC
0340: No signal here at all.