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Title: XLR8 6950 USB *0132-0318* UTC 11Apr15
Post by: jFarley on April 11, 2015, 0134 UTC

0132 just coming on with a song by YL
0134 punkish sx
0139 Grapevine cover
0146 now a much stronger S9 w/ unid song - the spectrum is beginning to look somewhat familiar...
0149 XLR8 ID
0153 ID w/ just a tich of reverb, and back to mx  --  really sounding great now
0157 sounds like Senegalese mx?
0219 ID over Western instrumental
0222 great show tonite! TY!
0234 Franco & TPOK Jazz - Ndaya (you rock!)  --  a song about a guy dancing for joy after escaping an arranged marriage
0308 ID  --  props still holding up nicely
0318 ID and off; very much appreciate it

S5 here initially with some ute QRM

There seems 2B some (vestigial?) carrier there; don't know who it belongs to
Carrier down to 6940 ~0140z

Thanks for the show, XLR8!
Got any Franco & TPOK Jazz?

Title: Re: UNID 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: Crellitor on April 11, 2015, 0137 UTC

signal S9+10 here in SE SC.

Crashes are almost as big.

There is a station on LSB. The carrier may be from there.

Looking closely, it looks like a flex radio with the DSP TX buffer set low. Maybe 512 0r 1024.

Title: Re: UNID 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: blw on April 11, 2015, 0140 UTC

Punk rock pretty loud with noise that also a bit loud. Good signal but deep fades. Just faded completely.

Coming back in very weak. CCR- Heard it on the Grapevine playing.

Thanks for the show.

I think the carrier belongs to the show. I tried filtering it out bit by bit and audio always went screwy. Like it has to have the carrier.

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: refmo on April 11, 2015, 0141 UTC

S5 here with occasional light fades, audio quality improving as the show progresses.  "Heard It Through the Grapevine" by The Slits @ 0140.
0143 - song by The Clash
ID @ 0149

Thanks for the tunes

Title: Re: UNID 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: hsmith77 on April 11, 2015, 0145 UTC

S3 with static pops . " Jani Jones"

Title: Re: UNID 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: blw on April 11, 2015, 0148 UTC

Yeah, Heard it Through the Grapevine. That's what I said. ;D

Suddenly became clear with little noise. Wow, how did this happen?

Ah- XLR8 ID. okay.

Title: Re: UNID 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: RCCI on April 11, 2015, 0149 UTC

01:48 just tuned into music S8 signal, very good audio
01:49 Clear ID XLR8

Thanks for the Show!

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: kgb on April 11, 2015, 0154 UTC

01:53  Rock mx with good audio and signal into NE Ohio
ID at 01:54

01:54   back to music

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: Oliver on April 11, 2015, 0202 UTC

S7+ with some long fading.
0158 UTC, African music
0202 UTC, ID"XLR8 "

Thanks for the show.

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: oly1959 on April 11, 2015, 0209 UTC

Catching XLR8 here also with a S7 and good audio. Heard the Clash along with clear ID at 0149 and at 0202. Glad I was home to catch your show my friend. ;D

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: MrMomB on April 11, 2015, 0218 UTC

2:01  S-6 tonight.  A recent solar storm and regional thunder bumpers hampering the cause.  73 XLR8.
3:00  Signal up, still listening.

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0132 UTC 11Apr15
Post by: Skipmuck on April 11, 2015, 0225 UTC

Tuned in at 0207 UTC to some trance music with S6 signal here into Western MA, well above the static crashes. 0210 UTC "XLR8" ID, into reggae tune and some esoteric tunage...0021 UTC with what sounds like some African highlife music! Sounding good tonight XLR8!

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB *0132-0318* UTC 11Apr15
Post by: ByteBORG on April 11, 2015, 1241 UTC

Late SDR Recording Catch
SINPO: 33222 - noise and fading

0149 - Positive ID with reverb by OM as: "XLR8"
           into a song with some frantic guitar work (?)

Of the 3 stations on the waterfall at 0149,
XLR8, RTN and Liquid, XLR8 has the better signal, followed by Liquid and then RTN.
Only XLR8 is listenable here. Liquid and RTN are only carriers.

0153 - Spoken ID by OM
0221 - Spoken ID by OM
0303 - Voice over ID by OM
0318 - S/Off - QRT

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB *0132-0318* UTC 11Apr15
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on April 11, 2015, 1445 UTC

Heard here from 0132 on the SDR recording, about an SIO 333. The signal strength increased noticeably around 0144, to an SIO 444.

Title: Re: XLR8 6950 USB *0132-0318* UTC 11Apr15
Post by: jFarley on April 13, 2015, 1858 UTC

Hey XLR8; been thinking about this show - a lot - and having no other means to communicate some further thoughts, I add them here.

I made a rather esoteric request (you did open the door a crack by earlier playing some African music), and you came through big time.  Not only did you play the requested artist, you played a track from what truly is my favorite album by this artist, and possibly the strongest album from the ~140 LPs in his discography.

l'Ancienne Belgique is a monster of an album, and as well as being a great example of TPOK's talent, it is one which is easily accessible to Western ears.  This particular album was recorded with production values far better than were normally used to record African music around this time, and if anybody is interested in this genre, you might want to give a listen to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMX0ZDWcQ5g

Open up the "Read More" panel to expose a link to WorldService, which is the premier African Music download site in the Blogosphere.

My appreciation runs deep on this one, bud!