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Title: XLR8 6955 USB 0117 UTC 22 Jul 2015
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on July 22, 2015, 0118 UTC

Just heard a bit of music, dead air for a few seconds, then into another song.
SIO 444.
XLR8 ID at 0123 then back into the music.

Title: Re: UNID 6955 USB 0117 UTC 22 Jul 2015
Post by: Oliver on July 22, 2015, 0124 UTC

S7-S8, with very good audio
0124 UTC, ID "XLR8 accelerate" and into punk tune
0129 UTC, ID"XLR8"

Thanks for the show XLR8.

Title: Re: XLR8 6955 USB 0117 UTC 22 Jul 2015
Post by: Skipmuck on July 22, 2015, 0126 UTC

Just above the S4 noise level here with UNID tune at 0121 UTC and OM with XLR8 ID at 0124 UTC

Title: Re: XLR8 6955 USB 0117 UTC 22 Jul 2015
Post by: JoeFLIPS on July 22, 2015, 0127 UTC

0127- hearing some music under the noise level here (listening on the Grundig 750 and Slinky antenna tonight for a change)
0131- punk rock tune
0136- rock music
0137- clear XLR8 ID
0138- "Holidays In The Sun" Sex Pistols
0152- ID into more punk rock
0202- hard rock tune
0226- music but under the noise
0230- UTE QRM
0234- music and ID
0242- sounds like some reggae music now
0304- some SSTV
0308- more music
0323- ID
 Thanks for the show! Wish I could copy XLR8 better

Title: Re: XLR8 6955 USB 0117 UTC 22 Jul 2015
Post by: Zoidberg on July 22, 2015, 0139 UTC

7/22/15, 6955 USB
Since 0123z, heard several XLR8 IDs every few minutes, some punkin rock I don't recognize.  Fair to good signal through midwestern QRN.

0200-0250z: Listening outdoors with Sony 2010 portable and switching between built-in whip and PA0RDT with various lengths of horizontal wire. Generally better signal than the Palstar with outdoor 1/8 wavelength passive vertical loop, which still picks up some white noise due to proximity to apartment building.  Quietest reception with least QRN was with around 40' of my thinnest spool of magnet wire stretched horizontally, just a couple of feet above the ground, feeding the PA0RDT via inductive connector - a ferrite tube wrapped with several loops of magnet wire but without any direct electrical connection.  Much quieter with stronger signal than the Sony 2010 on built-in whip at maximum gain, which tends to exaggerate both QRN and local RFI.

Not taking notes but heard Cars "Bye Bye Love" around 0200z, The Orb "Fluffy Little Clouds" with the lovely hippy-trippy voice of Ricki Lee Jones around 0215z (the tune that launched a thousand remixes, possibly more influential than earlier remix artists like Art of Noise); some reggae around 0240z, not sure if Bob Marley.  Several clear XLR8 IDs.

Really good audio, much easier to appreciate after 0200z when the QRN static crashes subsided a bit.

0303z: SSTV, no copy, I don't have MMSSTV or any recorder hooked up at the moment.
0310z: XLR8 ID, more music.  Fainter signal now, starting to fade under local RFI white noise.
0324z: Off or faded out after ID around 0324z.

Title: Re: XLR8 6955 USB 0117 UTC 22 Jul 2015
Post by: Fansome on July 22, 2015, 0154 UTC

Very strong signal here at 01:53.

Title: Re: XLR8 6955 USB 0117 UTC 22 Jul 2015
Post by: CoolAM Radio on July 22, 2015, 0156 UTC

I have listened several european WebReceivers!

Twente Netherlands  -  traces / audio little improving
Rimini    Italy           -   s4-6  audio r2-4
Grenoble-French Alps France  -  s3-6  r2-4+

Mojave Desert / Tokens webrx  -  s4-7  r3-4

Nice listening!
Seems conditions were improving over Europe!

Tnx for Show!

André
CoolAM Radio

Title: Re: XLR8 6955 USB 0117 UTC 22 Jul 2015
Post by: Mentholyptus on July 22, 2015, 1918 UTC

Was a faint S5-S6 here. Band conditions were lousy today.

Managed to make out "Gone Daddy Gone" by Violent Femmes though.

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes !!! ===