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Title: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: refmo on February 06, 2016, 0010 UTC

ID @ 0009 and "Jive Talking".  S5 and good audio.
Oops, typo on the frequency - modified topic to 6930 DSB.
0011 - "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen
0013 - "Black Friday" by Steely Dan - up to S7 and sounding very good.
0016 - "Buffalo Soldier" by Marley/Wailers.  Announcer broke in at 0019 with ID and back into tune.
Gaga must have upgraded their audio chain - audio out to nearly 4khz and nice compression.
0021 - "Dirty Love" by F. Zappa
0024 - "Drive On" by J Cash
0025 - "End of the Line" by Travelling Wilburys. - getting a little distortion in the audio now.
0030 - "Eyes Without a Face" by B Idol.  Still distorted, (maybe something on my end?).
0035 - very distorted announcer with ID and email.  Then "Going Up the Country"
0049 - maybe bits of Star-Spangled Banner on guitar.  Very distorted.
0050 - ID and 'Thanks for tuning in', then off.  Announcer audio very distorted also.

Thanks for the tunes!

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: oly1959 on February 06, 2016, 0015 UTC

Catching pieces of music being played using SDR Console V2 in DSB mode coming up out of the noise at about a S4. That's about it. :-\

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: Unca Billy on February 06, 2016, 0017 UTC

6930.00 (nice) DSB @ 0016utc.  Buffalo Soldiers @ 0017.  "?? Pirate Shortwave ID @0019; mid-song.  Pretty steady S5 signal.  Frank Zappa then Johnny Cash?? song, into Its All Right (Wilburys).  Sounds like over-driven audio @0053; kinda muddy.  GaGa ID @0037.  Goin' Up Country.  Heart o' Glass.  Distortion better now.  Distortion back and severe. @0050.  OM tk @0054.  s/off

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: JCMaxwell on February 06, 2016, 0021 UTC

0020 - S1 but good audio

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: flexoman61 on February 06, 2016, 0022 UTC

S7

0018 ID Radio GaGa into Reggae, Bob Marley
0020 Frank Zappa tune
0023 country tune
0025 "End Of The Line" Traveling Wilburys
0029 rap bit into tune "Eyes without a face" Billy Idol, I think.
0033 music, distorted?
0039 Blondie "Heart of Glass". Audio rough at times or I'm having a hard time tuning in.

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: RainBrandy on February 06, 2016, 0022 UTC

00.09 UTC station ID GAGA, into BeeGees - Jive Talking
00.10 UTC The Trashman - Surfin Bird
00.13 UTC Steely Dan - Back Friday
00.16 UTC Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldiers
00.19 UTC ID by man Radio GAGA, pirate shortwave within the song
00.21 UTC Frank Zappa - Dirty Love
00.25 UTC Rollin'


via K2SDR today, SINPO 34443, quite nice
Please QSL to my E-mail address

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: William Hassig on February 06, 2016, 0022 UTC

Tuned in at 0020utc, now playing "dirty love" by Frank Zappa, DSB causes slow heterodyne between the 2 recovered audios, R8 & dipole.

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: Skipmuck on February 06, 2016, 0023 UTC

0020 UTC Hearing "Give Me Your Dirty Love"-Frank Zappa at S5 here on both sidebands...nice signal tonight Ga-Ga!
0023 UTC Sounds like Johnny Cash
0025 UTC "End of the Line"-Traveling Wilbury's
0030 UTC "Eyes Without A Face"-Billy Idol
0035 UTC OM with ID..."This is Radio Ga-Ga...6930....", into "Going Up the Country"-Canned Heat

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: JohnS on February 06, 2016, 0043 UTC

Got it here in Omaha now hearing Blondie.  Audio is very distorted regardless of Upper or Lower side band.  Signal, though, is strong.  ID around 0034.
Also heard what sounded like Johnny Cash, Blondie, and Canned Heat.
Short cut of "Star-Spangled Banner" performed by Hendrix into ID and s/off ~0051 with op saying something like "It's martini time"?

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: Rafman on February 06, 2016, 0050 UTC

s6 here but DSB doesn't work on my Elad S2 for some reason so LSB it is because it sounds better... [switched to ECSS after thinking about it... PERFECT copy!]

[Still listening to IBC on 6970 which is getting stronger here]

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: blw on February 06, 2016, 0053 UTC

Heard Star Spangled Banner and station ID at sign off. Signal was a little rough for some reason, maybe local conditions. Probably S7 to S9.

Thanks for the show.

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: Yankee Charlie on February 06, 2016, 0109 UTC

  Radio Ga Ga, my first time, chasing Ga Ga for months, HFU Chat tip: 6930 DSB, 20 mins before greyline starts, 0015 Z "Black Friday" Steele Dan, 0016 Z "Buffalo Soldier" Bob Marley, 0019 Z om with ID, 0021 Z "Dirty Love" Frank Zappa, 0025 Z "End Of The Line" The Traveling Wilburys, 0030 "Eyes Without A Face" Billy Idol, 0035 Z short burst of SSTV (Radio Ga Ga's ???), 0044 Z "Raw Power" Iggy Pop, 0050 Z om with ID, then off. S6 signal, audio distorted. Best in ECSS USB to clean up the received audio. Thank you very much, worth the long wait  :o

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: ByteBORG on February 06, 2016, 0132 UTC

S7 signal

0015 - Nice sounding DSB transmission tonight.
          Heard "Dirty Love" and "Eyes Without A Face" among others

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: jFarley on February 06, 2016, 1445 UTC

Caught the entire show as an SDR recording.  Opening with Jive Talking and Surfin' Bird.

Generally S9 copy tonight.

Thanks RGG!

Title: Re: Radio Gaga 6930 DSB 0008 UTC 06 Feb 2016
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on February 06, 2016, 1920 UTC

About an SIO 333 on the SDR recording.