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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Ct Yankee on April 02, 2016, 1853 UTC

Title: Red Beacon Radio 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: Ct Yankee on April 02, 2016, 1853 UTC

Strong signal here - some noise.

1848 unid song
1851 There must be something in the water
1855 animal noises into song
1900 signal even stronger, Red Beacon Radio...just got mentioned   ;)  Thanks Beacon. Live audio about station.  Thanks for the broadcast.
1904 Red Beacon, 20 watts, CAP mention, HF posters, getting coffee
1906 Imagine Dragon Demon  (my pleasure hsmith)
1910 people chanting into another song (Cold Water Kids?)
1914 Good Afternoon....listening to Red Beacon Radio 60's/70's/80's (any Dead Milkmen?)
1919 Vance Joy song Riptide
1923 Thanks Beacon...my favorite PRG
1930 unid song
1936 Adele song
1941 email check...talking about frequency
1943 ELO song  I'm alive
1949 time check into instrumental Ruby Tuesday (nice selection of songs)
2053 Thanks to all, should be back later, "get your head out of your ass, you better move soldier" into Let the Sunshine In
2100 sign off

Title: Re: UNID 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on April 02, 2016, 1857 UTC

Very good here as well, S9.

Title: Re: UNID 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: Rafman on April 02, 2016, 1858 UTC

1852z music
1859z ID w/ mentions of loggers on HFu
1903z LIVE time check, ment 20w today
1905z shoutout to me [Thank You Sir!]
1954z "Whip It" Devo
1957z "Drive" Cars  :D

s5-6 here w/local noise issue

Title: Re: UNID 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: hsmith77 on April 02, 2016, 1859 UTC

S3 music ?
 Op talk ? Did hear HFU ?
Thanks CT Yankee for Id

Title: Re: UNID 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: ChrisLobdell on April 02, 2016, 1904 UTC

1904 Coming in great here Red Beacon!   Modulation sounds fine too.

Title: Re: Red Beacon Radio 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: Skipmuck on April 02, 2016, 1905 UTC

Hearing an OM chatting at 1905 UTC but the signal is buried in the brutal local QRN here :(
1914 UTC OM with "You are listening to Red Beacon Radio"....
1915 UTC Thanks for the shoutout RBR! :)
1938 UTC "Rolling In the Deep"-Adele
1940 UTC OM chatting now
1950 UTC "Ruby Tuesday"-Rolling Stones
1954 UTC "Whip It"-Devo
1958 UTC "Drive"-Cars
2005 UTC "Sara"-Jefferson Starship
2011 UTC OM chatting up the HFU :)
2014 UTC "Every Time You Go Away"-Paul Young
2023 UTC "The Lady In Red"-Chris De Burgh
2026 UTC OM mentioning my request and the old FM pirate days! :)
2029 UTC "Damn Good"-David Lee Roth ;D Thanks RBR! This song brings back some memories...
2036 UTC Shoutout to Radio Illuminati!
2042 UTC "I Want to Know What Love Is"-Foreigner
2048 UTC "Dust In the Wind"-Kansas
(Signal is a solid S6 now with just a bit of fading)
2057 UTC Signal dropped down quite a bit...
2059 UTC Can just make out "Let The Sunshine In"...

Title: Re: UNID 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: flexoman61 on April 02, 2016, 1913 UTC

S9 light fade, good sig

1913 tune playing, ID Red Beacon Radio 20 watts
1919 thnx for shoutout, into "Rip Tide"
1922 DJ chatting, into "Punk Rock Girl"
1926 DJ Adjusting SWR, "Just hang on here..." into tune
1933 shoutout to HFU!
1940 DJ checking email from Rafman into demo version of "I'm Alive"
1945 back to email, plug for HFU
1949 time check with CHU into Rolling Stones
1954 Devo
2010 ID Red Beacon Radio, DJ "I'm not voting for anybody"

Title: Re: Red Beacon Radio 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: LighthouseOhio on April 02, 2016, 2049 UTC

About S-6 here at sign on.    I assume he might be running 15 watts now as he did last week (?)  

Title: Re: Red Beacon Radio 7610 1848 4/2/16
Post by: JoeFLIPS on April 02, 2016, 2055 UTC

2055- OM "you better get your head out of your ass" and "move soldier" at tune in S7-8
2057- unid song OM vocals and YL vocals
2058- "Let The Sunshine In" song
2100- off.

Title: Radio Beacon Heard 7610 on 4-2-16
Post by: bigapple59 on April 03, 2016, 1504 UTC

I heard this station with a good signal at around 19:30 UT with minimal noise and fading.  Unfortunately, I was in a remote location and only had my digital camera to take the video so the camera made some annoying clicking noises which were not part of the broadcast sound.  I have posted two videos of the reception as heard on my Reuter Elektronik RDR55 receiver using an Alpha Delta DX Ultra antenna.

The announcer did mention during the broadcast that the signal was digital and that he could control it from his laptop remotely.  He also played a variety of music demos of mostly familiar tunes.  During a part of the transmission, he described why he chose the frequency of 7610 KHz for broadcasting.  You can see uploads of the receiver hearing the signals posted to youtube here:

https://youtu.be/9VXFzjpVRUs

and here (my apology for the cropping of the top half of the receiver's display):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maq-leXuews

Happy Listening!

Bigapple59

Title: Re: Station Heard 7610 on 4-2-16
Post by: Ct Yankee on April 03, 2016, 1509 UTC

Hi Bigapple and welcome aboard, I'm rather new here myself.  What you heard was Red Beacon Radio - see the post yesterday for it starting at 1848z.

Title: Re: Station Heard 7610 on 4-2-16
Post by: bigapple59 on April 03, 2016, 1533 UTC

Thanks for the info CT Yankee.  I do recall the announcer giving you a couple of "shout outs" during the transmission.  I have often monitored pirate stations, but was unaware of HF Underground until Radio Beacon mentioned this site during the broadcast.