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Loggings => European Pirates and Private Stations => Topic started by: Ray Lalleu on December 18, 2018, 2109 UTC

Title: Charleston R. Int 5140 AM 2104 utc 18 dec 2018
Post by: Ray Lalleu on December 18, 2018, 2109 UTC: on 5140,0
2104 retro singer (It or Corsica?), 2106 next, fading down,
2110 quick ID, very weak, music, 2119 trace
2219 booming in, retro song, 2220 full ID, orchestra and singer in E, 2222 some fading
2224 talking (30's in USA movies and radio), 2225 quite retro way to sing, maybe from before 78rpm?, 2228 skit, 2229 funny singer, 2233 skit with Topolino in It, 2236 ID, roaring 20's,
2237 singer in G and barkings, 2240 ID, E version of "Elle avait une jambe de bois", etc...

0006 deep fade, but seems fading up again at 0008 with jazz

Maybe too close to WBCQ on the dial ?

Hello over the pond, did you ever hear that station ?
Title: Re: Charleston R. Int 5140 AM 2104 utc 18 dec 2018
Post by: Skipmuck on December 19, 2018, 0003 UTC: Ray, I have tried to hear Charleston Radio almost every day here since you started posting and I have not even been lucky enough to hear a carrier. I will continue to monitor and maybe some day I will get lucky! I do not know of anyone on this side of the pond who has logged them directly.

Has anyone every received a QSL from Charleston Radio?
Title: Re: Charleston R. Int 5140 AM 2104 utc 18 dec 2018
Post by: The Ether Hacker on December 19, 2018, 0019 UTC: Quote from: Skipmuck on December 19, 2018, 0003 UTC
Ray, I have tried to hear Charleston Radio almost every day here since you started posting and I have not even been lucky enough to hear a carrier. I will continue to monitor and maybe some day I will get lucky! I do not know of anyone on this side of the pond who has logged them directly.

Has anyone every received a QSL from Charleston Radio?

Hi Skipmuck, Tonight, I am able to detect a weak carrier of Charleston Radio 5140 khz on a few online Kiwi SDR receivers in Main, New Jersey, North Carolina, along the east coast of the US, but no audio.
Title: Re: Charleston R. Int 5140 AM 2104 utc 18 dec 2018
Post by: Skipmuck on December 19, 2018, 0026 UTC: Thanks Ether Hacker! :) I guess there may be hope for us East Coasters here in the US! I will keep checking and hopefully I can hear some audio some day when propagation is favorable!
Title: Re: Charleston R. Int 5140 AM 2104 utc 18 dec 2018
Post by: Skipmuck on December 19, 2018, 0041 UTC: Is Charleston still on? I am getting a very weak carrier as of 0039 UTC! Intermittent, but clearly a carrier! Hey...it's a start! :)
Title: Re: Charleston R. Int 5140 AM 2104 utc 18 dec 2018
Post by: Ray Lalleu on December 19, 2018, 0045 UTC: here strong signal at 0044, with strong modulation too, jazz, song
0048 ID, singer in unknown language, 0054 strong music

seems I will fall out of my chair, good night