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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: jFarley on March 25, 2012, 0139 UTC

Title: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: jFarley on March 25, 2012, 0139 UTC
Abt *0135 with big sig, "Brick By Brick"
0148 "This is Radio Station XFM.  Please stand by".
0150 t/c
0157 B52's - Channel Z

...back; blew the circuit breaker to shack; if a 12V power supply starts smelling and smoking, is that bad?

0230 Taking a Van Halen request from Chicago

Thanks redhat!
Title: Re: Someone Firing Up on 6950 AM *0135
Post by: skeezix on March 25, 2012, 0144 UTC
0143Z 45444 S9+ Arctic Monkeys "Brick By Brick"
0235Z 45444 S9+ No Doubt "Spiderwebs"  Very nice signal... ~22 kHz bandwidth.  
0243Z 45444 S9+ Van Halen "Love Walks In" Request from mytequinn
0245Z 45444 S9+ ID X-FM  
0251Z 45444 S9+ Queens Of The Stone Age "I Never Came"
0319Z 45444 S9+ Arcade Fire "The Suburbs"
0322Z 45444 S9+ ID "X-FM is the power of X"
0322Z 45444 S9+ Red Hot Chili Peppers "Factory Of Faith"
0326Z 45444 S9+ ID "This is X-FM"
0326Z 45444 S9+ Third Eye Blind "Losing A Whole Year"
0330Z 45444 S9+ Dire Straits "Sultans Of Swing"
0335Z 45444 S9+ Hibernate "Submit"
0340Z 45344 S9+ ID "X-FM, the power of X"  Taking telephone requests and took a call live from Catherwood.
0344Z 45344 S9+ Boston "More Than A Feeling" - Requested by Bender.
0349Z 45344 S9+ ID "X-FM the power of X"
0349Z 45344 S9+10 Frank Zappa "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow"
0352Z 45344 S9+10 Op talking. Maybe having stereo coming this summer? Taking requests. ID "X-FM"
0354Z 55434 S9+15 Savage Garden "To The Moon And Back" (S9 to S9+15)
0359Z 45434 S9+ Op wrapping things up. Mentioned that DimBulb sent in the next song.
0400Z 45434 S9+ Little Feat "Two Trains"
0403Z 45434 S9+ Sneaker Pimps "6 Underground"
0406Z 45434 S7 Signing off. KiloKat7 has a video on YouTube of the broadcast. The telephone may not be a regular item for the show, but will be around occasionally.
0401Z 45434 S8 Telepopmusik "Breathe"
0415Z 45434 S8 ID X-FM
0415Z Off air.






Perseus SDR + 102' G5RV @ 25'
Title: Re: Someone Firing Up on 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Kilokat7 on March 25, 2012, 0151 UTC
X-FM ID at 0148 utc, synthetic voice now between techno dance beat, signal is up and down peaking up to S8 on the high side.  Audio looks to be about 20 khz wide.  Op with live time check at 0150 utc.
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: L Cee on March 25, 2012, 0158 UTC
XFM, 3/25/12, 6950am, 1:55+ UTC, SIO 333 in static noise, music, ID at 2:02 UTC, email address given, reception reports request, op with playlist, very nice audio on ops mic, "XFM The Power of X"

At 3:28 UTC still sounding good. Between static crashes, music audio is very nice. Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing"
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Zane on March 25, 2012, 0206 UTC
X-FM SW, 6950.0 AM, SINPO 35422
Mostly S7, but frequent deep fades to the noise floor so a bit of a rough copy

0149z - X-FM ID
0236z - No Doubt
0241z - Van Halen - Love Comes Walking In
0249z - Smashmouth - Walkin' on the Sun - Thanks  ;)

Zane
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Rafman on March 25, 2012, 0215 UTC
Can hear XFM though very high local storm static @20 over on 6950AM
SINPO 43244 @0213z
0215z ID
0246z "Love Walks In" Van Halen
0249z "Power of X" ID w/!?!phone number!?! & music lineup
0251z "Walking on the Sun"
Was able to grab a clip through static which is receding now that storms have passed:

http://youtu.be/Y7LYlBo8G9M (http://youtu.be/Y7LYlBo8G9M)

I have not heard XFM since New Years Eve!
Great to hear XFM again!

Rafman
PS: Trying to call
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Seasix on March 25, 2012, 0216 UTC
 I'm hearing XFM from the woods west of Show Low, AZ with a YB-400PE portable using the whip, under a metal roof. Amazing!

Thanks XFM
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Northern Relay Service on March 25, 2012, 0219 UTC
Pretty reliable signal into the north country with deep fades . High static.

Hopefully gets better .

Giving out telephone # !! Cool  ;D

Very good evening to U Red Hat Sir ! Thanks for the QSL card just found it in my mail. Think I took that picture !
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: corq on March 25, 2012, 0222 UTC
Bit Crashy here tonight due to passing rainstorms but hearing you around 32233

Got a bit of capture posted here:

http://corqswl.posterous.com/xfm-6950am

Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Catherwood on March 25, 2012, 0228 UTC
03/25/12 6.950 AM

Very nice signal into very middle of America. S9 +10Db. Covering all static in AM mode. Practically commercial broadcast quality signal as long as keep the filters under 3200K.

02:24z ID The power of ? This is XFM
02:25z Back to music - I don't know the artist ."..brand new day, banging of the drum.. Ian Brown
02:27z Shout out to Red Mercury Labs, rundown on tracks
02:28z gave out email address.. mention of good condx

Catherwood

PS - Stepped outsiode with my tiny little Degen DE 321 and picked up Filter - "Where do we go from here", into announcer with playlist rundown. This is  $20 radio with an 18" whip!

PS. Hmm, I transcribed the email address wrong. It bounced.

PPS. Main receving station here is a Ten Tec Jupiter and a 31' ground mounted vertical with 32 radials. Stepped in to the kitchen and got a decent signal on  my old Zenith TransOceanic Royal 7000 with just the whip. Impressive.

Thanks for the show.
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Newfoundland DXer on March 25, 2012, 0238 UTC
up and down here, but finally got a copiable peak at 0237 with shout outs and promises of QSLs, ID

Thanks for the show XFM

Cheers, Terry

Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Token on March 25, 2012, 0310 UTC
Over S9 in the Mojave Desert of California.  Also veeerrryyy wide, like over 23 kHz and excellent audio.

T!
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Jolly Roger on March 25, 2012, 0320 UTC
Nice steady signal into northern Canada. Doesn't seem as affected by the static crashes as I would have thought an AM signal would be.
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Andrew Yoder on March 25, 2012, 0327 UTC
Fair here with rock & DJ Redhat. Not nearly as good as their SSB signal this time.

Thanks for the show!
Andrew
Title: Re: XFM 6950 AM *0135
Post by: Catherwood on March 25, 2012, 0352 UTC
Was not expecting to be on the air with DJ Redhat. A little "ate up with the dumbass"" over that one. Sent him a YouTube link of Little Feat "Fatman in the Bathtub".

03:51z I've lost them. Not sure if they went off, or condx shifted radically. Been strong all night. Hope you all enjoyed my Zappa request.

Thank you DJ Redhat, great show tonight.

Catherwood

PS. If anyone is recording, I would appreciate a link later. I cannot hear them anymore. I see on Skeezix's log that DimBulb sent DJ Redhat "Two Trains" by Little Feat. Good selection! Hope the folks enjoyed it. Thank You!