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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Syck0 on May 18, 2022, 2155 UTC

Title: K-Mart Radio 9500 USB 2150 UTC 18 MAY 2022
Post by: Syck0 on May 18, 2022, 2155 UTC: UNID on 9500 USB MODE Sounds like some sort of Music tape for instore PA system ... Ok just caught "Thank You For Shopping At K-Mart" LOL :o : 2158 UT More K-Mart Shopper Id's I wonder If they QSL ? : 2203 UT got waterfall pic of K mart radio ID
Title: Re: UNID 9500 USB 2150 UTC 18 MAY 2022
Post by: rpjjpr on May 18, 2022, 2200 UTC: 45444

2158z Seasons of the Heart-John Denver
2202z Kmart commercial
2202z instrumental track overhead, kinda feel like I'm moseying around Kmart, heading over the Men's Dept to look for a new pair of slacks
2207z Take Me Know-Bread
2211z more instrumentals wafting down from overhead
Title: Re: UNID 9500 USB 2150 UTC 18 MAY 2022
Post by: Charlie_Dont_Surf on May 18, 2022, 2234 UTC: Quote from: Syck0 on May 18, 2022, 2155 UTC
I wonder If they QSL ?

If they do, the cards would be pretty cheap and flimsy.

Off at ~2240? UTC, after this (predictable) waterfall image:
(https://i.imgur.com/eqNhzAp.jpg)

Potentially related:
https://www.freep.com/story/money/2017/07/14/kmart-audio-tapes/452338001/ (https://www.freep.com/story/money/2017/07/14/kmart-audio-tapes/452338001/)

and

https://www.spectrio.com/uncategorized/k-mart-radio-is-on-the-air/ (https://www.spectrio.com/uncategorized/k-mart-radio-is-on-the-air/)
Title: Re: UNID 9500 USB 2150 UTC 18 MAY 2022
Post by: Skipmuck on May 18, 2022, 2237 UTC: 2234 UTC Solid above the noise with S3 peaks...sounds like a light Bruce Springsteen song
2236 UTC Sounds like an in-store advert...OM
2238 UTC Instrumental "If You Could Read My Mind"
2242 UTC Waterfall image data (Wasn't set up for it), then OFF

Thanks for those links Charlie_Dont_Surf! I'll have to head over to archive.org and do the TYFSOK dance!

Here's the link to my recording.....Would very much appreciate a K-Mart Radio eQSL! 8)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1or4kXQWykqLjtI3RCBSjYrrMHa7KqLYJ/view?usp=sharing
Title: Re: UNID 9500 USB 2150 UTC 18 MAY 2022
Post by: JustGreg on May 18, 2022, 2239 UTC: I have it with a fair/good signal. Nice mellow instrumental music playing now (2237)
Maybe "elevator music tape" :D
2342 Off
Title: Re: UNID 9500 USB 2150 UTC 18 MAY 2022
Post by: Sky Waves on May 18, 2022, 2239 UTC: 2238 UTC SIO 333, Signal improving but currently audio gets buried in the noise.
2239 UTC instrumental music "If You Could Read My Mind" Francis Moore Orchestra
2242 Digital signal detected but nothing decoded or visual captured. Off air.
Title: Re: K-Mart Radio 9500 USB 2150 UTC 18 MAY 2022
Post by: Molvania Poacher on May 18, 2022, 2303 UTC: SINPO=12111 (with Ute QRN right on top of signal)

Was hearing faint music, off and on, from 2231 until about 2242, but couldn't ID anything.

Thanks for The Blue Light Special, and hope to hear you more clearly another time!
Title: Re: K-Mart Radio 9500 USB 2150 UTC 18 MAY 2022
Post by: Pigmeat on May 19, 2022, 0017 UTC: I had buddy who was a regional manager for K-Mart in the Philly area. They had a real problem with the homeless taking a squat in those circular displays of clothes.

I don't know if it was just a Philly thing or the entire northeast coast?

"Thank you for watching your step at K-Mart."