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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on February 08, 2014, 2155 UTC

Title: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on February 08, 2014, 2155 UTC
S9+10, great audio, +/- 15 kHz wide.
2200 ID
Title: Re: UNID 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: Niel Wolfish on February 08, 2014, 2157 UTC
Hearing A-Ha's "The Sun Always Shines On TV" at 2157 UTC here in Toronto, Ontario.   Fair signal here.

WHYP ID by the one and only James Brownyard at 2159 into The Beatles' "Baby You're A Rich Man".
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: Rafman on February 08, 2014, 2203 UTC
2200z "Rich Man" Beatles
2203z ID/ into "Der Commisar" Falco
2212z ID using DX40 w/25W, switching to another freq/TX with 225W in a few minutes!!!
2218z Op explains the 2 TXs in more detail
2220z "Tell Me Something Good"
2225z CBC 740AM switch/off recording switch to 99.1FM
2232z ID w/email address for QSL

!COOL!
Nice DX40 rebuild!!!

Scorching signal but band is rolling with some fades...

Audio is really nice & wide as Chris mentions above!!!

Thanks for the show WHYP!!!
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: hammarhead on February 08, 2014, 2206 UTC
S9+ signal this evening. Great sounding audio with some slight fading. Thanks for the show WHYP!!!

- The DX40 sounded good to me!

- Now S9+20 here!! Still good audio
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: S. McArdle on February 08, 2014, 2206 UTC
WHYP, 2-8-14, 2205-2213*, 6.925 AM, bouncing in and out of the static here at S1 to S3.  hearing music then announcer with ID at 2208, then "sweetheart" by frankie & the knockouts.  off at 2213.

attached is mp3 clip of the last few strokes of the piano keys.
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: Zane on February 08, 2014, 2212 UTC
WHYP is S9 on peaks with some fading. 43433. Great audio quality as usual.
WHYP ID just after the hour - Franke and the Knockouts - Sweetheart.

S9+10 with the new TX. ID at 2220z.


Zane
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: rdla4 on February 08, 2014, 2213 UTC
Just getting home from work, great to hear WHYP on the air. S8 into GA. Thanks for the show!

And then off at 2213. Darn it.
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: Ron Hunsicker on February 08, 2014, 2231 UTC
Good signal in Wyomissing:  45444.

Switched transmitters between 2213 and 2215.  Started with rebuilt DX-40.


Nice to hear a BC before dinner.


Ron
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: DimBulb on February 08, 2014, 2236 UTC
Good signal in to NH, S7 and had come up to S8 at the TX switch, not much difference with the new TX and had come up to S9+ at signoff time.

2232z WHYP ID - whypradio@gmail.com
2235z Off

Thanks for the show...

dimbulb999@gmail.com
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: Skipmuck on February 08, 2014, 2321 UTC
Heard both broadcasts here, but my PC was in use for another purpose at the time of broadcast...sent email report to whypradio@gmail.com just before posting this log. My report as follows...
Reception Report xmtr #1-WHYP on about 6925.1 KHZ AM from 2153-2213+ UTC Feb 8, 2014
SINPO-43333 (selective fading but steady S5-S6 signal)
2153 UTC Tune-in with an 80's tune by the Swedish group "A-HA" that I don't remember the name of already in progress.
2200 UTC "Baby You're a Rich Man"-Beatles
2203 UTC "Der Kommissar"-Falco
2208+ UTC "Sweetheart"- Frankie & the Knockouts
2213 UTC Man announcer..."goes back to 1980...Frankie & the Knockouts...this is WHYP...latest endeavor...25 watts (talk about xmtr)...this will be our back up transmitter...This is WHYP...see you in a few minutes". Off abrupt at 2214
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Reception Report xmtr #2- WHYP on 6925 KHZ AM from 2217-2235 UTC Feb 8, 2014
SINPO-44444  (Nice signal really punched throuh some pesky QRM on LSB!)
2217 UTC A jazzy sounding uptempo swing tune ending then man announcer talking about the transmitters..."I like to @#$% around"...ID...into "Tell Me Something Good"-Rufus.
2225 UTC sounded like a recording of the CBC-740 live announcement of the closing down of their AM and instructions to tune to their 99.1 FM broadcast (This is CBC Radio 1...99.1 in Toronto
2228 UTC A jazzy swing ragtime kinda tune
2232 UTC Man announcer..."Thanks for listening to my test transmission...for QSL...whypradio@gmail.com
2235 UTC sign off abruptly
Title: Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014
Post by: Gino Italy on February 08, 2014, 2334 UTC
 WHYP Radio Thanks for QSL !