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Title: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: jFarley on December 12, 2015, 0051 UTC
0051 just rolling it out with an S9+10 signal, deep rolling fades
0054 3 minutes till showtime
0057 "XFM is now on the air!"
0058 "...My God...this is coming over the air!"
0059 WoV - "Mexican Radio"
0103 "...let's see what this button does"
0108 Pat Benatar - "Invincible"
0112 ID, "...we rock your baby for ya"
0117 shouts (TY!)   no snow; it was 59F here today

Signal Strength here over the 1st 25 minutes

(http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s387/jFarley44/XFM%206975%20AM_zpsqdslnr7b.png) (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/jFarley44/media/XFM%206975%20AM_zpsqdslnr7b.png.html)

0129 redhat playing a track he 1st heard over XLR8 the other night
0141 "...the A index is 20, the K index is 4, and the little spring on my microphone just exploded..."
0209 playing "Let's Get Freaked Out" for oly1959
0230 "This is XFM, coming to you from somewhere under the stars tonight"
0248 LZ - "Heartbreaker"  --  now a sudden commencement of very jagged fading
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC
Post by: aquabat on December 12, 2015, 0053 UTC
oh my favorite!
s7 in DC.
barely audible audio.
bass coming through though.
"unts unts unts unts"
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: ByteBORG on December 12, 2015, 0054 UTC
0053 - Hearing XFM's Interval Signal
          "Broadcast in 3 minutes"
0104 - Hearing RH illustrious voice - talking about political mudslinging &
          all politicians being crooks
0107 - RH talking about OTHR and being leery about xmitting "up-here"
          solicits reports or recordings
0109 - Invincible - Pat Benatar
0113 - Canned ID
0113 - Panic at the Disco music
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: Rafman on December 12, 2015, 0054 UTC
0054z "Please Stand By" ID s/on loop w/electronic music loop
0058z program start
0059z "Mexican Radio" Wall of VooDoo
0058z Program started
0126z "Feel Good Inc" Gorillaz [2nd only to "Sunshine in a Bag"]
0159z LIVE time check
0231z "Black Days" Sound Garden
0240z ID "In C-QUAM Stereo"

Thanks for the shoutouts!!

s5-9 [Flutter from Hell]
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: refmo on December 12, 2015, 0055 UTC
S9 and good copy.  Not as wide as usual (at least not yet).

0058 - widening the signal out now - 10khz audio - sounding great.
0115 - "Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks"
0142 - shoutouts to HFU posters.  S9+10! and then into "Monument"
0200 - "Infected" by Bad Religion [nice!]
0215 - "Voodoo Cadillac"
0230 - "Black Days".  Occasionally hitting S9+20.  Nice propagation here tonight.
0238 - looks like 14 khz audio and thumping bass with a Grimes tune.
0243 - "Dark Star" by Polica.  First time hearing this one, gonna have to check them out.
0255 - dipped below S9 for the first time tonight.
0335 - just barely audible :(

(http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag16/refmo/Screenshot-XFM_2015-12-11-200932_zpsjmfecoup.png)
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: Hornet0123 on December 12, 2015, 0057 UTC
weak signal up against some local noise
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: Beerus Maximus on December 12, 2015, 0058 UTC
XFM computer ID "XFM is now on the air" at 0057 UTC. Awesome XFM signal tonight, S9+10! Into audio clips after the ID. Nice to hear XFM tonight.
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: Skipmuck on December 12, 2015, 0100 UTC
0059 UTC with music and spoken word talkover skit. Nice S8 signal here sounding great through the stereo this evening!
0100 UTC "Mexican Radio"-Wall of Voodoo
0103 UTC OM with "Lets see what this button does", ID, live TC...microphone's going crazy on me"...chat about all the political mudslinging.."turn your television off...you'd probably be a happier person"....(I already turned off my TV about 8 months ago!)...redhat gives kudos to XLR8 and a song he heard...gonna play it tonight! "8 minutes after the hour"...80's tune
0109 UTC "Invincible"-Pat Benatar
0113 UTC "13 minutes after", into a song from 2006
0119 UTC Live TC as "19 minutes and 15 seconds after 1".... :D
0045 UTC and still going strong...down a bit to S6/S7 with some selective fading.
(Did I hear you say pyschobilly" How about some Reverend Horton Heat?)
0209 UTC Uhhh...Parental Advisory Warning!

Thanks for the Reverend Horton Heat redhat! Some of his music is decidedly pyschobilly! :)

0259 UTC Thanks for the shoutout redhat!

0337 UTC Time to slumber...old people lose focus! Thanks for the entertainment and the request X-FM! NRD is on timer for half an hour while I fall asleep 8)
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: JoeFLIPS on December 12, 2015, 0100 UTC
0059- "Mexican Radio" S7-8
0103- XFM ID
0109- "Invincible" Pat Benatar
0118- shoutouts to listeners
0126- "Feel Good Inc" Gorillaz
0134- ID "In CQUAM stereo this is X FM" into rock tune
0140- live time check playlist and mentioned emails received so far tonight
0155- mentioned "somewhere under the stars"
0210- rock tune by OM S6-7 now and noisy
0231- "Fell On Black Days" Soundgarden thanks!
0235- ID and "where music sounds best" slogan
0303- shoutouts
0329- signal fading up and down now with music
 Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: BigAl on December 12, 2015, 0106 UTC
Love "Mexican Radio", S8 up to S9+10 here in SE VA tonight under so-so conditions.
Thanks for the show Red Hat!
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: RCCI on December 12, 2015, 0108 UTC
01:09 Hearing OP Totally awesome killer signal! S9+
01:11 Pat Benatar - Invincible
01:20 ID with shout outs....Thanks Red Hat!
02:10 ID song w/warning: "Let's Get F--ked Up" Signal still a smoking S9+ here in IL

Rocking my Friday...Thanks!
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: Tuco on December 12, 2015, 0113 UTC
0113z with a Panic at the Disco song. S9 signal.
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: blw on December 12, 2015, 0114 UTC
Pat Benetar at S9+20! Smoking signal XFM! Excellent and rock solid smooth using SAM with max of 10 kHz bandwidth. Switching to the User mode I am in AM but have a good signal out to 16 kHz, but with selective fading. Unbelieveable audio. Thanks for the show. You're pushing past +20 right now.

Shout outs and just broke the mic. Measuring your signal still at 16 kHz width and fading has dropped way down.

Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: Kilokat7 on December 12, 2015, 0118 UTC
Signal up and down, S8 fading down to S5 at times.  Always great to hear your shows, thanks!

EDIT: Signal took a big dive at 0340z and never recovered.  Here's an hour's worth of stereo audio beginning around 0245z when the signal was best here:

6975 kHz X-FM C-QUAM STEREO 0245-0339 UTC 12DE15.mp3 (http://amdxer.com/download/DX_Audio_Clips_Other/6975%20kHz%20X-FM%20C-QUAM%20STEREO%200245-0339%20UTC%2012DE15.mp3)

I notice I'm getting more noticeable platform motion in the stereo audio when I play back this MP3 recording.  Almost certainly something going on here due to my recording process since this isn't as noticeable when listening to the live broadcast, or listening to the SDR recording when I play it back through Sodira.

Obligatory waterfall screenshot:

(http://amdxer.com/spectrograms/XFM_Shortwave_Stereo_12DE15.JPG)
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: JohnS on December 12, 2015, 0119 UTC
6975 AM / 0110 / DEC 12
Signal here into eastern Nebraska is plagued by heavy static, despite relatively strong signal.  Clear ID and shout-outs to HFU posters ~ 0117/
Hopefully, conditions quiet down here.
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: Markokpik on December 12, 2015, 0121 UTC
XFM, 6975AM, 0116, 12.12.15.  End of song.  ID and talk about past few songs, reading posts here, next song.

Great S8+ signal.

Thanks for the show.
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: PghScanner on December 12, 2015, 0127 UTC
S9+ with some fading. Very nice audio.

Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: Rockpicker on December 12, 2015, 0133 UTC
XFM  S7 - S9+10  Red Hat talking then into Beck tune at what ever time that was??
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: TeaLeaf on December 12, 2015, 0141 UTC
Absolutely amazing audio with a huge S9 +10 signal.  Thanks for the show XFM!
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: kgb on December 12, 2015, 0143 UTC
6975AM  S5 signal with deep fades.
Good audio but conditions suck tonight.  Geomag. storm, with poor propagation.
However, still hearing things somewhat OK.
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: slowtrain on December 12, 2015, 0157 UTC
Great to hear your program always enjoy your music 01:56UTC good signal here in South Carolina signal is near plus 15 here look forward to the show! There is some fading!
Can you play anything by by the Waterboys if you have the chance. Still hearing your program on shortwave radio at 03:27UTC good signal still here in South Carolina!
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: taschenrechner on December 12, 2015, 0202 UTC
Just tuned in. Blowtorch into Houston tonight.

Hearing  HFU shout outs and into Bad Religion

Here's a recording. This is off of a Sangean ATS-909X and the whip antenna.

Really excellent signal.

https://archive.org/details/REC013L
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: oly1959 on December 12, 2015, 0214 UTC
Hello Redhat. Just got home to catch you playing my request for The Cramps-Lets Get F'ed Up at 0209 on 6975AM with a solid S9 and great audio but suffering a bit from some deep fades. Voodoo Cadillac sounding good at 0215. Many thanks my friend! Glad I caught your show and didn't miss it! Rock the HF! ;D
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: outhouse radio on December 12, 2015, 0258 UTC
i heard most of NIB.
you took a hell of a dive about halfway through.

THANKS MAN
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: steveyoth on December 12, 2015, 0300 UTC
0255Z:  Yeah, I hear him on 6975 kHz.  He's S9 here in Georgia.  Good electric guitar music.
  - Steve
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: TeaLeaf on December 12, 2015, 0302 UTC
Still sounding awesome ere tonight.  have a recording going to post
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: William Hassig on December 12, 2015, 0310 UTC
Tuned in at 0306utc, weak, hear pop music above low noise level, R8 & dipole.
Title: Re: XFM 6975 AM 0051 UTC 11Dec15
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 12, 2015, 1736 UTC
A good signal here the entire time:

(http://i.imgur.com/OL75mxn.png)