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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: PirateSWL on April 29, 2017, 0134 UTC

Title: UNID 6935 USB 0118 UTC 29 Apr 2017
Post by: PirateSWL on April 29, 2017, 0134 UTC
UNID 6935 USB S7 in NY

0118: The Gap Band "Early In The Morning" (Hearing again now S5)
0120: Donna Summer "I Feel Love"
0125: ? Radio I.D. then off the air
0134: Chic "Le Freak"
0136: Off the air
0141: Back on with Afrika Bambaata & The Soul Sonic Force "Planet Rock"
0146: Off the air again
0148: Back on the air with Secret Weapon "Must Be The Music"
0152: Off the air again
Title: Re: UNID 6935 USB 0134 UTC 29 Apr 2017
Post by: flexoman61 on April 29, 2017, 0136 UTC
S5 decent copy.

0135 "Le Freak"
Title: Re: UNID 6935 USB 0134 UTC 29 Apr 2017
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on April 29, 2017, 1605 UTC
SIO 333/44 on the SDR recording.
Title: Re: UNID 6935 USB 0134 UTC 29 Apr 2017
Post by: MDK2 on April 29, 2017, 1608 UTC
This was probably still UNID RADIO.

Per email response from UNID RADIO, their last transmission on 6935 USB was "Cadillac in the Swamp" which ended at 0047. So, here's was I have for this actually unidentified pirate.

0053 Music that sounds like it came from a programmable Casio keyboard. Feedback squall at 0054. Song came in with full band at 0055.
       SIO 131 with 232 peaks. Music off at 0059.
0102 Music back, something with an 80s beat. Shazam was no help with this one as well. SIO 131 with 232 peaks. Music off by 0108.
0114 New song. Hard to even describe it. Electronic sounds, OM vocals, signal possibly not right on 6935. SIO 232 with 333 peaks.
0120 Seems signal is actually at 6934.84. Tuning to that frequency helps "I Feel Love" sound right.
0125 silence after end of song
0132 "Le Freak" Chic. Signal now more at 6934.94, but got closer to 6935 as song progressed. Same SIO as before.
0136 silence after song
0140 "Planet Rock" Afrika Bambaataa. Signal now about 6935.05. Really nice SIO 433 peak at 0142.
0146 silence after song
0147 "The Funky Soul Story" DJ Maze. Nice peak at 0151
0153 silence after song, apparently the last transmission before the frequency switched to 6940 USB.
Title: Re: UNID 6935 USB 0118 UTC 29 Apr 2017
Post by: PirateSWL on April 29, 2017, 1943 UTC
OK so if anyone has an SDR recording of 6935 @ 0125 UTC there was definitely an I.D. of this station at that time and I missed what was first said, just heard the "Radio" part of the I.D.
Title: Re: UNID 6935 USB 0118 UTC 29 Apr 2017
Post by: MDK2 on April 29, 2017, 1956 UTC
OK so if anyone has an SDR recording of 6935 @ 0125 UTC there was definitely an I.D. of this station at that time and I missed what was first said, just heard the "Radio" part of the I.D.

I went back to mine, but heard no ID. There was some kind of sound effect at the end of "I Feel Love" that's not in the original song, but if it was someone giving ID, it wasn't something I could understand.
Title: Re: UNID 6935 USB 0118 UTC 29 Apr 2017
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on April 29, 2017, 2003 UTC
I checked the SDR recording, at 01:25:46 I heard an OM say what sounded like "... radio". It could have been "free radio". It was right at the end of the song, so I guess it could have been something from the song itself.
Title: Re: UNID 6935 USB 0118 UTC 29 Apr 2017
Post by: PirateSWL on April 29, 2017, 2019 UTC
I appreciate you both checking your SDR recordings. From what I remember there was a pause after "I Feel Love" and then the station gave the I.D. and went off the air.