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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Helicaster on August 21, 2017, 0052 UTC

Title: Radio Free Mars 6849 Am 0049 UTC 21 Aug 2017
Post by: Helicaster on August 21, 2017, 0052 UTC
0049 - Pink Floyd Eclipse
Good signal
0053 -  electronic Music
About 6849.3 or so here
Good signal but fighting static
0102 - Here Comes The Sun - Nina Simone
0105 - Darkside of Aquarius - Bruce Dickinson
0109 - talk about eclipse - signal up and down now
Title: UNID 6850 AM 0052 UTC 21 Aug 2017
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on August 21, 2017, 0053 UTC
Sounded like an ID of Radio Free Mars? SIO 322.
Title: Re: UNID 6849 Am 0049 UTC 8-21-2017
Post by: PirateSWL on August 21, 2017, 0055 UTC
Radio Free Mars 6949 AM S5-S8 in NY

0055: Electronica song
0100: Nina Simone "Here Comes The Sun"
0104: Bruce Dickinson "Darkside Of Aquarius"
0108: Info about tomorrow's eclipse
0112: The Beatles "Here Comes The Sun"
0118: Audio clip "We Will Destroy You" then robot sound then YL talking about eclipse facts
0121: Nice Electronica song
0125: Radio Free Mars I.D. twice
0126: YL back on with eclipse facts
0128: Pink Floyd "Breathe"
0131: Pink Floyd "Any Colour You Like"

Video clip of broadcast with I.D. at the end: https://youtu.be/2ap6dKs-LDI

Special Solar Eclipse eQSL for tonight's broadcast please to PirateSWL@aol.com
OR
Postal QSL to P.O. Box 141, Valley Cottage, N.Y. 10989-0141
Title: Re: UNID 6849 Am 0049 UTC 8-21-2017
Post by: Traveling Wave on August 21, 2017, 0056 UTC
0053 UTC- Signal S5 in WNY but signal is up and down.
Title: Re: UNID 6849 Am 0049 UTC 8-21-2017
Post by: Cornel on August 21, 2017, 0058 UTC
00:57z Sounds good, up to s7 in OH, but fighting vs digital signal.
01:06z much lower now, audio low
Title: Re: UNID 6849 Am 0049 UTC 8-21-2017
Post by: hsmith77 on August 21, 2017, 0059 UTC
S5 Music "Here comes the Sun "
Title: Re: UNID 6849 Am 0049 UTC 8-21-2017
Post by: Ct Yankee on August 21, 2017, 0101 UTC
Fair signal - In/Out  This might be Eclipse Radio that Skipmunk posted about yesterday

0058z  Very variable signal - music but not able to ID because of fades
0108z OM talking but over modulated.  Fades while talking.
Title: Re: UNID 6849 Am 0049 UTC 8-21-2017
Post by: R4002 on August 21, 2017, 0116 UTC
Frequency seems to be 6849.3 kHz or so, but tuning to 6849 kHz or 6850 kHz doesn't cause any reduction in audio quality due to nice strong AM modulation and overall good signal.  Some fades.

0113 UTC - Hearing bits and pieces of audio, music and talk (but can't really make anything usable out) at
0114 UTC - lots of sound effects, music playing (too weak to tell what I'm hearing though...)
0114 UTC - edit, I'm definitely hearing Pink Floyd :D
0115 UTC - and everything under the sun is tune...but the sun is eclipsed by the moon...
0115 UTC - more crazy sound effects, possibly bells ringing, lots of fading at this point.  Decent carrier, S6 at peaks, sliding down to S3 during fades
0124 UTC - psychedelic trance style electronic music, some quality beats...at some point a carrier appeared at 6850.0 kHz
0125 UTC - carrier on 6849.3 kHz cut out a couple times...possibly technical difficulties?  music continues...
0126 UTC - YL talking, electronic music / techno beats playing in background with increasing static noise levels
0128 UTC - Pink Floyd - Speak to Me/Breathe (signal came up noticeably right as this track started...coincidence?  ;))
0129 UTC - Mystery unmodulated carrier or CW signal on 6850 kHz disappears as 6849.3 keeps going strong
0130 UTC - Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like
0134 UTC - Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (the intro anyway, then carrier disappeared)
0134 UTC - appears to be off the air