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Title: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Monophonia on January 25, 2020, 0201 UTC
With an intriguing opening track, it's Redhat.

edit: Actually sounds like a bed, maybe I caught him testing.

edit2: Standby placeholder/message

59+10 in SW Ohio and a butternut HF2V vertical on 16 radials.
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: redhat on January 25, 2020, 0203 UTC
We are up.  Antenna is screwed, the harmonic filter is broken, but the show must go on!

+-RH
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: MDK2 on January 25, 2020, 0203 UTC
Noted carrier just before 0200, unfortunately all I'm copying is that and some occasional bits of audio at the noise floor.
0214 Signal suddenly took a big jump. Copying Redhat on the mic with XFM ID.
0234 I had some ok audio for a while, but signal has faded away to nothing by this time. Just a trace carrier. Will have to get the upload later. Thanks for the show.
0301 signal is back in a big way, SIO 222 (which I will gladly take)

Rx at 0302: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU0CGV4UxCA

0416 hearing "Abacab" Genesis, a song I used to really dig as a youth.
0502 sounds like Rush.... not from Moving Pictures, maybe later in the 80s. (whoops, it was "The Trees" which came out earlier)
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Monophonia on January 25, 2020, 0204 UTC
We are up.  Antenna is screwed, the harmonic filter is broken, but the show must go on!

+-RH

Well, I don't hear you on 8370 or 12555 so we're good!
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: dxace1 on January 25, 2020, 0206 UTC
0206 XFM with straight instrumental....signal fair at Virginia SDR
Much better via Rockport Maine
Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen
Nice clean signal as of 0213...
Thanks for the shout out to me on air....


Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Markokpik on January 25, 2020, 0207 UTC
0201 music track with announcements about X-FM beginning. 

S9+ here.  Great audio.
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Bali_Frank on January 25, 2020, 0209 UTC
signal 6-7 on the SDR in Westminster,MD (02.05)
instrumental + ID
02.08 program starts
02.09 song by a man "Everybody Knows"
02.12 man talking + ID +calls to the HFU +email + instrumental in the background
02.20 song by Ramstein "Du hast mich"

 
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Fried Chickin' on January 25, 2020, 0210 UTC
 8)
I love me some XFM radio!

Dropping the BASS... at about S3 to S5 here in NH, USA ...fading a bit but I'll take it.

Keep up the good work.
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: blw on January 25, 2020, 0211 UTC
Excellent audio and great tunes. Cool stuff. Thanks Mix for the broadcast. Signal is S9+22.

Ramstein with some of the tamer music. Good stuff.
Prodigy- unk tune but a great selection
Bandit- Slow
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: refmo on January 25, 2020, 0211 UTC
S9 or better @ 0211 with "Everybody Knows" Leonard Cohen
0248 - "Nails for Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks" PATD, S9
0408 - "White Punks On Dope" The Tubes, S9+

Video of reception at: https://youtu.be/FIUrEKQaJWg (https://youtu.be/FIUrEKQaJWg)


Looks like skippy someone is playing with waterfall images in the sidebands....   (https://i.imgur.com/3qkuBEf.png)
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Monophonia on January 25, 2020, 0212 UTC
Gotta say the propagation has been very kind to you this evening, goes to show how powerful it is, even with the low power.
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: WWBR on January 25, 2020, 0216 UTC
My antenna is down on the ground, so I'm listening via CommSigma's SDR... sounds pretty good. 

"Endless problems" boy, do I know how that goes! I was shooting to get on the air by Halloween, I'm still not on!

You're doing S8 at Siggy's though...

Update: you're hitting +10 now!
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Andrew Yoder on January 25, 2020, 0221 UTC
Pretty good signal tonight. Just tuned in to Redhat saying that he should've been on the air 2 hrs ago
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Azimuth Coordinator on January 25, 2020, 0222 UTC
02:19z   S7 - S9  Moderate Fading with great audio on peaks  on Alberta CA SDR..   In the In the noise at My QTH

02:21z  Rammstein   Du Hast 
02:49z  Panic At The Disco..
02:58z  White Reaper  Might Be Right  Thanks Redhat !!
03:06z  Depeche Mode   Policy of Truth
03:15z  Holy F*ck  Lux
03:41z  AC/DC  Hells Bels


Thanks for the Broadcast. Sorry about your Technical issues..
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: oly1959 on January 25, 2020, 0228 UTC
Hello Redhat. Just got home, catching The Mighty X on 4185 using the k3fef at 0215 talking about the harmonic filter that blew up and other assorted stuff including the crazy weather into Rammstein being played at 0220. Seen a advertisement that Rammstein is coming here to the Cities for a concert! Signal is a S7-8 and audio great as always. Must be running lower power? Anyway, great to hear you on the HF airwaves this evening! Keep rocking them buddy! Your awesome! Can I request the Kongos "Come With Me Now" or Liquid Liquid  "Cavern"? Thanks. :) Thanks for playing the Kongo's Redhat!
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: skeezix on January 25, 2020, 0240 UTC
0240Z 45434 S7 redhat talking & mentioning HFU logs. Signal usually good, but with occasional deep fades.
0314Z 35433 S5 Holy F**k "Luxe"
0317Z 35433 S5 redhat talking about HFU & other things.
0324Z 35433 S5 ID
0324Z 35433 S5 Kongos "Come With Me Now"
0327Z 35433 S5 ID
0328Z 35433 S5 Placebo "Taste In Men"
0331Z 35433 S5 ID
0331Z 35433 S5 The Limousines "Very Busy People"
0336Z 35433 S5 AC/DC "Hells Bells"
0341Z 35433 S5 ID
0341Z 35433 S5 KoЯn "Word Up!"
0348Z 35433 S5 ID
0348Z 35433 S5 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "Handyman"
0353Z 35433 S5 The Neighborhood "Afraid"
0358Z 35433 S4 Alice in Chains "Your Decision"
0405Z 25423 S4 The Tubes "White Punks on Dope"
0414Z 25423 S3 Genesis "Abacab"
0425Z 45434 S7 ID
0425Z 35433 S5 The Refreshments "Banditos"
0429Z 35433 S5 ID. The band is from in the noise to S9.
0429Z 35433 S5 Anberlin "Feel Good Drag"
0433Z 35433 S5 3 Doors Down "Loser"
0438Z 45434 S7 ID
0438Z 45434 S7 The Stills "Still In Love Song"
0458Z 35433 S5 Rush "The Trees"  - Band still way down & way up.
0503Z 35333 S5 ID
0503Z 35333 S5 RÜFÜS DU SOL "No Place"
0509Z 35333 S5 M83 "Laser Gun"
0513Z 35333 S5 ID
0513Z 35333 S5 Dominic Fike "3 Nights"
0516Z 45434 S7 Girl Ray "Show Me More"
0525Z 35333 S5 Motorcycle "As the Rush Comes"
0536Z 35433 S5 Virtual Self "Ghost Voices"
0547Z 35433 S5 ID
0547Z 45434 S7 Toad the Wet Sprocket "Something's Always Wrong"
0552Z 45434 S7 Third Eye Blind "How's It Going To Be"
0556Z 45434 S7 The Mary Onettes "Cola Falls"
0601Z 45434 S7 Filter "Take A Picture"
0606Z 45434 S7 The Goo Goo Dolls "Name"
0611Z 45434 S7 TV on the Radio "Will Do"
0614Z 45434 S7 redhat signing off
0618Z 45434 S7 The Verve "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
0626Z 45434 S7 ID
0626Z Off Air.



Great show tonight and sounding very nice on the NC-125.




National NC-125 with Quantum QX Loop antenna
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on January 25, 2020, 0305 UTC
Booming into Alabama +20 on the Drake SW2.  Sounding great!  Thanks for the tunes!
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: bandarr3000 on January 25, 2020, 0312 UTC
0310 - SIO 333 into west Michigan.  Great to hear you again, XFM.
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: JCMaxwell on January 25, 2020, 0319 UTC
Sounding good here in NC, Redhat.

Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: clobdell on January 25, 2020, 0322 UTC
Hi guys, hearing you at 0321 on 4185 kHz! S-7 or so! My first pirate log on my new Elad FDM-DUOr receiver btw.
0430 "Feel Good Drag" by Anberlin per my request, thanks!!!
Signal improving a bit since 0415 or so...... :)
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: super skyrider on January 25, 2020, 0325 UTC
Good copy into Tulsa OK, tuned in 0320
Hello to Joe in Atlanta 0323
"Come With Me Now" by the Kongos 0324

Thanks Redhat!!

Chris  KC5IIE
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Treehouse SWL on January 25, 2020, 0409 UTC
Hey, Redhat!

Just tuned in at 0408 UTC and hearing the Tubes' "White Punks on Dope" well via the local SDR in Machias, WA. Just a bit of fading and static at times.

As of 0410 UTC, I now have the signal on my own radio using just the whip, but the fading and noise are worse than on the SDR, which no doubt has a better antenna.

Redhat played a canned ID at 0414 UTC, chatted a bit and went into "Abacab" by Genesis. Now listening via Northern Utah SDR, as the local fading got bad.

"Lisztomania" by Phoenix at 0421 UTC. Signal's currently booming into the Utah SDR I'm listening to. Canned ID at 0425 UTC, then "Banditos" by The Refreshments. After a quick ID, Redhat mentioned the upcoming song was a request then played "Feel Good Drag" by Anberlin.

After the song, at 0433 UTC, Redhat chatted a bit, played an ID and introduced the 3 Doors Down song "Loser." After that, at 0437 UTC, a bit of chatting into "Still in Love Song" by The Stills.

After a canned ID at 0441 UTC, "No Bullets Spent" by Spoon. After another ID at 0444 UTC, "Bittersweet" by Fuel. At 0448 UTC, Redhat talked a bit about modern rock, read a reception email, talked about his previous transmitter woes and recapped the last few songs over background electronic music.

OK, off to a late dinner ...

... And back from dinner at 0526 UTC, just in time to hear a remix of Motorcycle's "As the Rush Comes," which is an all-time favorite of mine. That song's lived on my iPod for a decade now. At 0536 UTC, "Ghost Voices" by Virtual Self after a bit of inter-song chatter by Redhat.

Then I sat back and listened to the songs, ones by Goo Goo Dolls, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Nigel Stanford and Filter among them. Around 0615 UTC, Redhat gave a long list of shoutouts (including to me) and said his goodbyes as The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" swelled. Signoff after an ID around 0626 UTC. I listened to this last part via the local SDR again up here; the signal was weak but audible.

Good as always to hear ya! Glad that doing this is "your vacation."
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: WWBR on January 25, 2020, 0435 UTC
Still doing great on Sigma's kiwiw, +10 or higher at times.

I was thinking about requesting this very 3 Doors Down song, believe it or not.
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: WWBR on January 25, 2020, 0449 UTC
I just saw 3 pirate radio logos go by in your lower sideband....

I absolutely LOVE your playlist, BTW! Thank you for the great show!
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: didu heardat on January 25, 2020, 0520 UTC
S9 or better @ 0211 with "Everybody Knows" Leonard Cohen
0248 - "Nails for Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks" PATD, S9
0408 - "White Punks On Dope" The Tubes, S9+

Video of reception at: https://youtu.be/FIUrEKQaJWg (https://youtu.be/FIUrEKQaJWg)


Looks like skippy is playing with waterfall images in the sidebands....   (https://i.imgur.com/3qkuBEf.png)

no skippy isn't playing with waterfall images in the sidebands
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: JCMaxwell on January 25, 2020, 0521 UTC
You’re a class act, Redhat.
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on January 25, 2020, 0525 UTC
Still booming in.  Thanks for the grat tunes!
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: redhat on January 25, 2020, 0530 UTC
You’re a class act, Redhat.

Senseless conflict has no place here.  We're all here for the same reasons, great music and comaraderie.  Lets do what we can to keep it that way.

+-RH
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: WWBR on January 25, 2020, 0549 UTC
Red Hat... thank you so much for the great program tonight. This gets the Boogieman Seal of Broadcasting Approval" and is what real radio is supposed to be. Wonderful playlist with major variety and freshness, wonderful sounding processing and you have a "great set of tubes" to quote one of my former PD's. This is what a pirate station should strive to imitate! Thank you so much, sir! You weren't even slowed down by jokers messing with your signal... total class operation in my book.
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: WWBR on January 25, 2020, 0622 UTC
Years ago, I worked at a station which played the album version of Nights in White Satin at sign off... I always thought that was the perfect sign-off song... until I heard Verve's song used... perfect!

Good night sir and I hope to spend your "vacation" with you again soon, because it's MY vacation too!
Title: Re: XFM 4185 AM 0100 UTC 25 JAN 2020
Post by: Andrew Yoder on January 25, 2020, 0624 UTC
Sign off message around 0615 & into one more song. Still sounding pretty good here