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Here is my full detailed report.

Please QSL to qslbill@gmail.com if you have one available.

Thanks for the show.
Bill Harms

RECEPTION REPORT

30 May 2022
0515-0545z
6285 kHz
SINPO - 34233
Reception location - Walworth, New York
Receiver - SDRplay RSPdx
Antenna - 50 meter long wire

0515:00-Male announcer spoke - War of attrition, listener named Steven Olson requested AC/DC, talk about upcoming song.
0517:00-Song - "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC
0521:00-Identification - "... on your dial ... X-FM". This was followed by the song "Lessons In Love (All Day, All Night)" by Neon Trees Featuring Kaskade
0525:00-Identification - "Broadcasting from the United States to the world, this is X-FM (shortwave) ... (Music to the) power of X."
0525:15-Song - "Useless (Remix)" by Despeche Mode.
0530:30-Song - "Why I'm Here" by Oleander.
0534:00-Announcer spoke - promise of easy music, but sometimes you have to kick butt, animosity, hello to a listener in New Zealand, and ID as "Music to the Power of X."
0535:00-Song - "Angels Son" by Seven Dust
0538:00-Song - "The Sound of Fire" by the Fixx
0541:30-Song - "Popular" by Nada Surf.
0545:00-End of report. I continued to listen.


Hearing X-FM here in Walworth New York.  Have a recording going for a reception report later. Too sleepy right now to write a decent detailed report.
0530-0541z 6285 kHz
Music with DJ patter in between songs.

Bill Harms
qslbill@gmail.com

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Hearing X-FM here in Walworth New York.  Have a recording going for a reception report later. Too sleepy right now to write a decent detailed report.
0530-0541z 6285 kHz
Music with DJ patter in between songs.

Bill Harms
qslbill@gmail.com

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2256:00-Southside Blues by Archie Fisher
2259:00-Silver Coin by Archie Fisher
2300:30-ID as "Chill Radio CHIL" - Song - Sky's the Limit by Fleetwod Mac
2304:00-Love is Dangerous by Fleetwod Mac
2308:00-In the Back of My Mind by Fleetwod Mac.

Heard in Walworth, NY with good signal on my RF Space SDR-IQ

Please send an eQSL to qslbill@philcobill.com
Bill Harms

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Okay, the signal started out in the mud, and fluttery.  Once in a while it would fade up with intelligible audio.  It got progressively better as time went by.  at 0420z it was good enough that I could tell what was going on.  The signal was not fluttery, even though it was not strong.

6940 kHz
4 May 2014

0309z instrumental song
0318z talk
0319z sounded like talk over music

0325z Male announcer spoke about African Stations on 90 and 60 meters. nothing else intelligible.
0326z Male singing, African music
0330z Male announcer speaking
0331:30z Song
0333z Man talking.  Thought I heard a mention of shortwave
0334z song -

0335z Continued to monitor frequency hoping that the signal will fade up.  I hear talk and African Music.

0359z Male announcer spoke. I heard something about meter band.
0400z music Shazam says the song is Petroskoi by Mylitant.
0402z male announcer spoke, and then a new song
0404:30z Talk.  I heard "Artem's World of Music" at 0405:30z
0406:00z Song - Shazam says it is SomosCubanos - Los Van Van
0410z announcer spoke. Web address?  email address?
0411:30-Song that sounded Scottish or Irish.  Lots of white noise mixing.
0414:30-Song
0415:00-Closing - ID Artem's World of Music and email address
0416:00-Went live with ID and "Theme from Shaft" by Isaac Hayes.
0419:00- "Hotel California" by Eagles
0425:00- DJ talk I could pick up every other word.  Heard Email as radiotruenorth@gmail.com and ID
0426:45-song - Seven Wonders by Fleetwood Mack.

Heard on an RF Space SDR-IQ

QSL at Bill Harms philcobill@verizon.net

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Great Signal here in Maryland 6925U SIO 444 S9+20  Great Audio

0252z Story about Robots making themselves
0253z Contact email undercoverradio@gmail.com
0254z "Fly Like an Eagle" Steve Miller Band
0257z call out to Skipmuck, Philcobill (Me!) and others. Looking at email. Listener in Ireland. Likes audio clips. Talk about side band audio. 16 T-shirts. Doctor Benway. Good conditions. SDR receiver in Holland. SDR stuff. Steve checking in. Sam broadcaster. Audio reports. Winterfest. Black T-Shirts
0305:30z ID Don't let them see us.  Don't tell them what we are doing.
0306z "Hold Your Head Up" by Argent


Bill Harms
Elkridge, MD
 
QSL at philcobill@verizon.net

RF Space SDR-IQ



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Great Signal here in Maryland! S9+

0108z "Weightless" Nada Surf
0111z DJ talk and ID
0112z "Whatever" Oasis
0118z "Cannibal" Silversun Pickups
0121:30z "Eyes be Closed" Washed out
Bill Harms
Elkridge, Maryland

QSL appreciated at philcobill@verizon.net

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Heard here in Maryland
s9+
0036z "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" Billie Holiday
0038:30z "Sweet Sue" Artie Shaw

Bill Harms
Elkridge, Maryland
QSL appreciated philcobill@verizon.net

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Heard again tonight.
0030z ID Focus International
0031z UI song

Poor signal s3-5


Bill Harms
Elkridge, Maryland

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Heard in Maryland USA with poor signal in between lightning crashes. Terrible readibility, but there nonetheless.

0137z "Rock the Casbah."
0140z Talk by DJ. Shortwave 48 Meter band. He listed some names.
0141z ID as "You are listening to Focus International."

Bill Harms
Elkridge, MD

QSL appreciated at philcobill@verizon.net

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Heard here in Walworth, NY (On vacation) s9 om a makeshift random wire antenna and an SDR-IQ

0138z Back That Thing Up
0140z Nursery Rhymes - Big Al Carson
0146z Sounded like ID and then carrier gone.

Bill Harms
home base - Elkridge, MD
please QSL at philcobill@verizon.net

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Heard again here on 6150.5 with Andy Walker with before they were famous songs

Bill Harms
Elkridge Maryland

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 0120z 15 April 2014
« on: April 15, 2014, 0128 UTC »
0020z a guy doing a stand up routine (comedy?)

Just above the noise floor

Measured freq at 6924.99 or maybe a little lower than that

Bill Harms
Elkridge MD

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0109:00-ID - captainmorganshortwave@gmailcom. Then song "Do you Know what I Mean?"
0113:00-"Sunshine" - Jonathan Edwards
0116:00-ID and then "Every Day People" Sly and the Family Stone
0118:30-"Mama told me Not to Come" Three Dog Night

Great Signal! s9+5

QSL appreciated
Bill Harms
Elkridge, MD
philcobill@verizon.net

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID on 6925 4/14 0053Z
« on: April 14, 2014, 0055 UTC »
Stronger than earlier station possibly the one tuning up about 10 15 minutes previously

Bill Harms

philcobill@verizon.net


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s9 here in Maryland

0047 "Band on the Run" - Paul Mccartney
0053 "Taking it Easy"


Appreciate QSL
Bill Harms
philcobill@verizon.net

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