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Author Topic: XLR8 6950 USB 0220 25 DEC 14  (Read 2130 times)

Offline Rich

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XLR8 6950 USB 0220 25 DEC 14
« on: December 25, 2014, 0235 UTC »
0220 XLR8 ID then into techno sounding song

Some big fading, but fairly clear in Penn.
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Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0220 25 DEC 14
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2014, 0238 UTC »
S2 to S3, improving
Big time fading, but weaker than previous broadcasts

0230 - Hearing ambient / techno on freq
0239 - hearing talk on freq and into more music
0249 - Merry Christmas
0249 - Positive ID by OM as "XLR8"
0300 - Jingle Bells on saxophone
0302 - Positive ID by OM as "XLR8. Accelerate"
« Last Edit: December 25, 2014, 0303 UTC by ByteBORG »
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Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0220 25 DEC 14
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2014, 0238 UTC »
If this is XLR8, the band must have gone long.  I usually have a big signal from XLR8, but this is only running around S5.  >:(

Signal has improved in the last few minutes, well over S9 now at 0247z with a punkish sounding Christmas tune.

Thanks XLR8!
« Last Edit: December 25, 2014, 0248 UTC by textim »
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Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0220 25 DEC 14
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2014, 0248 UTC »
Nothing here no signal usually his signal is huge!
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Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0220 25 DEC 14
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2014, 0305 UTC »
S-3 to S-5 in Lansing, Michigan at 0305 UTC... off around 0315.

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« Last Edit: December 25, 2014, 0326 UTC by John Poet »

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Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0220 25 DEC 14
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2014, 0311 UTC »
twas the night  before Christmas. At 0310
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Re: XLR8 6950 USB 0220 25 DEC 14
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2014, 1836 UTC »
Fair to good copy here on the SDR recording.
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