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Author Topic: Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 1609 utc 27 Jun 2019  (Read 448 times)

Offline Ray Lalleu

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Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 1609 utc 27 Jun 2019
« on: June 27, 2019, 1612 UTC »
on 6305.05
1609 very weak and noisy, 1611 ID?, "My Sharona", 1615 ID, e-mail, next pop
1657 ID+@, music, etc, music
2029 music, 2030 break (strong OHR?, then nothing)
« Last Edit: June 27, 2019, 2033 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
D/E/F/G/It/Sp : Dutch/English/French/German/Italian/Spanish
+/- : about 0.02 offset, ++/-- 0.03/0.04 offset
Balanced wire antennas, wire lines and ATU
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Re: Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 1609 utc 27 Jun 2019
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2019, 1939 UTC »
Merlin is weak and barely readable on a Swiss SDR.

Reception is not much better than SIO 222.

Noisy atmospheric conditions and deep fades right now are problematic.

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Re: Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 1609 utc 27 Jun 2019
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2019, 2006 UTC »
Swiss SDR is providing better reception right now.

SIO 333 at times.

Atmospheric noise not too bad.

Paul Watt is on air. ID and The Model by Kraftwerk. Now Red Red Wine by UB40. Next Holiday by Madonna. Broadcasting from Europe to Europe, announced. Female singing Days, cover of Kinks track. Beach Boys trax Surfin USA, etc.