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WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« on: August 28, 2022, 0152 UTC »
S9+30 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

0152 UTC-ON
0152 UTC-Lead A Normal Life by Peter Gabriel
0156 UTC-Crowd cheering
0158 UTC-WTF Radio Worldwide jingle
0159 UTC-Station ID
0159 UTC-Purple Haze (Live) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
0203 UTC-Station ID
0203 UTC-Star Spangled Banner/Purple Haze/Instrumental by Jimi Hendrix
0206 UTC-Station ID
0206 UTC-Ashes To Ashes (Live) by David Bowie
0211 UTC-Station ID
0211 UTC-Don't Let Me Down (Live) by The Beatles & Billy Preston
0214 UTC-“And hopefully the propagation gods will be kind to us tonight”
0214 UTC-Substitute (Remixed Live At Leeds Version) by The Who
0216 UTC-Station ID
0216 UTC-In the City by Eagles
0220 UTC-Station ID
0220 UTC-Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits
0226 UTC-Station ID, now faded down to S9, lots of static, now better on the Northern Utah KiwiSDR
0226 UTC-Unknown Music
« Last Edit: August 28, 2022, 0228 UTC by Shortwave_listener »
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2022, 0155 UTC »
Peter Gabriel - Lead a Normal Life. S9+30 here in Binghamton, NY - almost completely drowning out the noisy static crashes. No fading evident.
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2022, 0157 UTC »
Cheering crowd
0158 Id. WTF radio
S 5/7
« Last Edit: August 28, 2022, 0201 UTC by Davep »
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2022, 0200 UTC »
0200 Id  WTF Worldwide S 7
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2022, 0200 UTC »
0158 UTC Killer S9 signal here with what sounds like a crowd cheering
0159 UTC OM with WTF ID "Broadcasting from the east coast to the world", into a live version of "Purple Haze"-Jimi Hendrix
0203 UTC OM with ID..."And you know what that means", into another JH song
0206 UTC OM with ID, into "Ashes to Ashes"-David Bowie
0211 UTC OM with ID, into "Don't Let Me Down"-Beatles
0214 UTC OM with "Hopefully the propagation gods will be good to us tonight", into a live version of "Substitute"-The Who
0216 UTC OM chat, into a live version of "In the City"-Joe Walsh with the Eagles?
0220 UTC OM with ID, into a live version of "Sultans of Swing"-Dire Straits
0226 UTC OM chatting about playing live music tonight, into a live version of "Watching The Detectives"-Elvis Costello
0232 UTC OM chat into a live version of "So Lonely"-The Police (I could swear I heard a YL with brief numbers?)
0239 UTC OM chat, into a live version of "The Man Who Sold the World"-Nirvana
0243 UTC OM chat....getting some major fades into the noise...band is going long
0246 UTC Almost a total fade out....the band is going long....going, going, almost gone
0248 UTC Think I heard WTF say the xmtr is overheating?
« Last Edit: August 28, 2022, 0251 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2022, 0201 UTC »
SINPO=34343

200- "Purple Haze" live by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
203- OM IDs WTF ("and you know what that means") over music.
203- "Purple Haze" instrumental version by Jimi Hendrix.
206- OM IDs WTF Worldwide.
206- "Ashes To Ashes" live (at BBC) by David Bowie.
« Last Edit: August 28, 2022, 0207 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2022, 0240 UTC »
Is Guitar George still with the Sultans?
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2022, 0240 UTC »
S8 @ 0240 with "The Man Who Sold The World" Nirvana
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2022, 0241 UTC »
0238 Station ID ..... "WTF ....What The Frequency" ... OM Nice S9 +15 signal
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2022, 0253 UTC »
S9 here and sounding great with the Talking Heads
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2022, 0301 UTC »
I am getting this S3-4 in Nebraska. Very weak.
0253 Talking Heads
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6940 USB 0152 UTC 28 Aug 2022
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2022, 0816 UTC »
02.43 UTC applause, station ID by OM: This is the WTF - Radio Worldwide
02.43 UTC Stevie Ray Vaugn - Voodoo Chile
02.49 UTC The Plastic Ono Band - Yer Blues (live)
02.52 UTC DJ announces something, new music
02.53 UTC Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (live)
02.58 UTC applause, talk, live music
03.02 UTC applause, talk to the audience, applause again
03.03 UTC jingle ID?, new music (ambient sleep relax sound)
03.05 UTC sign off

nice signal in NW Germany tonight (SINPO 24322)
I would highly appreciate an eQSL to my addy below. Thanks for the show!
BTW, I made a recording, if interested by the OP
« Last Edit: August 28, 2022, 0820 UTC by RainBrandy »
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