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Author Topic: The Crooked Man Calling Relay 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022  (Read 955 times)

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The Crooked Man Calling Relay 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« on: October 23, 2022, 1243 UTC »
1242 Just tuned in, SIO 444
1306 Crooked Man ID
1327 Off
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 1327 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Crooked Man Calling 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2022, 1247 UTC »
1244 UTC Unid R&B tune...several transmission breaks (S5 peaks with light fades)
1246 UTC Back up at S8 with same song
1248 UTC Unid R&B/jazz tune "Where did two rights go wrong" lyrics
1252 UTC OM with reverb voice "This is the Crooked Man Calling"...repeated, into unid cover of "Satisfaction"
1255 UTC Tinny sounding OM with spoken word...talking about "The Virgin Mary" and "what's on God's mind"
1258 UTC Unid pop tune
1300 UTC More spoken word-OM
1301 UTC "You Keep Me Hanging On"-Vanilla Fudge
1303 UTC OM speaking....(interesting how the spoken word part sounds like it was recorded from off a ham band?)
1304 UTC "Hand On Sloopy"-The McCoys
1307 UTC OM with reverb ID "This is Crooked Man Calling", into more off air ham band chat by OM
1308 UTC "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite"-Beatles
1312 UTC OM off air talk mentioning "The Prince of Peace", followed by unid bubble gum tune
1314 UTC Reverb voiced OM "The Crooked Man is Calling", into more spoken word ham band talk...mentions of "Electrical Charge"
1316 UTC "Rock N Roll Part 2"-Gary Glitter
1319 UTC More spoken ham band chatter by OM
1322 UTC "I Am the Walrus"-Beatles
1326 UTC "The Crooked Man Is Calling"...ID repeated, then OFF

Thank you for relaying this classic from the old days! This is the clearest I've ever heard this....I could even hear the OM ranting on the ham band!  8)
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 1328 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Crooked Man Calling 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2022, 1248 UTC »
12:47 UTC - Decent carrier but very little audio, audio did pop in for a few seconds;
12:48 UTC - Now there is modulation. Good readable;
12:52 UTC - Station ID: This is the crooked ?;
13:14 UTC - Now starting to fade and getting noisy;
13:26 UTC - Station ID and end of broadcast.


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« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 1328 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

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Re: Crooked Man Calling 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2022, 1255 UTC »
signal S9+ on the SDR in Vermont
12.50 song (unknown)
12.51 song "My Father's Son"
12.51 "This is ... calling" (a man)
12.53 song "Satisfaction " / a version
12.55 talking (a man)
12.56 song (unknown)
12.59 talking (a man)
13.00 song
13.03 talking (a man)
13-04 song "Hang On Sloopy"
13.07 talking (a man)
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 1307 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Crooked Man Calling 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2022, 1255 UTC »
1252 " I can't get no satisfican " S5
1256 Om Talk ?
1258 "Gorilla "
 
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 1258 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: Crooked Man Calling 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2022, 1301 UTC »

1301 OM talking, reception right at noise floor
1302 Music but ID not possible
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Re: The Crooked Man Calling Relay 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2022, 1313 UTC »
1312 UTC NY Groove Hello
1316 UTC Rock & Roll Pt. 2 Gary Glitter

S8 W/lots of Fading In Ma. On RSPdx Direct
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 1317 UTC by mlpearl53 »
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Re: The Crooked Man Calling Relay 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2022, 1318 UTC »
Reception into NE Ohio:

S8   SIO 444  SINPO 44444 Very clear signal!!!

1315 UTC  "The crooked man is calling" into explanation

1315 Rock and Roll Pt 2 by Gary Glitter

1319 Cure for brain tumors..paint a persons head blue

1321 about blackmailers

1322 I am the Walrus by The Beatles

1326 "The Crooked Man is Calling" then ota

Thanks for the broadcast!!!

« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 1330 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: The Crooked Man Calling Relay 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2022, 1324 UTC »
S6 and fair copy @ 1323 with "I Am The Walrus"
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Re: The Crooked Man Calling Relay 6925 AM 1242 UTC 23 OCT 2022
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2022, 1330 UTC »
Nice broad AM signal w/ ID's. Into Gary Glitter's "Rock And Roll". S-9 signal 8khz. wide. "I Am The Walrus" the Beatles. Ah, the period when John Lennon discovered back masking. And gone.