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Author Topic: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022  (Read 747 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« on: December 28, 2022, 2141 UTC »
2140 UTC Interval Signal, then OM with ID
2142 UTC OM with ID then "Radio Morania Hit Parade", followed by "I Fell In Love With a Green Neck Turtle Fly"
2145 UTC "Hazy Shade of Winter"-Simon & Garfunkel
2146 UTC OM with "RME" Radio Morania External Service, followed by unid music
2147 UTC "Now we take you to the weather bureau", followed by YL? with weather report
2149 UTC "This is Morania Calling", into "Time of the Season"-Zombies
2150 UTC "This is the Golden Sounds of Radio Morania"...followed by the "6,000 pound spaghetti harvest...from the spaghetti capital of Morania, Spaghetti City"
(The sun shines here 26 hours a day)  :D
2157 UTC OM with ID and frequencies...we'll be closing our transmission on the 37 meter band...next is "Moranian Mailbag"..letter from Sudbury Ontario....talk about the ice cube factory...GMT -53 seconds...from Minneapolis, Minnesota...music is the best part of your program
2203 UTC "Morania is a free country"...no profession is allowed...no doctors or lawyers...part of the Moranian free concept"
2206 UTC (Bit of a fade here plus some noise blob QRM)
2208 UTC "The National Anthem of the free republic of Morania", into an unid "folk" song
2211 UTC "Now it's time for Moranian Ham Shack"
2218 UTC "CW By Radio"
2220 UTC Damn....the band is going long here...
2223 UTC Signal back up!
2229 UTC "The Chocolate Mine of Chocolate City"  ;D
2237 UTC "Good Night", followed by the National Anthem of Morania
I haven't heard this in a long time! I used to have a cassette tape of the program, but it's gone missing over the years!
2239 UTC WBOG IS and phonetic ID, then OFF

Thank you for keeping this one alive WBOG! A true classic!
« Last Edit: December 28, 2022, 2302 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2022, 2146 UTC »
Good reception
2144 ID, music of America
2145"Hazy Shade of Winter",ID
« Last Edit: December 28, 2022, 2202 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2022, 2148 UTC »
2147  Om talk?
2155 Radio Morania  ID
2156  Sunshine  26 hours per day 


« Last Edit: December 28, 2022, 2156 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2022, 2151 UTC »
Exact frequency is 6849.53 kHz. S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

2149 UTC-OM “This is Morania calling”
2150 UTC-“This is the golden sound of Radio Morania, keep listening to your shortwave station”
2150 UTC-Talking about “the 6000 pound spaghettini harvest”
2153 UTC-Elizabeth Dreams by Status Quo
2153 UTC-Back to talking about the spaghetti harvest
2154 UTC-Contact information, obscured by “interference”
2156 UTC-End of “The 6000 Trail” program
2156 UTC-“This is the golden sound of Radio Morania”
2158 UTC-Frequencies and broadcast times
2158 UTC-Moranian mailbag program
2205 UTC-Also broadcasting via laser beam  ;D
2207 UTC-Program is now closing
2208 UTC-“National Anthem of the Free Republic of Morania”
2209 UTC-Beginning of the next program
2224 UTC-Band has gone long, only a bit of audio and strong QRM from Peskies on 6850 USB

Thanks for the relay!
« Last Edit: December 28, 2022, 2225 UTC by Shortwave_Listener »
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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2022, 2151 UTC »
21:52 UTC 6849.6khz AM, love it !  Spaghetti City !!!!    S9 and better !
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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2022, 2154 UTC »
Just tuned in to hear ID and discussion
Signal fair at Maryland SDR
Really hilarious -- a true classic!
« Last Edit: December 28, 2022, 2201 UTC by dxace1 »
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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2022, 2203 UTC »
That spaghetti bit was lifted from a BBC TV April Fool's Day broadcast. You'd be surprised at the number of Brits that bought it. If you're going to steal, steal from the best.

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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2022, 2207 UTC »
Good signal. Always nice to hear the external service of R. Morania
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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2022, 2219 UTC »
2218 - S7 Nice Copy. OM talking about CW followed by CW of course
2220 -OM: "This is Radio Morania external service"
2231 - Two guys talking about chocolate dinosaurs
2233 - "Here, There and everywhere this is Radio Morania"
2237 - The National Anthem of the Free Republic of Morania
2239 - WBOG tones/IS followed by YL: "Penetrations, I enjoy penetrations very much"
« Last Edit: December 28, 2022, 2250 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2022, 2220 UTC »
About a S-7 on a Kiwi w/120 ft.T2FD from Smolinski's Radio Ranch. A lot of static on the band as the signal weakens.

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Re: Radio Morania relay via WBOG 6849.6 AM 2140 UTC 28 DEC 2022
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2022, 2226 UTC »
I have it with a poor/fair signal.  Male talking about amateur radio ops.  Talking about a Texas op.
2239 OFF

« Last Edit: December 28, 2022, 2240 UTC by JustGreg »
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