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Author Topic: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023  (Read 858 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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2156 UTC Music just above the noise here...blues tune?
2202 UTC QSY'd to 6950 USB...more blues rock music
2212 UTC Somebody came up over the unid repeating the word "Skyman" periodically
2217 UTC Signal up to S7 peaks now with some serious lead guitar instrumental blues
2221 UTC OM came up on frequency repeating "Infected Mushroom Head"
2223 UTC I recognize the lead guitar riffs from "Dazed and Confused"
2227 UTC Robot 72 SSTV

2245 UTC Martin 1 SSTV

2210 UTC Martin 1 SSTV

2312 UTC Cluck Cluck's and ID by OM, then OFF

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« Last Edit: January 28, 2023, 2313 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2023, 2158 UTC »
S5 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR.

2156 UTC-If Heartaches Were Nickels by Joe Bonamassa
2200 UTC-Woke Up Dreaming by Joe Bonamassa
2202 UTC-Moved to 6950 USB
2202 UTC-Unknown Music, frequency drifting at times

2246 UTC-Martin 1 SSTV
2248 UTC-Unknown Music
2310 UTC-Martin 1 SSTV


« Last Edit: January 30, 2023, 0321 UTC by Shortwave_Listener »
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2023, 2159 UTC »
2159 Music just above the noise, SIO111
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2255 much better now, frequency 6950.05 USB, rock music, SIO 333
2310 SSTV
« Last Edit: January 28, 2023, 2312 UTC by MDK2 »
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2023, 2207 UTC »
on 6950 USB      DIRECT
2205 imaginary level, so far
2239 very weak music at home, also on  SDR with less noise
2245 SSTV
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2023, 2208 UTC »
2208 Good signal but off frequency.
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2023, 2218 UTC »
2216 Good, w/guitar music. Audio needs a shot of something. S3-5.
2227 SSTV-Thunder Chicken
2229 More guitar music.

« Last Edit: January 28, 2023, 2241 UTC by IrvingtonVFD43 »
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2023, 2227 UTC »
2226 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY, audio is decent.
2227 UTC - SSTV Transmission
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2023, 2230 UTC »
2228 SSTV ending into Rock tune. S5, SIO:333
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2023, 2230 UTC »
2229 UTC  344, S6 with some fading
2229 caught it late
2241 So Many Roads by Joe Bonamassa
2247 SSTV
« Last Edit: January 28, 2023, 2250 UTC by Sky Waves »
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2023, 2240 UTC »
2237 cool rock guitar tune
2304 "Sloe Gin" by Joe Bonamassa

S7-8, with some fading and QRN
« Last Edit: January 28, 2023, 2304 UTC by Kestrel »
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2023, 2244 UTC »
S7 here
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB was 6955 USB 2156 UTC 28 JAN 2023
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2023, 2247 UTC »
2246 SSTV  S5
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