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Author Topic: 6950am X-FM Shortwave 0200z 4/14/2013  (Read 6599 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Re: 6950am X-FM Shortwave 0200z 4/14/2013
« Reply #15 on: April 14, 2013, 1411 UTC »
SDR recording catch, very good signal, S8 to S9.
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Re: 6950am X-FM Shortwave 0200z 4/14/2013
« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2013, 1453 UTC »
Likewise had them here, but it was VERY noisy and a bit of a mess on the bands!

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« Last Edit: April 14, 2013, 1459 UTC by LighthouseOhio »
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Re: 6950am X-FM Shortwave 0200z 4/14/2013
« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2013, 2016 UTC »
RECEPTION REPORT from BELGIUM
51°1’ 56”N – 2°40’36”E
     
FROM: Hugo Matten
TO:  X-FM Shortwave
DATE April 14, 2010
TIME:  02.00 -  02.30 UTC
FREQUENCY: 6950 kHz  AM
Quality of reception in SINPO-code:
Signal strength: 2
Interference: 5
Noise: mostly 2
Propagation disturbance: 3
Overall merit : mostly 2 
MY RECEIVER:  Kenwood R-5000
ANTENNA: T2FD 17 metres long
PROGRAMME DETAILS AND REMARKS:

A Mp3 audio file from what I heard at 02.09 UTC is on https://www.box.com/s/r6qhqth580er8f7heoq9
In it after 1 minute and 9 seconds I think heard the identification.

I live in the western part of Belgium, in a little village, 15 Km from the France frontier and 10 Km from the North Sea coast (=51°1’ 56”N – 2°40’36”E)

Please QSL this report!.

Thanking you in advance for your reply.

73,

Hugo Matten

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Re: 6950am X-FM Shortwave 0200z 4/14/2013
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2013, 0310 UTC »
Off air stereo recording spanning 0239-0326 UTC:

6950 kHz X-FM C-QUAM STEREO 0239-0326 UTC 14AP13.mp3
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