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Author Topic: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023  (Read 487 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« on: February 15, 2023, 2159 UTC »
2158 Big carrier signed on.
2159 ID
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ION Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2023, 2159 UTC »
Very Good reception
2159 Music Box music....ION Radio ID, repeated
2200 "India-Oscar-November....This is ION Radio"
2203 Unid music....with prayer in song
2208 "Nothing Else Matters" Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Request?  Lana del Rey dropped the 7 minute, highly praised, "A&W" today
2211 "Come As You Are" Bebo Best & The Super Lounge orchestra (not a bad cover)
2215 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Robyn Adele Anderson
2219 "Improve Concentration" Chakra Ray
2223 "Creep" Scary Pockets......some sort of interference starting to occur.
2226 "and on the 364 th day when God was bored and tried to use up all his parts......" then OFF
« Last Edit: February 15, 2023, 2227 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2023, 2201 UTC »
S9 SIO: 555
2159 - ION Radio sign-on.
2202 - "Square One" - LUMA.D
2206 - "Nothing Else Matters"
« Last Edit: February 15, 2023, 2207 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2023, 2203 UTC »
S9 here with some fading... love a interval signal sign on :)
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2023, 2206 UTC »
S9+10 through kiwisdr Fair Hill, Maryland, Awesome got it right from sign-on and ID! Barely S3-S6 above noise level in Central Wisconsin.
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2023, 2214 UTC »
2215 Music ?
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2023, 2217 UTC »
signal S9+- on the SDR in Rockport, Maine
22.14 ID (a woman)
22.14 song "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
22.18 instrumental music
22.22 ID (a woman)
22.22 song "Creep"
22.25 talking (a man)
22.25 carrier only
22.27 off
« Last Edit: February 15, 2023, 2227 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2023, 2224 UTC »
I have it with a fair signal.  At 2222, female gave the ID.  Thanks for the show.  playing a cover of I am a creep.
2225, some QRM from a wide band signal.
2226, lost audio, but, carrier is still present.
Just finished typing and carrier is gone.
« Last Edit: February 15, 2023, 2227 UTC by JustGreg »
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Re: Ion Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2023, 2230 UTC »
New station tuning up on 6955 it's ION Radio
Checked as of 2230 and found huge noise on freq
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