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Author Topic: KAT via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 20 APR 2023  (Read 782 times)

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KAT via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 20 APR 2023
« on: April 20, 2023, 0041 UTC »
KAT signing on with good signal at Maryland
OM with IDs and jingle
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 1244 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2023, 0041 UTC »
I have it with a fair signal.  Repeating ID
Classical music and Grateful Dead from the Frat of Kappa Alpha Tau in  Wisconsin.
0050 Another Grateful Dead tune.


« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0050 UTC by JustGreg »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2023, 0043 UTC »
0042 ID KAT Classical music?   S3
0049 Music ?
0100 KAT giving BRS address ?
0140  Off
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0141 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2023, 0043 UTC »
0042 UTC OM DJ with "Welcome to the first KAT broadcast...from the rooftop of the University of Wisconsin...KAT...Kappa Alpha Tau" (over classical music)
0044 UTC "Uncle Johns Band"-Grateful Dead
(Excellent sounding S9+ signal here with very light fading)
0049 UTC "Truckin"-Grateful Dead
0054 UTC Unid spoken word intro rock song segue into easy listening music with YL singer (Barbra Streisand?)
0057 UTC Unid 50's sounding tune-OM singer
0100 UTC OM DJ with mention of reports for QSL to postal address to Nick Grace in Washington D.C. and PIPA newsletter to Blue Ridge Summit, PA
0102 UTC OM says "Now it's time for the traffic report...KAT", followed by a rockabilly tune-OM singer
0103 UTC OM and YL? speaking now..."He resembles Ross Perot..."...the rest is difficult to hear. "People of this planet...twilight zone...PRI-Pirate Radio International", then music with OM talking over..."It's a Martian"..."28 years eating hamburgers"..."what you eating there boy"...music continues
0109 UTC Latin beat tune from 60's era...lyrics mentioning "The Blob"
0113 UTC Singing jingle, then OM with "This is station KAT...broadcasting from the roof of the frat house at Kappa Alpha Tau...university of Wisconsin Madison
0115 UTC Funky song with sultry voiced YL singer
0117 UTC Swinging blues tune with piano bass and drums-YL? singer...lyrics "I better get out of town....ooh ooh ooh"
0119 UTC Parody advertisement for a stereo-UNISEX Stereo
0121 UTC Sounds like some mariachi music
0124 UTC OM speaking, but can't copy followed by an unid TV show theme
0125 UTC OM DJ with ID and shoutouts to listeners in the Chicago area (mention of Bill Hassig!)
0127 UTC Audio clip sent from Chicago?
0130 UTC OM talking about the United States government..environmental problems of the community
0131 UTC OM mentioning Valentines..."if it's queer it's here". Then OM with mention of a QSL? Followed by a rather odd parody sounding song
0137 UTC OM with postal address for QSL and postal address for loggings to ACE...this has been the very first broadcast of KAT followed by easy listening choral music
0140 UTC OFF

Thanks for yet another gem from the old days I have not heard!
Here's a link to my recording of tonights broadcast:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O22MqiZyyvj2h2L6vGVefOyQY-9gsfOr/view?usp=sharing
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0148 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2023, 0045 UTC »
00:40 UTC - Station siging on with mention of first broadcast. I had been keeping an eye out on the carrier since 00:30 UTC. Weak barely readable to my location.


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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2023, 0045 UTC »
Just a trace on the waterfall here
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2023, 0047 UTC »
0445 UTC S7 the dead
0055 UTC nice for a first show!
0101 UTC BRS Qsl too cool
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0102 UTC by TheHappyWanker »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2023, 0048 UTC »
Just starting to come in.
0046 Uncle John's Band
0049 Truckin'
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0051 UTC by Ken Miller »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2023, 0049 UTC »
0048: Weak music heard but mostly unreadable.
0101: Man talking was able to make out some numbers.
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0101 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2023, 0049 UTC »
signal S9 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
00.41 instrumental music + ID over the music (a man)
00.45 song "Uncle Johns Band"
00.49 song "Truckin'"
00.54 commercial ?
00.55 song "George" ?
00.57 song (a man) / unknown
01.00 instrumental music + ID. postal address (a man) / over the music
01.02 talking (a man)
01.03 song
01.03 conversation
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0105 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2023, 0055 UTC »
0054 UTC'
S9 +10

PLAYING GRATEFUL DEAD
AND FAKE AD'S
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2023, 0056 UTC »
Only seeing a carrier at 6934.984 with just a bit of low freq modulation visible on the waterfall. Lots of QRN here with storms moving in.

« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0101 UTC by nitroengine »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2023, 0059 UTC »
S9+30 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR but incredibly awful noise. Nothing direct.

0058 UTC-Unknown Music
0100 UTC-QSL information
0102 UTC-Traffic report
0103 UTC-Unknown Music, program about aliens
0105 UTC-Unknown Music
0114 UTC-KAT ID
0115 UTC-Unknown Music
0120 UTC-Stereo system ads?
0121 UTC-Unknown Music
0124 UTC-Talking, tough copy
0126 UTC-KAT ID, hello to several people
0127 UTC-Recording of someone talking

0136 UTC-Unknown Music
0138 UTC-QSL information
0140 UTC-OFF
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0141 UTC by Shortwave_Listener »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2023, 0100 UTC »
0058 The Song Of The Sewer - Could this be Norton of The Honeymooners?  S8 lot of static
0100 Send your reports to Nick Grace of The ACE or Pirate Pages  .....
0103 Interview with an alien that looks like Ross Perot ....
0109 The Blob -  The Five Blobs
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0112 UTC by clobdell »
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Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2023, 0100 UTC »
VG signal. Nice to hear again. My KAT QSL is from 9/3/95 on 6955 kHz
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Too bad; I was hoping this was a return of KAT  :)
« Last Edit: April 20, 2023, 0125 UTC by Andrew Yoder »
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