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Author Topic: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023  (Read 1027 times)

Offline Grumpy Grandpa

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Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« on: May 02, 2023, 2229 UTC »
Tune-in @ 2225 to "Deutschland" Rammstein
"Radio" Rammstein @ 2229
"Just Adjust it" Audiowire @ 2234
"Weit Wag" Rammstein @ 2238 (good signal peaks here)
SSTV @ 2242
"Radioactivity" Kraftwerk @ 2244
SSTV @ 2251
Talk abt Gordon Lightfoot's passing- something about playing tunes by the artist @ 2253
There was probably an ID in here too- I missed it.
"Early Morning Rain" G.Lightfoot @ 2254
"For Lovin' Me" G.Lightfoot @ 2257
"Go Go Girl" G. Lightfoot @ 2259
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" G. Lightfoot @ 2302
SSTV (aborted) followed by retry @ 2308
"Pussy-Willows, Cat-Tails" @ 2310 (aborted and restarted)

Thanks for the varied show, mate!

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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2023, 2234 UTC »
2234 SIO 444
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2023, 2235 UTC »
2234 UTC Unid Rammstein song (Solid S4, but just above the noise)
2242 UTC Martin 1 SSTV (Turned on the app late)

2354 UTC "Early Morning Rain"-Gordon Lightfoot  8)
2357 UTC "For Lovin' Me"-Gordon Lightfoot
2302 UTC "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"-Gordon Lightfoot (This song is a masterpiece!)
2313 UTC "Bitter Green"-Gordon Lightfoot
2316 UTC "If You Could Read My Mind"-Gordon Lightfoot  :)
2320 UTC "Summer Side of Life"-Gordon Lightfoot

2326 UTC "Cotton Jenny"-Gordon Lightfoot
2329 UTC "Beautiful"-Gordon Lightfoot
2332 UTC DJ chat but didn't catch what was said
2333 UTC "Sundown"-Gordon Lightfoot
2336 UTC "Carefree Highway"-Gordon Lightfoot

2341 UTC "Rainy Day People"-Gordon Lightfoot

2349 UTC "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"-Gordon Lightfoot
2356 UTC "Race Among the Ruins"-Gordon Lightfoot
2359 UTC "Daylight Katy"-Gordon Lightfoot
0003 UTC "The Circle Is Small"-Gordon Lightfoot

0008 UTC "Baby Step Back"-Gordon Lightfoot
0012 UTC OM DJ chat..."one of the greats...life devoted to music", followed by "Stay Loose"-Gordon Lightfoot
0016 UTC "Restless"-Gordon Lightfoot
0020 UTC OM DJ chat, then OFF

Thank you for the fine tribute to a great singer-songwriter! RIP Gordon....
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2023, 2236 UTC »
2234UTC
S 5 signal

playing music
unknown song
rob zombie?
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2023, 2244 UTC »
2241-Just tuned in, weak w/music S3 at best
2243-SSTV transmission.



2310-Another SSTV transmission-Gordon Lightfoot album cover.



Gordon Lightfoot takes me back to my younger years. My Dad listened to him all the time!
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2023, 2244 UTC »
Reception into NE Ohio:

S8  SIO 444  SINPO 45444

2240 UTC Weit Weg by Rammstein
2242 SSTV Image of Rammstein
2244 Geiger Counter/Radioactivity by Kraftwerk
2251 SSTV image Chicken head   
2253 Host comments on tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, play Greatest Hits album
2254 Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot
2257 For Lovin' Me by GL
2258 Signal now S9+ 10  SIO 555  SINPO 55555 Loud and clear!!!

Thanks for the broadcast and great tribute.
« Last Edit: May 02, 2023, 2258 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2023, 2247 UTC »
Fair reception, just over very low noise floor

2246 Unid music
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2023, 2249 UTC »
signal S6-7 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
22.45 song "Radioactivity"
22.51 SSTV
23.53 talking, ID (a man)
23.54 song "Early Morning Rain"

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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2023, 2256 UTC »
2252 UTC SIO 444, S8 into my SDR direct
2252 SSTV- Just tuned in and didn't decode.
2253 Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot
2256 For Lovin' Me by Gordon Lightfoot
2258 Go-Go Round by Gordon Lightfoot
2301 Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Thanks for the program!
2307 SSTV
2308 Pussywillows, Cat-tails
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2023, 2257 UTC »
Beautiful Thunder Chicken Radio SSTV and voice ID at 2254 UTC. Thanks for the Gordon Lightfoot tribute love it! Thanks Much, Thunder Chicken!!! S9 here in Central Wisconsin.
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2023, 2259 UTC »
VG signal with what I guess is a song by Gordon Lightfoot
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2023, 2316 UTC »
2315 UTC
S 7 signal
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2023, 2327 UTC »
G Lightfoot tribues
Signal OK at Maryland as of 2327 UTC
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2023, 2328 UTC »
2315 "Bitter Green", "If you could read my mind", 2321 recording "Summer Side of Life", SSTV (Gordon Lightfoot), "Cotton Jenny", "Beautiful" (some technical problems), T.C. "that one must be corrupted" … talked about how good a story teller Gordon Lightfoot was. "Sundown",  "Carefree Highway", , SSTV (didn't decode here), "Rainy Day People", SSTV (Picture of Gordon Lightfoot performing "R. I. P. Gordon Lightfoot 11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023", "Edmund Fitzgerald" (glitchy), 2351 signal dropped (with increase in QRN) ... back about 1 min. later, "Race among the ruins",  "Daylight Katy", "The Circle is Small",  SSTV (GL face shot), "Baby step back", TC thanks all for listening, "Stay loose", UnId show, TC not bowing out with usual thunder and crash." ... off.

S6 - 7.  Good audio.

Nice tribute thanks Thunder Chicken.
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Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2225 UTC 2 MAY 2023
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2023, 2338 UTC »
2337: Carefree Highway at tune in. Nice S9 signal.
2342: Rainy Day People
2351: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
2357: Race Among the Ruins
0010: Baby Step Back
0013: Stay Loose
0017: Restless

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