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Author Topic: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023  (Read 2033 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« on: October 31, 2023, 2055 UTC »
2054 Carrier, good signal. No audio... yet?
2102 ID
« Last Edit: October 31, 2023, 2102 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2023, 2100 UTC »
2100 UTC YL with ION Radio ID, followed by somber music with "Bring out your dead" during the song
2102 UTC YL with ID, then back to the same music (Very nice signal and excellent audio)
2104 UTC "After Dark"-Tito & The Tarantulas (Some sloppy CW being xmit'd over the song)
2109 UTC "Shaking All Over"
2111 UTC OM talking now about Halloween...(CW still over the top of the program)
2112 UTC Song about "Childrens Day at the Morgue"-OM singer
2115 UTC Spoken word skit, followed by a song "Devil Doll"?-OM singer
2122 UTC Parody commercial, followed by a film ad "Play of the Wolf abomination"?
2125 UTC "Witch Doctor"-Unid techno cover
2128 UTC "Pet Cematary"-Ramones
2131 UTC Spoken word skit "The Raven"...
2135 UTC Unid 60's sounding rock tune I forgot the name of...
2139 UTC Sounds like someone tuning around...followed by OM narrating a story
2141 UTC Unid rock song with finger picking guitar intro-OM singer...refrain of "Halloween Halloween"
2146 UTC Unid hard rock tune with "Trick or Treat" lyrics
2153 UTC Children singing Ring Around the Rosie with footsteps in the background
2154 UTC "This Is Halloween"-Marilyn Manson
2157 UTC YL with closing ID

Thanks for the Halloween show ION!  8)
« Last Edit: October 31, 2023, 2158 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2023, 2101 UTC »
2101 UTC S9
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2023, 2102 UTC »
S9
2101 - Monty Python: "Bring out your dead"
2102 - YL w/ID: "India-Oscar-November this is ION Radio"
2105 - "After Dark" - Tarantino Rodrigues
« Last Edit: October 31, 2023, 2107 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2023, 2103 UTC »
ID and instrumental music after 2100
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2023, 2103 UTC »
1702: ID with more "spooky" music. getting splashed on by the station on 6940
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2023, 2104 UTC »
S9+10 here
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2023, 2106 UTC »
Listening via the K1RA SDR in Virginia ...

2102 UTC: Female voice with ION Radio ID over slow music.
2105 UTC: Another female-voiced ID, a scary noise or two, then "After Dark" by Tarantino Rodrigues.
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2023, 2109 UTC »
Excellent signal, but being QRMed with CW. Clear Ion ID
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2023, 2109 UTC »
Reception into NE Ohio:

S5  SIO 333  SINPO 35343

2102 ID "This is ION Radio" female voice
2103 Music
2105 ID, email address ...CW "CQ" interference
2109 "I passed through the barrier and found myself...." male voice drama
2110 CW "CQ de N3AZB"
2151 Halloweekend by No Parents
2156 This is Halloween by Marilyn Manson
2158 ID and email
2159 OTA

Thank you for the broadcast!
« Last Edit: October 31, 2023, 2158 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2023, 2115 UTC »
Spooky music
Tweeting?
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2023, 2119 UTC »
Signal is quite loud on the K1VL SDR in Vermont at the moment, S9+ / SINPO 53554 because someone is sending CW ("CQ de..", etc.) underneath with what sounds like an older TX and a bit of hum.

2159: TX off.
« Last Edit: October 31, 2023, 2159 UTC by Charlie_Dont_Surf »
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2023, 2120 UTC »
Station ID @ 1515utc India Oscar November this is ION Radio Email @.........
song with chirpping and a squeel
Song "Ive got Magic....."
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2023, 2132 UTC »
ION Radio 6950 AM 21.30 UTC 31 OCT 2023, ROCK MUSIC, VERY GOOD SIGNAL VIA WASHINGTON WEBSDR! SINPO - 55545, Hi from Ukraine.
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Re: ION Radio 6950 AM 2054 UTC 31 OCT 2023
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2023, 2154 UTC »
Good to fair copy happy Halloween and with organ
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