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Author Topic: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13  (Read 2312 times)

Offline Sealord

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The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« on: August 09, 2013, 0147 UTC »
6925.5 AM

Decent signal with slight fade & nice audio.

01:43z 'Sign Of The Gypsy Queen' - April wine
01:46z 'Winds Of Change' - Starship
01:49z 'Come As You Are' - Nirvana
01:53z TCS "..freedom of the airwaves.." ID
01:57z 'Distant Early Warning' - Rush
02:00z 'Godzilla' - Live BOC!
02:06z 'Run Like Hell' - Pink Floyd
02:13z Bob Seger
02:17z technical issues

Audio (01:42z-02:14z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/TheCrystalShip6925_5Am0142z-0214z08-09-13.mp3

Thanks Poet - good to hear ya again! :)

Z..

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« Last Edit: August 09, 2013, 1141 UTC by Sealord »
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Re: UNID 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2013, 0150 UTC »
The Crystal Ship, 6925.5am, 8-9-13, 35343. Some crash and a bit of fade.
S6 on the Ewe with Nirvana's "Come As You Are" at 0151z.

TCS ID at 0154z - Nice!!
0154z - Rush - Distant Early Warning
0210z - Floyd - Run Like Hell

Z

JF  :D

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« Last Edit: August 09, 2013, 0208 UTC by Zane »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2013, 0154 UTC »
Same details as others . ID at 0152. Ex signal
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2013, 0155 UTC »
Coming in a weak S7-S8 here

0155, Rush - Distant Early Warning (in progress)
0200, Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla live ver.
0206, Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
0211, Johnny B Goode ?? --signal really weak now--

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« Last Edit: August 09, 2013, 0214 UTC by Mentholyptus »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2013, 0156 UTC »
Came on around 0137 after some tuneup activity.  Nice signal and audio here.  S9+2

0147 "Come As You Are" sounding pretty good here
0153 TCS ID
0200 BOC - "Godzilla"
0214 Some audio problems, show is intermittent.

Thanks TCS!



Z, SL  moved down here so you guys won't have to shout across me
SL   COULD YOU TELL Z THAT I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF STATIC HERE TOO
« Last Edit: August 09, 2013, 0217 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2013, 0157 UTC »
Crystal Ship, 6925 AM, 0137+, 8/9/13.  On with rock with short intervals between.  ID sequence at 0153.

Good signal, a few mi's. NW of Zane & JFarley.

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2013, 0157 UTC »
Nice signal here in Salem Harbor 0143 S-9 +10 @Bakers Island QTH
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2013, 0157 UTC »
Signal here in the Boston burbs is about S5 at 0157 UTC with the Rush song.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2013, 0231 UTC »
About S5 here.  Good audio making it through the storm noise.  Thanks for the show!
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2013, 1301 UTC »
SDR recording catch. 0134 sign on, about an S8. Programming started at 0136.
Some peaks to S9+10.
« Last Edit: August 09, 2013, 1303 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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