Radio Totse 6925 USB 0942 UTC 11 Aug 2013

[ChrisSmolinski]

Just tuned in, hearing some faint music. I will have to go back and check the SDR recording to see if I can pick out an ID.

[clobdell]

Music here at 0945 as the sun rises out of the ocean @Bakers Island Salem Ma
Radio Totse ID by male 0956
SSTV now 1007
The Joker and The Thief by Wolfmother 1023

[Gabriel Syme]

I have it as Radio Totse here in Australia, ~20db above the floor.

1000 - ID, Primus - Over The Electric Grapevine
1007 - ID, SSTV
1012 - ID, Saosin - Come Close
1015 - ID: From the ionosphere to your living room, Radio Totse
1015 - Sabaton - Ghost Division (peaking up to 30db above floor)
1019 - ID: Coming to you live from down under,  Radio Totse.
1019 - A Thousand Shades of Cold - Sacrament of the Sick
1022 - ID, unknown song, signal down to 10db above floor. QRM starts from wide band noise (China?) that destroys the top end of 6MHz here in Australia.
1030 - Can't hear above the QRM

1102 - fade in above the noise w/ ID
1102 - Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary
1106 - Johnny Cash -  I Hung My Head

1118 ID, unknown song

[Kilokat7]

I have a very faint signal here right now in/out of my S4 noise floor:

0958z: Slower song, possible female vocals.
1000z: Song ended, then some kind of announcement, maybe ID?
1002z: Faint music again
1007z: Begin of SSTV
1011z: End of SSTV and announcement and back into music
1014z: Possible song end w/ announcement
1022z: Announcement
1025z: Rock music, strong electric guitar, male vocals
1026z: Announcement
1031z: Announcement
1042z: Hard rock song, male vocals, probably strong enough to ID if I recognized the song
1044z: Possible brief announcement over/under song
1046z: Rap song
1046z: Local sunrise at my listening post
1047z: Very weak but positive ID that time!!!!!!
1048z: Up-tempo song, maybe dance/electronic
1053z: ID "You are listening to Radio Totse"
1053z: Begin of SSTV
1057z: End of SSTV
1101z: "Radio Totse" ID
1102z: Jimi Hendrix "The Wind Cries Mary"
1105z: End of Hendrix song, announcement
1106z: Unknown song, spoken word over music
1109z: ID and into new song
1117z: "You are listening to Radio Totse" ID
1119z: Song with heavy electric guitar
1120z: "Radio Totse" ID and into a new song
1122z: Signal now hitting some decent peaks above my noise floor
1124z: "Radio Totse" ID and into a hard rock song with male vocals
1129z: Lost thanks to local 12 hour on / 12 hour off QRM that wipes out HF here

Thrilled to hear you here Radio Totse - thanks!!

1053z SSTV capture without any fine tuning yet:



1007z SSTV capture without any fine tuning yet:



EDIT: The above was reported in real-time this morning.  I went back to my recording to check for the PSK ID that Chris mentioned at 0902.  Sure enough, I ran it through Fldigi and came up with these decodes (messing around with different filters, etc. produces slightly different results):

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[clobdell]

Yes Kilo there was a brief ID at 1000

[Rafman]

1000z Hearing it here also... Faint but there with music
1007z either a ute or SSTV???
1012z music again...
~1030z a rise in signal level, for brief period
1044z male speaking

1052z clear SSTV synch tone & frame

This one's got my attention..!

[Mentholyptus]

I'm hearing music, faint in the S4 noise floor

1022, music & musical tones, dunno if the tones are Totse
1027, music
1031, DJ voice & music
1034, hearing castanet-like tones in small groups (Totse??)
1035, DJ voice & music
1039, DJ voice
1040, heavy music
1044, DJ voice & music w heavy sustain guitar
1047, DJ voice
1049, guitar music w. vocal
1053, DJ voice & SSTV tones to 1057
1057, DJ voice & song with hollers
1106, voice/song - mellow
--- sporadic signal in/out from this point ---
1129, male singing hard rock
1133, voice
1135, castanet-like tone
1137 to 1141, Tones, then DJ voice

Just got home from work... Been hoping to catch this one!!  :^)

[olddxer]

25333

1034 a double “Radio Totse” ID
1054 Start of a SSTV tx
1058 a possible ID
Then into unknown music with male voices
1102 ID, Radio Totse”
Then Jimmy Hendrix with “The Wind Cries Mary”
1108 sounds like apossible Jonny Cash tune  “I hung my head”?
1109 ID, “You are listening to ?, Radio Totse? With your email address
Then into instrumental music
1118 op speaking
1124 possible ID

[hsmith77]

Hearing Johnny Cash  singing "I hung my head' at 1109 . Amazing s7 signal
Id at 1120 into another song ?

[Daktologist]

At about 1200z and after fighting to keep the antenna upright in the wind and rain, i have had to shut down early. PVC pipe isn't the most strongest thing, especially in the wind.

[jFarley]

Wow!  It's awesome to see so many people catching this.

0948 First audio detected here; weak but building reception follows with significant fading
1132 A magnificent reception peak with PF - "Us and Them"
1137 Very nice ID and addy; signal began to deteriorate quickly
1147 Last audio noted here

Thank You Radio Totse!

[ChrisSmolinski]

Here's my full report, having checked the SDR recording:

0902 sign on with PSK31 ID, garbled, but enough to figure out it indeed is Radio Totse: voutuaea to Ra=o Tot ee Ir+ 6qoe$   eSB  r -r boadcaotTs acoučo ≠gen  eo eeleo
Music was then weakly heard throughout the entire transmission. Generally quite weak, but popping up above the noise floor from time to time.

1006 SSTV transmission, Scottie DX mode:


1052 Another SSTV transmission, also Scottie DX mode:


At this point the Sun was up, and reception was going downhill quickly.

[Bowman1]

Got it!!

On at 902 with a PSK31 ID I decoded as

?ou are tpned to Radio  To se here on 69dr B  Our brdca is aboutfotn snl st

followed by an OM announcer and music. Signal was poor, but strengthened as time passed. Heard a heavy blues song around 0942, followed by MGMT with Time to Pretend at 0947 (great song!)
Caught a Radio Totse ID at 1000, again at 1006 along with an email address and SSTV



I am very psyched to finally catch these guys! The last time they were heard in North America my hard drive filled up and I missed them. Whoops!

[Sealord]

Recorder catch:

6925 USB

Set up for this tx with antenna facing west - actually had decent reception for the distance, but was plagued by intermittent local QRM at various times throughout broadcast.  When the frequency was clear could hear the ID's and music for positive copy.

09:03z PSK31:
Radio Totae here on 6925 B  _er broadca4 is aout to g_in so please stand by.b n..

10:07z SSTV:


10:53z SSTV:


Audio (09:02z-11:46z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RadioTotse6925Usb0902z-1146z08-11-13.mp3

Originally thought this was RGG, but had a clear RT ID - this was in the clear for a bit:

Audio (11:53z-12:03z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RadioTotse6925Usb1153z-1203z08-11-13.mp3

Thanks for the show Radio Totse!