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Author Topic: 6950.6am The Crystal Ship 2154z 8/19/2013  (Read 1813 times)

Offline Kilokat7

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6950.6am The Crystal Ship 2154z 8/19/2013
« on: August 19, 2013, 0204 UTC »
Dead carrier noted at 2154z, hard rock music now at 0203z.  Replay of the TCS broadcast that Mr. Farley noted below.  Thanks TCS

0206z: April Wine "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen"
0210z: Jefferson Starship "Winds of Change"
0214z: Nirvana "Come as you are"
0217z: TCS ID
0218z: Rush song
« Last Edit: August 19, 2013, 0219 UTC by Kilokat7 »
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Re: 6950.6am UNID 2154z 8/19/2013
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2013, 0211 UTC »
Jefferson Starship tune 0210, running about S-9 +10 with pretty good AM audio too!
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Re: 6950.6am UNID 2154z 8/19/2013
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2013, 0216 UTC »
The Crystal Ship ?

replay of  http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,12078.0.html

0217 TCS ID

Thanks for the show!
« Last Edit: August 19, 2013, 0218 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: 6950.6am The Crystal Ship 2154z 8/19/2013
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2013, 0218 UTC »
just heard Xtal ship id at 0217utc.  signal is s9 with static crashes.
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Re: 6950.6am The Crystal Ship 2154z 8/19/2013
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2013, 0225 UTC »
TCS is quite good here with steady S9+10 signal heard ID at 2:17 just when I tuned in, how often does that happen?
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Re: 6950.6am The Crystal Ship 2154z 8/19/2013
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2013, 0255 UTC »
TCS is quite good here with steady S9+10 signal heard ID at 2:17 just when I tuned in, how often does that happen?

Not often enough, Keith!
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Re: 6950.6am The Crystal Ship 2154z 8/19/2013
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2013, 1318 UTC »
SDR recording catch. A very weak carrier appeared around 0152, that got stronger over time. Some music starting around 0201.
An S9 signal according to the S meter, but it "didn't sound that strong", if you know what I mean.
The signal came up a bit around 0214, it looked like a step change, so it seems to be more something on the transmitter side than propagation.

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