Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 0109 UTC 04 DEC 2023

[myteaquinn]

Playing a Casey Kasem program for a transmitter test.
0114: State of the Heart by Rick Springfield. 
0121: Heaven by Bryan Adams.
0124: Hello Again by Neil Diamond.
0409: Off, thank you for the show tonight.

[ear in the ether]

4185 khz, S9+  Casey Kasem... #32 on the count down...thanks for the broadcast !

[Molvania Poacher]

SINPO=44444

107- Casey Kasem on the mic. July 27, 1985 American Top 40.
108- "St. Elmo's Fire Theme" by John Parr.
110- Short snippets of 80s tunes in quick succession.
111- Radio ads, then weather forecast, follwed by commercial station ID.
112- Casey back on the mic.
112- "State Of The Heart" by Rick Springfield.

[Dick Weed]

How is the audio comrades? We are optimizing everything including the audio. Please let us know how you think it sounds.

Many thanks, DW

[ear in the ether]

AUDIO  IS GREAT !!!

[ChrisLobdel]

0124 Audio good for SSB .... how many watts DW?   500 watts nice
0232 The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News.
0304 Still sounding good here DW!
0409 off - good signal to the end!

[Dick Weed]

Half a kilo!

Thanks for the input.

[Molvania Poacher]

Comrade, the audio quality is excellent-- Clear and crisp!

[Paul65]

Audio is pretty good!
Sinpo55555
American Top 40 w/Casey Kasem
0130utc Radio Ads and wx
0131utc “The Goonies are good enough” by Cindy Lauper

[Skipmuck]

0121 UTC Rough reception here with moderate fading and an S5 noise level, but some S7 peaks with excellent audio. Casey Kasem's American Top 40 relay
0142 UTC "St Elmo's Fire"-John Parr
0249 UTC "Sussudio"-Phil Collins (signal is about the same with the high noise level here)
0317 UTC Hit some S8 peaks during "Never Surrender"-Corey Hart
0400 UTC "Shout"-Tears For Fears"
0404 UTC "Every Time You Go Away"-Paul Young

Here's a 15 minute recording from 0121-0136 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gZW_cpGNZ0uhY1wfDDgjA9j5auVzn_HR/view?usp=sharing
Another 15 minute recording from 0318-0333 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KmW2u5Vf8zZq1yW5vRAzjDaLEVcMPV_f/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for the trip back to 1985 DJDW!

[er1cdotnet]

Great signal on the Sutton, MA SDR! S7-S9

[Dick Weed]

Great to hear from everyone! I'm going to just let this show play out the whole way. It will likely fade out for most but its a great test for the station and heats the bunker too! Thanks Skipmuck for the recording! I'll check it out after.

[Charlie_Dont_Surf]

Super strong, S9+15 / SINPO 55555 on a New England SDR with Casey Kaysem's American Top 40 countdown from obviously decades ago (about 1985 or so) but adverts from 2021. Replay from a station in the Canadian Maritimes, "Coast 101". (Eh?) Mentions of Nova Scotia in the adverts and temperatures in Celsius but then an advert for a car dealership in Newfoundland.

DJDW asked for comments on the audio. I'm listening on a hi-fi speaker. I'm going to be the contrarian and say that the high end sounds a little restricted; there is a bit more rolloff above 3 KHz than I have heard from you in the past on 43 meters. Sorry to rain on the parade. Otherwise, no problems.

Recording of 5:23 starting at 0209 UTC, after boosting the high end: https://voca.ro/1oMzWXHwR937

0241 - Live on-scene report from a pastry shop in downtown Saint John's (Newfoundland).
0246 - They are up to Phil Collins' "Sussudio" with Kasey playing all the sections of songs containing stuttering that have hit number 1.
0250 - Gotta go. I'm out. Cheers.

[Dick Weed]

ok Charlie...thanks for the report. Opened up the highs a little bit more. Any change?

[Charlie_Dont_Surf]

ok Charlie...thanks for the report. Opened up the highs a little bit more. Any change?

Yeah, I think so. In fact, I think I noticed the exact moment that you did that. Seeing "energy" out a little past 4 KHz now, which is new. TNX, man.