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Author Topic: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013  (Read 2610 times)

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Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« on: August 22, 2013, 0000 UTC »
S9+20 here, sign on with music, then ID at 2356 and into more music.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2013, 0002 UTC »
About an S10 -/+, good audio
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2013, 0003 UTC »
Solid S+15 here! Blasting right in, easy copy, pleasure to listen

2352, synthy tune  ---  2357, gurgly tune  ---  0002, atmospheric tune
0013, ID & Dickweed saying "special ambient chill-out show"
0014, pulsey tune  ---  0023, ID & swooshy song
0030, Dickweed gab, "over 2000 songs, doesn't like them all"
0031, email addy, ID   --- band getting a little shifty, still S+15 though ---
0033, mellow tone tune  ---  0038, portamento tune
0043, "On the air" ID & drone tune
0051, Dickweed whispers, & chill tune
---afk---
0103, drone tune w muttering  ---  0111, ID & tune  --- 0117, reggae-ish tune
0126, ID, DJ gab, email addy, "thanks for YouTube posts", ID, "enjoy"
0129, echo-y tune  ---  0134, ID & tune w vocal of sorts
0143, mellow tune, whispered "propagation"
0146, "Ionosphere" ID & tune  ---  0150, "Propagation" & tune
0157, ID & tune
0202, DJ gab, ID, email addy, "Goodnight to everybody", ID
0208, final tune, "Propagation"
0212, whispered ID, and...    ---off---

=== Thanks for the chilly tunes Dickweed!! ===
« Last Edit: August 22, 2013, 0213 UTC by Mentholyptus »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2013, 0006 UTC »
S5-S7 (peaks) with a lot of atmospheric fading. Playing a zone-out eastern influenced electronic song at 0006 UTC (8/22).
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2013, 0009 UTC »
Same heard via eastern SDR remote since around 2355z on 6945 AM, electronica dance music, ID for Radio Free Whatever at 2357z with DJ Dick Weed.
0054z: Still good signal over heavy QRN with thumping rhythmic instrumental music.
0057z: RFW ID, song IDs but static crashes obscured titles, something about sun and moon.  "Back to music with Mr. Pete..." rest obscured by QRN.  Whispered voice "propagation".
0126z: RFW ID, song IDs sound like "Troposphere"?  Slightly less QRN now, some bits a little easier to copy.  Thanking listeners for audio clips accompanying signal reports.
0204z: DJ DW talking about this ambient and chillout show.  Yup, I like this kinda music, listen to it often via Winamp streams.

Tried outdoors with Sony 2010 portable, steady carrier but no luck catching any audio.
« Last Edit: August 22, 2013, 0204 UTC by Lex »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2013, 0014 UTC »
6944.9 AM

Fair signal with some fading - cool music!

00:13z Radio Free Whatever ID

Audio (00:10z-00:31z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RadioFreeWhatever6944_9Am0010z-0031z08-22-13.mp3

Thanks RFW! :)
« Last Edit: August 22, 2013, 1152 UTC by Sealord »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2013, 0025 UTC »
10 dB over S9 and S8 noise in Wyomissing.
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We are asked, "What do you believe."

ID at 0022 UTC


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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2013, 0037 UTC »
0033 traces of instrumental? music, lots of static but also a loud roar on the freq

short talk at 0043, but just too weak to copy, techno music
« Last Edit: August 22, 2013, 0044 UTC by terry newfoundland »

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2013, 0047 UTC »
Dick Weed up to a solid S9+10 at 0047 UTC and I'm still enjoying the chill-out electro format. I really like this. Thanks RFW!
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2013, 0051 UTC »
Radio Free Whatever 8/23/13
6945 kHz AM,

ID at 0043 UTC.

Playing some new-age jazzy sort of instrumental music.

S-9, static crashes.

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2013, 0118 UTC »
Thunderstorms over and around me for this one. Even so, they were a solid s6 on a Eton G5 w/ just the whip.

Well programed and produced show.

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2013, 0119 UTC »
Radio Free Whatever

6945AM 0050 and still ongoing

Good signal with good audio recovery with AM sync

Heard ID at 0058 followed by electronica music.

Another ID at 0112, with more electronica music.

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 2349 UTC 21 Aug 2013
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2013, 0130 UTC »
Just above the noise here @ 0125z with ID and into more electronica.  Details as others mentioned above.
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