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Author Topic: Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023  (Read 846 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023
« on: December 12, 2023, 2055 UTC »
2055 Just signed on, SIO 555
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Re: Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2023, 2058 UTC »
6946.4 AM

Very good signal & audio here. Klingt für mich nach Sternradio.

20:58z unknown song begins
21:14z can hear some ute activity underneath signal
21:21z Churchill's Commons speech
21:22z something repeated, then carrier off

Sternradio 6946_5 AM 2056z-2122z 12-12-23

Thanks Sternradio!
« Last Edit: December 13, 2023, 1525 UTC by Sealord »
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Re: Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2023, 2058 UTC »
2056 UTC - Signal is S9+ 20dB in WNY, with excellent audio.
2123 UTC - Signal gone.
« Last Edit: December 12, 2023, 2124 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2023, 2058 UTC »
2057 - Auferstanden aus Ruinen by Erich-Weinert-Ensemble
2100 - Antenna by Kraftwerk
2101 - No Name No Slogan by Acid Horse
2106 - Venetian Blinds by The Frozen Autumn

S7 with occasional fading direct.
« Last Edit: December 12, 2023, 2106 UTC by Alternative3d »
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Re: Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2023, 2059 UTC »
2057 UTC Tuned in to an unid church choral singing (S8 peaks with light fading and excellent audio...I have the frequency as 6946.5ish AM)
2058 UTC Unid genre song
(Without Shazam I'm helpless with these songs!)
« Last Edit: December 12, 2023, 2102 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2023, 2100 UTC »
Excellent reception, I'm thinking Sternradio, too.

2059 "Antenna" Kraftwerk
2101 OM in German to "No Name No Slogan" Acid Horse
2104 OM in German again to "Venetian Blinds" The Frozen Autumn (Intro to song sounds like what Deutsche Welle uses for bumpers/stingers)
2111 OM in German to "A Picture" Spahn Ranch
2117 "Kentucky Fried Jesus" Katscan
2119 "NSK" Laibach
2122 Repeating phrase in German, then OFF
« Last Edit: December 12, 2023, 2123 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2023, 2104 UTC »
on 6946.43  approx.        direct
2103 weak carrier, 2106 some audio guessed (on upper side)
« Last Edit: December 12, 2023, 2106 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: Sternradio 6946 AM 2055 UTC 12 DC 2023
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2023, 2122 UTC »
2121: S9+20+ signal.
2126: Just got back with the tablet foe Shazam purposes and the signal is gone.
« Last Edit: December 12, 2023, 2130 UTC by myteaquinn »
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