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Author Topic: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC  (Read 1745 times)

Offline halifaxtap

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Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC
« on: October 05, 2013, 0205 UTC »
0159 On  S5-6 on receive arrays
0204 ID  RFW
0208 New tune, (angry garage rock material)
0209 S9 now
0212 RFW ID, dropped back to S5-6 excellent SNR on DADFA (receive array)
0216 Commentary  RFW metal show, back up to S9
0222 "QRM"
Definately South of me, looks like SW per K9AY direction.
0225 RFW  rock rock rock
0230 Signal dropping to S2, almost in noise floor now, bummer, it was such a good signal !
0235  QRM commentary, becoming difficult copy, RFW ID
0242  Tough copy now, I am pulling the pin......zzzzzz
« Last Edit: October 05, 2013, 0241 UTC by halifaxtap »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2013, 0217 UTC »
Just barely hearing a carrier on SSB.- AM is hopeless here. Hearing nothing.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2013, 0221 UTC »
See a carrier on the waterfall, but cant hear anything
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2013, 0222 UTC »
Nothing here but static!  0222 :(  Band is long - must be skipping over me tonite.
« Last Edit: October 05, 2013, 0224 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2013, 0226 UTC »
Wow! S20 in the RFW studios and my transmitter is off?
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2013, 0231 UTC »
Unfortunately I have S-5 noise here in Northern Canada . I can hear the carrier but the noise is too much. Dang, this would be a new one for me.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2013, 0234 UTC »
I could see the signal from time to time & had a couple of breakthroughs of vague audio a couple of times between 0215 - 0230.

Nothing better than that unfortunately.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0159 Oct 5 UTC
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2013, 1942 UTC »
SDR recording catch. 0153 sign on, s8 to s9 signal, but a very annoying het from Liquid Radio, and a lot of static from storms out in the midwest. Sounded like the QRM show.
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