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Author Topic: Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27  (Read 5652 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27
« on: October 27, 2013, 1543 UTC »
ID is via a tip, S3 signal, hearing music.
Close Encounters chimes at 1543.
Montrose "Space Station #5"
1610 You are tuned into the secret sounds of Area 51

Reception reports to: area51sw@gmail.com

SSTV at 1647 and then off at 1650, thanks!

« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 1650 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2013, 1545 UTC »
S6 here

Interval signal
« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 1553 UTC by olddxer »
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Re: Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2013, 1555 UTC »
Area 51 doing well in New Hampshire this afternoon, S6 with frequent fades down to S3

1551z ID
1600z ID, Sharon Stone "Area 51 is known as the most secretive place on earth"
1600z I Want To See a Flying Saucer
1603z Area 51 rap tune
1606z Area 51 Interview into Ray Stevens - I Saw Elvis in a UFO
1610z ID - "You are tuned into the secret sound of Area 51"
1614z ID, area51sw@gmail.com into Foo Fighters - Everlong
1616z Ramones - Zero Zero UFO
1620z Kelly Family - Fell in Love with an Alien (short clip)
1621z Autograph - Turn Up the Radio
1625z Movie clip - Guy from the "other planet" (Michael Rennie - The Day the Earth Stood Still?)
1630z Kings of Leon - Radioactive
1631z Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack
1635z Ry Cooder - UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto
1644z ID - Tune with Theremin? (Theremins are aways good for spooky sounds)
1649z SSTV



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« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 1659 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2013, 1602 UTC »
SINPO...25312 at peak

Close Encounters interval signal
various music..included Panama from Van Halen

PLS QSL!

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Re: Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2013, 1615 UTC »
21460 AM

Fair signal with some fading.

16:16z 'Everlong' - Foo Fighters
16:21z signal has dropped a bit
16:23z 'Turn Up The Radio' - Autograph
16:25z Area 51 ID
16:28z "..the decision rests with you.."

Dang, missed the SSTV

Audio (16:12z-16:31z): https://archive.org/download/Httparchive.orgdetailsShortwavePirateRadioCont2/Area5121460Am1612z-1631z10-27-13.mp3

Thanks A51! :)
« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 1748 UTC by Sealord »
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Re: Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2013, 1644 UTC »
Wrong antenna, but a cranked up preamp providing some audio at 1643z. 15441.

0448z - Sounded like an ID - similar sounding to "Area 51", then into Scottie 1 STV

My fuzzy image makes a little sense when you see Chris'




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« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 1653 UTC by Zane »
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Re: Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2013, 1651 UTC »
Maybe signed off? Just tuned in to hear about 10 seconds of SSTV & nothing since

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« Last Edit: October 27, 2013, 1656 UTC by Andrew Yoder »
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Re: Pirate station Area 51 21460 @15:46 10-27
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2013, 1652 UTC »
Signal was about S5 into the Mojave Desert area of California, USA, most of the show.  Never got unreadable although someimtes was a little noisy.

SSTV image as received here:


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Mojave Desert, California USA