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Author Topic: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13  (Read 2965 times)

Offline Zane

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Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« on: November 23, 2013, 2316 UTC »
Very strong signal into Chicago, S9+ with great sounding AM audio, 55444

2317z - Radio Free Whatever - Shortwave's Rock & Roll Station

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« Last Edit: November 23, 2013, 2318 UTC by Zane »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2013, 2317 UTC »
23:15 Signal about S7-8 
23:17 ID
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2013, 2320 UTC »
S8 to S9 here, started with Russian anthem, ID and into what i believe was "Happy Hour" by the Housemartins @ 2315,  Haven't heard that in a long time.
Seems kind of noisy tonight, but decent copy.  Good sounding audio quality.
"Bad Blood" by Bastille @ 2330
"Rock Me Amadeus" @ 2333
« Last Edit: November 23, 2013, 2333 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2013, 2321 UTC »
Tuned in at 2317utc, fair sig with moderately rapid fading, playing new age rock from 1980's. Edit suddenly off air at 2351½ utc.
« Last Edit: November 23, 2013, 2352 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2013, 2321 UTC »
S9+20 here, great signal tonight.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2013, 2325 UTC »
Great signal here in southern jersey. Been a while since a pirate' signal has been this strong since Halloween.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2013, 2328 UTC »
Giving some shout outs to reports. S7-S8 into GA. Audio seems better here tonight. 2328 UTC.

Thanks for the show tonight.

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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2013, 2337 UTC »
Booming into western MA at +S9 nice clean audio :)
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2013, 2342 UTC »
The band must be weird tonight, all I can get in Pennsylvania is the carrier!
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2013, 2343 UTC »
The RFW signal is crashing here, revealing a Russian 12 tone modem underneath. How ironic.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6945 AM, 2310z, 11-23-13
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2013, 2354 UTC »
Gone now for me.

I'm not sure what a 12-tone modem sounds like, but I have something on 6947-ish USB that sounds sort of like rtty but not quite.
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