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Author Topic: Radio Ga-Ga 6925 FM *2300 UTC 8 Feb 2014  (Read 1429 times)

Offline S. McArdle

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Radio Ga-Ga 6925 FM *2300 UTC 8 Feb 2014
« on: February 08, 2014, 2309 UTC »
Radio Ga-Ga, 2-8-14, *2300-2331*, 6.925 FM, sounded like someone in fm mode.  signal report S4 to S7.  heard "she drives me crazy" by the fine young cannibals, hearing "cover of the rollin' stone" at 2312 all in FM mode....whoa....temporarily jumped up to S9 +25 at 2320! Clear ID at 2325.....Radio Ga-Ga.  Hearing "Day Tripper" at 2328.  off after announcer talk at 2331.

see attached mp3 of first few bars of "she drives me crazy," then an ID.

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« Last Edit: February 08, 2014, 2355 UTC by S. McArdle »
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Re: "She Drives Me Crazy" in FM Mode? at 2300-2303?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2014, 2309 UTC »
Could be. Tough copy here.

Sounds like Day Tripper at 2328. But really poor copy here. The signal is not bad, so in USB this would sound great.
« Last Edit: February 08, 2014, 2329 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Unid, 6.925 FM *2300
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2014, 2316 UTC »
2315 OM ID "____ FM" ?? could not make it out; abt an S5 here
2318 Frankenstein?  keeps dropping out  --  mebbe not
2325 Surfin' Bird
2328 Day TRipper - I'm actually getting better audio now in SAM
2331 off

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« Last Edit: February 08, 2014, 2332 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: UNID 6925 FM *2300 UTC 8 Feb 2014
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2014, 2318 UTC »
I have music in FM, but very tough copy

- ID as Radio GaGa at 23:25 UTC
« Last Edit: February 08, 2014, 2327 UTC by hammarhead »
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Re: UNID 6925 FM *2300 UTC 8 Feb 2014
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2014, 2326 UTC »
6925.8 khz FM about 7 khz wide
23:22 - 23:25 utc Can just make out Janis Joplin tunes  mostly badly distorted

23:28 utc Beatles - Day Tripper  frequency drifting up - now almost up to  6926 khz

23:31 utc Off Air
« Last Edit: February 08, 2014, 2331 UTC by Rockpicker »
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Re: Radio Ga-GaUNID 6925 FM *2300 UTC 8 Feb 2014
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2014, 2329 UTC »
23:24 just barely making out music S4 signal audio hard to clarify
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Re: Radio Ga-Ga 6925 FM *2300 UTC 8 Feb 2014
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2014, 2336 UTC »
23012- 2330  Very rough copy.  Could tell there was music and talk, but couldn't make out anything specific.
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