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Author Topic: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM --> 6935 AM 0406z 4 Jul 2014  (Read 3153 times)

Offline Evil Elvis

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Err true Northwest from me

0406 - George Moroder  Chase
0409 - ID and greetings
0410 - Stomped on by unid and moved too 6935 kHz
0452 - Don Felder - Heavy Metel
0457 - RTN 6935 ID!
0457 - Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
0501 - ZZ Top - La Grange
0505 - IDs
0506 - Rush - Tom Sawyer
0510: Walk this Way, eh?
0515: ID's

Awake!

0631: George T - One Bourbon, One Sclerotia one Beer
0636: Lorde - Royals (w00t!)
0639: IDs
0650: Ramones - RnR High Skool
0656: Propagation sucking Twisted Sister to S3 here.. gotta take it :(
0700: RTN ID
0700: Romantics courtesy of MTV
0715: Frederick Perry -Sexy and Fansome Knows It?
0718: Will.u.Are - Scream Bitch
0722: a bit of Thrift Shop
0729: TenIshia and Jan - As It Should (and cannot be)
0749: Cult - Sanctuary
0808: Sitll going strong with ID's
0809: Zep: Whole Lotta Love... a bit of balance north/south east/west\
0811: more Zep and Sabs Paranoid for all the pirates
0818: Jimmy - Purple Haze

Sorry for loosing track of time. I could blame it on the shrooms but I can't. Powr'ful stuff?
« Last Edit: July 04, 2014, 1431 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM 0406z
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2014, 0417 UTC »
Weak here, having to listen in usb
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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM 0406z
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2014, 0419 UTC »
S-5 in Lansing, MI in USB-- only way I can hear through the local noise.

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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM 0406z
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2014, 0422 UTC »
Noted with a nice signal into Central Alberta w/ ID's and Hip Hop Music, followed with a Elvis Presley tune...
04:21 promotion for shortwave radio with classic rock followed.....

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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM 0406z
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2014, 0428 UTC »
Weak but readable in Utah, S9 over S7 QRM.
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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM --> 6935 AM 0406z
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2014, 0502 UTC »
Caught the beginning of the show from 0402z w/ the RTN Theme mx.

Nice S7 signal.
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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM --> 6935 AM 0406z
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2014, 0510 UTC »
very weak here at 0500 UTC July 4th

I also have to use sideband and a narrow filter to pull out some music on the NRD-525
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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM --> 6935 AM 0406z
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2014, 1116 UTC »
SDR Recorder Catch

0358 - First noticed carrier
0458 - is that yodeling I'm hearing ?? peskies ??
0451 - watching RTN change frequency to 6935 kHz, highly evident on the waterfall
1017 - Carrier off

Carrier only, no discernable audio. Must have been a nice lengthy show.
Catch you next time. :)
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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM --> 6935 AM 0406z 4 Jul 2014
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2014, 1450 UTC »
SDR recording catch. Mostly just above the noise level, here.
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Re: Radio True North (NW) 6925 AM --> 6935 AM 0406z 4 Jul 2014
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2014, 2252 UTC »
Also caught the move exactly @ 0454gmt. to 6.935, but didn't hear another xmit./peskies/whatever.