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Author Topic: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14  (Read 2045 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« on: October 30, 2014, 2316 UTC »
Ghostbusters theme. Maybe Radio Halloween as per last night?
Yes, ID at 2317.
Sounds like it is making it across the pond, reports of music on Iann's Chat.
« Last Edit: October 30, 2014, 2321 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2014, 2317 UTC »
Ghostbusters tune S-8 2315, ID by OM 2317
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Re: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2014, 2326 UTC »
Nice solid signal here at 2312 UTC tune in with end of announcement, into Ghostbusters
2317 UTC ID, then "A Story About A Haunted House"
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Re: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2014, 2332 UTC »
S5 and poor to fair copy here.  Off @ 0001z
« Last Edit: October 31, 2014, 0002 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2014, 2335 UTC »
Marginal S3 signal here in Memphirca:

2332: Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans
2335: ID
2336: chimes
2338: ID and gmail addy , Ghost Busters
2342: ID, ha-ha-ha-ha
2343: Haunted House!
« Last Edit: October 30, 2014, 2344 UTC by Evil Elvis »
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Re: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2014, 2336 UTC »
S5 with "The Witch Queen of New Orleans " at 2332
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Re: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2014, 2338 UTC »
Weak here, but did hear a "radio Halloween" ID at 2338 UTC

Sounds like The GhostBusters theme after the IDMostly S3, peaks to S5
« Last Edit: October 30, 2014, 2340 UTC by rdla4 »

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Re: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2014, 1042 UTC »
Noisy S9 here on the R75. Copy is tough, especially on speech

2337, Chimes? In progress
2338, Unintelligible speech
2339, Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
2343, Speech w. laughter, then lengthy dialogue
2358, Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone
0001, Unintelligible Email addy ("dot com"), and... ---off---         What's the email address for this???
 
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« Last Edit: October 31, 2014, 1049 UTC by Mentholyptus »
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Re: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2014, 1308 UTC »
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Re: Radio Halloween 6920 Am 2314 UTC 10/30/14
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2014, 1918 UTC »
I figured as much!  :^/  Wanted to be sure though. Thanks so much.
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