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Author Topic: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015  (Read 2910 times)

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The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« on: January 01, 2015, 2345 UTC »
SINPO: 43333 at start

2345 - S/On with the Doors
2347 - Positive ID by OM as: "The Crystal Ship" and intro talk by Mr. JohnPoet
2348 - A Trip to Pirates Cove - Tom Petty (Thanks for the title JP)

0000 - at this point or a bit before, the signal faded down
           below the noise level & never came back up

           There goes my "Special Edition eQSL" out the window

Thanks for the New Years Day Show TCS and Relay !!!
« Last Edit: January 02, 2015, 0120 UTC by ByteBORG »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2015, 2346 UTC »
S9 signal here.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2015, 2349 UTC »
S9 peak here at 2345 UTC tune in with "The Crystal Ship"-Doors in progress, into a bit of eloquent talk by The Poet.
2346 UTC An uNID Tom Petty song off "Mojo"
Sounds like it's Tom Petty night! Good choice :)
« Last Edit: January 01, 2015, 2359 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2015, 2350 UTC »
Tune in 2348 to "The Trip To Pirate's Cove" by Tom Petty S-7 to S-9
Announced as playing "Buried Treasures" by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.
« Last Edit: January 02, 2015, 0018 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2015, 2353 UTC »
Nice S9 signal with some minor fading at 2352 UTC. Same program details as above.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2015, 2355 UTC »
S9, good audio.  "Flirting with Time" by Tom Petty @ 2354.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2015, 0005 UTC »
S9 signal excellent audio quality great show as always
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2015, 0008 UTC »
6850.5kHz AM,SINPO 32233 into Northern Kentucky with strong QRM at times.

0002 UTC, Tom Petty - A higher place
0005 UTC, Tom Petty - When the time comes

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2015, 0024 UTC »
Catching The Crystal Ship sailing in here with a big S12 signal and great audio doing the Tom Petty "Buried Treasures Show".
2352 Flirting With Time
2355 Two Gunslingers
2358 Higher Place
0003 TCS ID
0003 When The Times Comes
0007 Finding Out
0010 A thing About You
0013 Kings Highway
0016 ebeastiality Ad-sorry no animals for me :o
0017 Where's The Beef Ad
0018 ID TCS "Buried Treasures Show"
0018 All The Wrong Reasons
Lots more after that!
Thanks John and the Relayer for the great Tom Petty tunes this evening! ;D
« Last Edit: January 02, 2015, 0037 UTC by oly1959 »

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2015, 0027 UTC »
   Hearing the Crystal Ship @ 00:26UTC  with a signal 7-9 some fading sounds like Tom Petty.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2015, 0045 UTC »
Good signal here, with a touch of fading. Clean, strong audio.

Thanks for the show!
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6850.5 2345 UTC 01 Jan 2015
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2015, 0101 UTC »
Been listening since 0042z
0057z "I Don't Scare Easy"
0101z ID TCS Relay Network w/QSL email address

I am loving this show, Tom Petty is my personal favorite...

s6-7 w/some deep fades but not many...

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