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Author Topic: PIRATE BBC Radio ? 6850 AM 0210- 08/25/15  (Read 2964 times)

Offline clobdell

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PIRATE BBC Radio ? 6850 AM 0210- 08/25/15
« on: August 25, 2015, 0213 UTC »
Talk by OM with EE accent on Chinese stock market S-5 Pirate BBC Radio?
BBC ID 0230 fading to just barely audible now.
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Re: UNID 6850 AM 0210- 08/25/15
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2015, 0218 UTC »
S-3 signal OM with commentary
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Re: UNID 6850 AM 0210- 08/25/15
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2015, 0222 UTC »
S3 here .
 Id at 0229 YL "This is the BBC World Service " 
« Last Edit: August 25, 2015, 0231 UTC by hsmith61 »
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Re: UNID 6850 AM 0210- 08/25/15
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2015, 0233 UTC »
Sounds like earlier Hobart Radio broadcast. Very weak signal here.
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Re: PIRATE BBC Radio ? 6850 AM 0210- 08/25/15
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2015, 1418 UTC »
Heard here from 0200 on the SDR recording, very strong signal.
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