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Author Topic: Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2143 UTC 21Sep15  (Read 2158 times)

Offline jFarley

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Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2143 UTC 21Sep15
« on: September 21, 2015, 2143 UTC »
2143 Eagles - Hotel California
2148 "Cold Country Canada 6969, the weakest pirate station in the nation", Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
2155 YL ID, Seger - Turn the Page
2300 Up to about an S6 with "Rambling Man"
2310 "Sultans of Swing"

Right at an S3 noise floor
Thanks CCC!  Off to make dinner now...
« Last Edit: September 21, 2015, 2311 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2143 UTC 21Sep15
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2015, 2207 UTC »
S8 here with a good, clear signal this evening at 2203 UTC tune in with "Stranglehold"-Ted Nugent :)
(It appears that better propagation has returned :))
2208 UTC OM with "Cold Country Canada 6969", into "Free Falling"-Tom Petty
2212 UTC OM with ID, into "I Want to Rock & Roll All Nite"-Kiss
(Seems to be some weak background chatter on the USB...maybe the op?)
2215 UTC YL with ID, into "Layla"-Eric Clapton
(Time for dinner here too...recorder is running though!)
2233 UTC OM with ID, into "Enter Sandman"-Metallica
"Smoke On the Water"-Deep Purple
"Sunshine of Your Love"-Cream
"Rocking In the Free World"-Neil Young
2319 UTC Tuned back into a killer live version of "Sultans of Swing"-Dire Straits
2322 UTC "Go Your Own Way"-Fleetwood Mac
« Last Edit: September 21, 2015, 2323 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2143 UTC 21Sep15
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2015, 2229 UTC »
S7
2227z Crosby Stills Nash, great signal
2233z ID, CCC, weakest station in the nation, Metallica
2337z OM talk over song
2239z ID OM, ID YL, "Smoke on the Water"
2243z ID, Cream
2247z ID 6969, Neil Young
2252z ID YL, The Cars"
2256z Allman Brothers

Thanks for show CCC! nice signal
« Last Edit: September 21, 2015, 2302 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2143 UTC 21Sep15
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2015, 2305 UTC »
23:00 S3 here
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Re: Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2143 UTC 21Sep15
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2015, 2321 UTC »
About an S7 signal at 2320z with a tune Shazam doesn't recognize.  CCC ID at 2321.

Thanks CCC!
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Re: Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2143 UTC 21Sep15
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2015, 0146 UTC »
Grr, my log got deleted!

Good S8-S9 here though. Easy copy

Caught the show from Layla onwards.
Show ended with "Going for grub"
(You could've eaten a 5 course meal during the Dire Straits tune!)   :^)

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« Last Edit: September 22, 2015, 0152 UTC by Mentholyptus »
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Re: Cold Country Canada 6969 USB 2143 UTC 21Sep15
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2015, 1253 UTC »
A very good signal on the SDR recording, SIO 444.
Chris Smolinski
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