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Author Topic: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16  (Read 4914 times)

Offline jFarley

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Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« on: April 07, 2016, 0011 UTC »
Just signing on with a great signal, S9 to +10

0012 Greetings from the High and Mighty DJ Dick Weed and Stavin
0015 Albatross
0020 "Servants of the Devil" ID, and back to tunes
0054 shoutouts (TY!)

Thanks Guys!
« Last Edit: April 07, 2016, 0056 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0010 UTC 7Apr16
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2016, 0012 UTC »
0011- signing on now S7-8 S9 peaks and great sounding audio as always :)
0013- talking about high winds wreaking havoc on the RFW antenna
0014- song "Albatross" OM vocals
0019- RFW ID into "Bored" Girls In Hawaii per Shazam
0025- RFW ID into "Despegarte De Mi" Farmacos (Shazam)
0038- "All Day Day Light" The Morning Benders (Shazam)
0046- song "The Noisy Days Are Over" solid S9 signal now
0048- RFW ID and "shortwave ambassadors to the world" slogan
0049- "I Can Change" Primal Scream and just like that the signal has quickly dropped to S3-4  :-\
0052- DJ Dickweed and Stavin talking but signal is buried in the noise now
0054- shoutouts to HFU listeners
0055- music OM vocals along with UTE QRM now
0100- UTE and music underneath
0109- music just under the noise
0112- RFW ID
0117- off.

 Thanks for the show tonight comrades!  8)
« Last Edit: April 07, 2016, 0118 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: RFW 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2016, 0012 UTC »
Very strong here, SIO 555, good to hear the Comrades again.

Is this a better avatar, Comrade?

Ribs and pork shoulder for pulled pork  ;D
« Last Edit: April 07, 2016, 0117 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: RFW 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2016, 0015 UTC »
+20 here, very strong, sounds good.
Find me on 6.930 USB....

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2016, 0019 UTC »
0016z Nice signal in Lexington KY GT remote, good audio. Great RFW!
0035z Still good signal, good music, good DJ DickWeeeeeeeeed
0046z More noise in KY now, but still good
1117z Quick check in Grenoble France, audible, chunks but to low to ID
1118z off

Great show, good music...Radio free whatever.
« Last Edit: April 07, 2016, 0122 UTC by Cornel »
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Re: RFW 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2016, 0019 UTC »
Great signal in Niagara, Ontario!
S6 on the discone antenna.  ;D

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2016, 0020 UTC »
00.18utc S9+10
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2016, 0021 UTC »
S9+ in south/central NY. Nice and clear.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2016, 0021 UTC »
0019 UTC S9+10 here at 0019 UTC with "Albatross"-Faols
0020 UTC RFW ID jingle, into "Bored"-Girls In Hawaii
(Killer signal here this evening Comrades! :))
0025 UTC "From us to the ionosphere", into "Despegarte de Mí"-Fármacos
0030 UTC Dickweed and Stavin chatting about the camel toe on the video for the last song  :D
0032 UTC "Don't Wanna Lose"-Ex Hex
"Disclaimer"-The Dears
"All Day Day Light"-The Morning Benders
(Great to hear RFW this good after the bad prop the last few outings!)
0042 UTC Comrades chatting about the tunes played, into a tune by a British band "The Noisy Days Are Over"-Field Music
0049 UTC ID..."shortwave ambassadors to the world", into "I Can Change"-Primal Scream
0053 UTC Comrades chatting...thanks for the shoutout!
0056 UTC "Alive"-Glass Caves
0059 UTC "Battlecry"-Digitalism
0104 UTC "No Tomorrow"-Suede
0107 UTC "Chasing Shadows"-Santigold
0111 UTC "Three Packs A Day"-Courtney Barnett
0114 UTC Comrades chatting about fixing the AM rig...giving Chris Smolinski the business about the new avatar 8)
0018 UTC "Do Whatever", then OFF

Thanks for the Wednesday night show! The signal held up at S9  :)

« Last Edit: April 07, 2016, 0119 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2016, 0022 UTC »
Soviet national anthem at 00:11z
"what's wrong with my voice tonight"
apology to druggies
"propagation sucks" looks at sound files and pulls up "Albatross"
Sinpo 33323 here in the UK received on my scabby old Wellbrook loop.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2016, 0024 UTC »
Just above the noise here at 00:23.

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2016, 0032 UTC »
Great signal and audio from the comrades tonite!  S-9 +10
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2016, 0035 UTC »
Catching DJ Dickweed and Stavin of RFW here with a solid S9 and excellent audio here with ID at 0019. "Don't Wanna Lose" by EX Hex at 0032. Thanks comrades for the great show! How about some Lou Reed? ;D
« Last Edit: April 07, 2016, 0043 UTC by oly1959 »

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2016, 0040 UTC »
Good signal here too s9+10.

at 0057utc conditions are changing.  The signal is dropping to about s7/s8 with some data stream in the background.

« Last Edit: April 07, 2016, 0101 UTC by Bill F »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 USB 0011 UTC 4/7/16
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2016, 0046 UTC »
  

  0044 Z very weak British sounding band at the moment, and again British sounding band 0048-0052 Z, straight into more rock mx, 0100 Z playing Techno/Electronica sounding ??? mx building slightly. 90 mins until dark. S2 at best.
« Last Edit: April 07, 2016, 0104 UTC by Yankee Charlie »
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