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Author Topic: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016  (Read 4619 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« on: July 03, 2016, 0234 UTC »
X-FM signing on with theme music and OM with ID's
"America the Beautiful"-Ray Charles
0242 UTC Mr. Redhat chatting now...has plans for the 4th...ID and email addy...C-Quam stereo
0246 UTC Thanks for the shoutout redhat! :)..shoutouts to the HFU posters... xfmshortwave@gmail.com ....also gave out a phone number but I missed it!
0251 UTC "Sunday"-Lo-Pro
0255 UTC "Saturdays"-Chevelle
0301 UTC "Victoria"-Eve 6
0304 UTC "Power of X" ID, into "Pray To God"-Calvin Harris
0309 UTC "Twilight Zone"-Golden Earring
0425 UTC "Pretty Pimpin"-Kurt Vile S4 and still above the noise floor here...time to put the NRD on timer and fall asleep to the power of X :)
Thanks for the entertainment this evening Mr. Redhat! As always, beautiful audio 8)
« Last Edit: July 03, 2016, 0428 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2016, 0235 UTC »
On with theme music and announcement that XFM will "start in 3 minutes."

"America the Beautiful" - Ray Charles

Talk about the program and shout outs to us here!

S9 with some lightning static.
« Last Edit: July 03, 2016, 0248 UTC by Markokpik »
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2016, 0235 UTC »
0234 Strong S9 +10 signal. Dance beat.
0238 "America The Beautiful" Ray Charles
0242 signal booming, Redhat on the mic. HFU shoutouts at 0247, thanks Redhat!
0251 "Sunday" Lo-Pro *
0254 XFM ID into "Saturdays" Chevelle *
0258 Redhat on the mic
0301 "Victoria" Eve 6 (per Redhat announcement)
0304 XFM ID into "Pray to God" Calvin Harris feat. HAIM *
0308 Redhat on the mic. Sudden deep fade.
0309 "Twilight Zone" Golden Earring
0318 "Money For Nothing" Dire Straits
0329 "Whip It" Devo
0333 Redhat on the mic, HFU shoutouts. Talk about lightning across America tonight.
         still some fades, not as bad as they were for a while there. Getting S9 peaks again.
0340 "Dreams" Beck
0345 "Synthetica" Metric *
0349 Redhat on the mic
0350 dance beat music
0355 "Sparks" Beach House *
0400 Redhat on the mic
0401 "The Ghost of Beverly Drive" Death Cab For Cutie
0405 XFM ID, Redhat on the mic

* shazam'd

Thanks for the show Redhat!
« Last Edit: July 03, 2016, 0405 UTC by MDK2 »
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2016, 0238 UTC »
S7 to S9 - static crashes

0232 - Hearing XFM's Interval Signal and positive ID's...
0239 - America the Beautiful - Ray Charles
0242 - got his beer in the cooler and cigs...
0244 - ID by RH - Addy given as "xfmshortwave@gmail.com"
0244 - talk by RH
0251 - canned ID and into music...

Thanks Red Hat !
« Last Edit: July 03, 2016, 1246 UTC by ByteBORG »
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2016, 0238 UTC »
S9, mod QRN

0237 music w/ dialog?
0038 welcome to radio free America, music
0241 "America" playing
0042 OM, "Ah yes, the 4th of July...", ID XFM. fighting the noise here RH
0048 email addy, phone #
0254 ID
0301 "XFM to the power of X", music staying above the noise here, tough copy on RH
0304 ID
0309 "Twilight Zone"

Thnx RH!
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2016, 0241 UTC »
S9+ with "America" by Ray Charles @ 0240.
0306 - "Pray to God"
0325 - ID and time check.  Getting a few fades down to S6 now.  S9 on peaks.
« Last Edit: July 03, 2016, 0326 UTC by refmo »
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2016, 0244 UTC »
S8-S9 over the static in glorious C-QUAM AM stereo.  Looking forward to settling into the show tonight!

Off abruptly at 0507z.  Edit, back again!
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2016, 0248 UTC »
S8 with some fading and noise. Great audio.

Ray Charles - America the Beautiful.
0242 - OM ID. Email addy. Shout outs to HFU

Thanks for the show
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2016, 0249 UTC »
s9. but just above the noise level.  Hearing talk mention of America the Beautiful by Ray Charles.  240 anniversary.
Thanks for putting something on XFM!
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2016, 0259 UTC »
Running between S8 and 20 over into Bama.  Sounding great!  Kicking back for the show! 
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2016, 0304 UTC »
Running s6-7 here [after ducking a lightning storm...]
0333z shoutout!!! Thank you RH!

Good sound & will try to hang out & listen along...

Good to hear you RH!!!
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2016, 0307 UTC »
Tuned in at 0303utc, fair sig with heavy static, good audio, modern pop music, RF-4900 and dipole.
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2016, 0327 UTC »
Great show. Awesome audio. Twilight Zone, Money for Nothing. Solid s7 here in Minnesota on my eTon E1XM and a wellbrook ALA1530 Loop. Great show. Thank you for the show :)
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2016, 0329 UTC »
Very nice signal using the Perseus, Wellbrook, Studio1 software, and 12 db preamp. 7550 Hz bandwidth using SAM/DSB modes. Everything well modulated and sounding good. Thanks for the show.
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Re: X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2016, 0334 UTC »
334 fair s5  with lots of crashes but hearing you fine
Redhat with noisemaker map.    
341 Beck/ dreams
346 Metric/ synthetica
400 Beach  house / sparks
428 Kurt Vile/ pretty pimping
429 311/love song 8)  
433 Bob Marley and the Wailers/ is this love
444 Pink Floyd/ / Breathe    8)
458 Talking Heads/ road to nowhere
503 Ace / how long
520 Shout outs  ( Solid signal now btw) S7
522 Jr Boys/ parallel lines
528 off

Great Show always good to hear you
Thanks for the shout RH
« Last Edit: July 03, 2016, 0529 UTC by Davep »
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