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Author Topic: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016  (Read 3053 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« on: September 18, 2016, 1326 UTC »
Dead carrier, S7 or so, but no modulation.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2016, 1410 UTC by JoeFLIPS »
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Re: UNID 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2016, 1344 UTC »
Steady S-9 here at 1344, no audio.
1358 Sign on with Newport Pirate Radio relay ID, then into their programming.
1402, signal jumped to S-9 +20! Power increase?
1508 Middle Eastern music with Newport Pirate Radio ID, into pop tune 1510
« Last Edit: September 18, 2016, 1510 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: UNID 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2016, 1400 UTC »
1359- OM with Newport Pirate Radio ID over music  S5-6
1400- rhythm and blues tune
1402- signal suddenly up to S8-9 and excellent AM audio
1407- "It's Not Too Late" YL vocals
1420- Arabic music
1421- NPR ID and rundown of tunes played
1425- jazz music
1435- Arabic music then OM with NPR ID with mention of "Psychedelic At Home" music program
1437- "Paperback Writer" The Beatles
1450- NPR ID
1500- hip hop tune
1509- NPR ID over Arabic music
1510- "Future Pilot" Julie Tippetts per Shazam
« Last Edit: September 18, 2016, 1511 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2016, 1421 UTC »
1400z liight s2-3 copy but I can hear it with AGC adjusted, noise reduction & ECSS enabled...

Good to hear it again this morning...
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2016, 1432 UTC »
Violent Femmes at 1430z with S9 signal.

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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2016, 1437 UTC »


Good reception

1435z Sounds like Indian Bhangra Music - OM gives ID of fm station (inaudible over music)
1437z Beatles "Paperbackwriter"
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2016, 1438 UTC »
S5/7 nice sig

1437 "Paperback Writer"
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2016, 1517 UTC »
Newport Pirate Radio Relay 5150 AM SIO 3/3/3

1513: Return To Forever "The Game Maker"

1520: Quasimoto "Cone On Feet"

1524: Brian Auger & The Trinity "No Time To Live"

1529: Farid El Atrash "Ana Wei Elli Bahebo"

1532: Harry Nilsson "Makin' Whoopee!"

Video clip of broadcast: https://youtu.be/Iu3u-KFdBKM
« Last Edit: September 18, 2016, 1534 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2016, 1628 UTC »
1626 UTC "What's Wrong With Our Love Affair"-S.O.S Band
(Slightly fadey signal with S3 peaks here and superb AM audio)
1630 UTC "Take All the Time You Need"-Roy Ayers
1636 UTC Indian sitar music (ahh...the crackle of vinyl!) with OM talking over the top with ID and rundown of songs played...believe I heard this was a live show!ID spots are prerecorded
1637 UTC "Cats Were Born"-And The Kids
1641 UTC Shazam does not know this song! "Take Me to the Party Baby" per repeated lyric :)
1644 UTC "Game Is My Middle Name"-Bette Davis
1650 UTC "Weededed" Remix-Lootpack featuring Rasco & Oh No
1655 UTC 87.9 Newport Pirate Radio Rhode Island...Newport's only pirate radio station....broadcasting from Nashville Tennesee (rundown of songs played with sitar background music by Ravi Shankar)
1657 UTC "Ain't No Price on Happiness"-Spinners
(Just noticed that the mixlr stream and the shortwave broadcast are in sync!)
1701 UTC "Gas Drawls"-MF Doom (This rap samples Steely Dan)
1704 UTC "When You're Smiling and Astride Me"-Father John Misty
1709 UTC "PPP"-Beach House (Hmmm....Piss Poor Planning  8))
1714 UTC "Echoes"-Pink Floyd
1738 UTC Dead Air
(Tuned back in at 1918 UTC to a very nice S4 signal here)
1918 UTC "Tika Koseka"-Jean Mpia
1921 UTC "Enyi Wa Hiari"-Ali And Party
1924 UTC "Odenigbo"-The Wings (Nigerian Rock Music! Cool!)
1928 UTC "Different Kind of Motor Car Noises"-Vengopal Chari
1932 UTC "Edzayawa"-Edzayawa (Teenage rock band from Ghana
1936 UTC "Dadje Von O Von Non"-Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes(From Benin)
1940 UTC "I Am Free"-Kinks
1943 UTC "Okwara"-J. Omwami
« Last Edit: September 18, 2016, 1944 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2016, 2350 UTC »
5150 AM, 2350, 9/18/16.  Still going at 2350 with rock music. 

S5 and able to listen comfortably.
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2016, 0016 UTC »
+20 here in Maine

0016- Fairies wear boots
Big strech of dead air- then back @ 0032 with "them Bones"
0037- "Rain when I die"-  Maybe playing the whole "Dirt" album? (good choice)
0144 Still +20 here
« Last Edit: September 19, 2016, 0144 UTC by Hornet0123 »
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2016, 0132 UTC »
131 Tad/paragoric
148 Tad / candi
153 Tad/ 3-D witch hunt
156 Tad / plague years
202 Soundgarden/ outshined
207 Soundgarden / Jesus Christ pose
219 Soundgarden/ entering
235 Soundgarden/ gun

S3_5 with some fades but with good audio mostly
« Last Edit: September 19, 2016, 0236 UTC by Davep »
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2016, 0140 UTC »
9/19 0139  Music audible under high noise floor of S9. First I've been able to hear it all day (about 1/2 hour after local sunset).
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Re: Newport Pirate Radio 5150 AM 1325 UTC 18 Sep 2016
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2016, 0142 UTC »
S7 @ 0140 with "Stumblin' Man" by Tad.  Fairly low noise tonight and good copy.
0151 - getting a lot of fades down to S4, poor copy except on peaks now.
« Last Edit: September 19, 2016, 0152 UTC by refmo »
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