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Author Topic: Fruitcake Station 1450 UTC 25 Dec 2016  (Read 1244 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Fruitcake Station 1450 UTC 25 Dec 2016
« on: December 25, 2016, 1513 UTC »
1450 Various fruitcake related songs and audio clips, SIO 444.
1525 Off.
« Last Edit: December 25, 2016, 1536 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Fruitcake Station 1450 UTC 25 Dec 2016
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2016, 1515 UTC »
I thought this was PRB at first, but believe it is probably the Fruitcake Station.
1452 - S8 with some fades, "Fruitcakes" by Jimmy Buffett and Amy Lee
1505 - "The Fruitcake Song" by 5 Chinese Brothers.  S5.
1510 - 'Happy Festivus'
1515 - "Fruitcakes" again
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Re: Fruitcake Station 1450 UTC 25 Dec 2016
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2016, 1518 UTC »
Fruitcake Station 6925 AM S3 in NY

1518: Nobody Like A Fruitcake song
1524: Various clips including fruitcake "Let me ask you something, that fruitcake you got for Christmas, did it become a door stop ?"
« Last Edit: December 25, 2016, 1525 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: Fruitcake Station 1450 UTC 25 Dec 2016
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2016, 1524 UTC »
1521 Music, a few very brief peaks above the noise.
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Offline jmlx

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Re: Fruitcake Station 1450 UTC 25 Dec 2016
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2016, 1529 UTC »
Weak but audible in TN.
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Re: Fruitcake Station 1450 UTC 25 Dec 2016
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2016, 1529 UTC »

  6925 AM 1525 Z: Nothing here.
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