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Author Topic: Skippy Radio 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016  (Read 1938 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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Skippy Radio 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« on: December 31, 2016, 0106 UTC »
Solid S7 here with UNID tune "I'm A Bad Bad Boy"-Nazareth
0108 UTC "Changin' Times"-Nazareth (Signal dropped down to noise floor)
(Signal varies from S1 to S7 here...strange prop!)
0114 UTC "Love Hurts"-Nazareth
« Last Edit: December 31, 2016, 0124 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2016, 0107 UTC »
Weak here, but I can hear music.
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Re: UNID 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2016, 0107 UTC »
At noise level

0107 - I'm a Bad, Bad Boy (Thanks OZDXer)
« Last Edit: December 31, 2016, 0158 UTC by ByteBORG »
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Re: UNID 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2016, 0110 UTC »
UNID 6939.46 USB S3-S5 in NY

0109: Nazareth "Changin' Times"
0114: Nazareth "Love Hurts"
0118: SSTV Scottie 1
0120: Unknown track started then faded out very quickly
« Last Edit: December 31, 2016, 0132 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: UNID 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2016, 0110 UTC »
S5 here @ 0109 with Nazareth tunes.
Had some local noise during the first SSTV.
Signal had faded to just above the noise for the second SSTV.
« Last Edit: December 31, 2016, 0135 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UNID 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2016, 0110 UTC »
S5 to S6 Signal peaks.
Rock Music 0104-0106 UTC.
Male DJ spoke @ 0106 UTC. Hard to zero in on Talk.
More Hard Rock Music 0107-14 UTC
Into "Love Hurts" by Nazareth?? @ 0114-18 UTC.
Signal Peaking at S7 Now.
SSTV Signal Transmission @ 0118-20 UTC.
No SSTV Capabilities here…Who was this???
Into more Music @ 0120-28 UTC
Into Blues type Music 0128 - UTC

SSTV ID was Skippy Radio according to others….
Thanks for the Show Skippy!!

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« Last Edit: December 31, 2016, 0130 UTC by rockyrhino »
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Re: UNID 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2016, 0111 UTC »
0110- Nazareth rock tune  S2
0115- "Love Hurts" Nazareth
0118- SSTV
0123- very faint music now
0131- rock music  S2
0133- SSTV
0134- dirty pirate song  ;D
0141- strong CW now
0144- more CW
0145- off.

 Thanks for the show Skippy Radio!  ;D
« Last Edit: December 31, 2016, 0145 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: UNID 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2016, 0117 UTC »
At noise level

0107 - I'm a Big, Big Boy

Bad, not big :o)

I was a big Nazareth fan in the 70's.  Nice to hear them on radio !
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Re: UNID 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2016, 0123 UTC »
0122Z: Fair copy on the west coast of Canada. Skippy Radio according to SSTV that someone else copied. I'm not set up for it right now.

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Re: Skippy Radio 6939.4 USB 0104 UTC December 31, 2016
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2016, 0131 UTC »
131z  fair to good signal / SSTV
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