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Author Topic: Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017  (Read 2042 times)

Offline PirateSWL

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Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« on: February 10, 2017, 2223 UTC »
Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB S7 in NY (Came right on after Radio Ga-Ga signed off)

2222: Signed on with Trans-X "Living On Video"
2228: Amphetamine Radio - High Speed Pirate Radio I.D.
2234: The Beach Boys "I Get Around"
2236: Iggy Pop "The Passenger"
2241: A Flock Of Seagulls "I Ran" (Love this track)
2246: Amphetamine Radio 6925 Upper Side Band I.D. into SSTV (Signal dropped significantly unfortunately)
2248: Signal dropped out to almost nothing when the next song started
« Last Edit: February 10, 2017, 2252 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: UNID 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2017, 2224 UTC »
2222- electronic music with OM vocals  S5-6
2228- OM with Amphetamine Radio ID
2229- electronic dance music
2239- "The Passenger" Iggy Pop
2241- "I Ran" Flock Of Seagulls
2243- signal quickly faded away
2304- signal fading back in at S1-2, "Breaking The Law" Judas Priest
2305- "Bark At The Moon" Ozzy Osbourne
2311- "Two Minutes To Midnight" Iron Maiden
2315- CW ID and SSTV way down in the noise

 Thanks for the show!  :)
« Last Edit: February 10, 2017, 2316 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2017, 2225 UTC »
S5 @ 2225 with electronic music.
2226 - signal jumped up to S9 now!
2228 - Amphetamine Radio ID.  High speed pirate radio
2245 - ID and SSTV.  S5 to S7
2259 - abruptly into SSTV.  microphone noises in background, then CWID
2315 - CWID.  S3 with heavy utility QRM
2222 - hearing nothing but utility QRM now

Thanks for the show
« Last Edit: February 10, 2017, 2325 UTC by refmo »
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Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2017, 2226 UTC »
Very strong signal and good audio. SIO 555. 2223 UTC

2243 UTC Flock of Seagulls "I Ran". Still decent signal but now with some faint ute interference.

CW id at 2302 UTC Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB then into Judas Priest "Breaking The Law"

2315 UTC CW id then SSTV. CW included QSL info. Then into Van Halen's Panama at 2318 UTC

2327Z getting a lot of fading but signal is still strong. SINPO = 42333. Hearing some bluesy heavy metal at 2329

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Re: UNID 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2017, 2226 UTC »
2225 UTC - Stronger signal than Radio Ga-Ga  10dB over S9 in WNY electronic music/audio is very clear.
2228 UTC - Station ID. Amphetamine Radio
2234 UTC - Beach Boys / I get around.  
2246 UTC - Station ID
2302 UTC - Station ID in CW           
« Last Edit: February 10, 2017, 2302 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2017, 2245 UTC »
2243 UTC Tuned in to "I Ran"-Flock of Seagulls mostly at the noise floor with peskie QRM bleeding over from the LSB
2247 UTC SSTV, but just too much noise for copy here.
2253 UTC "Blue Monday"-New Order(Signal jumped up a bit during this tune...S3 peaks now)
(2257 UTC Now up to S7!)
2300 UTC Scottie1 SSTV
2302 UTC CW, into "Breaking the Law"-Judas Priest
2306 UTC "Bark At the Moon"-Ozzy Osbourne
2309 UTC "2 Minutes to Midnight"-Iron Maiden
2332 UTC Signal is way down in the noise....
0010 UTC Hearing some threshold music
0011 UTC "Il Triello"-Ennio Morricone
« Last Edit: February 11, 2017, 0012 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2017, 2301 UTC »
At 2259 hearing a SSTV signal but no decode here. Got this one at 2246.
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Re: Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2017, 2304 UTC »
2246 ID announcement then SSTV broadcast
2249 Blues sounding song by a male singer
2252 Blue Monday by New Order
2259 SSTV
2301 CW
2302 Breakin' The Law by Judas Priest
2305 Bark At The Moon by Ozzy
2309 Two Minutes To Midnight - Maiden
2315 CW ID then SSTV
2318 Panama by Van Halen

SINPO 2443 2/3 Great Lakes area SDR
« Last Edit: February 10, 2017, 2319 UTC by OZDXer »
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Re: Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2017, 2308 UTC »
23.02 UTC Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
23.09 UTC new fast paced heavy metal song now
23.15 UTC CW tones, but not to identify here
23.16 UTC SSTV

in NW Germany, directly today! Great! SINPO 12321
« Last Edit: February 10, 2017, 2317 UTC by RainBrandy »
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Re: Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2222 UTC 10 Feb 2017
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2017, 0005 UTC »
0000 Just tuned in to weak SSTV, then mx
0008 sounds like Morricone?  For a Few Dollars More?
0010 A Fistful of Dollars?
0016 CW ID, then SSTV w/ poor copy here; may have been the Man with No Name
0018 AC/DC I think; signal is near the floor*

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« Last Edit: February 11, 2017, 0021 UTC by jFarley »
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