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Author Topic: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017  (Read 3423 times)

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TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« on: February 24, 2017, 0007 UTC »
Just signing on now. Sounds like some technical / audio troubles?
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2017, 0009 UTC »
Carrier noted here at 0006 UTC on 3429.8, then a few seconds of music at 0007 UTC and gone.
0009 UTC "Magic Carpet Ride"-Steppenwolf just above the noise floor at S7 with excellent audio(20 db attenuation switch was on!...ooops)
0013 UTC "A Day In the Life"-Beatles (A bit of fading here)
0018 UTC "Crimson and Clover"-Tommy James & Shondells (Frequency closer to 3429.9 now)
0021 UTC "Turn on, tune in, and drop out" followed by ID, into "Purple Haze"-Jimi Hendrix
(Signal dropped down into the S5 noise level here  :()
0025 UTC Live intro to "My Generation"-Who
0028 UTC "Mama Told Me Not To Come"-Three Dog Night
0032 UTC "Waiting For the Sun"-Doors
"In the Year 2525"-Zager & Evans
0044 UTC Bugs Bunny Clip, then OM with "You are listening to the Magic Carpet Ride.....Crystal Ship shortwave relay network" (Signal at about 3430 now)
0045 UTC "I Am the Walrus"-Beatles
0049 UTC "Manic Depression"-Jimi Hendrix
"Subterannean Homesick Blues"-Bob Dylan
0055 UTC "Whiter Shade of Pale"-Procol Harum
0059 UTC OM with ID, into "Paint It Black"-Rolling Stones
"All Along the Watchtower"-Jimi Hendrix
"Four Dead In Ohio"-CSNY (Signal jumped up a bit to S7/S8!)
0110 UTC "Ode to Billy Joe"-Bobby Gentry
"Tales of Brave Ulysses"-Cream
0116 UTC Audio clip, then ID, into "Black Magic Woman"-Santana
0122 UTC "Pushing Too Hard"-Seeds
0125 UTC "No Time"-Guess Who
"Dazed and Confused"-Led Zeppelin
0135 UTC "Just A Song Before I Go"-CSN
0138 UTC ID by OM and synth YL, into the sailor ditty and OFF at 0139 UTC
Back on after a short silence with another show...Purple Haze and Sunshine of Your Love
0151 UTC Time to hit the sack..."Hurdy Gurdy Man"-Donovan...signal is still at or just above the noise floor here
Hmmm...The FCC statement and off at 0154 UTC

Note: I've been using LSB with a twist of the Passband tuning knob to avoid a monitor induced whine on 3432ish

Great to hear you again JP and the TCS relay network!  :)
« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 0154 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2017, 0010 UTC »
0010 UTC - Very weak music noted in Northern Ireland using USB to fish it out.
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2017, 0011 UTC »
0010 Listening via Pennsylvania SDR because there is some terrible QRN in my neighborhood tonight, rendering my receivers fit only for torture. "Magic Carpet Ride." SIO about 333.
0014 "A Day In The Life" copy rougher now, 222
0018 "Crimson and Clover" (just checked on my own receiver, there might be a faint signal there)
0021 OM speaking, too weak to understand
0022 "Purple Haze"
0023 OM speaking again, sounds like commercial
0024 snippets of music, then clip of Tommy Smothers introducing The Who
0026 "My Generation"
0028 "Mama Told Me Not To Come"
        as o 0031 the signal is coming up nicely, still noisy though. SIO 423.
0032 "Waiting For The Sun"
0036 "Space Oddity"
0041 "In The Year 2525"
0044 Yosemite Sam clip? Not sure. TCS ID
0045 "I Am The Walrus"
0049 "Manic Depression"
0053 "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
0055 "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
        Able to hear OM speaking at 0058 when I was checking to see if I could get this on my own receiver. ID?
0059 "Paint It Black"
0003 "All Along The Watchtower"
        Definitely getting TCS here in Denver now, but just at the noise floor.
        Pennsylvania SDR signal improving to 333
0007 "Ohio"
0010 "Ode To Billie Joe"
        Still at the noise floor here, but my loop doesn't tune all the way to 3400ish, so that's part of the issue
        Sounding pretty good on the Pennsylvania SDR, SIO about 333 now
0014 "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
0016 audio clip
0017 "You are listening to Magic Carpet Ride on The Crystal Ship Relay Network"
0017 "Black Magic Woman"
        I had to go get dinner.
0047 "Wait a Million Years"
0050 "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
0053 OM, "deliberate disregard of the FCC and its rules"
OFF
Thank for the show John Poet!
« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 0154 UTC by MDK2 »
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2017, 0011 UTC »
0010- "Magic Carpet Ride" Steppenwolf  S5-6
0014- "A Day In The Life" The Beatles  S7-8 signal now
0018- "Crimson and Clover"
0022- "Purple Haze" Jimi Hendrix
0024- TCS ID  signal down to S5-6
0025- OM standup comedy bit
0026- "My Generation" The Who
0030- song by Three Dog Night
0032- "Waiting For The Sun" The Doors
0036- "Space Oddity" David Bowie
0042- "In The Year 2525"  signal back up to S7-8 with some S9 peaks
0044- Foghorn Leghorn soundbyte then "You are listening to Magic Carpet Ride" and TCS ID
0045- "I Am The Walrus" The Beatles
0049- "Manic Depression" Jimi Hendrix
0055- "Whiter Shade Of Pale" Procol Harem
0059- TCS ID into "Paint It Black" The Rolling Stones
0104- "All Along The Watchtower" Jimi Hendrix  solid S9 signal
0108- "Ohio" Neil Young
0117- TCS ID into "Black Magic Woman" Santana
0130- "Dazed and Confused" Led Zeppelin
0137- "Just A Song Before I Go"  signal down to S7-8
0138- TCS ID then YL voice with tcsshortwave@gmail.com for reports
0140- "Purple Haze" Jimi Hendrix
0152- "Hurdy Gurdy Man" Donovan
0153- TCS ID and off.

 Thanks for the broadcast TCS!  :) Very nice to hear you once again.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 0153 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2017, 0016 UTC »
 Hearing the poet tonight at 00:14UTC with a Beatles song signal is fair here in South Carolina some fading 10 over 9 at the moment. Thanks to the Poet for the shout today and great to hear some good tunes! Crimson and Clover as the signal drop some and now hearing My generation after a talk before the song! Signal is holding! Thanks for the show! Three Dog Night Momma told me not to come one of my favorites from the 70's! Sounds like a song from the Doors at 00:32UTC! Waiting for the Sun! Space Oddity by David Bowie and hearing a favorite from the 60's! Hearing the Beatles with I am the Walrus. Hearing Jimi Hendrix with Manic Depression at 00:50UTC!  Signal has been all over the place with some heavy fading to a signal near 20 over 9 at the present moment! Hearing Dylan with a song and now hearing Pocol Harum with Whiter shade of pale at 00:57UTC signal has dropped back to S9. The Rolling Stones playing now at 01:02UTC Paint it Black! Hearing Jimi Hendrix now I think this All along the watch tower! No time for you at 01:25UTC forgot the band! Hearing Led Zeppelin at the moment 01:30UTC! Hearing a female with e mail address at 01:38UTC heard a song before but do not know the band! Signal was good tonight some fading but the signal got through here in the Southeast! Thanks again for the show! Purple Haze with Jimi Hendrix! Sunshine of your love at 01:42UTC Hearing Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan at 01:52UTC Sign off at off at 01:53UTC Thanks for the great show!!!!







« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 0154 UTC by slowtrain »
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2017, 0029 UTC »
0028 Just got home to find TCS in here with a solid S7 signal, Mama Told Me Not to Come
0032 Waiting For the Sun  --  getting some selective fading now  -- Space Oddity
0041 In the Year 2525
0045 clips, ID, I Am the Walrus
0049 Manic Depression  --  down around an S5 now
0053 Sub Homesick Blues, Whiter Shade of Pale
0059 Magic Carpet Ride ID, Paint it Black, All Along the Watchtower, Ohio, Ode to Billy Joe, Tales of Brave Ulysses
0117 ID, Black Magic Woman, Pushin' Too Hard, No Time, Dazed and Confused, Just a Song B4 I Go
0137 addy by Juliana Montana, Spanish Ladies, o/c
0140 Purple Haze  --  still good copy at around S5 -- Sunshine of Your Love, I'd Wait 1E6 Years, Hurdy Gurdy Man
0153 off

Thanks Poet!  Reception here has been tough lately; much better tonight!

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« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 0154 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2017, 0030 UTC »
Tough copy here in Bama.  Just even with the S5 noise level.  Having to use USB
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2017, 0031 UTC »
0007z Noted carrier on waterfall. I have been monitoring up until 0029z and the signal has remained mostly weak and barely readable at my location. A few times it came up in strength for 10 seconds and then faded again.

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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2017, 0047 UTC »
 S5  Id Magic carpet ride
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2017, 0057 UTC »
Right at/ above the noise here S6/S6. Tough copy but i can tell you're thereon 3430 kHz!

0043Z signal came up nicely for a bit then back down.  Mention of the the Magic Carpet ride and the TCS relay network into a Beatles tune.
0056Z still just above the noise - hearing Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum   :)
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2017, 0111 UTC »
S7 with light fades.  "Ohio" @ 0107.
0110 - "Ode To Billy Joe"
0132 - S8 with "Dazed and Confused"
0148 - S7 - "Wait A Million Years"
0153 - off.  was starting to get deeper fades at the end.

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« Last Edit: February 24, 2017, 0155 UTC by refmo »
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2017, 0113 UTC »
Just above the noise, QSB and higher on peaks. Bobby Gentry singing Tallahatchee Bridge.
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2017, 0131 UTC »
Tuned in at 0129utc, weak signal, music, QRM on upper side from neighbors plasma TV, Panasonic RF-4900, 7mhz dipole.
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Re: TCS 3430 AM 0007 UTC 24 Feb 2017
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2017, 0135 UTC »
01:34 Dazed and Confused- Led Zeppelin
01:44 Sunshine of your love - Cream

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