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Author Topic: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17  (Read 2038 times)

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The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« on: March 13, 2017, 0020 UTC »
0019- "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson  S6-7 and very noisy
0023- "I Can Dream About You" Dan Hartman
0027- "Power Of Love" Huey Lewis and The News
0033- clip from the movie "Back To The Future" then The Crystal Ship ID
0035- "Head Over Heels" The Go Go's
0038- "Kids In America" Kim Wilde
0041- "Walk Like An Egyptian" The Bangles
0046- "Like A Virgin" Madonna
0049- JP talking about the new TCS items available for sale
0052- "Land Of Confusion" Genesis
0104- "99 Red Balloons" Nena
0108- "I Can't Drive 55" Sammy Hagar
0113- "Shaking" Eddie Money
0119- "Little Red Corvette" Prince
0123- TCS ID and mentioned "time machine" into "Come On Eileen" Dexy's Midnight Runners
0128- "Hungry Like The Wolf" Duran Duran  S8 signal now
0134- "Lawyers In Love" Jackson Browne
0141- JP with promo for new TCS items available for sale then YL voice with station gmail address
0142- TCS ID into "Round and Round" Ratt
0147- "Panama" Van Halen
0153- "Photograph" Def Leppard
0155- Back To The Future movie clip with mention of "1985" then TCS ID
0157- "Salt In My Tears" Martin Briley
0202- "Jenny (867-5309)" Tommy Tutone
0206- TCS ID by Juliana Montana then gave tcsshortwave@gmail.com for reports
0207- off.

 Thanks for the show JP!  :) Great show, I enjoyed it very much.
« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0208 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2017, 0021 UTC »
0021 music JBA
0025 Mellow Rock tune above the noise somewhat, There it is "I Can Dream About You"
0027 "The Power of Love"
0051 tune starting at noise level, maybe Phil Collins-Genesis.
« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0053 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2017, 0022 UTC »
0020z JBA [saw carrier come up but not strong at all here in Southern VA]
0130z "Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran
0131z ID

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« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0131 UTC by Rafman »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2017, 0023 UTC »
S7 @ 0023 with "Billie Jean"
0035 - S6 with "Head Over Heels"
0108 - S9 "I Can't Drive 55"
0132 - S9 "Lawyers In Love"
0143 - S7 with fades.  "Round And Round"
0207 - off.  Thanks for the show!

« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0207 UTC by refmo »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2017, 0026 UTC »
SIO 333 to 444 here at 0023z, but I am using the "wrong" antenna (48mb dipole) on the NRD 545.

Low noise levels tonight, which helps.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2017, 0028 UTC »
Decent copy on the Hagenuk RX1001M into AL.  Thanks for the show!
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2017, 0034 UTC »
listening to a clip from "back to the future" with 80's/90's music.
sounding good, thanks for the evening entertainment :)
edit - receiving this much better on this Kiwi SDR now at 0202z http://kiwisdr.k1ra.us:8073/
tip of the hat to AM pirate broadcasters - its much harder to get the same results on AM than SSB.
« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0202 UTC by TheRelayStation »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2017, 0042 UTC »
Back To The Future audio clips, The Crystal Ship ID, Kim Wilde - Kids In America, followed by "Walk Like an Egyptian"

3425 kHz AM.  Lots of static crashes and some minor fades.  When the static crashes and fades happen at the same time, the signal is basically unreadable.  Otherwise, good signal (S5, sometimes peaking to S6) and nice AM audio.  Always glad to see pirate stations operating on 90 meters :D  

Thanks for the show, The Crystal Ship!  I've always enjoyed your shows.  

0048 UTC - ad for The Crystal Ship t-shirts (your taxes will go down, women will throw themselves at you, your gas mileage will go up, etc)
« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0050 UTC by R4002 »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2017, 0050 UTC »
Just tuned in at 0043 UTC About an S5 from Nashville
-YL talking, appears to be intro of song
- Like a virgin*- Madonna 0045
*High noise level
"The Crystal Ship- Showing a complete disregard for *Something* and its rules..." 0047 UTC
"Superhero"? 0049 UTC
Selling hoodies and other items at *Something*.com/TCS1(Did anybody get that URL?? I wanna buy something!)
TCS ID "Take a trip back to 1985; The Crystal Ship: Time Machine" 0050 UTC
Signal Fading at 0055, just getting a slight carrier
0100; Getting Hints of a Big Band sounding piece. Must have just lost my gray line propagation.
0110: Still just barely audible, but nothing Shazamable
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« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0112 UTC by RadRoadrunner »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2017, 0053 UTC »
The Crystal Ship, 3485 AM, 0029, 3.13.17.  Listening to barely audible music in and out of the static floor since 0029, until some music came up about 0047, then back in, then 0048 the end of a song, ID sequence, start of another song and the signal faded back into the static.  Been in and barely out of the static since.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2017, 0101 UTC »
3425, 0059z: Bananarama "Cruel Summer", Quarterflash "Harden My Heart", just barely audible via New England web tuner, best in USB atm.
0104z: Nena "99 Red Balloons", a little better via VA SDR, also audible in AM.

No luck at home via portable. Arcing power line wiping out audio, although there's a decent carrier and just barely audible music through the noise.
« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0120 UTC by Lex »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 3425 AM 0019 UTC 3/13/17
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2017, 0115 UTC »
getting in late...

3425 AM 01:08 UTC 03/13/17  

01:08 Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55"
01:12 Eddie Money "Shakin"
01:15 Rick Springfield "Jessie's Girl"
01:18 Prince "Little Red Corvette"
01:23 Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come on Eileen"  ;D
01:28 Duran Duran "Hungry Like the Wolf"
01:31 Jackson Browne "Lawyers in Love"
01:35 Til Tuesday "Voices Carry"
01:40 get your Crystal Ship T-Shirt
01:42 Ratt "Round and Round"
01:47 Van Halen "Panama"
01:50 Def Leppard "Photograph"
01:55 Martin Briley "Salt in my Tears"
01:59 Honeymoon Suite "New Girl Now"
02:02 Tommy Tutone "867-5309 / Jenny"
02:07 Sign off


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Thanks! Awesome show, as always!
Chipped in for a shirt and lower taxes...
« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 0209 UTC by Nightshift911 »
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