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Author Topic: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17  (Read 3978 times)

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The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« on: March 26, 2017, 2328 UTC »
2328- Iron Butterfly tune  S3-4
2338- signal up to S8-9 now
2343- YL voice with TCS ID and gmail address
2346- YL voice with gmail address then plug for TCS t-shirts
2348- TCS ID and said this is the "Rock and Roll Art Show"
2356- "Procession" The Moody Blues per Shazam
0000- "Ride My See Saw" The Moody Blues per Shazam  signal faded down to S3-4
0006- "Livin' Thing" ELO
0007- "Sweet Talkin' Woman" ELO
0010- ID as "You are listening to The Crystal Ship" and mentioned TCS Relay Network and the Rock and Roll Art Show
0011- "In The Court Of The Crimson King" King Crimson per Shazam  signal up to S6-7 now
0013- S9 signal for a bit then back down to S6-7
0021- "Roundabout" Yes
0026- TCS ID into "Time" Pink Floyd
0041- TCS ID  S9 signal again
0042- song by Bruce Springsteen  signal quickly faded down to S4-5
0051- "Nights In White Satin" Moody Blues
0059- TCS t-shirt promo ad
0100- TCS ID into "Hush" Deep Purple
0117- TCS ID into "Shooting Star" Bad Company
0124- YL voice ID and gmail address then "Yo Ho Ho and A Bottle Of Rum" clip

 Thanks for the broadcast JP!  ;D
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0125 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2017, 2330 UTC »
Just even with noise floor here.  Tough copy
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2017, 2330 UTC »
S5 peaks noisy, fades into noise

2330 Music playing.
2339 "In a Gadda de Vida" playing.
2343 ID and email, plug for the T shirt.
2348 ID TCS. Still at noise floor. Mention of Iron Butterfly, Jethro Tull, EL&P.
2355 Moody Blues, getting some peaks out of the mud.
2359 "Ride my See Saw"
0003 "Livin’ Thing" ELO.  Mostly above noise now.
0006 Another ELO song maybe.
0010 ID TCS, Rock n Roll Art Show.
0018 Yes "Roundabout". In and out of the noise.
0026 ID TCS into Pink Floyd.
0033 "Love Is Like Oxygen".
0041 ID TCS The Rock n Roll Art Show.
0050 "Knights in White Satan"
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0305 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2017, 2333 UTC »
The Crystal Ship 6876 AM S5-S8 in NY

2331: Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
2343: tcsshortwave@gmail.com "Once in a millennium a t-shirt comes along...The Crystal Ship Pirate Radio Shortwave T-Shirt"
2348: https://teespring.com/tcs1 is the website to order TCS merchandise
2353: The Moody Blues "Procession"
2359: The Moody Blues "Ride My See-Saw"
0003: Electric Light Orchestra "Livin' Thing"
0100: TCS I.D. (peaking S8 now) into Deep Purple "Hush"
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0101 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2017, 2336 UTC »
2335 at noise level here
2341 signal up with Iron Butterfly SIO 222
2346 id
0000 Moody Blues/ ride my see saw
0014 King Crimson/ Crimson King
0018 Yes / roundabout.      static levels down some  fair signal
0027    about time somebody played some Floyd
0035 Sweet/ love is like oxygen
0041 Bruce Springsteen/ jungleland
0051 Moody Blues/ knights in white satin
102 Deep Purple / hush
106 Guess Who/ no sugar tonight.   S5
110 Ringo Starr/ it don't come easy
114 Marmalade/ reflections of my life
118 Bad Company/ shooting star
127 Springsteen/ spirit in the night
132 Moody Blues / question
137 Jackson Brown/ rock me on the water
14 I Grand Funk Railroad/ I'm your captain

Variable conditions fair for the most part
Thanks TCS
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0142 UTC by Davep »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2017, 2339 UTC »
Signal was barely heard with some trace showing on the screen in and out.

Music coming in now at 2357 utc. Stronger signal showing up. Moody Blues weak but clear- The Story In Your Eyes.

Clear ID at 0011 utc. Signal at S9.
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0011 UTC by blw »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2017, 2339 UTC »
SIO 444 at 2339.
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2017, 2344 UTC »
Very weak signal here in Southwest, VA.

2343: Something about it will change your life.
0002: Signal keeps going from right at the noise floor to about S7.
0004: ELO It's a livin thing.
0011: Crystal Ship ID
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0011 UTC by hermitva »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2017, 2344 UTC »
About an S4 in TN, Some talk program/skit at 23:43
Advert for T shirts, 23:46
Getting my Gray Line Prop back,
Yes- Roundabout - 0:17
TCS ID, Rock and Roll Art Show - 0:27
Time- Pink Floyd 0:28
Getting peskies on LSB. How dare they interrupt my pink Floyd  :D
Noise level increase after Peskies
Knights in White Satin- 00:49
My Gray line prop was rip after that
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0146 UTC by RadRoadrunner »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2017, 2350 UTC »
Fair amidst the noise here at 2349 UTC with OM talking...tough copy  :(
S2 peaks with deep fades into the noise
2354 UTC Signal up a bit now with "Procession"-Moody Blues
2356 UTC "The Story In Your Eyes"-Moody Blues
2359 UTC "Ride My See Saw"-Moody Blues
0004 UTC "Livin' Thing"-ELO
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0004 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2017, 2355 UTC »
S6 with some deep fades and occasional ALE interference, plus storm static.
2354 - "Procession" by The Moody Blues
2357 - signal up some, S7 to S8 and decent copy with "The Story In Your Eyes" by MB
0018 - S6 to S7, high static - "Roundabout" Yes
0052 - still S6 to S7, high static - "Nights In White Satin" MB
0100 - ID and into "Hush" Deep Purple

Thanks for the show
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0101 UTC by refmo »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2017, 0044 UTC »
0042z "Jungleland" Springsteen
0149z /off

s7 but horrendous rain static level about even with signal!
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0151 UTC by Rafman »
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Re: The Crystal Ship 6875.8 AM 2328 UTC 3/26/17
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2017, 0116 UTC »
0115 weak but audible rock music. Thanks for the show!
0133 there were some peaks, but as of this point it's just a carrier, occasional bits of audio.
0152 getting some usable audio now.
« Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 0153 UTC by MDK2 »
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