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Offline textim

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WEAK 6940U
« on: August 25, 2010, 2346 UTC »
Electronic music since 2336z.  Voice over keeps repeating "There is bound to be something better you can do with your time." and "This music is terrible!"  This was followed by a couple of tunes with "radio" in the lyrics.  WEAK ID at 2356z.

Big signal with nice audio.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2010, 2358 UTC by textim »
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Re: WEAK 6940U
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2010, 0011 UTC »
What genre music is WEAK playing right now? I can't quite come up with a term for it ...

0023z Signal picking up some ... seeing >S5 here at times now ... still a very strange pgm!
« Last Edit: August 26, 2010, 0024 UTC by SW-J »
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Re: WEAK 6940U
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2010, 0035 UTC »
Started hearing this at around 2300 utc in and out of the shack since then, but signal is an S9 with great audio. very weird music tonight, WEAK ID at 0034z
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Re: WEAK 6940U
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2010, 0106 UTC »
Eclectic mix of music and audio bits since around 0030z on 6940 USB, finally caught WEAK Radio ID just after 0100z.  Just barely above the mud, only occasionally peaking enough to be audible here.
« Last Edit: August 26, 2010, 0425 UTC by Lex »
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Re: WEAK 6940U
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2010, 0120 UTC »
WEAK Radio, 6940u, 8-26-10, SINPO 35444

Been hearing an odd mix of music clips, sound bites, and other oddities since 0056z or so. Multiple WEAK ID's. Not a terribly strong S meter reading, but quite good overall.

Audio: http://www.yousendit.com/download/aHlSMFhuTWNBNkUwTVE9PQ

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Re: WEAK 6940U
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2010, 0139 UTC »
0137Z. Great signal up to Minneapolis. S7-S9, SINPO 45334.

Very odd music. Yet interesting.
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Re: WEAK 6940U
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2010, 0426 UTC »
0400z: Just tuned in again, seems to be AM or suppressed carrier with audio on USB only?  Either that or another inaudible station on 6940 in AM on top of WEAK.  Hard to tell here.
0410z: Loop of Ronald Reagan's quip "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
0412z: Funk song "dyn-o-mite"
0422z: WEAK Radio ID, DJ Knobtwister going crazy, crazy, crazy.  "The Tick" WWV parody.
0430z: Carrier vanished, WEAK still audible on 6940 USB.
Stronger peaks since 0400z, occasionally S5 over S2-S3 noise.

0450z: Faded again to only occasionally audible.  Might have heard what sounded like end of song by Sex Pistols or John Lydon with PiL; Beck "Loser"?  (Having to guess based on the rhythm only - WEAK's unique audio signature makes the bass and rhythm thump audible on my cube speakers before other instruments or voice are audible.)
0500z: Off or faded out completely now.

Thanks for the marathon session!
« Last Edit: August 26, 2010, 0500 UTC by Lex »
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Re: WEAK 6940U
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2010, 1359 UTC »
Quote from: Lex on August 26, 2010, 0426 UTC
0400z: Just tuned in again, seems to be AM or suppressed carrier with audio on USB only?  Either that or another inaudible station on 6940 in AM on top of WEAK.  Hard to tell here.
...
... recall the event a few weeks back, vis-a-vis WWCR and some sort of spurious appearing on 6940?
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