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Author Topic: Edmund Fitzgerald Radio 6903 AM  (Read 1615 times)

Offline myteaquinn

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Edmund Fitzgerald Radio 6903 AM
« on: November 11, 2010, 2251 UTC »
Song the Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald.
Recording of radio traffic with another ship that was near the Edmund Fitzgerald when she went down.
Crew list with a bell tolling as each name is read.
Very good signal 45444
Northeast Ohio
Now using Shazam for song identification
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Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Radio 6903 AM
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2010, 2305 UTC »
Very loud S9+10 here in the Boston burbs with Gordon Lightfoot at 2304z.
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Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Radio 6903 AM
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2010, 2320 UTC »
Booming in here in Pittsburgh +20dB/9 for the past 30 minutes. Playing Edmund Fitzgerald song, two-way radio transmissions and list of men's names (casualties I assume).
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