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Author Topic: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017  (Read 1764 times)

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Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« on: December 23, 2017, 1647 UTC »
SIO 444.
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2017, 1651 UTC »
Great signal in New Hampshire, S9

1649z ID, radio.illuminati6150@gmail.com
1655z Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
1700z Def Leppard - Photograph
1704z Supertramp - It's Raining Again
1709z Emmylou Harris - Sweet Old World (Skipmuck request)
1714z Pete Townshend - Slit Skirts
1718z Eric Clapton (Derek and the Dominoes) - Bell Bottom Blues
1723z Van Halen - I'll Wait
1128z Deep Purple - Hush
1732z Rush - Subdivisions
1739z The Shrebs - We Ride Tonight
1743z The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (ChrisSmol request)
1748z The Doors - Riders on the Storm (Refmo request)
1755z Cat Stevens - Sitting
1759z Elton John - Step Into Christmas
1803z The Kinks - Father Christmas
1807z ID, Star-Spangled Banner, and off

Thanks for the show AC, the signal held up well during the whole show with a few deep fades now and then (S7 at signoff)
« Last Edit: December 23, 2017, 1811 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2017, 1651 UTC »
Radio Illuminati 6920 AM S1-S8 in NY

1649: Radio Illuminati I.D. into Duran Duran “Girls On Film”
1741: The Sherbs “We Ride Tonight” (peaking S8 now)
1743: Faded out from S8 til nil in seconds
« Last Edit: December 23, 2017, 1815 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2017, 1653 UTC »
Very nice signal here in Western Massachusetts at 1651 UTC with "Girls On Film"-Duran Duran
1655  UTC Whoa....the bottom dropped out of the signal very quickly....fading in and out of the noise now  :(
1709 UTC "Sweet Old World"-Emmylou Harris (Thanks for the request AC!)
1739 UTC Signal back up here at S7 peaks and sounding great!
1740 UTC "We Ride Tonight"-The Sherbs

Thanks for the great show today RI!  :)
« Last Edit: December 23, 2017, 1806 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2017, 1654 UTC »
Very good signal as usual, S9 45444

1640 - Come Undone / Duran Duran (S9)
1645 - Say You Will / Foreigner (S9+20)
1649 - ID/Addy (S9)
1649 - Girls On Film / Duran Duran
1653 - Brothers in Arms / Dire Straits (S7)
1722 - interference from 6925 LSB
« Last Edit: December 23, 2017, 1724 UTC by aurora »
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2017, 1709 UTC »
Tuned in at 1706 UTC, have Radio Illuminati at S7 locally, and on several SDRs.  Great AM audio as usual.  Sad I missed "Girls On Film" broadcast in Illuminati's famous wideband AM! 

1707 UTC - some minor fading down to S5 or so, but sounding good
1708 UTC - back up to S8 carrier level S9 peaks...minor QRM from strong data bursts on 6911 kHz or so
1709 UTC - Emmylou Harris song, sounding great with some noise on the fades, thanks Radio Illuminati!
1711 UTC - checked Rochester, NY remote SDR, cranked AM passband bandwidth up to 11.8 kHz and audio sounds amazing
1715 UTC - solid S9 signal with very minor (and very rapid) fading on both local receivers and NJ, MD and VA based SDRs
1716 UTC - Pete Townshend - Slit Skirts
1717 UTC - very deep fade for 1-2 seconds, then back up (all during "Slit Skirts")
1719 UTC - Eric Clapton - Bell Bottom Blues
1721 UTC - signal up to S9+10 with some killer modulation!
1722 UTC - QRM from Yeti Radio on 6925 kHz LSB (intentional QRM?)
1723 UTC - Van Halen - I'll Wait (YES!) - Amphetamine Radio request :D
1730 UTC - Deep Purple - Hush
1733 UTC - Rush - Suburbs - the QRM from 6925 kHz LSB is now gone (at least for me)
« Last Edit: December 23, 2017, 1734 UTC by R4002 »
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2017, 1718 UTC »
S6 with some local noise @ 1717 with "Slit Skirts"
1719 - S7, "Bell Bottom Blues"
1724 - "I'll Wait"
1730 - "Hush"
1743 - S6 with fades, "Christmas Wrapping"
1750 - "Riders On The Storm"  [thanks!]
1804 - "Father Christmas" The Kinks
1809 - National Anthem

Thanks for the show!
« Last Edit: December 23, 2017, 1810 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2017, 1720 UTC »
1719 UTC - Bell Bottom Blues / Eric Clapton, signal S7 in WNY some fading, audio is good.
1738 UTC - Signal S9, audio sounding good.
« Last Edit: December 23, 2017, 1739 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2017, 1740 UTC »
 :D  Weak signal, but can hear what is a BEAT, rock, nice tune, but carrier too weak to pull out of the mud. 1740UTC :'(
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Re: Radio Illuminati 6920 AM 1631 UTC 23 Dec 2017
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2017, 1746 UTC »
S8 signal into NE Ohio at 17:44 UTC with Christmas music. Thanks for the show!!!
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