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Author Topic: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017  (Read 4895 times)

Offline Markokpik

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UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« on: December 31, 2017, 2109 UTC »
Hard rock, stopped mid song into rap.  Several other songs including hard rock.  2115 2 ID's.  "Unidentified Radio.  A clever name for an unidentified station."  into honking instrumental.

S5 and quite clear here.
« Last Edit: December 31, 2017, 2117 UTC by Markokpik »
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Re: UnId 6940 USB 2106 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2017, 2112 UTC »
touching S7 here at 2111z with AC/DC Shoot to Thrill
Unidentified Radio ID at 2116z

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« Last Edit: December 31, 2017, 2116 UTC by Zane »
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Re: UnId 6940 USB 2106 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2017, 2112 UTC »
2111 - S9+10 AC/DC
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Re: UnId 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2017, 2113 UTC »
UNID 6940 USB S7 in NY

2112: AC/DC "Shoot To Thrill"
2116: Unidentified Radio I.D.
2120: The Beatles "Eight Days A Week"
2122: "You are listening to Unidentified Radio which is a Clever Name for an Unknown Name Radio Station"
« Last Edit: December 31, 2017, 2123 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: UnId 6940 USB 2106 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2017, 2113 UTC »
Shoot to Kill at S9 +10 into NE Ohio at 21:12 UTC!

- ID as Unidentified Radio at 21:15 UTC
« Last Edit: December 31, 2017, 2117 UTC by hammarhead »
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Re: UnId 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2017, 2116 UTC »
Very nice signal  ID heard @ 21:16
« Last Edit: December 31, 2017, 2118 UTC by Fuse »
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Re: UnId 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2017, 2116 UTC »
2115   Weak hearing ACDC   about s4 in Maine
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Re: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2017, 2119 UTC »
2118 weakly audible in Colorado. Sounds like Harlem Shakes. Thanks for the show.
2119 possible Unidentified Radio ID
2214 signal is a bit better now, SIO 222 or so.
« Last Edit: December 31, 2017, 2214 UTC by MDK2 »
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Re: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2017, 2121 UTC »
8 Days a Week - Beatles

pretty weak though in Toronto

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Re: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2017, 2122 UTC »
6940 USB  21:22 gmt  giving ID as "unidentified radio"   with Beatles Eight days a week

SIO= 333
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Re: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2017, 2123 UTC »
2122 ID into music. S9 with fade.
2207 IDs
2210 Hendrix.
2220 Zeppelin tune. Much more fade now.
2225 ID. Steady S9 at the moment.

2350 Music playing then ID, S8.
2353 ID. Down to S3.
2358 ID into "The Bird Is The Word". Fading out now.
0001 Music and back up to S9   :o
0003 ID and shouts into Van Halen. Signal up and down.
« Last Edit: January 01, 2018, 0004 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2017, 2127 UTC »
2126 UTC - Signal is S7 in WNY, audio is fair.
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Re: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2017, 2145 UTC »
Harlem Shake, clear ID, Beatles "8 Days a Week." Good signal
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Re: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2017, 2149 UTC »
2145 onward: the same heavy metal tune over and over and over.........

Note to the operator:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W5S9liZK3Y

2205 - the siege appears to have been broken.
2207 - computerized ID repeated several times.
« Last Edit: December 31, 2017, 2208 UTC by KaySeeks »
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Re: UnIdentified Radio 6940 USB 2106 UTC 31 Dec 2017
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2017, 2152 UTC »
Just got home and hearing UNIDENTIFIED RADIO on 6940 @2145. Fair
Music by Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, others, and onelong piece on from2229-2245+. ID'd by Shazam as-"Tezt" by  Ministry.


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« Last Edit: December 31, 2017, 2249 UTC by JohnS »
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