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Author Topic: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 Jan 2018  (Read 2633 times)

Offline Ron Hunsicker

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Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 Jan 2018
« on: January 05, 2018, 2231 UTC »
"Big Balls" on 6940USB at 2230 on 5 January 2018

Great signal.


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« Last Edit: January 07, 2018, 1255 UTC by ByteBORG »
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Re: Unidentified on 6940USB at 2230UTC on 5 January 2018
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2018, 2236 UTC »
S7 into the Wolf River DXpedition QTH

2233: Mind Tricks
2234: Back In Black
2239: Greta Van Fleet - Highway Tune
2243: AC/DC - Shake A Leg
2246: AC/DC - R&R Ain't Noise Pollution
2249: Baauer - Harlem Shake\
2252: UniD Radio ID
2303: Cypress Hill - I Wanna Get High
2323: Cypress Hill - Cock the Hammer
2325: Unidentified Radio ID
2326: Disturbed - Dropping Plates
2330: Eminem - My Name Is
2334: Clever Name for unidentified radio station ID
2334: GnR - Sweet Child
0000: Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait
« Last Edit: January 06, 2018, 0019 UTC by Evil Elvis »
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Re: Unidentified on 6940USB at 2230UTC on 5 January 2018
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2018, 2236 UTC »
Unidentified Radio 6940 USB S7 in NY

2235: AC/DC “Back In Black”
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2018, 2251 UTC »
2250  S5  Harlem Shake
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2018, 2308 UTC »
"Unidentified Radio" on 6940 USB, heard at 2236 with hard rock,
then from 2248 with some 'light' rap (and IDs, with the 'clever name' slogan). 2304 off
« Last Edit: January 05, 2018, 2311 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2018, 2323 UTC »
2322 back on, with what sounds like an old Cypress Hill track.
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2018, 2330 UTC »
Good signal in New Hampshire, S9

2329z Unidentified Radio ID (A clever name for...)
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Re: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2018, 2335 UTC »
6940USB Jan.5.18 .....Coming at s2 to s3 level into Alberta...at 2325 with ID as "you're listening to Unidentified Radio, clever name for a unknown radio station, @ at 2234 hrs well........
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Re: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2018, 2338 UTC »
23:25z Unidentified Radio Eminem-My Name Is.   G&R Sweet Child    S7-S9 in Indiana...
Near Indianapolis, Indiana   EN70
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Re: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2018, 2350 UTC »
S7 - S9 in Colorado.  Local qrm is bumming me out though

23:39 Station ID - unidentified radio
Icona Pop - I Love it
23:42 station ID
Blues Guitar song
23:49 station ID
Still going strong!

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Re: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2018, 2353 UTC »
Copied here in west EU, peaks at S7

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Re: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2018, 0039 UTC »
@0035 barely audible under very noisy conditions.
Huge improvement on the band.  Hearing AC/DC @ 0112.
« Last Edit: January 06, 2018, 0113 UTC by JohnS »
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Re: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2018, 0111 UTC »
Not sure if same station but really weak s3
0111 sounds like 21 pilots
0139  The Doors
« Last Edit: January 06, 2018, 0140 UTC by Helicaster »
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Re: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2018, 0114 UTC »
6940 KHZ USB 1-6-2018

Heard something right at threshold @ 0110Z that sounds like Bran Van 3000  'Drinking in L.A.'
0115z AC/DC of some flavor.
0119z Drastic change in signal strength, now S9+ with Korn 'Here To Stay'
0123z 'Unidentified Radio' ID

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« Last Edit: January 06, 2018, 0123 UTC by redhat »
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Re: Unidentified Radio 6940 USB 2230 UTC 5 January 2018
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2018, 0115 UTC »
Very weak music  here In Eastern NC- S2 in the noise @0114 UTC
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