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Author Topic: UNID 6955 AM 0024 UTC 03/10/18  (Read 1463 times)

Offline slowtrain

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UNID 6955 AM 0024 UTC 03/10/18
« on: March 10, 2018, 0027 UTC »
Heard some bluegrass music for about a minute or two and then the station is gone heard around 00:23UTC! Decent signal too!
« Last Edit: March 10, 2018, 1614 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 6955khz AM Mode 00:24UTC 03/10/18
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2018, 0057 UTC »
Heard from Fair Hill, MD online sdr with a S3 signal, 222.  Noisy with weird QRM.

0037 UNID bluegrass song
0040 I Am a Man of Constant Sorry, Soggy Bottom Boys
0044 UNID bluegrass song
0048 Girl From the North Country
0051 Steel Rails by Allison Krauss
0053 virtually inaudible
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Re: UNID 6955khz AM Mode 00:24UTC 03/10/18
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2018, 0123 UTC »
0123z Weak in New Hampshire, S4 and down in the noise but I do hear bluegrass music in there...
0129z Off or faded to nil
« Last Edit: March 10, 2018, 0129 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: UNID 6955khz AM Mode 00:24UTC 03/10/18
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2018, 0125 UTC »
0122 UTC  - Faint signal, audio barely perceptible in WNY.
0126 UTC - Signal is gone.
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Re: UNID 6955khz AM Mode 00:24UTC 03/10/18
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2018, 0159 UTC »
UnId, 6955 AM, 0050, 3.10.18.  End of a bluegrass song, 3 roots country music, 0057 another bluegrass.

S6 with a fair amount of noise.
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Re: UNID 6955khz AM Mode 00:24UTC 03/10/18
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2018, 0338 UTC »
Someone playing what sounded like Roy Acuff doing "Sunny Side of The Mountain" and into Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mt. Boys. Lots of static here, but good audio getting through before props went in the dumper.

Ralph and the boys stole my beer back in 1980. One of these days...


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Re: UNID 6955 AM 0024 UTC 03/10/18
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2018, 1632 UTC »
Heard from 0016 on the SDR recording. SIO 222.
0016 "Bringing In The Georgia Mail"
0021 "Little Liza Jane"
0024 "I Ain't Gonna Lay My Hammer Down"
0028 "Uncle Charlie / Randy Lynn Rag"
0032 "I Am The Man, Thomas"
0037 "A Ramblin' Man Is A Ramblin' Man"
0101 Big peak to SIO 444, then faded out.

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