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Author Topic: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018  (Read 5999 times)

Offline elburndx

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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2018, 0004 UTC »
Peaking at S9+10 with some fading and QRN

2355 - Coldplay - Yellow
2356 - OM talk - listener reports
0001 - Stones - Paint It Black
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2018, 0008 UTC »
6880 KHz 5/19/2018 Carrier noted about 2200z  Weak at first, but getting stronger as we get darker.

2346z Hearing OM giving out email addresses, HFU address it sounds like.  Back into music @ 2348z.  Good bass modulation!  I can see the kick drum sidebands @ 40 Hz...
2352z Coldplay 'Yellow'
2358z OM hearing ..."dot com"..."shortwave report"...  lots of noise here, even though carrier holding a fairly steady S9.


Thanks for the show!
anytime you want to use 6880Khz, i will yield it no questions asked to one of two of my favorite respected AM operators who inspired me to get back into this hobby of AM broadcasting.
that is RedHat and Azimuth Coordinator.
hats off to you both for giving me the inspiration.

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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2018, 0024 UTC »
0023 Music S9+ Good Audio
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2018, 0044 UTC »
anytime you want to use 6880Khz, i will yield it no questions asked to one of two of my favorite respected AM operators who inspired me to get back into this hobby of AM broadcasting.
that is RedHat and Azimuth Coordinator.
hats off to you both for giving me the inspiration.

Thank You for the kind words!

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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2018, 0054 UTC »
0047Z - now into HFU member "Matt-B", and his live streaming broadcast as requested ;)
more than happy to have you broadcasting on my station Matt.
i hope the band still holds out for "Radio Stasi" afterwards, if not, there is always tomorrow ;).
its nice to get some requests to play shows from others, i enjoy it very much and thanks to all of you for sending them in !
special thanks to member "ulx2" from Ukraine - surprisingly able to hear something on the lines of at least minimal from such a great distance especially for AM.
i am really curious to know the details of your reception station ulx2 - the distance of transmission is from the eastern seeaboard of the USA to you at 500 watts RMS.
« Last Edit: May 20, 2018, 0102 UTC by TheRelayStation »
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #20 on: May 20, 2018, 0109 UTC »
+20 into Bama.  Well above the storm noise and sounding good.  Thanks for the show!
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #21 on: May 20, 2018, 0116 UTC »
S9 with good audio.

Damn Yankees - High Enough.

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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #22 on: May 20, 2018, 0120 UTC »
That would be my "Radio Free Connecticut" that you're hearing.  Hope you're enjoying it! :)
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #23 on: May 20, 2018, 0120 UTC »
0119- Got a Name - Jim Croce
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #24 on: May 20, 2018, 0125 UTC »
0119- Got a Name - Jim Croce
i didnt get a chance to thank everyone for the reports from all over, so thanks to all of you.
also, thanks to everyone who requested to have their shows played including HFU member "Matt_B" and John from VORW, youre always welcome.
i still have other shows remaining to play but i am not sure how long the band will hold out before she starts to stretch her legs.
i will likely continue to play them even if the band stretches her legs and will repeat the last remaining shows tomorrow during better band conditions.
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #25 on: May 20, 2018, 0132 UTC »
S9 @ 0131 - "Fire And Rain" James Taylor
0211 - "All For Love" Rod Stewart
0217 - "If You Don't Know Me By Now" Simply Red, then into sign-off with 'Elvis has left the building'
0219 - continuing with "Big Yellow Taxi" Joni

Thanks for the show
« Last Edit: May 20, 2018, 0220 UTC by refmo »
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #26 on: May 20, 2018, 0135 UTC »
01:29 UTC  Radio free Connecticut
01:30 UTC  "Fire and Rain"  James Taylor  Great Audio still Booming S10+ 
01:33 UTC  Id and Email

Thanks for the Big Broadcast and Your kind words tonight
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2018, 0136 UTC »
No problem.  Glad to hear so many people are enjoying this.  :)
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #28 on: May 20, 2018, 0137 UTC »
0134 ID for Radio Free Connecticut and an aol email address given by OM announcer...
0135 "The Flame"by Cheap Trick.... still strong but lots of fades but signal now recovering, at least for a while. Super audio on my E1's synch!
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Re: The Relay Station 6880 AM 2257 UTC 19 May 2018
« Reply #29 on: May 20, 2018, 0138 UTC »
Thanks for all the relays tonight
We have been enjoying them and they are just sounding better each minute

Thanks!
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