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Author Topic: TCS 6860 AM 0010 UTC 6 June 2018  (Read 2017 times)

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TCS 6860 AM 0010 UTC 6 June 2018
« on: June 06, 2018, 0011 UTC »
Doing s 9+ webrx Uniontown/PA

00:13 Id TCS

Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild

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« Last Edit: June 06, 2018, 1038 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2018, 0014 UTC »
S5-7 into AL.  Thanks for the show!
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2018, 0015 UTC »
S7 @ 0015 with news items from 1968
0019 - "Sky Pilot" Eric Burdon & The Animals
0124 - S9 with "Chicago" Graham Nash
0144 - "Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel, S8
« Last Edit: June 06, 2018, 0144 UTC by refmo »
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2018, 0016 UTC »
The Crystal Ship 6860 AM S5-S7 in NY

0015: Talk about the Raiders (military) and 19 bodies. Some superficial damage was done to the building.
0018: Eric Burdon & The Animals “Sky Pilot”
« Last Edit: June 06, 2018, 0020 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2018, 0019 UTC »
Very Good reception, RFK 50th anniversary of assassination tribute program
Thanks JP!

0018z "Sky Pilot" Eric Burdon and the Animals
0020z '68 news broadcast into "Jumpin' Jack Flash" The Rolling Stones
0025z ID to RFK speech to announce he is running, less than three months before he was killed.  What did he do right after that speech?  He WALKED (marched) the NYC ST. Patrick's Day Parade on March 16, 1968.
0026z "The Mighty Quinn" Manfred Mann. EXCELLENT RECEPTION
0029z "Stoned Soul Picnic" The 5th Dimension
0032z LBJ announcing he won't run
0033z "Those were the days" Mary Hopkin
« Last Edit: June 06, 2018, 0034 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2018, 0029 UTC »
0029 - TCS coming in at S7 - best in a long time here.
0037 - TCS ID
0045 - CBS News segment

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« Last Edit: June 06, 2018, 0046 UTC by HulkSmash »
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2018, 0036 UTC »
0034 UTC - Mary Hopkin / Those Were The Days, signal S9 in WNY, audio sounds good.
0038 UTC - Announcer ... You are listening to the Crystal Ship, echoes of 1968.
0045 UTC - CBS evening news report on MLK shooting.
0054 UTC - Otis Redding / (Sittin On) The Dock of The Bay
0058 UTC - The  Supremes / Love Child
« Last Edit: June 06, 2018, 0057 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2018, 0036 UTC »
Those Were The Days  @ 0034.
Signal deep in noise floor but copy easier than expected considering conditions,
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2018, 0040 UTC »
 :D 0039UTC- Heard clip from MLK.. signal about s7 and above static.. with some selective fades.
  CBS News- Clip of assassination of MLK 0045 UTC
   0056- Dock of Bay- Crystal clear here.. The sixties stuff great..
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2018, 0042 UTC »
Steady +30, best reception ever.
Thanks Poet

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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2018, 0045 UTC »
excellent signal
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2018, 0048 UTC »
0048 very faint but largely free of noise. Sounds like MLK Jr speech.
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Re: TCS - 6860 AM 00:10 utc June 6th 2018
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2018, 0151 UTC »
More than 4 hours and you may have needed medical attention.
Great show, kudos

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Re: TCS 6860 AM 0010 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2018, 1042 UTC »
SDR recording catch. Heard from 0006 UTC sign on, SIO 433.
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