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Author Topic: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018  (Read 1739 times)

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Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« on: August 12, 2018, 2302 UTC »
2301 Signing on now, SIO 333
2306 Now up to an S9. SIO 444.
« Last Edit: August 12, 2018, 2306 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2018, 2305 UTC »
S9 here at 2303 UTC with excellent audio and "Who Will Stop the Rain"-Asia
2308 UTC "Hypnotized"-Fleetwood Mac (Love that Bob Welch era Mac!)
2312 UTC "Ghost of Tom Joad"-Bruce Springsteen (live version)
2320 UTC "One Of These Nights"-Eagles
(Signal dropped down a bit but still S7/S8 amidst static crashes)
2326 UTC "Ebony Eyes"-Bob Welch (Great tune! Thanks Dr D!)
2329 UTC "Heart of Gold"-Neil Young  :)
2331 UTC Dr Detroit chatting....HF Underground shout!
2332 UTC "More Than This"-Roxy Music
2337 UTC "Sweet Lies"-Robert Palmer (static crashes getting louder as local sunset descends.....)
2345 UTC Signal picked up a bit vs the static during "It's My Life"-Talk Talk
2348 UTC Dr D chatting but I can't make out what he said
2351 UTC Static crashes are brutal now....I think Foreigner is playing at the moment?
Still have the carrier but audio is buried in the static now  :(

Oh well....it was great while it lasted! Thanks for the show and the request!  8)
« Last Edit: August 12, 2018, 2359 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2018, 2307 UTC »
2305 Music playing S9, moderate fade and noise.
2311 Hypnotized ending, signal down and noisy.
« Last Edit: August 12, 2018, 2313 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2018, 2311 UTC »
Good reception

2310z Unid song, OM singer with backing vocals
2313z Unid song, OM singer....peaks of excellent reception
2320z "One of These Nights" Eagles - much noise
2323z Signal buried in noise
« Last Edit: August 12, 2018, 2323 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2018, 2316 UTC »
Pretty good signal, but really heavy QRN
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2018, 2329 UTC »
unid at 2325 utc
carrier on 6959.95, maybe with mod but in the mud
2346 some music, still under noise level
2351 can hear mainly the bass tones, 2352 also singing voice on a peak
« Last Edit: August 12, 2018, 2353 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2018, 2330 UTC »
2329 traces of music here - hopefully will improve
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2018, 2347 UTC »
S5 carrier, music in noise @ 2345.
2356 - able to make out "Burning For You" BOC
« Last Edit: August 12, 2018, 2356 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2018, 2359 UTC »
2357 UTC - Burn'in for You / Blue Oyster Cult, signal S5 in WNY, just making it above the noise.
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Re: Dr Detroit 6960 AM 2301 UTC 12 Aug 2018
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2018, 0014 UTC »
0013- Star Spangled Banner (from east coast SDR) and Off. Only carrier here.
« Last Edit: August 13, 2018, 0018 UTC by PRO2006 »
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