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Author Topic: UNID 6880 AM 1459 UTC 18 Sept 2018  (Read 930 times)

Offline IQ_imbalance

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UNID 6880 AM 1459 UTC 18 Sept 2018
« on: September 18, 2018, 1500 UTC »
Carrier with occasional music breaking through QRN
1507 UTC: gospel or blues?
1509 UTC: “wild thing”
1510 UTC:  maybe a station ID over “wild thing”?
1528 UTC:  Elvis “can’t help falling in love”
1531 UTC:  Ray Charles?

S4-S5 into OBX
« Last Edit: September 18, 2018, 1531 UTC by rwfisheriv »
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 1459 UTC 18 Sept 2018
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2018, 1543 UTC »
1544 Frankie Avalon/ venus
1549 The Monkees/ pleasant valley Sunday   great signal!
1550  back down now , no audio
1553 Johnny Angel
1600+ doing well with Mountain of love etc
 1617 Scott Mckenzie/ San Francisco    there will be a love in there
Above noise to S3
« Last Edit: September 19, 2018, 0325 UTC by Davep »
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 1459 UTC 18 Sept 2018
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2018, 1550 UTC »
1550 SIO 222 to 333 signal with oldies.
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 1459 UTC 18 Sept 2018
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2018, 1600 UTC »
1555 UTC -  Signal is S5-S7 in WNY, audio is weak, just above the noise. Bobby's Girl / Marcie Blane
1557 UTC - It's All Right / The Impressions.
1600 UTC - Sugar Shack / Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs.
1604 UTC - Mountain of Love / Johnny Rivers, music is a bit louder now.
1607 UTC - Come Back When You Grow Up / Bobby Vee
1614 UTC - Red Rubber Ball / Cyrkle, signal peaking to S9, audio is much better.
1617 UTC - San Francisco / Scott Mckenzie
1623 UTC - signal dropped a bit but still hearing the tunes.
1626 UTC - Bony Marony/ Larry Williams
1627 UTC - Smile a Little Smile for Me / The Flying Machine, signal is S5-S7 now.
 Thanks for the oldies.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2018, 1631 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 1459 UTC 18 Sept 2018
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2018, 2134 UTC »
on 6880,0
2130 carrier, trace of music, no detail
2150 music, noisy, slowly fading down, lost 2158 approx.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2018, 2200 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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