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Author Topic: Charleston R. Int. 5140 AM 1943 utc 02 oct 2018  (Read 646 times)

Offline Ray Lalleu

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Charleston R. Int. 5140 AM 1943 utc 02 oct 2018
« on: October 02, 2018, 1949 UTC »
on 5140,0
1943 fancy jazz, including balalaika, 1945 retro fancy song
1947 ID, ..the Roaring Twenties.., music, 1949
D/E/F/G/It/Sp : Dutch/English/French/German/Italian/Spanish
+/- : about 0.02 offset, ++/-- 0.03/0.04 offset
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Re: Charleston R. Int. 5140 AM 1943 utc 02 oct 2018
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2018, 2034 UTC »
2033 UTC  Good signal at the moment. SINPO 44444. The usual 1930s music. I feel like I am in 1933 Berlin.
2038 UTC  ID
2049 UTC  "This is Charleston Radio International. We broadcast on five thousand, one hundred and forty kilocycles." (Of course, not "kilohertz", that would be too modern.) Announcer has a slight German-speaker's accent.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2018, 2053 UTC by KaySeeks »
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