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Author Topic: Radio Johnny Tobacco 6305 AM 2320z Oct 26, 2018  (Read 1007 times)

Offline DimBulb

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Radio Johnny Tobacco 6305 AM 2320z Oct 26, 2018
« on: October 26, 2018, 2322 UTC »
Fair signal in New Hampshire, S5-S7 and just a bit above the noise, good copy

2326z Radio Johnny Tobacco ID (low power, low budget, and really low antenna right now)
2332z Testing the regulation on the screen of his final tube, sounds good here
2338z Lots of stuff in the junk-box means he can build lots of equipment for nothing
2341z Checking HFUnderground... and hey! hello Johnny, shout-outs to all of us
2354z Antenna is only five meters high right now - Doing pretty well with this set-up
0003z ZZ-Top - Sharp Dressed Man
0006z Hank Williams - Cold, Cold Heart
0007z Hank Williams - You Are On My Lonely Mind (There's a Tear in my Beer)
0012z Thanks for the tune Johnny, maybe Settin' The Woods On Fire or perhaps I Saw The Light?
0013z House Of The Rising Sun
0017z Johnny Cash - Heart Of Gold (Neil Young tune)
0023z Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
0025z Roy Orbison - You Got It
0030z Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

0040z Time to shut down Johnny, thanks for the show and for staying up late into the early morning hours


*** Hello CT Yankee - The forecast for Saturday includes "A Few Snow Showers" at 8AM - 9AM. If so, this will be the first snow for this winter.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2018, 0039 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: UNID (JT?) 6305 AM 2320z Oct 26, 2018
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2018, 2326 UTC »
on 6305,0-
2323 music, 2325 Johnny Tobacco, low power, etc... IDs clear enough, greetings not that clear
2327 fading up, music (Indonesia?), 2329 next, 2332 ID, testing
2333 medley : Twist again, Let's dance, etc... then talking, 2338 some C&W
2341 sudden fading down, weak, IDs, 2342 bonsoir bon matin Ray Lalleu (just a peak, thanks !)
more greetings, ...700 watts..., 2343 ID, fading to very weak, music, 2345,
music till 2354, very weak in general, 2355 ID again, tnx g's again, I hear you very weakly
2356 music, 0002 talking, shout out to me, but I can't understand everything with that low signal here, I am in the hole (long skip), 0004 guessing ZZ Top "Sharp dressed man" (heard better sooner ;-), more music, 0011 random peak, Smolinski not here, ID in Spanish,
0013 a version of "House of the rising sun", 0015 strong peak !, 0016 "Heart of gold"
0019 hello Ct Yankee, music, 0022 next song, fading up and down, always good audio, but
a noisy ut. now (flame thrower), 0028 slowly back from hell, 0030 about 10 minutes fair signal with fine music, 0040 talking, but very weak again, 0042 it's "Self control", very weak now
0045 good night JT ! (too bad signal now)
« Last Edit: October 27, 2018, 0045 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: UNID (JT?) 6305 AM 2320z Oct 26, 2018
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2018, 2327 UTC »
2322 UTC S7 EN song "let's go bailando"
so I think it's JT
2326 YES "it's radio Johnny Tobacco" :D   HELLO!!!
It's nice to hear you again, we're playing with you!
2348 Thanks for the greetings! You really have 1.8kW ?, with me you are going today S9 + SINPO 55545, modulation up to 8kHz
If you have eQSL for me, it will be my second card in my radio life - please!
0004 Thank you, friend, for your attention to me!
0013 beautiful House Of The Rising Sun - Dias Felizes
0046 I have been looking for you in Europe - only in me and in Switzerland you can hear so well
0054 California Blue next TRX off - Good night Johnny, you have health!
Thank you for the show !!!
« Last Edit: October 27, 2018, 0058 UTC by kris »
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Re: Radio Johnny Tobacco 6305 AM 2320z Oct 26, 2018
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2018, 2353 UTC »
Good reception

2352z. Just starting to get music, YL singer country music
2354z JT talking but a lot of fades
2356z "This is Johnny Tobacco Good Morning."  into song which included Good Morning.
0003z JT talking but can't make out into hard rock song
0006z C&W song, OM singer
0011z JT talking, thanks for shout out big fella  :D!
0012z "House of the Rising Sun" Instrumental, JT talks, then song continues
0016z "Heart of Gold"
0019z Howdy right back at you JT Superstar 8)
No reception since 0023z

****Hey JT, since we are approaching the holidays, a great, funny C&W Christmas tune.  "Merry Christmas from the Family" Montgomery Gentry, maybe?


****Dimbulb, snow your way tomorrow?
**** I thought I heard that coming north of us in Southern New England where the palm trees gently sway in the breeze  ;)!
« Last Edit: October 27, 2018, 0037 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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