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Author Topic: Ion Radio 6930 AM 1734 UTC 4 Nov 2018  (Read 1146 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Ion Radio 6930 AM 1734 UTC 4 Nov 2018
« on: November 04, 2018, 1736 UTC »
1734 SSTV



« Last Edit: November 04, 2018, 1738 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: ION Radio 6930 AM
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2018, 1737 UTC »
ION Radio 6930 AM S3 in NY

1734: SSTV
1736: 2nd SSTV
1739: OM talking but hard to make out what is being said
1740: OM talking about phone calls being reported to WJDW ? Civil Defense Unit placed on alert
1745: CW
1746: Jingle about Halloween night ?
1755: See off the bridge to our left
1836: Faded back in "It's in Niagara Square right now"
1842: I.D. & e-mail and "Your reception reports are much appreciated" then off the air
« Last Edit: November 04, 2018, 1842 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: Ion Radio 6930 AM 1734 UTC 4 Nov 2018
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2018, 1738 UTC »




1738 UTC OM narrating a talk about the night War of the Worlds was aired, followed by the modernized version of War of the Worlds as broadcast by WKBW Buffalo on Halloween night 1968  8)
1748 UTC Signal faded quickly into the noise....  :(
Only hearing bits of audio deep in the noise now....6930.3 to be exact.
1755 UTC Back up to just above the noise floor now....tough copy still
1758 UTC Wow! Hitting S8 peaks now!
1759 UTC "We hear it was a meteor"  ;D
1802 UTC Gone again....foF2 is heading downwards

Thanks for the show ION! It was good while the propagation lasted!
« Last Edit: November 04, 2018, 1808 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Ion Radio 6930 AM 1734 UTC 4 Nov 2018
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2018, 1755 UTC »
From 1754 with what seems to be War of the Worlds content...some deep fades, using various radios here in Potomac...
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Re: Ion Radio 6930 AM 1734 UTC 4 Nov 2018
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2018, 1758 UTC »
1750 UTC Announcer
1752 UTC War Of The Worlds context. Mentioned WKBW, Buffalo NY Broadcast
1754 UTC Fade Out

S7 w/moderate noise here is eastern Mass.
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Re: Ion Radio 6930 AM 1734 UTC 4 Nov 2018
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2018, 1836 UTC »
1830 STILL HEARING SOME AUDIO WITH AN S3 CARRIER.
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