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Offline Traveling Wave

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Skippy Radio 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« on: December 29, 2018, 0131 UTC »
0130 UTC - Signal S7-S9 in WNY, audio good, playing electronic music.
« Last Edit: December 29, 2018, 0227 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UNID 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2018, 0133 UTC »
0132 UTC - Hearing electronic music
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Re: UNID 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2018, 0134 UTC »
Tough copy in AL tonight with the high noise floor
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Re: UNID 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2018, 0136 UTC »
Good signal with electronic tones at 0135 after music...achtung.....German number counts...
Distorted audio at times.....someone ID'd this as Skippy based on SSTV -- hoping for an eQSL.
« Last Edit: December 29, 2018, 0205 UTC by dxace1 »
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Re: Skippy Radio 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2018, 0137 UTC »
S3 to S4 with electronica and radio sound effects (german numbers/digi-modes etc...)
0142 - up to S7 now with various digi-mode samples
0150 - Dead Man's Chest (Yo Ho Ho and A Bottle of Rum)
0153 - SSTV's
Thanks for the interesting broadcast!



« Last Edit: December 29, 2018, 0157 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UNID 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2018, 0137 UTC »
0137 definitely have something but it's buried in the noise.
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Re: UNID 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2018, 0148 UTC »
Loud and clear here as of 0147 UTC with various electronic noises.

0149 UTC: A pirate sea shanty song.

0153 UTC: SSTV.

And my wife caught me listening to the radio instead of socializing with relatives upstairs, so I'm done listening for now!
« Last Edit: December 29, 2018, 0155 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: UNID 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2018, 0155 UTC »
Tuned in at 0154, hear very weak SSTV/FAX.
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Re: UNID 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2018, 0157 UTC »
0136 German numbers
0139 digital transmission modes
0145 sounded like an emergency broadcast warning
0146 recording of the 4625 foghorn
0147 digital transmission sound
0148 numbers transmission
0149 Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
0153 2 SSTV transmissions
0156 off
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Re: UNID 6925 Khz USB 0130 UTC 29 Dec. 2018
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2018, 0202 UTC »
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2018DEC28 0155UTC
6925.0 kHz USB, music, sign off?, sound fx, modem signals, sstv, 3 kHz bandwidth, fading, lightning static, very weak readable, -118 dBm
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