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Author Topic: Radio Free USA 6930 USB 0002 15 Feb 2019  (Read 1208 times)

Offline PirateSWL

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Radio Free USA 6930 USB 0002 15 Feb 2019
« on: February 15, 2019, 0003 UTC »
Radio Free USA 6930 USB S2-S3 in NY

0002: Natalie Cole "Our Love Is Here To Stay"
0006: Steve Tyrell "I've Got A Crush On You"
0008: Radio Free USA I.D. into Star Spangled Banner sung by YL
0009: APM Music "America The Beautiful"
0012: The New Country All-stars "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue"
0015: Another I.D. then OM wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day then into El Gringo ft. Lance Woolie "Sound Of Snowflakes"
0018: OM gave out e-mail address I believe
0019: El Gringo ft. Lance Woolie "The Wall" (We Don't Need No Immigration, love it)
0021: Another I.D. & email by OM with thanks for the posts on HFU
0031: RadioFreeUSAPirate@gmail.com given then shout outs to HFU posters
0100: Star Spangled Banner again
0101: Off the air (Was listening the entire time, just enjoying the show)
« Last Edit: February 15, 2019, 0102 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0002 15 Feb 2019
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2019, 0005 UTC »
S3-4 in Western PA

0009 - ID, Radio USA
« Last Edit: February 15, 2019, 0010 UTC by aurora »
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Re: UNID 6930 USB 0002 15 Feb 2019
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2019, 0007 UTC »
Just tuned in at 0006 UTC and heard the end of a mellow piano tune and now another song. It's fading in and out quite a bit here, with some SSB distortion on the music.

0008 UTC: Hearing "The Star-Spangled Banner" just above the noise.
0010 UTC: New station? Then "God Bless America" played.
0015 UTC: I can still hear some music, but between a spate of ute interference and OTHR, it's almost inaudible now.
0020 UTC: Still struggling with interference and noise here, but the signal's strengthened enough that I could hear host talking and/or spoken skits the past couple minutes.
0034 UTC: I have to admit that Andy Williams' voice still cuts through the noise! "Moon River" playing.
0044 UTC: Still catching snippets of talking, but the audio seems to be sinking into the noise, even though the earlier interference is mostly gone.
0048 UTC: Sounds like an audio skit of some kind. The signal's peaking better than it was a few minutes ago, but it's really fading in and out at times.
0053 UTC: Music, but the distortion from fading is making it impossible to identify. Oh, and the OTHR noise is back at times here.
0059 UTC: Sounded like the OM host might have given the email address again. And I can pretty clearly hear "The Star-Spangled Banner" playing again. Then off by 0101 UTC?

(Thanks for posting the email address in this thread, folks!)
« Last Edit: February 15, 2019, 0101 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Radio Free USA 6930 USB 0008 UTC 15 Feb 2019
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2019, 0009 UTC »
0008 UTC Star Spangled Banner with YL vocals
0010 UTC OM with ID...sounded like Radio USA? Followed by God Bless America
(Signal is right at the noise floor with some annoying ute noise at times)
0012 UTC OM with ID again (I'll have to listen back on the recording), into "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue"-The New Country All-Stars
(Now some annoying OTHR)
0015 UTC OM with ID(I'm certain the op said "Radio Free USA"), into a version of "Sounds of Silence" with different words
0018 UTC Some kind of audio skit
0019 UTC "The Wall" parody by El Gringo featuring Lance Woolie
0022 UTC OM with clear ID as "Radio Free USA" Valentines Day show, into "It Had To Be You"-Harry Connick Jr
0024 UTC OM with ID and also somebody else speaking over music?
0026 UTCSounds like 2 stations on now....one playing what sounds like a Queen song and another with chatting going on
0028 UTC "Pakistani Saturday Night"-El Gringo featuring Lance Woolie (I think there is a phone call over the top of the song)
0030 UTC "Liberal Democrats"-El Gringo featuring Lance Woolie
0031 UTC OM with ID and email addy radiofreeusapirate@gmail.com
0032 UTC Thanks for the shoutout!
0033 UTC "Moon River"-Andy Williams (OM talking over the song with ID)
0035 UTC "I Think My Dogs A Democrat"-Bryan Lewis
0039 UTC OM with ID and shoutouts....THANKS! "Radio Free USA, the Voice of the American People", into a parody of "Margaritaville"
0042 UTC Sounds like an audio skit of some kind, but the signal is dropping down into the noise
0045 UTC Pretty much gone here now with plenty of ute noise killing what is left
0048 UTC Just the barest trace of audio now....
« Last Edit: February 15, 2019, 0048 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Free USA 6930 USB 0002 15 Feb 2019
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2019, 1317 UTC »
SDR recording catch
0004 Very weak audio heard, just above the noise floor.
0010 SIO 222 now
0023 SIO 333
0044 SIO 444
0102 Off, thanks for the show
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