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Author Topic: Gumby theme 6925 - High Plains Relay Service  (Read 3073 times)

Offline Zoidberg

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Gumby theme 6925 - High Plains Relay Service
« on: November 26, 2011, 0256 UTC »
11/26/11, 6925 USB, 0242-0252z: Heard a few minutes of "Bend Me, Shape Me", Gumby sound bits, some song about Gumby being dead.  Suddenly off around 0252z.  Pretty good signal here for 10 minutes, punching through the usual heavy local RFI.

0258z: Back, picking up with end of Gumby is dead song, into Devo "Blockheads"

0315z: Another minor glitch, brief dead air, then picked up where left off.  Beatles "Twist and Shout"

After I ran my recording through noise reduction I could hear the High Plains Relay Service ID just before the start of this program.
« Last Edit: November 26, 2011, 1018 UTC by Lex »
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Re: Gumby theme 6925
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2011, 0259 UTC »
Back on now with the dead gumby bit. S5-S6 in KY.
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Re: Gumby theme 6925
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2011, 0303 UTC »
High Plains Relay Service ID given at 0247...
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Re: Gumby theme 6925
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2011, 0308 UTC »
Interesting show, now talking about the history of the Gumby show.
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Re: Gumby theme 6925
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2011, 0310 UTC »
Seems to be a replay or parody of Radio Gumby and Art Clokey tribute.  info here:   http://www.archive.org/details/GumbyRadio
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Re: Gumby theme 6925
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2011, 0314 UTC »
Bits and pieces of audio coming through now and then, seems has gone off and come on a couple times in the last 10 minutes or so. anyone have contact info for them?

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Re: Gumby theme 6925
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2011, 0326 UTC »
Nice to see it's still on, coming in really clear here. 

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Re: Gumby theme 6925
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2011, 0335 UTC »
Followed at 0328z by what sounded like a spoof about the "future and history of vinyl".  Steep signal decrease after 0330z, not sure if same station on now, hearing some slow paced guitar music.
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Re: Gumby theme 6925
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2011, 0336 UTC »
I hear John Kay's voice coming through so must be Steppenwolf tune 0334.  Don't recognize song but sounds a little bit like something from the 'Monster' medley, so maybe same LP?  Is this same stn.?
Seems off right after this.
« Last Edit: November 26, 2011, 0338 UTC by Alex_in_West_Virginia »

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Re: Gumby theme 6925 - High Plains Relay Service
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2011, 1526 UTC »
Checking my SDR recordings... I heard HPRS as well, very good signal, S8, nice audio overall.
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