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Author Topic: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6934.9 AM 2347 UTC 18 Aug 2019  (Read 1065 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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Captain Morgan Shortwave 6934.9 AM 2347 UTC 18 Aug 2019
« on: August 18, 2019, 2347 UTC »
2347 UTC OM talking but I can't tell what he's talking about...mention of pickle sandwiches
2351 UTC "The Weight"-The Band (Signal is pushing S9 here and music sounding great!)
2356 UTC "Walking Down the Line"-Arlo Guthrie (Live Woodstock), segue into "Twilight Zone" theme  :) , then back to the Arlo Guthrie tune.
2359 UTC "Ride Captain Ride"-Blues Image segue into "White Rabbit"-Jefferson Airplane, then back to Ride Captain Ride"
0005 UTC Twilight Zone theme, then back to "Walking Down the Line"-Arlo Guthrie
0007 UTC Spoken word about Woodstock with OM and YL announcers
0008 UTC "Evil Ways"-Santana
0012 UTC Twilight Zone theme, then YL and OM talking about 200 thousand people with someone on their shoulders, the groups played, man climbed the scaffolding but never came down
0015 UTC OFF

Thanks for the Woodstock 50th Memorial show Captain!  :)
« Last Edit: August 19, 2019, 0101 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: UNID 6935 AM 2347 UTC 18 Aug 2019
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2019, 2350 UTC »
2348 UTC - Signal is S9+ in WNY, hearing a broadcast about Woodstock.
2352 UTC - The Band - "The Weight"
2356 UTC - Arlo Guthrie - "Walking Down the Line"
2359 UTC - Blues Image- "Ride Captain Ride" then switched to Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"
0003 UTC - Blues Image- "Ride Captain Ride" ... again.
0013 UTC - Woodstock talk
0015 UTC - Signal gone
« Last Edit: August 19, 2019, 0015 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: UNID 6934.9 AM 2347 UTC 18 Aug 2019
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2019, 2358 UTC »
Excellent reception

2356 "Walking Down the Line" Arlo Guthrie from Woodstock.  (Editor's note: On your bucket list add "see a concert at the Guthrie Center in the Berkshires")
2358 Arlo to Twilight Zone theme.
2359 "Ride Captain Ride" Blues Image
0000 "White Rabbit" Jefferson Airline....sounds like local am.
0002 Back to Blues Image
0006 Music interrupted by drops in signal, interviews with Woodstock attendees.

Thanks for the delightful music, strong transmission,  and fond memories.  Will switch to the bedside pl-600 shortly - 0800utc comes by pretty early.
« Last Edit: August 19, 2019, 0008 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Captain Morgan Shortwave 6934.9 AM S7-S9 in NY

0004: Blues Image “Ride Captain Ride”
0005: Twilight Zone Theme into Arlo Guthrie “Walking Down The Line” (Live At Woodstock 8/16/1969)
0007: Snippets about Woodstock
0008: Santana “Evil Ways”
0012: Full Twilight Zone Theme
0013: Same Woodstock snippets
0015: Off the air

Video clip of last few minutes of broadcast: https://youtu.be/WU3GvR94yZw
« Last Edit: August 19, 2019, 0021 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Music's just barely audible above the noise when listening in USB mode here, where it's still very much daylight.
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Poor signal can hear pieces of music but faint at 00:12UTC!
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Extremely weak signal at times, not there other times.
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Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6934.9 AM 2347 UTC 18 Aug 2019
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2019, 1237 UTC »
Extremely weak on the SDR recording from 2337 sign on, until the last two minutes when the signal came up, just before sign off.
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