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Author Topic: Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019  (Read 1486 times)

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Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019
« on: August 23, 2019, 0143 UTC »
Radio Halfwise on AM, nice audio, SIO455 on Chris' kiwi. S9 to +10 over.

0139 Spooky by Unknown YL
0139 I put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
0142 - Santana - Black Magic Woman
0147 - Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
0149 - Drop to dead carrier

« Last Edit: August 23, 2019, 0150 UTC by Radio Boogie »
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Re: Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2019, 0215 UTC »
Back on? I swear there's been music on here since at least 0208 UTC. I'm listening in USB mode.
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Re: Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2019, 0221 UTC »
Well, someone in chat said they popped back on with an email addy and Police song. I had to go fix dinner, si I was in and out. As of now, 0220UTC, the signal is gone completely on Chris' kiwi, and only a trace visible on Denton Hill kiwi near Flint. Can't find a hint of audio, even in USB mode.

I may add, there is zero static on Denton Hill kiwi, so if I was going to pull any audio, it'd be there, but nada.

0235 - Signal has been carrier only all over, but I just started to get audio in AM on Denton Hill, enough to hear TheDirt Band 'Make a Little Magic" into The Who - Magic Bus
« Last Edit: August 23, 2019, 0238 UTC by Radio Boogie »
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Re: Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2019, 0227 UTC »
0215 UTC: Listening on the SDR in New Hampshire, I heard an ID. Maybe Halfwise? But I couldn't hear it clearly.

0221 UTC: Definitely a Radio Halfwise ID and email address given while now listening via an SDR in Maine.

Out here near Seattle, I'm just hearing wisps of music at times while listening in USB.
« Last Edit: August 23, 2019, 1916 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2019, 0239 UTC »
Audio just above noise on KiwiSDR in Newton, NH with some peaks lasting 15 seconds or so, then back down to noise.
0238 "Magic Bus"
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Re: Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2019, 0243 UTC »
on 6954.9+
0240 weak carrier (across the pond), voice QRM
0247 some music just on the threshold ?
0302 weak carrier
« Last Edit: August 23, 2019, 0302 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2019, 0508 UTC »
For a guy who freely admitted he knew only four chords, Steve Miller sure knew how to use them. It gave me a lot of respect for him in the mid-70's when everyone and his brother claimed they were classically trained guitarists. Yes, that's you I'm looking at Pete Frampton.

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Re: Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 0138 UTC 23 Aug 2019
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2019, 1108 UTC »
Heard from 0132 UTC on the SDR recording. SIO 444 at first, but barely audible by the end of the show.

« Last Edit: August 23, 2019, 1756 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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