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Author Topic: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019  (Read 1664 times)

Offline refmo

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XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« on: August 24, 2019, 2223 UTC »
On with "Can You Feel It" by The Jacksons, S8 to S9
2223 - off  ?
2225 - back on with "Waiting For A Star To Fall" Boy Meets Girl
2227 - "Can You Feel It" again, S7 with some fades, I guess its a mashup of the two songs.?.
2232 - "Hold On Loosely" 38 Special, S5 to S7
2237 - "Glittering Prize" Simple Minds, S5 to S8
2241 - "I Heard A Rumor" Bananarama, S6 to S9 and wide audio
2246 - "Careless Whisper" Seether
2256 - sounds like a Bush tune, down to S2 to S3 now
2300 - signal is way up and down, S2 to S9, "These Things" She Wants Revenge
Seems to be parallel with 5150 AM

2347 - ID, still on both frequencies, S7 on 6880, weaker on 5150 here but others have better copy there.
2357 - "Very Busy People" The Limousines
0000 - Redhat with ID and accurate time/date-check
0002 - mention of The Relay Station
0003 - email and mention of HFU and other radio forums
0029 - shoutouts
« Last Edit: August 25, 2019, 0029 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UNID 6880 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2019, 2233 UTC »
35333

2228 "Waiting For A Star To Fall"
Brief dead air
2232 "Hold On Loosely"

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Re: UNID 6880 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2019, 2236 UTC »
on 6880.0
2231 talking, maybe traffic on 6880 LSB ?
2343 trace


on 5150.0
0005 very to extra weak, to a trace, 0011
« Last Edit: August 25, 2019, 0011 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2019, 0000 UTC »
Nada here on 6880 but I have a very solid signal on 5150 AM at 2358 UTC and at 0000 UTC I hear the voice of Mr. Redhat!
0002 UTC Mention of low power relays via Relay Station and Radio Illuminati!  :)
0004 UTC Thanks for the shoutout Redhat! Good to be on board tonight!
0009 UTC "Afraid"-The Neighbourhood
0013 UTC Redhat chat with request and ID/email addy, into "Excitable Boy"-Warren Zevon
0021 UTC "20 minutes past the witching hour", into "Careless Whisper"-Seether
0111 UTC Still on board here, but 5150 is starting to drop into the noise. Seems like the band is going super long now  :(
0112 UTC "Tranz"-Gorillaz (Still S5 and mostly above the noise)
0115 UTC "Neon"-Lykke Li
0119 UTC Big fade into the noise  :(
« Last Edit: August 25, 2019, 0120 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2019, 0005 UTC »
Excellent reception on 5150, sounds like local am - nothing on 6880

0005 Mr. Redhat talking about HFU posts.  Gave email addy, live time
0006 "Mona Lisa Smile"
RH - Warren Zevon Excitable Boy, perhaps?   Thanks for great program
0009 ID
0013 My request, thanks RH  8).
0016 ID. (Will listen to rest of show bedside doing sudoko, just wonderful show)
« Last Edit: August 25, 2019, 0018 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2019, 0007 UTC »
0006 UTC - Signal is S7 in WNY, audio is sounding good. Tuned to 5150 kHz.
0025 UTC - ID.
0106 UTC -Shoutouts to HFU. 8)
0118 UTC - Signal is now S9.
0140 UTC - ID. XFM broadcasting east of the rockies and west of normal.
0242 UTC - Off the air.

Thanks for the show Redhat !

 
« Last Edit: August 25, 2019, 0242 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2019, 0011 UTC »
Just tuned in at 0010 UTC on 5150 kHz. Can just barely hear music when tuning in with LSB mode; lots of noise. Nice to hear X-FM for the first time in a while, though!
« Last Edit: August 25, 2019, 0047 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2019, 0011 UTC »
5150 - 2358.  Mellow rock music, ID and frequencies, talk with accurate TC with mention of the Relay Station.

S5 with fading.  Mostly audible.
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2019, 0026 UTC »
SIO 222 into west Michigan with QRN.

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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2019, 0027 UTC »
Faint signal and music can be heard, but barely.
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2019, 0033 UTC »
No copy on 6880 but booming into CNY on 5150 all night!
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2019, 0045 UTC »
Just a trace of a carrier here.  No joy
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Re: XFM 6880//5150 AM 2222 UTC 24 Aug 2019
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2019, 0108 UTC »
Been booming into Western New York on 5150 at a  SIO-555.
Sounding like a local AM station with a little fade here and there.
Thanks for the show.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2019, 0109 UTC by Hunting Pirates »
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