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Author Topic: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019  (Read 1213 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« on: October 18, 2019, 2007 UTC »
2007 SIO 555, ID, Halloween show
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2019, 2018 UTC »
20.14 UTC AC/DC - Hells Spells
20.22 UTC AC/DC - Highway To Hell
20.25 UTC Monster Mash
20.28 UTC Stevie Wonder - Superstition
20.32 UTC Roky Erickson - I Walked With A Zombie
20.36 UTC Lou Reed - Halloween Parade
20.38 UTC Mr. Red Sky, Radio Free USA, greetings to RFC and HFU, live Px
20.40 UTC Chris Classic - Witch Doctor

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« Last Edit: October 18, 2019, 2042 UTC by RainBrandy »
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2019, 2023 UTC »
2022 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY, audio is excellent, playing AC/DC - Highway To Hell
2025 UTC - Bobby Pickett - Monster Mash
2028 UTC - Radio Free USA, Mr. Red Sky station ID, shout outs to everyone at HFU !
2029 UTC - Stevie Wonder - Superstition
2036 UTC - Lou Reed - Halloween Parade 
2046 UTC - Tnx for the shout outs to HFU !
2117 UTC - Radio Free USA ID, Halloween Special Show with Mr. Red Sky
« Last Edit: October 18, 2019, 2118 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2019, 2024 UTC »
S5 at 2024. "Highway to Hell" "Monster Mash" at 2025
« Last Edit: October 18, 2019, 2026 UTC by hsmith61 »
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2019, 2030 UTC »
Listening via Burke, Virginia, as it's not yet audible out west ...

2013 UTC: “Hell’s Bells” by AC/DC
2017 UTC: Song suddenly off, then silence
2021 UTC: “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC
2024 UTC: “Monster Mash”
2027 UTC: Mr. Red Sky with Radio Free USA ID, talking about his Halloween program and doing shoutouts, email address and saying he’ll be right back.
2028 UTC: “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder
2031 UTC: Red Sky gave shoutouts, ID and email address again as Stevie finishes his song.
2032 UTC: "I Walked with a Zombie" by Roky Erickson & The Aliens
2035 UTC: Red Sky with ID and chat into "Halloween Parade" by Lou Reed
2038 UTC: Another shoutout or two against Halloween sound effects into "The Crypt Jam," followed by Chipmunks' version of "Witch Doctor."
2043 UTC: Red Sky with ID, more shoutouts (including to me!) while "Halloween" theme played. He then gave the email address again, along with more shoutouts, including from the chatroom, mentioning Big.Badfish.Al's request of "Thriller." He then played the "Chucky Theme," which Al also mentioned.
2047 UTC: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, followed by "Ghouls Night Out" and "Night of the Living Dead," both by Misfits.
2057 UTC: Red Sky with ID and intro to "Teenagers from Mars" by Misfits, followed by "Die, Die My Darling" by the same band.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2019, 2100 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2019, 2040 UTC »
on 6950 USB    direct
2037 music, some voice QRM on 6950 USB too
2044 background music, talking, ID : Radio Free USA
2048 Michael Jackson, very weak and noisy, music, 2117
« Last Edit: October 18, 2019, 2117 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2019, 2101 UTC »
S5 and fair copy @ 2100 with "Die, Die Darling" by The Misfits
2218 - shoutouts [thanks!]
2219 - "Pet Sematary" Ramones
« Last Edit: October 18, 2019, 2120 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2019, 2109 UTC »


2109 Faint music
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2019, 2112 UTC »
Nice signal today. Thanks for the broadcast PJ.
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2019, 2153 UTC »
2118 ID email address and shoutouts to listeners
2119 Pet Sematary Ramones
2123 ID Radio Free USA Halloween special and more shoutouts to listeners
2127 Halloween King Diamond
2131 Lurking In The Dark King Diamond
2134 ID and listener shoutouts
2137 the story of Sam Preston
2142 another Halloween Skit signal starting to have some fading
2148 Monster Mash  Bobby Boris Pickett
2151 Adams Family Theme Song
2152 Off
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2019, 2156 UTC »
2142 – “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by L’Ochestre des Concerts Lanorueux
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Re: Radio Free USA 6950 USB 2007 UT 18 Oct 2019
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2019, 2208 UTC »
2142 – “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by L’Ochestre des Concerts Lanorueux
Should be Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
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