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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Folk Central 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« on: November 15, 2019, 2107 UTC »
2106 Music, SIO 333
« Last Edit: November 15, 2019, 2128 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2019, 2108 UTC »
S9 peaks @ 2107 with "Turn Turn Turn"
2110 - "Sorrow" Peter and Paul and Mary
2112 - OM talking, but the signal has faded way down, just above the noise.
« Last Edit: November 15, 2019, 2112 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UNID 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2019, 2113 UTC »
S5 but the audio is very shallow

2106 - "Turn Turn Turn" - The Byrds
2111 - "Blowin In The Wind" - The Kingston Trio
2114 - OM behind the mic. Pretty distorted though. ID? Folk Central?
2117 - "If I had a Hammer" - Trini Lopez
2121 - Sounded like Ed Sullivan doing the intro: "Guatanamera" - Pete Seeger
2124 - OM behind the mic
2125 - "Walk Right In" - The Rooftop singers
2127 - OFF
« Last Edit: November 15, 2019, 2130 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: UNID 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2019, 2113 UTC »
Frequency: 6939
Mode: AM
Date: 15 Nov 2019
Time: 2106 UTC
SIO:   333 via Uniontown PA sdr
Signal Meter: S5+

2106 - Byrds - Turn Turn Turn
2108 - folk song
2111 - OM announcing - sounds like Partrick of Argile Radio
2112 - Blowing In The Wind
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Re: Folk Central 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2019, 2117 UTC »
Strong signal with tinny audio, 444-555

2109 - Sorrow, PPM
2111 - ID, Folk Central
2111 - Blowin' In The Wind
2115 - ID, Folk Central
2128 - off air
« Last Edit: November 15, 2019, 2129 UTC by aurora »
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Folk Central 6939 AM 2115 UTC 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2019, 2120 UTC »
2115 UTC OM chatting....mention of QSL...modulation...some of you know me...we're gonna go off the air....Folk Central
2118 UTC "If I Had A Hammer"-Trini Lopez
2121 UTC OM intro to "Guantanamera"-Pete Seeger.  I have plenty of peskie QRM here
2125 UTC DJ chat....one more song..."I like this song....hope you do too", into "Walk Right In"-Rooftop Singers
2128 UTC OFF

Thanks for the Friday late afternoon show!
« Last Edit: November 15, 2019, 2129 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2019, 2126 UTC »
on 6939.00
2122 carrier, some music under the noise level, 2126
fading down  ? and lost
« Last Edit: November 15, 2019, 2136 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: UNID 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2019, 2128 UTC »
Heard this station with a good signal so I took the song as a suggestion. So I just walked right in and sat down at my radio to listen to the broadcast.  I'm balding so I let my hair down some time ago.

Damn off after enjoying it for 6 minutes.
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Re: UNID 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2019, 2129 UTC »
2120 UTC, signal now heard on Denton Hill kiwi, ten miles south of my QTH in Flint, MI. SIO 353, S7. No QRN at all.

2126 I heard Trini Lopez "If I had a Hammer"

AM signal sounds completely unprocessed compared to the sound of their SSB transmissions, with the low-mid distorting somewhat.

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Re: UNID 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2019, 2130 UTC »
2128 UTC - Signal is S5 in WNY, audio is weak, heard Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers.

« Last Edit: November 15, 2019, 2132 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: Folk Central 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2019, 2204 UTC »
 ;D  I did catch FC on air with AM mode.
  OM, susgesstions:
 AM is usually needing a level processor to get modulation high without over mod.
 Its a diffrent sitaution from SSB.
 So Get out that Optimod for the Turkey Day cast.

 Was an AM radio engineer for years. Music has a high dynamic range, that why you need assistance with the baseband, OM.

  Ezekiel of the Telegraph Pole signing off.
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Re: Folk Central 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2019, 2249 UTC »
My Mom was a Beatnik chick. I'm having hootenanny flashbacks! Quick, some Gid Tanner and The Skillet Lickers before my ears explode! Cue "A Moonshine Still In Georgia" stat, and someone shoot David Crosby!
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Re: Folk Central 6939 AM 2106 UT 15 Nov 2019
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2019, 0036 UTC »
Quote from: digitalmod on November 15, 2019, 2204 UTC
Was an AM radio engineer for years. Music has a high dynamic range, that why you need assistance with the baseband, OM.
Same here. At the *very* least, they need some AGC to keep it level, but a good peak limiter would help immensely. Even one of those inexpensive Alesis Micro-limiter units, using one channel as AGC and the other as a limiter, would help the modulation greatly.
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