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Author Topic: 15460U Red Mercury Labs  (Read 1904 times)

Offline skeezix

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15460U Red Mercury Labs
« on: January 14, 2012, 1723 UTC »
1720Z 45444 Red Mercury Labs came on the air. Op said he's "on the high seas."  Said he moved here from another frequency. Talked about the solar conditions a little bit.
1727Z 45444 ID. Op talking about scraping barnacles off the ship. Ship in international waters and surviving on Slim Jim sticks.
1729Z 45444 Doors "Riders On the Storm"
1736Z 45444 ID "Red Mercury Labs"  Op talking about a storm coming & its been brewing for some time. Glad he could be here today. Coming to us from the high, high seas. They're pretty autonomous out there.  Asking for reception reports at redmercurylabs@yahoo.com. Says to also to post to "the forums." Says he's been watching and not seeing anything and questioning if he's getting out. Still scraping barnacles.
1740Z 45444 AC/DC "Hell's Bells"
1748Z 45343 AC/DC "Shoot to Thrill"
1754Z 45343 Op apologizing for stepping on anyone. Checked the freq, but didn't hear anything.
1755Z 45343 AC/DC
1759Z 45343 Op: "Coming to you live via the Yoshi transmitter." Spike is scraping barnacles. Yoshi is pushing out about 110W.
1804Z 45343 AC/DC
1812Z 45343 Op: Lost their Internet connectivity. Mr Doohan is working on that. Yoshi xmtr was found in the NM by a farmer. Mention reception reports from MN and OH. More music, then planning on ending it after that. Spike is almost done scraping barnacles.
1817Z 45343 AC/DC "Back in Black"
1821Z 45343 AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long"
1824Z 35242 Noise level came way up. Op: Still working on the Internet connection. Going off the air now and going to have a nice lunch of Slim Jims.
1828Z Off air.

Thanks for the show RML, enjoyed it!

« Last Edit: January 14, 2012, 1828 UTC by skeezix »
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Re: 15460U Red Mercury Labs
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2012, 1729 UTC »
S3/S4 signal at 1728z, mention of being in the International Waters.
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Re: 15460U Red Mercury Labs
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2012, 1734 UTC »
15460 USB SIO 322

Fair signal here with some fading.

17:21z Red Mercury Labs mentioning "...parabolic dish..." & "...lab rat..."
17:22z 'People Are Strange' - Doors
17:26z 'Strange Days'
17:30z 'Riders On The Storm'
17:38z ID & email addy
17:40z "...via satllite link out here on the high seas..."
17:41z 'Hells Bells' - AC-DC, now your talking!
17:46z ID & shoutout - thnx RML :)

Audio(17:25z-17:47z): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RedMercuryLabs15460Usb1725z-1747z01-14-12.mp3

Thanks RML :)
« Last Edit: January 14, 2012, 1836 UTC by Sealord »
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Re: 15460U Red Mercury Labs
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2012, 1736 UTC »
Good at S5 with Doors, talk abt barnacle scraping, Slim Jims....

Taking a break here for grocery shopping (gotta sudden taste for some cured meat sticks, strangely); catching you on tape now

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Re: 15460U Red Mercury Labs
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2012, 1744 UTC »
Red Mercury Labs, 15460.0usb, 1-14-12, SINPO 23342
Improving signal against my local noise.

1741z - ID and email, then into AC/DC "Hells Bells"
1750z - AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill

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« Last Edit: January 14, 2012, 1752 UTC by Zane »
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Re: 15460U Red Mercury Labs
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2012, 1816 UTC »
Still going here at 1816z, S5 on peaks.
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