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Author Topic: Radio Free Ireland 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019  (Read 958 times)

Offline eriko

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Radio Free Ireland 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019
« on: December 20, 2019, 2215 UTC »
Music, Ray Charles, maybe? (nope, Van Morrison)

S4, tiny bit of fading.

2218 Van Morrison, Celtic New Year. Wonder if this is Radio Free Ireland?
2225 Harry Manx, Can’t Be Satisfied.
2228 OM speaking, ID as Radio Free Ireland.
2237 Off?
2238 Nope...or station change, different music.
2239 Marie Brennan, Follow the World (and still RFI)
2242 Signal now S6
2244 SSTV ID. This may not be the best frequency, seeing some HF radar in the background.
2246 More SSTV
2248 Off
« Last Edit: December 20, 2019, 2248 UTC by eriko »
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Re: UNID 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2019, 2216 UTC »
2217 Van Morrison
2219 another VM tune

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« Last Edit: December 20, 2019, 2219 UTC by Davep »
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Re: UNID 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2019, 2218 UTC »
blips up to S1, otherwise perfectly readable @ 2216

if i ever get another van gonna name it morrison
« Last Edit: December 20, 2019, 2235 UTC by Josh »
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Re: UNID 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2019, 2231 UTC »
Good signal (S7-9) on the KIWI-SDR operated by the Pennsylvania State University
22.27 man talking
22.39 Irish Folk Music
22.44 two SSTV
« Last Edit: December 20, 2019, 2249 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Radio Free Ireland 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2019, 2234 UTC »

Good reception

2233 Irish music
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Re: Radio Free Ireland 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2019, 2234 UTC »
S9 @ 2234 with music, nice signal!
2240 - "Follow The Word"
« Last Edit: December 20, 2019, 2242 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Radio Free Ireland 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2019, 2236 UTC »
2236  35454 in Wyomissing.  Male singer with Irish song.

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Re: Radio Free Ireland 4100 LSB 2213 UTC 20 Dec 2019
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2019, 2242 UTC »
2240 UTC S7 here in Eastern Mass


« Last Edit: December 20, 2019, 2253 UTC by Radio Star »
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