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Author Topic: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020  (Read 1292 times)

Offline refmo

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ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« on: March 20, 2020, 2256 UTC »
Already in progress at tune-in.
2254 - "Afternoon Delight", S5 to S6
2258 - "Sharing The Night Together" Dr. Hook
2302 - "It Never Rains In Southern California" Albert Hammond
2305 - "Orinoco Flow" Enya, S6
2309 - ID, then "Seasons In The Sun".  Thanks to Dan Henderson in chatroom for the ID, I missed it.
2337 - still S6 with clear ID and email, mostly fair copy
2348 - "End Of The Night" The Doors
0032 - still doing well, "Year Of The Cat"

Thanks for the show!
« Last Edit: March 21, 2020, 0032 UTC by refmo »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2020, 2314 UTC »
Good signal in New Hampshire on 6869.75 AM, S7
Some choppy QRM now and then from UTE on frequency

2314z George Benson - On Broadway
2318z Neil Young - Out On The Weekend
2321z Allman Brothers - Mellissa
2325z "India, Oscar, November - This is ION Radio"
2325z Peter Frampton (tnx pswl) - She Caught The Katy (The Katy = The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad)
2330z Peter Frampton - Georgia On My Mind
2334z ID, Muddy Waters - The Same Thing
2337z ID, ionradioshortwave@gmail.com
2337z DJfish - What's Up
2339z Led Zeppelin - Poor Tom

2343z Suddenly dropped way down in the noise, still hear a carrier in there...
« Last Edit: March 20, 2020, 2345 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2020, 2315 UTC »
on 6869.75           direct !
2303 trace ...  2314 extra weak music,  ... and lost
« Last Edit: March 20, 2020, 2324 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2020, 2325 UTC »
ION Radio 6970 AM S7-S8 in NY (loudest I have ever received you ION)

2323: Allman Brother Band “Melissa”
2325: India Oscar November, This Is ION Radio I.D. into Peter Frampton Band “She Caught The Katy”
2331: Garnica “Pink For Men”

Look at this huge signal in NY: https://youtu.be/sd882bJJyjs
« Last Edit: March 20, 2020, 2332 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2020, 2329 UTC »
2305 Orinoco Flow Enya
2308 Ion Radio ID into Seasons In The Sun Terry Jacks
2313 Phonetic Ion Radio ID to On Broadway George Benson
2317 Out On The Weekend Neil Young
SIO 333

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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2020, 2332 UTC »
S8 Nice signmal in to Eastern mass this evening
2330 - "Georgia On My Mind" - Peter Frampton Band
2334 - "The Same Thing" - Muddy Waters
2337 - YL w/ID: "India Oscar November Radio" w/ email addy
2339 - "Poor Tom" - Led Zeppelin
2342 - Band went long here........
« Last Edit: March 20, 2020, 2351 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2020, 2333 UTC »
23:31 Georgia on My Mind, instrumental
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2020, 2335 UTC »
Here, too, but much weaker than the last time I heard Ion
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2020, 2351 UTC »
signal S7 on the SDR in Rockport, Maine 23.47)
23.47 ID by a woman "This is ION Radio"
23.47 song by a man
23.50 song by a man
23.53 song by a man
23.56 ID by a woman "This is ION Radio"
23.56 song by a man
« Last Edit: March 20, 2020, 2357 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2253 UTC 20 Mar 2020
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2020, 2351 UTC »
2351  35353 in Wyomissing.

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