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Author Topic: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019  (Read 4428 times)

Offline Ray Lalleu

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2020, 2322 UTC »
on 6970 USB       direct
2320 very weak, noisy, blipping ut, some music, hard to hear, 2322 talking ?? or QRM ?
2323 music
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2020, 2323 UTC »
Radio Free Whatever's signal is getting stronger.
Congratulations on the diet.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2020, 2329 UTC »
23:27z    Flag Ship of the Pirate Almata..   Glad your Back Comrade. 

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2020, 2332 UTC »
S9 peaks here, good signal
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2020, 2347 UTC »
Good signal in New Hampshire, S8

2346z, 2355z RFW ID
« Last Edit: April 04, 2020, 2356 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #20 on: April 05, 2020, 0007 UTC »
SIO 232 Here in Winter Park Florida dueling with my local noise but did hear OP id just a moment ago.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #21 on: April 05, 2020, 0023 UTC »
Initially difficult copy at first tune in @ 2305.  Big signal improvement  after 0000.
Shout outside to HFU posters at 0015.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #22 on: April 05, 2020, 0025 UTC »
Just tuned in.  Big 20 over signal here in Alabama.  Thanks for the show Comrade!
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #23 on: April 05, 2020, 0027 UTC »
Comrade Dickweed! Music 00:27.
SiO 444.
00:27 Whatever in female voice into song.
Signal dropped dramatically...nothing but cw interference
« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 0036 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #24 on: April 05, 2020, 0030 UTC »
Barely audible on my own radio, but fair to good on the nearby SDR (K9VD), where I heard the last part of the Sleater-Kinney song at 0027 UTC, a "Whatever!" drop and then into the next song, though a loud tone lasting about a minute blasted the frequency.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #25 on: April 05, 2020, 0032 UTC »
Just tuned in. S9 signal into Central Florida.

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #26 on: April 05, 2020, 0036 UTC »
0035 UTC "Nu Complication"-Disheveled Cuss (Solid S9 here!)
0036 UTC DJ Dickweed chatting...
0038 UTC "Viking Hair"-Dry Cleaning
0041 UTC RFW jingle, into "Apple-Pie Universe"-The Shatterheads
0046 UTC "Say"-White Denim (Now that was a really good tune!)
0049 UTC "Don't Carry It All"-Decemberists
0053 UTC RFW jingle, into "Main Street"-Suburban Living
0057 UTC DJ DW chatting....recovering from the Covid (best wishes kicking that!)
0059 UTC "Double Life"-Warlocks
« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 0059 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #27 on: April 05, 2020, 0040 UTC »
2355  Comrade Dickweed talking into song, announced last and next song, ID into song - program of less common rock, announcing songs, talk and ID's. 

S6 here.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #28 on: April 05, 2020, 0048 UTC »
S-9+ solid into EN82.   Using Icom IC-718 + abt 50' random wire.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6970 USB 2232 UTC 4 Apr 2019
« Reply #29 on: April 05, 2020, 0056 UTC »
Pushing through the fades into StL. Nice tunes!
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