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Author Topic: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020  (Read 1285 times)

Offline Big Badfish Al

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ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« on: April 05, 2020, 0002 UTC »
Frequency: 6969.70
Mode: AM
Date: 5 April 2020
Time: 0000
SINPO: 44444 via Uniontown PA sdr
Signal: S9+

0000 - music box IS
0001 - folk like  song

Thanks for the broadcast

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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2020, 0005 UTC »
S8 into Cape Cod this evening
0002 - "But The Captain Rum" - Abney Park
0004 -"The Coasts of High Barbarie" - Stuart Bougen
0007 - "Yo, Ho Ho!- Craig Toungate
0010 - "Bucky's Shanty" - The Never Land Pirate Band
0010 - "India-Oscar-November This is ION Radio"
0011 - "How Long Blues" - Clapton
0014 - "Motherless Child" - Clapton
0017 - "Reconsider Baby" - Clapton
0020 - lost in the noise....
« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 0025 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2020, 0005 UTC »
Have the carrier here but not much in the way of audio. Hopefully that will pick up.
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2020, 0006 UTC »
0002 SONG: Buy The Captain Rum - by Abney Park S-5 nice AM signal
0015 Band going looooooooong, signal fading out ....  :(
« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 0021 UTC by clobdell »
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2020, 0008 UTC »
ION Radio 6869.7 AM S7-S9 in NY

0008: Craig Toungate “Yo, Ho, Ho! (And A Bottle Of Rum)”
0009: ION Radio I.D. into The Never Land Pirate Band “Bucky’s Shanty”
0011: India Oscar November I.D. into Eric Clapton “How Long Blues”
0014: Eric Clapton “Motherless Child”

Video clip of broadcast: https://youtu.be/BfHU1b02wrw
« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 0014 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2020, 0008 UTC »
S5 carrier but mostly poor copy @ 0007 with "Yo Ho Ho"
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2020, 0010 UTC »
Fair signal in New Hampshire, S7 and just a bit above the noise

0008z "Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum"
0009z, 0010z ION Radio ID
0011z "How Long?"
0014z "Sure Don't Mean No Harm"  (No Shazam-ing tonight...)
0015z Took a big dive down into the noise... nearly gone, weak carrier only
« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 0017 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2020, 0011 UTC »
0008 - Just above the noise into NYC S3
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2020, 0014 UTC »
0011 tune in with Clapton and other blues.
Signal is weak via na5b SDR near DC and my regular radios.
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2020, 0018 UTC »
Hearing just some audio at best on the Wellbrook loop beverage
 but nothing specific.. at 0016 hours

Moved to SDR site in Detroit ; 0020 hours with a strong signal but noisy..with blues music
« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 0021 UTC by Dxcan »
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2020, 0026 UTC »


0021 Music just above the noise
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2020, 0031 UTC »
signal S9+- on the SDR in Westminster, MD
00.29 music (Jazz)
00.33 ID + email  by a woman + music in the background
00.36 song by a man
00.39 song by a man

« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 0040 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2020, 0032 UTC »
Signal is making it here slightly, but I am hearing music. I'm sure the station will start picking up with dark approaching. Thanks for the show.
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Re: ION RADIO 6869.70 AM 0000 5 April 2020
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2020, 0035 UTC »
Tuned in at 0034utc, weak signal, rock tune playing,
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