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Author Topic: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020  (Read 1203 times)

Offline refmo

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Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« on: April 27, 2020, 0033 UTC »
S7  0032 with a "Rocket Man" remix
0036 - ID over the tune
0038 - "Bennie And The Jets"
0105 - off
Thanks for the show!
« Last Edit: April 27, 2020, 0107 UTC by refmo »
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Re: UNID 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2020, 0035 UTC »
S9 here in AL
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Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2020, 0036 UTC »
0032 UTC Here also with a smokin signal and the KDME Rocket Man remix!
0035 UTC OM with ID over the song  8)
0038 UTC "Bennie & the Jets"-Elton John
0039 UTC OM with a strange news item, then back to Elton
0041 UTC Another strange news item!  ;D
0043 UTC "I'm Still Standing"-Elton John (interrupted for a short odd news item)
(Enjoying the show again tonight RFM! Great signal here! And thank you again for the awesome QSL!)
0058 UTC "Space Oddity"-David Bowie (News item..."teens using alcohol or drugs more likely to be sexually active"), into "Heaven"-Los Lonely Boys
0104 UTC OM DJ chatting now, then OFF

Thank you for another fun show this evening Marvin!  :)

Link to my recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14NZ1_3frIavodJ4JlmWTzYkhX2VNhMM3/view?usp=sharing
« Last Edit: April 27, 2020, 1153 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2020, 0037 UTC »
Frequency: 6872
Mode: AM
SINPO: 44444 via Uniontown PA sdr
Signal metrer: S7+

0033 - Elton John - Rocket Man (a tribute to Kim Ju-yung???)
0038 - Elton John - Bennie and The Jets
0042 - Elton John - I'm Still Stand mix with alien new reports
0047 - Elton John - Rocket Man Remix again
0051 - more news recordings
0053 - David Bowie - Space Oddity (remix) back in Elton John's Rocket Man
0055 - David Bowie again seems like a loop
0059 - report about beer weed and sex
0101 - Los Lonely Boys - How Far Is Heaven
0104 - OM with Radio Free Mars
0105 - Open Carrier
0106 - OFF


Thanks for the broadcast and show. Excellent mix

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« Last Edit: April 27, 2020, 0138 UTC by Big Badfish Al »
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2020, 0039 UTC »
Radio Free Mars 6872 AM S3-S5 in NY

0037: Elton John “Rocket Man” (EDM Remix)
0038: Radio Free Mars  I.D. by OM into Elton John “Bennie And The Jets”
0039: News clip at a Target then back into the song
0042: Another I.D. then an FBI news clip with Robert Muller into Elton John “I’m Still Standing”
« Last Edit: April 27, 2020, 0045 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2020, 0042 UTC »
Tuned in via Washington, D.C. ... fair to good signal and some storm noise.

0041 UTC: Elton John's "Benny and the Jets," then a parody news report about a car alarm going off, and then back to "Benny and the Jets."
0043 UTC: Another "news report," then "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John.
0047 UTC: "Rocket Man" techno remix, OM gave "Radio Free Mars" ID during the song.
0050 UTC: OM with another ID as the remix song continued.
0051 UTC: Another news item.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2020, 0052 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2020, 0043 UTC »
S6-S7 into Eastern MAss this evening
0042 - "Bennie And The Jets" - Elton John
0044 - News Report about Aliens and UFO's into: I'm Still Standing" - Elton John"
0047 – Dance-type music beat with Radio Free Mars overtop?
0050 – ID : “Radio Free Mars” over the top of Rocket Man remix
0051 - More “News“ items reported.
0053 – Dance music with “Rocketman” and “Space Oddity” mixed in
« Last Edit: April 27, 2020, 0056 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2020, 0044 UTC »
Hearing occasional bits of audio above noise floor
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2020, 0046 UTC »
RFM back again with Elton John at 0046 tune in.
Good signal on W6 loop and Cubic 3280 receiver here in Maryland...
Thanks for the fantastic eQSL RFM!
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2020, 0055 UTC »
Major Tom lyrics with signal sometimes in and out due to static. Usually a good signal of S9. Great audio work. Thanks for the broadcast.
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2020, 0058 UTC »
signal S4 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2020, 0059 UTC »
0059 JBA signal here.
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Re: Radio Free Mars 6872 AM 0030 UTC 27 Apr 2020
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2020, 0100 UTC »
on 6872.0++             direct
0056 trace, some music at times, sorry, no details, 0100 talking,
then music, 0102 fading up (across the pond!), 0105 talking
but it's 3 am here..
« Last Edit: April 27, 2020, 0105 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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