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Author Topic: Puff The Magic Dragon 5150 USB from 6925 USB 1935 UTC 28 May 2020  (Read 1126 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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1935 SIO 444
1937 ID by YL.
« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 2139 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Puff The Magic Dragon 6925 USB 1935 UTC 28 May 2020
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2020, 1939 UTC »
1938 - just now fading up enough to make out "Puff The Magic Dragon" (The song)
1954 - sounded like "The Pusher" fading up, mostly poor copy
1957 - "Puff The Magic Dragon" tune again
« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 1958 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Puff The Magic Dragon 6925 USB 1935 UTC 28 May 2020
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2020, 1943 UTC »
signal S5+- on the SDR in Westminster, MD
19.42 song (a man)
19.44 talking (a man)
19.45 3x ID (a woman) "This is Puff The Magic Dragon. Thank you for tuning us."
19.45 talking (a man)
19.47 ID (a woman + a man) "This is Puff The Magic Dragon, test broadcast. We have a email for reports."
19.49 talking (a man)
19.51 ID (a woman + a man) "This is Puff The Magic Dragon, test broadcast. We have a email for reports"
19.51 song (a man)
19.55 ID (a woman + a man) "This is Puff The Magic Dragon, test broadcast. We have a email for reports"
19.56 song "Puff The Magic Dragon" (2x)
20,03 song (a man)
20.06 song (a man)
20.08 ID + email (a woman)   

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« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 2025 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Puff The Magic Dragon 6925 USB 1935 UTC 28 May 2020
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2020, 1948 UTC »
S4 into Richmond Va talking about guests in the studio @ 19:46
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Re: Puff The Magic Dragon 6925 USB 1935 UTC 28 May 2020
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2020, 2015 UTC »
Good to very good signal, 44333

2009 - A Thousand Flares
2011 - ID & email address
2013 - Puff, The Magic Dragon

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Re: Puff The Magic Dragon 6925 USB 1935 UTC 28 May 2020
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2020, 2045 UTC »
Weak and in the noise. Making dinner so I will have to listen to the recording.
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Re: Puff The Magic Dragon 6925 USB 1935 UTC 28 May 2020
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2020, 2133 UTC »
Not sure if this is the same, hearing PMD id at 2134, then a Joan Osbornesong

Came up all of a sudden while parked , now gone at 2139

2145 not much better on 5150  @ noise floor
2154  S5 of so now, game show after PMD test broadcast id

Thanks for the show
« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 2156 UTC by Davep »
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Re: Puff The Magic Dragon 6925 USB 1935 UTC 28 May 2020
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2020, 2135 UTC »
2128 hearing very weak music on 6925U.  Can't really ID the music.
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2138 UTC "What If God Smoked Cannabis"-Bob Rivers(Hearing this on 5150 USB amidst lots of noise)
2139 UTC YL with ID "This is Puff the Magic Dragon test broadcast" and email address (both repeated a few times)
2140 UTC "Because I Got High"-Afroman
2143 UTC YL with ID and email addy piratedragonradio@gmail.com , into "Puff the Magic Dragon"-Peter, Paul, and Mary
2146 UTC Spoken word skit....possibly "Dave's Not Here"-Cheech & Chong, into the Sister Mary Elephant skit
2151 UTC YL with ID and email, into "The Pusher"-Steppenwolf
2155 UTC "Let's Make a Dope Deal"
2159 UTC YL with ID and email addy, into "A Passage to Bangkok"-Rush
2205 UTC "Reefer Man"-Cab Calloway
2209 UTC Sounded like George Carlin (The T-storm noise from down south is brutal)
2230 UTC OFF

Thanks for the wacky show Puff!  8)
« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 2233 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Excellent reception on 5150 during significant rainfall, could not receive transmission on 6925.  Thanks for broadcast

2144 "Puff the Magic Dragon"
2146 YL ID, email addy to skit (Sister Mary Elephant if I recall correctly)
2150 ID cutting skit short
2152 "The Pusher" Steppenwolf
2154 Parody Game Show
2159 ID, email addy
2200 "A Passage to Bangkok" Rush
2203 ID into skit to "Reefer Man" Cab Calloway
2212 "Up in Smoke" Cheech & Chong
« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 2214 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Nice signal this afternoon: SINPO/44444
2148 - "Sister Mary Elephant" - Cheech & Chong
2151 - ID with email addy - Test broadcast of "Puff The Magic Dragon Radio"
2151 - "The Pusher" - Steppenwolf
2154 - ID into skit: "Lets Make A New Dope Deal" - Cheech & Chong
2200 - "A Passage To Bangkok (Live)" - Rush
2203 - YL w/ID into: "Reefer Man" - Cab Calloway
2206 - "Things We Say When People Die" - George Carlin
2211 - "Up In Smoke" - Cheech & Chong
2214 - "Rock Against Drugs?" - Sam Kinison
2217 - YL w/ID into: "No Respect" - Rodney Dangerfield
2223 - "Mary Jane" - Rick James
2225 - YL w/ID into: "Puff The Magic Dragon" - Peter Paul & Mary
2230 - OFF
« Last Edit: May 28, 2020, 2230 UTC by Radio Star »
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2216 UTC - Signal is S3 in WNY, audio not making it above the noise.  :(
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