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Author Topic: The Vault 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020  (Read 1103 times)

Offline Ray Lalleu

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The Vault 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« on: July 16, 2020, 1603 UTC »
on 6984.9+
1558 early 60s pops, 1602 music, 1608 Dire straits"Sultans of swing",
later Demis Roussos ?, 1620      1642 music, DJ??, W jazz singer
1702 music, very noisy now, hard to hear, 1706 "I dig rock'n roll music",
1708 Shocking Blue "Venus", 1716 fading up
1921"The joker", 1923 ID (no catch), next pop   1945 "Heart of gold"   2033 music
2057 Baccara "Yes Sir i can boogie" (alt. take)
2208 Kinks "Waterloo sunset", 2211 Spencer Davis Group "Keep on running",
2214 said 'yes, Sluwe Vos' (?), next pop   2220 fading down, noise fading up
2222 trace
edit : ID as 'the Vault' (?) thanks to dxace1
« Last Edit: July 17, 2020, 1900 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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+/- : about 0.02 offset, ++/-- 0.03/0.04 offset
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Re: The Vault (?) 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2020, 2015 UTC »
At 2007 UTC with "A Woman"
Billy Joel tune after
S7 signal via Switzerland SDR
At 2017 "You're Song is in the vault, getting ready to be unlocked"
2026 Steely Dan Do It Again

« Last Edit: July 16, 2020, 2222 UTC by dxace1 »
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Re: The Vault (?) 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2020, 2030 UTC »
https://vocaroo.com/ayy5C4mvREn

Just like what I heard at 1923 : This is The Fox(?)/ De Vos(?)
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Re: The Vault (?) 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2020, 2203 UTC »
2200 SIO 232 M E short talking, Bluebird  Paul  McCartney
2203 In the midnight hour  Roxy Music
2206 ID unexpected - no catch record,  Waterloo sunset  The Kinks
2213 Keep on running The Spencer Davis Group
2214 ID like "this is the Fox"
« Last Edit: July 16, 2020, 2215 UTC by kris »
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Re: The Vault (?) 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2020, 2211 UTC »
2208 UTC Hearing some music just above the noise here directly across the pond. Tough copy with the static crashes and some peskie QRM on USB
2229 UTC A bit of a fadeup here with "Rumble"-Link Wray  :)
2238 UTC "Land of Confusion"-Genesis (Frequency checks out at 6984.9)
2245 UTC "Where Is the Love"-Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
2248 UTC "Wasn't Born To Follow"-The Byrds
2250 UTC "Black Magic Woman"-Santana(Signal is now above the noise)
2253 UTC "You Belong To the City"-Glenn Frey
2259 UTC OM with mention of "The Vault", followed by "Love and Affection"-Joan Armatrading
2303 UTC "You're My Best Friend"-Queen
2306 UTC OM said something but no copy, followed by "Stand By Me"-Ben E. King
2309 UTC "Have You Ever Seen the Rain"-Creedence Clearwater Revival
2312 UTC "I Am, I Said"-Neil Diamond
2315 UTC "Watching the Wheels"-John Lennon
2318 UTC "Hello I Love You"-The Doors
2326 UTC "Midnight Cowboy"-John Barry (Signal is a solid S5 amidst the static crashes directly across the pond)

Thanks for the tunes from the Vault! Any chance of an email address?  :)
« Last Edit: July 16, 2020, 2327 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: The Vault (?) 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2020, 2221 UTC »
NO, ID was "This is the Vault......" as in music vault.
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Re: The Vault (?) 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2020, 2306 UTC »
2305 I am hearing some audio.
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Re: The Vault (?) 6985 AM 1558 utc 16 Jul 2020
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2020, 2316 UTC »
Intuned at 23:09 to Creedence "Have you ever seen the rain?" Barely audible on N3JLY remote. 23:11 possible ID followed by music.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2020, 2319 UTC by glimmer twin »
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