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Author Topic: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z  (Read 3044 times)

Offline Sealord

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Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« on: April 30, 2012, 0012 UTC »
6950 AM SIO 323

Decent signal tonight with some fading - 'Fly' theme tonight.

00:10z Shogun? IS
00:12z Radio Ronin Shortwave ID
00:13z 'Magic Carpet Ride' - Steppenwolf
00:25z 'Fly Like An Eagle' - Steve Miller
00:26z ID
00:32z 'Fly To The Angels' - Slaughter!
00:37z ID
01:21z ID, QSL info & off

Audio (complete show): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RadioRoninShortwave6950Am0008z-0121z4-30-12.mp3

Good to hear ya again RR! :)
« Last Edit: April 30, 2012, 1046 UTC by Sealord »
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2012, 0013 UTC »
0011Z 45433 S7 ID
0012Z 45433 S7 Steppenwolf "Magic Carpet Ride"
0016Z 45433 S7 The Animals "Sky Pilot"
0024Z 45433 S7 Steve Miller "Fly Like An Eagle"
0026Z 45433 S7 ID
0026Z 45433 S7 Pink Floyd "Learning to Fly"
0036Z 45433 S7 ID
0037Z 45433 S7 Elton John "Rocket Man"
0042Z 45433 S9 R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly"
0047Z 45433 S9 Sara Evans "Born To Fly"
0053Z 45433 S9 Gordon Lightfoot "Early Morning Rain"
0056Z 45433 S9 John Denver "Looking For Space"
0102Z 45433 S9 Tom Petty "Learning to Fly"
0106Z 45433 S9 ID "This is Radio Ronin Shortwave coming to you via the planetary ionosphere"
0111Z 45433 S9 Jimmy Buffett "False Echoes"
0117Z 45433 S9 Peter, Paul & Mary "Leaving On A Jet Plane"
0121Z 45433 ID then off.

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« Last Edit: April 30, 2012, 0122 UTC by skeezix »
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2012, 0014 UTC »
S9 fading in and out of the noise
SINPO 34333
Signal getting better.


« Last Edit: April 30, 2012, 0117 UTC by Jhkayakr »
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2012, 0014 UTC »
Very strong. 20+ here with Steppenwolf
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2012, 0014 UTC »
0010 Radio Ronin IS
0012 ID, Steppenwolf - "Magic Carpet Ride", Animals - "Sky Pilot"!!!

Very strong here tonight.
Thanks for the show, Radio Ronin!
« Last Edit: April 30, 2012, 0029 UTC by jFarley »
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2012, 0015 UTC »
S7-S9 here with the song noted above, sounding good with 10 khz wide audio at 0014 UTC.  Thanks Ronin!
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2012, 0021 UTC »
Tuned to 6950 at 0011 and caught station ID then magic carpet ride. Easy 55445. The Ronin of the Shortwave burnin the clouds away in SW Ohio. Little bit of QRM messin with a great signal. Sound is very good on either sideband.
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2012, 0032 UTC »
Radio Ronin making the trip to Louisiana with a S6-S7 signal and a 10kHz wide audio.
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2012, 0044 UTC »
0040 "Rocket Man", "I Believe I Can Fly?"

24331 so far but improving

Cheers, Terry


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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2012, 0045 UTC »
0042. R Kelly playing,  s2 in Maine, just above the noise

0102 Tom petty "learning to Fly" signal getting stronger
« Last Edit: April 30, 2012, 0104 UTC by Hornet0123 »
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2012, 0056 UTC »
Radio Ronin Shortwave, 4-30-12, 0052-0121*, 6.950 AM, sigs at S6-8, caught ID & music and what sounds like Gordon Lightfoot song, "Leaving on a Jet Plane," qsl info and off at 0121.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2012, 0122 UTC by S. McArdle »
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2012, 0108 UTC »
Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM, 0103, 4.29.12.  0106 "This is Radio Ronin brought to you by the planetary ionosphere." Nice music ending with "Leaving on a jet plane.", g mail & posting contact information, wishing well to our brothers and sisters in the armed forces "Thank God we're out of Iraq." 0121 off.

Good.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2012, 0123 UTC by Markokpik »
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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2012, 0148 UTC »
0146Z 35433 S5 ID "Captain Morgan Shortwave" In the midst of a lot of static crashes.
0147Z 35433 S5 Henry Nilsson "Coconut"

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Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950 AM 00:12z
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2012, 1339 UTC »
SDR recording catch. 0008 sign on with some Japanese style music, into Magic Carpet Ride. Mostly S9+10.
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