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Author Topic: The Vault 6985 AM 1948 UTC 07 Sep 2020  (Read 876 times)

Offline Ray Lalleu

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The Vault 6985 AM 1948 UTC 07 Sep 2020
« on: September 07, 2020, 1952 UTC »
on 6984.95
1951 strong, pop-rock, 1953 next
(there is a very weak station on 6980, only talking, in E or partly in E ?)
2008 next record
2109 trace (gone long)
The talking station is still on 6980, trace+peaks (in Arabic? with some E words)
« Last Edit: September 07, 2020, 2115 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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The Vault 6985 AM 1948 UTC 07 Sep 2020
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2020, 1952 UTC »
1948 SINPO 34333 Valerie  Steve Winwood
1949 DJ ID this is Vault, so long Valerie
1953 The air that I breathe  The Holies
1957 ID 1959 Ghost riders in the sky  Duane Eddy
« Last Edit: September 07, 2020, 2000 UTC by kris »
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Re: The Vault 6985 AM 1948 UTC 07 Sep 2020
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2020, 2014 UTC »
2013 Music at peaks but mostly under floor, 3 hours before sunset here
2140 "Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty.  Music steadily above floor, overall fair reception now
2143 ID
2144 "Who Can It Be Now?" Men at Work
2148 "How Long" Ace. Reception now very good.
2152 Unid rock tune, stumped me.
2154 ID to "More Today Than Yesterday" The Spiral Starecase?
2204 I think a song by The Cranberries but I don't recognize it.
2212 "Unlocked" ID to "Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart. Thanks, again, for broadcast of such wonderful music!
2220 ID to Electric guitar lead instrumental, maybe from Pulp Fiction?
2229 "Sky High" Jigsaw. Will be in and out while working on something now.
2247 "A Horse with No Name" America (Teletype/SSTV during song?)
2251 "Rapture" Blondie
2301 "Black Magic Woman" Santana
2307 ID to "Goldfinger" Shirley Bassey
2310 "You Don't Own Me" Lesley Gore
2312 ID to OM (English accent?) talking over music about radio station but tough to understand
2317 Sounds like song by Sting but not familiar with it
2326 "Gimme All Your Lovin'" ZZ Top
« Last Edit: September 07, 2020, 2329 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: The Vault 6985 AM 1948 UTC 07 Sep 2020
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2020, 2130 UTC »
2129 UTC Solid S6 signal with light fades over a rather quiet band directly with "Pure"-The Lightning Seeds
2130 UTC OM with ID "Welcome to the Vault", into "The Hustle"-Van McCoy & Soul City Symphony
2134 UTC "Help Yourself"-Tom Jones
2137 UTC "The Horse"-Cliff Nobles
2139 UTC "Baker Street"-Gerry Rafferty
2144 UTC OM with "You're song is in The Vault waiting to be unlocked", into "Who Can It Be Now"-Men at Work
2148 UTC "How Long"-Paul Carrack
« Last Edit: September 07, 2020, 2148 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: The Vault 6985 AM 1948 UTC 07 Sep 2020
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2020, 2213 UTC »
2210 UTC, lots QRN crashes into northeastern PA, bad audio, S-7, sounds like Starship,

2217 UTC, tune up one KC, sounds better
« Last Edit: September 07, 2020, 2218 UTC by Kenwood_nerd »

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UNID 6985 AM 2220 UTC 7 SEP 2020
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2020, 2220 UTC »
Music just barely there for me above the static

2242: can just make out Have You Ever Seen the Rain? Creedence
2244: Fade up just in time for me to very clearly hear "Welcome to the Vault"
2245: Keep on Running, Keep on Hiding
2247: Horse with No Name, maybe?
2300: Black Magic Woman
2304: Is that The X Files theme?
2308: Theme from James Bond, Goldfinger
2311: You Don't Own Me
2312: Sounded like a station ID, but couldn't copy
2319: "This Song Is In The Vault"
2321: Peter Gunn Theme
2331: "This Is The Vault"
Gone about 0000

Thanks for the show! Signal improved after sundown here.

« Last Edit: September 08, 2020, 0007 UTC by BlueMax »
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Re: UNID 6985 AM 2220 UTC 7 SEP 2020
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2020, 2233 UTC »
Via NA5B SDR near Washington, D.C. ...

2232 UTC: "Time to Pretend" by MGMT fading up.
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Re: The Vault 6985 AM 1948 UTC 07 Sep 2020
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2020, 2238 UTC »
Just able to hear music on very brief fade ups in Orlando. Strong QRN but definitely there at times on fade ups.  QRN on this frequency at S8.
2305 As grayline has been approaching, signal getting better, basically at floor now, QRN still pretty strong.
2325 Caught "This is the Vault" ID into ZZ Top "Gimme All Your Lovin"  Past 10 minutes there has been a lot of SSB crosstalk.
2329 Another "This is the Vault" ID Not sure of the song but it's a female
« Last Edit: September 07, 2020, 2332 UTC by The Web »
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Re: The Vault 6985 AM 1948 UTC 07 Sep 2020
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2020, 2305 UTC »
Catching it also via the K3fef with Santana playing at 2302. Signal is a S6-7 with fades and audio sounding good. Thanks Vault for the show, new one for the online SDR log book! :)