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Author Topic: Undercover Radio 1720 AM 2327-0040 UTC 26 Nov 2020  (Read 1460 times)

Offline Kilokat7

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Undercover Radio 1720 AM 2327-0040 UTC 26 Nov 2020
« on: November 26, 2020, 2328 UTC »
Carrier tuning up and now abstract music signing on 1720 @ 2327 UTC.  S9

23:32z: Modulation suddenly came way up, sounding much better now.
« Last Edit: November 27, 2020, 0125 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 1720 AM 2327 UTC 26 Nov 2020
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2020, 2331 UTC »
Good signal, 444

2325 - carrier testing, up/down
2327 - on air with techno/synthesizer music
2330 - Jump Into The Fire
2332 - signal suddenly improved to 555
0040 - off air (never heard any ID)
« Last Edit: November 27, 2020, 0111 UTC by aurora »
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Undercover Radio 1720 AM 2333 UTC 26 Nov 2020
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2020, 2340 UTC »
2333 UTC Very weak here, fading in and out of the noise with "Jump Into the Fire"-Tripping Daisies
2336 UTC "Warning"-All Too Much
2344 UTC "Where the Streets Have No Name"-U2
2350 UTC "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"-U2
2353 UTC "With or Without You"-U2 (Signal peaks hitting S6 now, but modulation seems a bit low)
2358 UTC "Bullet the Blue Sky"-U2
(I have an S4 noise floor on this frequency tonight)
0003 UTC Signal came up to S7 with "Running To Stand Still"-U2
0006 UTC "Red Hill Mining Town"-U2
0007 UTC "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"-Beatles
0008 UTC "Strawberry Fields"-Beatles
0013 UTC "Hey Jude"-Beatles
0016 UTC "Sunny Afternoon"-Kinks
0021 UTC "Celluloid Heroes"-Kinks
(0026 UTC Deep fade here  :()
0031 UTC Bit of a fade up with "Hunger"-Hans Zimmer
0034 UTC Signal jumped to S7 with "Barra Barra"-Rachid Taha

Thank you for the Thanksgiving Day tunes Undercover Radio! It is indeed good to hear you again!  8)
« Last Edit: November 27, 2020, 0139 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 1720 AM 2327 UTC 26 Nov 2020
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2020, 2353 UTC »
S7, occasional light fades, @ 2352 with "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2
0017 - "Sunny Afternoon" The Kinks.  S7 peaks, occasional deep fade
« Last Edit: November 27, 2020, 0018 UTC by refmo »
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