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Author Topic: Damn Skippy Radio 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020  (Read 1844 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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Damn Skippy Radio 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« on: November 28, 2020, 1924 UTC »
1923 UTC Air Raid siren
1925 UTC Electronica sounding music...just above the noise floor
1927 UTC "Old Man"-Neil Young  :)
1930 UTC "Horse With No Name"-America
1934 UTC SSTV



1936 UTC "Ventura Highway"-America
1939 UTC "Amie"-Pure Prairie League
1943 UTC "Tin Man"-America

1946 UTC SSTV



1948 UTC "Burnin For You"-Blue Oyster Cult
1952 UTC SSTV



1953 UTC SSTC



1955 UTC "Right Down The Line"-Gerry Rafferty
1958 UTC "Listen To the Music"-Doobie Brothers
2001 UTC SSTV



2003 UTC "Blinded By the Light"-Manfred Mann's Earth Band
2010 UTC SSTV



2012 UTC "Sundown"-Gordon Lightfoot
2015 UTC SSTV



2017 UTC "Running On Empty"-Jackson Browne
2021 UTC SSTV



2023 UTC "Gemini Dream"-Moody Blues
2026 UTC SSTV (MP175)





Thanks for the mid afternoon show DSR!
« Last Edit: November 28, 2020, 2036 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Unid 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2020, 1932 UTC »
1930: America "A Horse With No Name"; S4 signal
1934: SSTV image "Horse" but only caught half of the image
1935: America "Ventura Highway"
1940: Pure Prairie League "Aime"
1943: America "Tin Man"
1947: SSTV image
1948: BOC "Burnin' for You"
1952: SSTV image.
1953: SSTV image w/ID "Damn Skippy"
1954: Gerry Rafferty "Right Down the Line"
1957: Doobie Brothers "Listen to the Music"
2001: SSTV image.
2003: Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded by the Light"
2011: SSTV image; Gordon Lightfoot "Sundown"
2016: Jackson Browne "Running on Empty"
2026: SSTV image
2030: Death Metal tune
2034: SSTV image
*Also copied some PAL images, but do not know how to save them. I am still learning how to use the Easy PAL program. Does anyone have a tutorial?



 
 



Thanks for the program!
« Last Edit: November 28, 2020, 2048 UTC by Arnold Layne »

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Re: Unid 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2020, 1937 UTC »
S7 with America "Ventura Highway" at 19:36 UTC
Location: NE Ohio

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Re: Unid 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2020, 1938 UTC »
Horse With No Name by Neil Young
1938 UTC tune in, weak signal via na5b SDR
Two SSTV IDs hard to make out
« Last Edit: November 28, 2020, 1954 UTC by dxace1 »
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Re: Damn Skippy Radio 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2020, 1944 UTC »
6955 USB

Weak signal just above noise floor

1943z 'Tin Man' - America
1948z Scottie 2 SSTV
1949z 'Burning For You' - BOC
1953z Damn Skippy B/W 8 SSTV

Thanks for the show DSR!
« Last Edit: November 28, 2020, 1955 UTC by Sealord »
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Re: Unid 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2020, 1945 UTC »
1942 S-3 right above noise floor into central SC on 80m loop.
QTH Columbia,SC 75 meter delta loop, 300ft East/ South beverage. 1/4 wave 160M vertical inverted L.

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Re: Damn Skippy Radio 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2020, 2005 UTC »
S7 @ 2005 with "Blinded By The Light"

« Last Edit: November 28, 2020, 2033 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Damn Skippy 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2020, 2006 UTC »










« Last Edit: November 28, 2020, 2011 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Damn Skippy Radio 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2020, 2007 UTC »
2006 surprisingly good signal in Denver, fair quality but not bad at all for midday.
2010 SSTV


2011 more music
2015 SSTV


2016 Jackson Browne
2021 SSTV


2022 music
2027 SSTV in the very rare mode of MP175


2029 Easypal waterfall image:


2031 modern metal music
2035 "DAMN SKIPPY" easypal waterfall image
2037 same waterfall image sent, no music or anything since the previous one
« Last Edit: November 28, 2020, 2038 UTC by MDK2 »
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Re: Damn Skippy Radio 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2020, 2014 UTC »
Damn Skippy 6950 USB S1-S2 in NY

2013: Gordon Lightfoot “Sundown”
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Re: Damn Skippy Radio 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2020, 2032 UTC »
SSTVs, VG signal
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Re: Damn Skippy Radio 6955 USB 1923 UTC 28 Nov 2020
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2020, 0511 UTC »
     

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