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Author Topic: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020  (Read 1236 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« on: December 19, 2020, 1936 UTC »
1936 Just signed on, SIO 555, "Come All Ye Faithful"
1942 ID. Thanks for the great Christmas music!
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 1942 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2020, 1938 UTC »
Very good reception

1937 "Come All Ye Faithful"
1942 OM "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the East Coast of North America"
1952 "2000 Miles" The Pretenders
1958 WTF ID "The Christmas Song" Karen Carpenter
2002 "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" Crosby/Bowie
2007 "Feliz Navidad" Jose Feliciano
2010 "With The Family Radio WTF" ID
2015 "I Believe in Father Christmas" Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
2022 "Holly Jolly Christmas"
2024 ""WTF Worldwide" ID to "It's Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas" Bing Crosby
2028 "Winter Wonderland" Eurythmics
2030 "This is WTF Wandering the Frontier"   Hmmmmm..... not White Tundra Forever or even Whizzing Through Frost?
2035 "Christmas Wrapping" The Waitresses
2044 "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
2054 Charlie Brown Christmas song - reception starting to slip, about 20 minutes from sunset here
2057 Reception at floor now, thanks for great afternoon of Christmas music  ;D
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 2058 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2020, 1952 UTC »
SIO: 343 S5
1950 - "2000 Miles" - The Pretenders
1958 - OM w/ ID "WTF Radio Worldwide"
1958 - "Christmas Song" - The Carpenters
2001 - "Peace On Earth/The Little Drummer Boy" - Bing Crosby & David Bowie
2004 - "Do You Hear What I Hear?" - Bing Crosby
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 2005 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2020, 1953 UTC »
S9 in Central Illinois
1959 UTC  Station ID  "WTF Radio located on the East coast, broadcasting to the world"
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 2000 UTC by Blackhat »
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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2020, 1955 UTC »
1955 nice signal unknown artist (song) 59+
2010 ID With The Family Radio WTF
2011 Let it snow  good signal still S9
2103 End of Show... Thank You !
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 2103 UTC by cwhamster »
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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2020, 2000 UTC »
1959 - Just tuned in, signal into NYC is pretty good at S7. Playing Christmas music.
2043 - Playing "The Grinch", signal has improved to S9

Thanks for the show and Merry Christmas!!
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 2044 UTC by intellman »
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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2020, 2023 UTC »
2022 Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives  Nice S-8 signal.
2024 It's Beginning To Look A lot Like Christmas - Perry Como.
2026 Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics [per Shazam].
2029 ID "This is WTF - Wandering the frontier of the ionosphere .....
2031 Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid.
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 2032 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2020, 2026 UTC »
S5 @ 2025 with "Its Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas"
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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2020, 2032 UTC »
Tuned in around 1955. VG signal & nice to hear some Christmas tunes
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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2020, 2034 UTC »
2030  S5  here playing Band Aid/ do they know it's Christmas
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 2039 UTC by Davep »
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Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2020, 2042 UTC »
2042 - very loud S7 into west Michigan. 
2044 - "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
2049 - "So This Is Christmas"
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 2109 UTC by bandarr3000 »

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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2020, 2045 UTC »
Pretty decent signal into Chicago, but slow fades down to the noise floor. SIO 232.

2043z - Thurl Ravenscroft - Mr Grinch

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Re: WFT Radio Worldwide 6960 USB 1936 UTC 19 Dec 2020
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2020, 2102 UTC »
signal S8+- on the SDR in Northern Kentucky
20.59 music "Silent Night"
21.02 off or break
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