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Author Topic: ION Radio 6870 AM 1756 UTC 9 Mar 2021  (Read 976 times)

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ION Radio 6870 AM 1756 UTC 9 Mar 2021
« on: March 09, 2021, 1757 UTC »
Excellent reception, PL-880 with its attached wire out on the deck sunning in the 60 degree balmy, southern New England weather where the palm trees are swaying in the breeze  ;D.   (There are 4 inches of snow still in my backyard  :-\) ION, perhaps?

Thanks for the Afternoon Delight, ION  :)

1756 "I Can See Clearly" Jimmy Cliff
1757 "Please Come to Boston" Dave Loggins
1802 "Lean on Me" Bill Withers
70's music, 60's temperature - maybe some ELO?
1807 "Brandy" Looking Glass, Jeez like being outside my dorm in northern New England in late 70's  8)
1809 "Dust in the Wind" Kansas
1813 "Your Momma Don't Dance" Loggins and Messina
1815 "When Will I See You Again?" The Three Degrees
1818 "Low Down" Boz Skaggs
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1821 Deep fade and you may be gone, I appreciate ELO reply
« Last Edit: April 07, 2021, 2135 UTC by Skipmuck »
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ION Radio 6870 AM 1756 UTC 9 Mar 2021
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2021, 1802 UTC »
SIO: 444 S7 - S8
1759 - "Please Come To Boston" - Dave Loggins
1801 - "Lean On Me" - Bill Withers
1805 - "Brandy" - Looking Glass
1809 - "Dust In The Wind" - Kansas
1812 - "Your Momma Don't Dance" - Loggins & Messina
1815 - "When Will I See Again" - The Three Degrees
1822 – YL w/ID” This is ION Radio” into: “More Than A feeling” - Boston
1832 - Deep fade.

 Thanks for the tunes ION!
« Last Edit: March 09, 2021, 1833 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Unid 6870 am 1756 utc 9 Mar 2021
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2021, 1803 UTC »
Thanks for tuning in! Nice day for some 70s music. At 100 Watts with the new Stretchyman transmitter.

Not set up for request CT Yankee  :( but there may be some ELO in there somewhere.
« Last Edit: March 09, 2021, 1829 UTC by ION Radio »
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Re: Unid 6870 am 1756 utc 9 Mar 2021
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2021, 1807 UTC »
Lean on Me Bill Withers to 1805 UTC
Signal very good at Virginia SDR with some fade
Brandy Looking Glass
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Re: ION Radio 6870 am 1756 utc 9 Mar 2021
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2021, 1819 UTC »
Frequency: 6870
Mode: AM
Date: 9 March 2021
Time: 1810 UTC
SINPO: 44444 in DC
Signal meter: S7+ to S9+

Programming MOR/Light Class Rock

How about some George Benson or The Crusaders

Thanks for the great music. 
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Re: ION Radio 6870 am 1756 utc 9 Mar 2021
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2021, 1828 UTC »
signal S9+10-15 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
18.26 song "Best of My Love"
18.30 song "At Seventeen"
18.35 song "Whenever I Call You "Friend"
18.39 song "I Go Crazy"
18.43 ID (a woman)
18.43 song "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
18.48 song "After The Love Has Gone"
« Last Edit: March 09, 2021, 1849 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 am 1756 utc 9 Mar 2021
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2021, 1851 UTC »
1850 Taking a break from some outside projects, I tuned into 6870 to find a very good SIO 444 signal.
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Re: ION Radio 6870 am 1756 utc 9 Mar 2021
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2021, 1858 UTC »
1849 UTC song "After the love has gone"
1853 UTC song "You're only lonely"
1857 UTC song "Longer"
1900 UTC song "Got to be real"
1904 UTC song "Magnet and Steel"
1907 UTC song "Cover of the Rolling stone" Love this one
1910 UTC song "Lady Marmalade"
1914 UTC song "The tide is high"


SINPO via W3HFU MD Web Sdr 5/5/5/4/5
« Last Edit: March 09, 2021, 1914 UTC by TRI International »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 am 1756 utc 9 Mar 2021
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2021, 1906 UTC »
1906  Magnet and Steel.
 Sounds good S5
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