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Author Topic: WBOG 6973 AM was 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021  (Read 887 times)

Offline refmo

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WBOG 6973 AM was 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021
« on: May 15, 2021, 0151 UTC »
S6 to S7 @ 0148 with "Black Tears" by Witch
0150 - moved to 6973khz
0153 - "Tear Drop City" The Monkees
0155 - "No Tears" Psychedelic Furs
0159 - OM talking about the songs played so far, microphone audio is very muffled.
0205 - "Coffee, Cigarettes, And Tears" The Larks.  Music audio is muffled/distorted.
0211 - "Apache Tears" Johnny Cash
0215 - "There's A Tear In My Beer Tonight"
0225 - signal strength jumped up, S8 peaks now with "Trail Of Tears" Nick Lowe
0234 - getting some fades now with "The Tears Of A Clown" by The Beat
« Last Edit: January 05, 2022, 2031 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6973 from 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2021, 0153 UTC »
01:52 UTC - Weak but readable and fading in / out into my location. Station is on 6973.4 kHz AM.
02:38 UTC - I have all but pretty much lost the signal. Weak and unreadable.


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« Last Edit: May 15, 2021, 0238 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

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Re: UNID 6973 from 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2021, 0154 UTC »
S7 0152"Tear Drop City " The Monkees
0154 "No Tears " The  Psychedelic Furs
0157 OP Talk
0204 "Coffee Cigs. and Tears " The Larks
0207 " Teardrop From my eyes " The Honeybees
0210 " Apache Tears " Johnny Cash
0211 " Railroad to Tears" Thrillsphere
0214 "There's a tear in my Beer Tonight " ?
0217 Covid messageOp talking about songs
0221 "Mascara Tears " Marti Brom
« Last Edit: May 15, 2021, 0224 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: UNID 6973 from 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2021, 0156 UTC »
Listening via NA5B near D.C. ... weak signal fading in and out a bit.

0155 UTC: Psychedelic Furs song.
0157 UTC: OM on mic talking about music. I think he gave an ID, but I missed it.
0202 UTC: The signal's losing the battle with the noise now.
« Last Edit: May 15, 2021, 0202 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: UNID 6973 from 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2021, 0201 UTC »
Signal in and out of noise here tonight in NW GA - lots of local static crashes. 
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Re: UNID 6973 from 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2021, 0209 UTC »
0207 UTC - Signal is S7 to S9 in WNY, with fade, audio is decent.
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Re: UNID 6973-4 from 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2021, 0212 UTC »
signal S9+10 on the SDR in Milford, PA  /  but a lot of noise
02.08 song (a woman)
02.09 song (a man)
02.12 song (a man)
02.14 song (a woman)
02.17 talking (advertising ??)


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« Last Edit: May 15, 2021, 0218 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: UNID 6973 from 6900 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2021, 0219 UTC »
SINPO=34211, lots of fading in and out here.

218- OM speaking (muffled audio here).
222- "Mascara Tears" by Marti Brom.
225- "Trail of Tears" by Nick Lowe.
« Last Edit: May 15, 2021, 0226 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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