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Black Arrow Radio 15060 AM 1713 UTC
« on: September 23, 2012, 1713 UTC »
S1 to S2 signal, low noise, so overall quite good.
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Re: Black Arrow Radio 15060 AM 1713 UTC
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2012, 1715 UTC »
Very nice copy here. Signal is S4, with some peaks near to S7 just now. 1714 UTC.
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Re: Black Arrow Radio 15060 AM 1713 UTC
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2012, 1717 UTC »
Picked him up from start of TX until sudden? cut off at 1715 - S3/4

Came back later on and had fair to good reception - fading at times

Mentioned by name at 17:40UTC

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The smile on my face could be used to power his rig for a week when i heard my name
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Re: Black Arrow Radio 15060 AM 1713 UTC
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2012, 1722 UTC »
15060 AM 322-323

Fair to decent signal with fading, but getting through for the most part.

17:21z 'Centerfold' - JGB
17:23z getting some QSO QRM from sideband chatter
17:29z can hear the Op talking, but can't make it out over the ssb chatter
17:38z 'Thunderstruck' - AC/DC!
17:39z thnx for the shoutout Black Arrow Radio!!
17:41z ID
17:44z 'Year Of The Cat' - Al Stewart
17:53z ID & email addy
18:01z Alice Cooper
18:04z 'Imagine' - John Lennon
18:07z 'White Wedding' - Billy Idol
18:12z 'Don't Answer Me' - Alan Parsons
18:12z shoutout to Radio Spaceman
18:13z "...greetings to Spain..."
18:18z 'Don't Fear The Reaper' - BOC
18:24z "...had some nice reports..."
18:25z ID
18:29z "...BA closing down...bye bye..."
18:30z Rammstein!
18:33z "...this should be your tune Space..." followed by what sounded like a child's voice
18:34z Off

Audio (17:38z-18:34z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/BlackArrowRadio15060Am1738z-1834z09-23-12.mp3

Thanks BAR! :)
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Re: Black Arrow Radio 15060 AM 1713 UTC
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2012, 1735 UTC »
hearing him weakly on the west coast of Canada...in and out of the noise but peaks up nicely once in a while

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Re: Black Arrow Radio 15060 AM 1713 UTC
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2012, 1754 UTC »
Signal has come up considerably to a really nice S7+. Playing New Order at 1754 UTC and making live announcements to listeners.
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