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Author Topic: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC  (Read 2827 times)

Offline Bowman1

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Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« on: October 20, 2012, 0243 UTC »
I've got Radio True North on 6945 with Falco's  'Der Komissar'. Signal is about an S6 to S7 here in Iowa. SIO 343 Thanks for the tunes, RTN!
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Re: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2012, 0321 UTC »
Got some nice dance beat at 0320.  About S8 here with slow fades.
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Re: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 0327 UTC »
Right at the S3 noise level here, with quite a bit of utility data interference.
Listening in USB, I can make out 'When the Rain Begins to Fall' by Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, in between the utility qrm. Signal may be picking up a bit.
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Re: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 0346 UTC »
Got them in pretty good here. About S-5 with occasional S-7.
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Re: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2012, 0524 UTC »
10/20/12, 6945 AM, 0520z: Radio True North IDs, music, not quite clear enough to ID any songs so far.  Rough conditions, very fadey.
0555z: Some hip-hop with "bow bow bow" sorta sound - familiar but can't recall title or group.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2012, 0620 UTC by Lex »
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Re: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2012, 1415 UTC »
Noted here on the SDR recording, fair/good signal overall, about -90 dBm.
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Re: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2012, 1454 UTC »
Could see a weak carrier, but never could hear audio.
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Re: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2012, 1845 UTC »
We listened for about three hours last night. Great signal at 02:45, but fading until it was difficult to hear by 04:45.
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Re: Radio True North, 6945 AM, 0240 UTC
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2012, 1936 UTC »
Not so lucky with this in Oregon.  The signal became very strong (S9+40) with music at 0205 -- for about 2 minutes.  Then it faded away, with only a weak carrier remaining.  I figured it was Radio True North, but it went away before an ID.