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Author Topic: ION Radio 6870 AM 2124 UTC 17 SEP 2021  (Read 757 times)

Offline Ct Yankee

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ION Radio 6870 AM 2124 UTC 17 SEP 2021
« on: September 17, 2021, 2135 UTC »
Reception just above noise floor, peaks are very good though.  Thanks for ID, Al.

Thanks for leading off the weekend with the fine late afternoon broadcast, ION - a perfect warm up for my soon-to-be set up duties for next week's  Durham Fair

2134 Music, C&W maybe
2141 Sudden surge up of reception to very good "Sandy's Blues" Canned Heat
2149 "Fried Hockey Boogie"  Canned Heat, I think there will be deep fried hockey pucks at the Durham Fair  ;D
2201 "Reconsider Baby" Eric Clapton
2204 ID to Off
« Last Edit: September 17, 2021, 2205 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Unid 6870 AM 2124 UTC 17 SEP 2021
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2021, 2138 UTC »
2137 SIO 444 - R&B music?
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ION RADIO 6870 am 2124 utc 17 Sep 2021
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2021, 2139 UTC »
Frequency: 6869.70
Mode: AM
Date: 17 September 2021
Time: 2131 UTC
Time: SIO: 444 in Uniontown PA
Signal meter: S9+

2131 - Blues tune
2134 - Oh Lordy Lord (blue #)
2136 - YL ID 'This Is ION RADIO'
2138 - another blues songs
2204  - off the air

Thank you for the broadcast. PSE e-QSL.
« Last Edit: September 17, 2021, 2206 UTC by Big Badfish Al »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2124 UTC 17 SEP 2021
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2021, 2147 UTC »
S9 2145 "Sandy's Blues" - Canned Heat
2146 Guitar riff "Fried Hockey Boogie" - Canned Heat
2158 ID "This is ION Radio"
2200 "Reconsider Baby" - Eric Clapton
2204 ID with email address "This is ION Radio signing off"
« Last Edit: September 17, 2021, 2204 UTC by raypfaff »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2124 UTC 17 SEP 2021
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2021, 2150 UTC »
Fried Hockey Boogie by Canned Heat at 2149z. Very good signal here in the Boston burbs, solid S8-S9, some fading.
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2124 UTC 17 SEP 2021
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2021, 2157 UTC »
signal S9+15-20 on the SDR in Milford, PA
21.54 song "Refried Boogie[Pt. 1]" + 21.58 ID into the song "This is ION Radio"
22.00 song "Reconsider Baby"
22.04 ID + email
22.04 music
22.05 off
« Last Edit: September 17, 2021, 2206 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: ION Radio 6870 AM 2124 UTC 17 SEP 2021
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2021, 2210 UTC »
 Thanks for listening  8)
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