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Author Topic: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z  (Read 2433 times)

Offline skeezix

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Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« on: December 01, 2012, 0221 UTC »
0221Z 35432 S7 ID "Pandora's Box"
0221Z 35432 S7 Lester Young "Jeeps Blues"
0223Z 35432 S7 Creedence Clearwater Revival "Born On The Bayou"
0228Z faded into the noise




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« Last Edit: December 01, 2012, 0229 UTC by skeezix »
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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2012, 0224 UTC »
Poor signal in the noise but gradually coming up in strength.  Positive ID heard at 0214z.  CCR song started at 0224z.  S5

Thanks for the show tonight and the shout-out.  Here's some audio:

6940 khz Pandoras Box 0220-0300 UTC 01DE12.mp3
« Last Edit: December 01, 2012, 0325 UTC by Kilokat7 »
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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2012, 0227 UTC »
Pandora's Box doing OK in NH tonight on 6940.1 AM, not great, but OK - about S5 with QSB taking it in/out of the noise.

0210z ID - "You are listening to Pandora's Box"
2224z CCR - Born on the Bayou
2249z ID - "This is 'I am Bored Bob'" (I think) into My Sharona (heehee, Token says it was "This is Pandora's Boxxxxx"  -  but kinda like the "Bored Bob" thing)
0235z - Shout out to all us HFUnderground folk, thanks
0235z - Freddy and the Dreamers - I'm Telling You Now

0237z Signal has been coming up, peaking S7 now

0237z ID into Billy Joel - Big Shot
0242z Big fade, Steve Miller in there?
0247z Couldn't copy ID - into David Bowie - Let's Dance
0256z Way down in the noise now - can hear the music but can't ID it
0300z Off... Thanks for the show
« Last Edit: December 01, 2012, 0301 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2012, 0237 UTC »
Nice shout out to Dimbulb and kilokat7 by Pandora at 0235z.

Unfortuantely, the Chinese OTHRs are starting to rise out of the noise, so I will likely not hear anything more across the band tonight.

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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2012, 0247 UTC »
Some weak carrier is audible in Kiev. May be some another (or spurious) signal.
« Last Edit: December 01, 2012, 0257 UTC by ulx2 »
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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2012, 0254 UTC »
fair signal in Missouri. rising above what has become an s6 noise floor. fades up to s9+10. still not clear enough to mae out what song is what. Thanks anyway.
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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2012, 0300 UTC »
For the most part noisy signal tonight but I did hear several station id's. Songs heard included My Sharona, I'm In Love With You Now.

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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2012, 0307 UTC »
Checked the radio & had a carrier & a tiny bit of audio. Played around with AM, USB, preamp, etc. and went back to USB & the carrier was gone, so either fade out or QRT at around 0300.

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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2012, 0407 UTC »
I've got a very faint carrier here, but no audio yet.
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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2012, 1456 UTC »
Late post,  Perseus catch

0224 Born on the Bayou
0229 possible ID
0203  My Sharona
I’m telling you now
0236 Big Shot
0241 a nice rise in signal for a brief time
op talking thank someone for the reports
Bowie Let’s Dance
off sometime just prior to 0300
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Re: Pandora's Box 6940 AM Dec 1, 2012 0221Z
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2012, 1540 UTC »
Audio first noted here around 0237z on the SDR recording - extremely faint at first, then getting better over time. Up to about S5 at 0248z with an ID during one of the peaks, then into Bowie "Let's Dance". Off at 0300z.

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