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Author Topic: WFDR 6925 USB 2107 UTC 8 DEC 2021  (Read 813 times)

Offline IQ_imbalance

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WFDR 6925 USB 2107 UTC 8 DEC 2021
« on: December 08, 2021, 2108 UTC »
Rebroadcast of news coverage of the 08 December 1941 joint session of Congress.  Good signal (S4+) and audio but faded to noise at 2110Z
« Last Edit: December 08, 2021, 2249 UTC by Skipmuck »
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UNID 6925 USB 2105 UTC 8 Dec 2021
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2021, 2109 UTC »
2105 Recording of broadcast of Joint Session of Congress, Dec. 8, 1941 - S9 signal - very clear
2116 FDR addressing Congress with "..day that will live in infamy..." speech - signal not as strong, with fading
« Last Edit: December 08, 2021, 2121 UTC by Kestrel »
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Re: UNID 6925 USB 2105 UTC 8 Dec 2021
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2021, 2111 UTC »
2110 - Very good signal - 555
2126 - ID, (om) "WSDR WFDR New York" into William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw Over German Radio (Johnny Bond)
« Last Edit: December 08, 2021, 2133 UTC by aurora »
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Re: UNID 6925 USB 2105 8 Dec 2021
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2021, 2113 UTC »
S9 into North Carolina. Playing a recording of the Declaration of war (WWII)
2127 UTC war period music/propaganda You're a sap mr Jap.
« Last Edit: December 08, 2021, 2136 UTC by Sky Waves »
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Re: UNID 6925 USB 2107 UTC 8 DEC 2021
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2021, 2127 UTC »
Awww it faded out at exactly the worst time
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Re: WFDR 6925 USB 2107 UTC 8 DEC 2021
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2021, 2129 UTC »
Good signal, peaking at S9, with "WFDR New York" ID at 2127z.
« Last Edit: December 09, 2021, 0008 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: UNID 6925 USB 2107 UTC 8 DEC 2021
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2021, 2137 UTC »
2106 Sam rayborn Sp of house  talk of Pearl harbor  S7
2119 Res Roosevelt speach
2125 This is WFDR New york
2127 Song Johnny Bond
2129  WFDR New York "  ? off
« Last Edit: December 08, 2021, 2309 UTC by hsmith77 »
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