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Author Topic: UNID 6925 AM 0111 UTC 3 Dec  (Read 1113 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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UNID 6925 AM 0111 UTC 3 Dec
« on: December 03, 2012, 1250 UTC »
Started to fade in around 0111z with a carrier barely visible on the SDR recording. Sudden increase in signal to S4 at 0126z, it sounded like possibly a Johnny Cash song?
ID repeated several times at 0129? Hard to make out, with the echo effects.
Off at 0129z.

Carrier noted again 0141-0145z, this may have been another station, though.
« Last Edit: December 03, 2012, 1252 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 6925 AM 0111 UTC 3 Dec
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2012, 1643 UTC »
Recorder catch:

6925 AM (rx in USB) 222-323

Also caught this, but wasn't sure if two stations or one fading out & coming back in.

Audio (01:05z-01:45z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/PirateRadioBoston6925Am-usb0105z-0145z12-03-12.mp3

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Re: UNID 6925 AM 0111 UTC 3 Dec
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2012, 0949 UTC »
Recorder catch:

6925 AM (rx in USB) 222-323

Also caught this, but wasn't sure if two stations or one fading out & coming back in.

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It sounds either like two stations, or one station switching modes, at least for the first fourteen minutes. The weaker signal sounded to me like the soundtrack of a cartoon, maybe The Groovie Ghoulies or some other `60s-`70s cartoon with bubblegum music.  The stronger signal sounded like out-of-tune sideband transmissions.

Twenty minutes in it sounds to me like one very weak station, still playing what sounds like `60s music.

Either this was a low power transmission or you were out of their transmission area. A good catch.
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