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Offline twodog

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TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« on: January 04, 2025, 2315 UTC »
TCBS with some great zappa!!

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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2025, 2318 UTC »
2317 "Stick It Out" by Frank Zappa.
2320 "Sy Borg" by Frank Zappa.
2329 IS and ID by OM.
2330 "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" by Frank Zappa.
2334 "Delivering the Goods" by Judas Priest.
2338 "Evening Star" by Judas Priest.
2342 "Grinder" by Judas Priest.
2347 Shout-out into "Metal Gods" by Judas Priest.
2351 "Desert Plains" by Judas Priest.
2356 "Empire" by Queensrÿche.
0002 "Della Brown" by Queensrÿche.
0009 "Spreading the Disease" by Queensrÿche.
0013 "Operation: Mindcrime" by Queensrÿche.
0018 "Eyes of a Stranger" by Queensrÿche.
0025 "I Don't Believe In Love" by Queensrÿche.
0029 "Silent Lucidity" by Queensrÿche.
0035 "City of Gold" by Head East.
0039 "Jefftown Creek" by Head East.
0045 "Never Been Any Reason" by Head East.
0051 "Happy Trails" by Van Halen.
0052 ID by OM and OTA.

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« Last Edit: January 05, 2025, 0052 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2025, 2323 UTC »
Tuned in 2320

Very strong signal into southern Illinois  SINPO  =  54545

Interesting music format 

23:29 ID  "The Thunder Chicken Broadcasting Service" 
23:30 "Just a warning for those of you in the Midwest" with wind sfx
23:31 music continues  Don't You Eat That Yellow Snow
23:34 music continues...
23:47 "Thanks for all the good reports out there on HFU... I don't have time to thank you all individually..."  OM
23:48 music continues
23:51 "Just want to say, good signal, good audio.  That's all a pirate could hope for"  OM
23:51 music continues
0:16  --  still a great signal and fantastic audio for ssb.  I can't identify any of the songs but am enjoying the great music.
0:24 "Just a quick shout out... I'm gonna call it quits in a little bit..."  OM
0:25 music continues
0:46 Never Been Any Reason   Head East
0:51 Happy Trails

I love it, used to sign off with this back in the day when I was a DJ

0:52 "Night Y'all"  OM

OTA

This is the first time I have caught Thunder Chicken, Thanks for the program!
« Last Edit: January 05, 2025, 0053 UTC by Crater Eddie »
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2025, 2324 UTC »
2323utc SIO433 direct
Music
Sy borg
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2025, 2325 UTC »
2324:  Getting S7 with light QRN on the Pittsburgh KiwiSDR.

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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2025, 2328 UTC »
2327 S8-9 with good audio with Sy Borg by Zappa
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2025, 2331 UTC »
S9 with Zappa.  Sounding great!
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2025, 2333 UTC »
2329 ID repeated, roaring signal, 'Don't Eat Yellow Snow' - Frank Zappa.

S9+10.  Great Signal.
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2025, 2333 UTC »
2332 UTC
S -9

Frank Zappa. heard
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2025, 2336 UTC »
on 6220 USB      direct
2324 imaginary level
2335 real music now, very weak, local cracklings at times
2353 still deceiving level.
0000 bit better
Can anyone give the best offset to use, or is that a moving target ?
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2025, 2340 UTC »
2340 - Hearing some music just above the noise. Signal is SIO 333 into my NYC shack.

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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2025, 2341 UTC »
2339 Music playing, S7-9.
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2025, 2341 UTC »
SINPO 45544

Nice signal and Audio

JUDAS PRIEST!!!! Man I miss this stuff.

All that is needed is Two Minutes To Midnight by Maiden,....and my night is complete!!
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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2025, 2344 UTC »
About S9 +5 peaks in NE Wisconsin, 23:44

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Re: TCBS 6220 USB 2310 UTC 3 JAN 2025
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2025, 2351 UTC »
2351 getting this at about SIO 111 here, very noisy but music is definitely being broadcast with OM speaking. Hopefully it will rise to more copyable levels for me.
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