Radio Free Whatever 6925 USB 2240 UTC 04 JUL 2024

[DangerKitty]

2240: sign-on, music w/OM VO
[2-3]533[2-3], various radio terminology thrown around ("standing wave ratio nominal", etc.)
2245: ID by OM, music "Going Out" - The Goldborns
2248: 35333, S8, expect to improve more and more as sun goes down
2249: "ASHAMED" - HEALTH
2252: DJDW with comments on transmission; more mx
2259: ID, more mx "So Cold" - Balu Brigada
2308: DJDW recapping songs, says will continue xsmn, "Echoes" - The Props; voice announcement pretty clear, possibly more so than music; suddenly much better at 2312
2343: EOT

NOTE: pesky on 6930 LSB might be causing some problems

Sounds pretty good here in spite of noise, but that's just SW for ya. Like I said above, expect great improvement as sun gets lower.

Thank you for the show!

[Mick Boyle]

2244 UTC Initiate - Auralnauts

[Ct Yankee]

2246 Faint music, low noise floor and low music volume
2249 Spending as much time under as over noise floor.  Only piercing YL singer peaks coming through.
2252 DJDW talking about possible technical difficulties, just breaking through noise
2254 Volume greatly improved but noise floor came up with it
2256 Sudden vast improvement in reception "Discount De Kooning" The Vaccines
2259 ID's to "So Cold" Balu Brigada, noise present but at tolerable level
2318 Even or below noise floor again

[Dick Weed]

Audio is poor? I haven't changed anything since my test runs. Let me know what to fix.

A little confused as to if it's just bad conditions or something screwed up on my end.

[William Hassig]

Tuned in at 2248 on Brookfield WI sdr with weak S5-S7 signal, hear music under the low noise level,

[N2MLP]

2251 UTC

S9 + 10


MUSIC

[RobRich]

Carrier in the waterfall at 2250z. Occasional blips of modulation. Airspy HF+D and 148' LoG.... the 31' vertical needs some work done. Static crashing from area storms, which is a good reason I am not out there fixing the vertical.

I might try skimming a WebSDR or two. Nonetheless, DJ DW, thanks for the broadcast as usual! :)

2312z - Just a quick FYI about 6925lsb peskies being noted here.
2339z - Periods of somewhat faint modulation. UTE or HFT as well.


Music at ~S9 peaks on the K3FEF WebSDR in Pennsylvania. SIO 545. Wide audio. Easy copy, though it looks like probably static crashing is causing some SDR dropouts.

2309z - DJ DW with comments and ID into more music.
2323z - DJ DW with comments and ID into more music. ~9Khz wide audio.
2340z - DJ DW talking about audio quality. Mostly sounding decent here, though the WebSDR audio bandwidth is less than the broadcast. I was also just using my notebook's tiny speakers instead of headphones.
2343z - Off air. Might return later if audio issue is found.

Thanks for the shout-out! :)

[Radio Star]

Very noisy conditions. But RFW is kicking through!
2255 - "Discount De Kooning" - The Vaccines
2259 - RFW ID into: "So Cold" - Balu Brigada
2302 - "Everything" - Kids In America
2305 - "Six Feet Deep" - The Warning
2309 - "Echoes" - The Props
2319 - "Level" - Fool Nelson
2324 - "Figure It Out" - Hana Lili
2327 - "Cause Of You" - Oliver Malcolm

[Molvania Poacher]

SINPO=35333

2257- "Discount De Kooning (Last One Standing)" by The Vaccines.
2259- Recorded station ID with various OM and YL voices.
2259- "So Cold" by Balu Brigada.

[DJFrederick]

Just tuned in from New Hampshire via the Vermont SDR - hearing some indie rock "The Echoes" ... signal just about 555.
2323 - announcing then Hannah Lilly (sp?) Figure it Out

[intellman]

2333 - Just tuned in, signal is S7 into my NYC shack

Thanks for the show!!

[hflstnr]

2341 - Just tuned in OM speaking must be the end
2343 - OFF

[Charlie_Dont_Surf]

2340 - Signoff to fix the "problem".

It actually sounds OK  to my ears right now, except for some AGC pumping noticeable on your mic audio (fan noise comes up between sentences) and a peskie on 6930 LSB (which is out of your control). I don't remember your signal having "pumping bass" in the past so I'm not sure what you are missing.

[myteaquinn]

2312: Echoes by The Props. S7 signal.
2313: Bills by Lev UFO.
2317: Everyone I pleas hates me by Jonojono.
2320: Level by Fool Nelson.
2325: Figure It Out by Hana Lili.
2328: Cause of You by Oliver Malcolm.
2332: freakshow by Little Guilt.