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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 15h

Another great tune of his is, "Dear Abby" youtu.be/EF8S5XB-eYs?...
Bonnie Raitt version of his "Angel From Montgomery" is sooo good! youtu.be/toJ3ZYWRh24?...

Dear Abby - John Prine

YouTube video by Peter Leslie

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 1d

@swradiogram.bsky.social Four favorites from the overnight broadcast on 5850 kHz. All images came through in excellent condition.
It was a lot of fun producing the show and great to be able to share them!

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 1d

@popshopradio.bsky.social From the 'cold mines' of northern Florida my decode from last night on 5950 kHz.
The Statler Bros. tune sounded like Kingston Trio's "Charlie and the MTA."
I remember a group of students doing "Good Lovin'" at a high school assembly that ROCKED the auditorium in 1967ish.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 1d

That's a great layout of the images; pretty neat how it worked out way!

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 2d

@swradiogram.bsky.social Four images from the broadcast on 9955 kHz as received in northern Florida, USA.
Signal here was very strong. IIRC the digital SNR was not very good.

Artifacts in the images.
My system didn't pick up the RxID to MFSK64 but did get both of the MFSK32 ones.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 2d

@swradiogram.bsky.social Looking at my FLDigi waterfall display during the MFSK32 text portion of WRMI's broadcast on 9955 kHz this morning stuck me as odd.
I would think the pattern should be symmetric centered around 1500 Hz.
The 'column' on the left edge doesn't have a match on the right.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 2d

Good signal in northern Florida, USA today!

My Sunday MTB ride got postponed. Hope to get out later today...

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for tuning in! Nice to see WRMI's signal makes it up your way! I thought there wouldn't be much signal there.

RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 3d

@swradiogram.bsky.social My John Prine Birthday Radiogram decoded during Eric's "The Giant Jukebox" music show. Rx'ed in northern Florida, USA.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 3d

@swradiogram.bsky.social Lucky number 13, Radio RSA.

All received using Airspy HF+ SDR, SDR# software, and MLA-30+ active loop antenna.

Kim, thanks for sending out the reminder today, I was out sharing an ice cream cone with my wife.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 3d

@swradiogram.bsky.social Images 9-12 from Saturday's broadcast...

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 3d

@swradiogram.bsky.social The next group sent.
These were from the Saturday evening broadcast of 9455 kHz. 2300-2330 UTC.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 3d

@swradiogram.bsky.social A very strong signal from WRMI here in northern Florida, USA didn't stop some images getting shifted around. No multi-tasking on my part, I guess Windoze has other things on its mind.
First four of the thirteen total...

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 3d

Sad news.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of these early cards were received on a Knight 'Star Roamer,' a kit my dad and I built. I think he'd got a bit of a radio bug from listening to a GE portable we got for marine band monitoring. Later he bought a Drake SW-4A from Lafayette while visiting his mom in NY.
@swradiogram.bsky.social

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 4d

KUSW that’s a new one for me! Hey, let’s do it again sometime!

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 6d

@swradiogram.bsky.social Four select images from those decoded during Wednesday's broadcast on 15770 kHz received in northern Florida, USA.

MFSK32 text decoded without error. Couldn't detect any multipath echo interference.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 7d

The Count Basie number can be heard at: youtu.be/nqn4nyZz0to?...

Li'l Darlin' (1994 Remaster)

YouTube video by Count Basie - Topic

youtu.be

RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 7d

In the '60s a local AM station, WGBS, played jazz in the evening hosted by a DJ named China Valles.
He used "China Gate" by Ramsey Lewis coming out of a commercial break (IIRC) tinyurl.com/5n7pw2bk
FWIU used "Li'l Darlin'" by Count Basie to close out.
Two great pieces of music, one great DJ!

CHINA GATE - RAMSEY LEWIS

YouTube video by SOULSKABIS

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 7d

This old-school IT support tech sez: "Think globally, play-out locally."

RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 7d

@popshopradio.bsky.social A double dose of Ella made my morning!
I gotta share my Fitzgerald favorite: "Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered."
youtu.be/1fzZ4l2H5-w?... Too risqué to get any corporate radio airplay! But Rogers & Hart, c'mon it's wonderful!

Great show!! Rx'ing in northern Florida, USA.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 10d

HDFL tracking Saturday afternoon, ~2240z. Using ADSB-Feeder (adsb.im) software configured for HDFL and displayed on Virtual Radar Server. Both systems running on Raspberry 4B. Antenna: MLA-30+ active loop.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks for the voice-to-text transcription!

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 10d

@swradiogram.bsky.social A cavalcade of carvings decoded during Shortwave Radiogram's broadcast last night.
Received in northern Florida, USA. 0230-0300 UTC, 9265 kHz.

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RadioActiveAl @radioactiveal.bsky.social · 15d

Piece plan I bet.

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