Recent shortwave reception reports from listeners of The Crystal Ship

Kracker sent us another graphical love note-- via the FRN, before it was deleted.  Guess he didn't like my comment, "That all you got?"

(Just in case you don't get it-- that's supposed to be 'The Crystal Ship' sinking...)

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April 25, 2011

6815.6 AM The Crystal Ship w/60's rock including a Bob Dylan

"The Times They Are a Changin'" at :39

:42 ID by John Poet, and by a computer generated female voice

w/the email address etc at :42 -- 'turn on, tune in and drop

out' sound bite at :43 and into Small Faces "Itchycoo Park".

:46 "(If You're) Going to San Francisco" Scott MacKenzie

:49 A song I didn't recognize

:51 "Journey to the Center of your Mind" by Amboy Dukes (nothin

like Detroit Rock -- and Nugent never did anything this

good solo!)

:54 Theme from Underdog ... (not bird nor plane, nor even frog!)

:55 ID by female computer voice and an 'ad' for ebeastiality.com

:58 "Hair" by the Cowsills

0101 "Condition" by Supergrass (?) --you're deep into the

psychodelic druggie stuff here ... only vaguely familiar!

:03 "Let's live for today" The grass roots

:07 The Guess Who "Undun"

:11 female computer ID and 'turn on, tune in and drop out'

then into "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Iron Butterfly

:16 Another song I didn't recognize

:19 1910 Fruitgum Company "Simon Says"

:23 OM echo ID by John Poet

and into bubble gum rock "Chewy Chewy"

:26 "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (I never realized how

similar those two songs are -- and how racey!)

:28 "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies

by which time the static had gotten worse, and I gave up!

SINPO 3544+4 and degrading to 35343- by 0125 -- perfect but

for the static crashes! Heard from 0037-0130 and it was on

before and after those times as well... . The stations was

VERY slowly drifting down-to 6815.5 by :0121. 25/Apr --Zichi



ken zichi

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Greetings John Poet,

I listened to your broadcast yesterday and your signals were very strong. Here are details of what I heard. Please send me a QSL card or email to confirm that I heard your station.


The Crystal Ship

6815.50 AM

SINPO 45344 - Great Audio with a few static crashes

April 25, 2011 0105 - 28z GMT


0105 - music, Grassroots; Let's Live for Today

0107 - music, Guess Who; She's Come Undone

0110 - ID, "You're listening to The Crystal Ship" (female announcer)

0111 - music, Iron Butterfly; In A Gadda Da Vita

0116 - music, I keep Remembering? (you got me on this one)

0118 - music, Clap Your Hands in the Air? (got me again)

0120 - music, Indian Giver? (my mind is failing me)

0123 - ID, "You are tuned to TCS (male announcer)

0126 - music, Ohio Express; Yummy

0128 - music, Archies; Sugar, Sugar (easy one)

I was using the following equipment to receive your broadcast: Icom 756Pro3 transceiver and an 40-meter Carolina Windom wire antenna, 60 feet long strung between 3 trees 40 feet high. The antenna is oriented NE – SW. My digital noise reduction was set for 35%; the bandwidth filter was set to 6.0 khz and I turned off all stages of pre-amplification (0 dB's). You signal actually read S7-8 with a S4 noise level. Your signal stayed relatively stable with not much fading.

Thank you for the show and I look forward to hearing you on the radio again!


Gene Patterson
PA


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I hadn't heard you for quite a while, but have really enjoyed your last two broadcasts (I'm currently listening to you on 6815 AM Apr 25 from 0104 UTC tune-in; just saw your post on the DXLD Yahoo group). Signal strength in the Buffalo NY area is very good (despite lots of static tonight), with excellent modulation (my receiver is a Kenwood TS-570, fed by a 160-meter (low) dipole). I really enjoy the music you play; we may be contemporaries, since the bubble-gum music you're playing now sure brings back memories! Your broadcast from 0030 UTC on Apr 22 (0050 tune-in) was great too; hadn't heard "Radio Gaga" in ages, and my husband and I loved the scholarly lecture on what may indeed be the most versatile word in the English language. Thanks for airing real alternative radio, and I wish you all success in 2011 and beyond. (Oh boy--"Him or Me" by Paul Revere and the Raiders--with Mark Lindsay doing his best to sound British!)

Very 73,
Anne


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