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Author Topic: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025  (Read 621 times)

Offline DangerKitty

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Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« on: January 11, 2025, 0159 UTC »
0158: Wildfire IS
0100: YL w/ID, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls


Thank you for the show!
« Last Edit: January 11, 2025, 0201 UTC by DangerKitty »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2025, 0202 UTC »
0202 - Just getting the carrier here
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2025, 0205 UTC »
0205: S7 and no noise, playing Now That We Found Love by Heavy D & The Boyz.
0209: I Found Someone by Cher.
0222: Baby Now That I've Found You by The Foundations.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2025, 0222 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2025, 0207 UTC »
0206 decent signal @S5 -S7 audio is trying to punch through but band is lousy tonight.
All reports given are direct from my station in NYC.
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2025, 0210 UTC »
Just above the noise floor here
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2025, 0211 UTC »
0209utc
Nothing here on 6960
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2025, 0228 UTC »
Tuned in at 0227 on Brookfield WI sdr with weak S9-S9+10 signal, soft rock music above the noise, 0238 "looking for love in all the wrong places" by Johnny Lee, signal improving by 0247, at 0255 "cant find my way home" by Blind Faith, nice music, thanks, at 0339 SSTV/FAX, goodbye announcement, piano interval then off air at 0243.   
« Last Edit: January 11, 2025, 0344 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2025, 0230 UTC »
Tuned in 02:27

Fair signal into southern Illinois but moderate noise/interference and fading  SINPO = 33333

02:36 station ID then music continues with Looking For Love (In All The Wrong Places)
02:40 music continues

Thanks for the show tonight!
« Last Edit: January 11, 2025, 0247 UTC by Crater Eddie »
Unless otherwise stated all reception made with Tecsun PL-880 fed by 100 foot Long wire antenna.
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2025, 0233 UTC »
0231 "Found Out About You" by Gin Blossoms.
0233 "Finally Found a Home" by Huey Lewis & The News.
0236 ID by YL into "Lookin' For Love" by Johnny Lee.
0240 "Needle In A Haystack - Live" by The Velvelettes.
0242 "Thank God I Found You" by Mariah Carey.
0247 ID by YL into "I've Found Someone of My Own" by The Free Movement.
0250 "I Finally Found Someone" by Barbra Streisand.
0254 "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith.
0257 ID and email request.
0258 "Looking for a New Love" by Jody Watley.
0302 "Searchin'" by The Coasters.
0305 "Find Me" by Sigma.
0308 "Until I Found You" by Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold.
0311 "I'll Never Find Another You" by The Seekers.
0314 "Find The River" by R.E.M.
0317 ID by YL into "Love Will Find A Way" by Pablo Cruise.
0321 "You Found Me" by The Fray.
0325 "We Found Love" by Rihanna.
0329 ID by YL into "She Can't Find Her Keys" by Paul Petersen.
0331 "Now That We Found Love" by Third World.
0335 url into "The Search Is Over" by Survivor.
0339 SSTV image.
0340 ID by YL and email.
0341 "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey.
0342 OTA.

Thanks for tonight's show!

Please eQSL to drossm@sympatico.ca
« Last Edit: January 11, 2025, 0342 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 11 Jan 2025
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2025, 0245 UTC »
S-9

MUSIC
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