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Author Topic: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026  (Read 213 times)

DangerKitty

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Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« on: Today at 00:58 »
0058: "Wildfire" interval signal; carrier on ~1 minute earlier (0057)
0100: music, ID by YL, freq., "Good evening ham sandwiches", too noisy to ID the music
[1-2]533[1-2], rather noisy tonight


Thanks for the show!
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QSL to [email protected] would be greatly appreciated!
SDRplay RSP2/RSPdx  w/SDRuno or SDRconnect SW ; N-S 43M Dipole /  Disclaimer: Shazam/Sound-Hound used to ID many songs.

Well, it's come to this: It's midnight and I'm listening to a heavy metal cover version of "The Wheels On The Bus Go Round and Round" on pirate short wave radio on Sternradio. Is life great, or what!?
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William Hassig

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #1 on: Today at 01:00 »
0058 on Empire MI sdr2 with S7-S9 signal, wildfire music then Halloween music, 0101 Ball Smacker ID by female, bowling ball sound, soft pop music, 0107 "spooky" Classics IV 1967, "you put a spell on me", 0124 "long cool woman in a black dress", "devil woman", 0137 "abra dabra cadabra", 0220 slowly fading away, thanks for the nice program.   
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J. Carlos Pérez Montero

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Re: Ballsmacket 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #2 on: Today at 01:02 »
Broadcaster: Ballsmacket
Listening date: 31 October 2026
Listening time: 01:00 to UTC time
Frequency: 6960 AM
SINPO: 35443
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: 250 Ft end fed, 35 ft AGL
Details of the programme listened to
Halloween music

I would be grateful to  - your eQSL at: [email protected]

Thank you for your excellent show.
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Juan Carlos Pérez Montero
Valladolid, Spain
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Antenna: YouLoop magnetic
eQSLs always appreciated to [email protected]

Quasar

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #3 on: Today at 01:03 »
0103 S5 tonight barely any audio detected.
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All reports given are direct from my station in NYC.
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Radiouser

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #4 on: Today at 01:05 »
0104 also weak signal here on a very noisy band.
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Dave in Hamilton, ON Please eQSL to [email protected]

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Ray Lalleu

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #5 on: Today at 01:25 »
on 6960 USB     direct
0124 "Long cool woman" Hollies, 0126 next
0133 ID @protonmail, Santana "Black magic woman",
0136 next (title?)
0141 "Witch queen of New Orleans"
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DJ Kraze

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Re: UNID 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #6 on: Today at 01:26 »
Listening from the website with a 10 out of 10. Working on finding a good SDR to listen from.
0151 finally got a strong enough signal, but lots of deep fades from the Traverse City KiwiSDR, it was about a 4 out of 10 when I started a few minutes ago, but now I'm getting about 7 out of 10


0057 [Carrier On]
0058 [Wildfire Interval Signal]
0100 [Ballsmacker Radio Sign On]
0100 p1975-074 & u1979-234 - Barry Manilow - Could It Be Magic
0106 p1968-031 & u1968-031 - Classics IV - Spooky
0109 1956-NCS - Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
0109 [Check Out Our Website - Liner]
0113 1982-081 & m1982-042 & u1982-401 - Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
0117 p1970-020 & u1970-088 - The Shocking Blue - Venus
0119 p1972-092 & m1972-049 - Eagles - Witchy Woman
0123 [Wires In The Trees - Liner]
0123 p1972-023 & m1972-067 - The Hollies - Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
0126 p1962-145& c1962-003 - Marty Robbins - Devil Woman
0129 p1982-051 & u1982-527 - America - You Can Do Magic
0133 [Special Theme - Liner]
0133 p1971-042 & m1970-176 - Santana - Black Magic Woman/Gyspy Woman
0136 p1982-009 & d1982-096 & m1982-042 - Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra (Long Version)
0141 1972-159 & u1971-021 - Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans
0144 [Station ID]
0144 m1994-234 - Ween - Voodoo Lady
0148 m1966-020 - Donovan - Season Of The Witch
0152 p1976-116 & 1975-038 & u1976-304 & u1978-256  - Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic
0154 [Digital signal at 6962.5 kHz for 10 seconds)
0156 [Most Friday Nights - Liner]
0156 m1965-060 - The Sonics - The Witch
0158 [Digital Signal for 30 seconds at 6962.5 kHz]
0158 p1967-037 & m1967-037 - Cream - Strange Brew
0202 1981-NCS - Jimmy Buffett - Little Miss Magic
0206 [Special Theme w/e-mail - Liner]
0206 1979-NCS - Marianne Faithfull - Witches' Song
0211 p1981-033 & m1981-007 - The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
0215 1958-NCS - LaVern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo
0215 [Nothing but the hits - Liner]
0217 p1974-029 & u1974-273 - Cher - Dark Lady
0220 1972-NCS - Uriah Heap - The Wizard
0223 p1976-092 & m1975-046 & u1978-366 - Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)
0226 [Greatest Hits Of All Times - Liner]
0226 p1968-384 & m168-048 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You
0231 p1958-011 & r1958-021 & u1958-086 - David Seville - Witch Doctor
0233 [Check Out Our Website - Liner]
0233 1976-079 & m1976-065 - Heart - Magic Man
0238 [Bowling Ball - SFX]
0238 [SSTV]
0240 [Closing Message]
0240 [Wildfire Interval Signal]
0241 [Program End]
0242 [Transmission Ended]
(Predicting the times, let's see if I get it right)

Short form code list:
D= Disco/Dance Chart
M= Rock Singles chart
P= Pop Chart
R= R&B Chart
U= UK Chart


Please send an eQSL to [email protected], and as always thanks for the show and the chance to give my memory a good workout.
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Currently hunting the elusive 104.5 oldies station somewhere in Northern Middlesex County, CT. [HEY! I want to do your voice-overs]

ghmcclure

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #7 on: Today at 01:31 »
Was able to pull in "Devil Woman" by Marty Robbins at 0128 UTC. Location is Vail, AZ.
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Radio Free Spirit

Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #8 on: Today at 01:37 »
0131 - U can Do Magic
0133 - Mrs BallSmacker directing signal reports to [email protected] into Carlos Santana
0134 - Black Magic Woman
0136 - Abracadabra
0142 - The Witch Queen of N'Ollins
0149 - Season of the Witch
0153 - Strange Magic
0159 - Strange Brew
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myteaquinn

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #9 on: Today at 01:37 »
0137: Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band.
0143: The Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone.
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Martho24

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #10 on: Today at 01:41 »
Above the noise, around S7 in Chicago on a 40m vertical.   Much better vertical than on the horizontal wire.   Some slow QSB
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Dr. Strangelove

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #11 on: Today at 01:50 »
S6 with a high noise level tonight
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Martho24

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 31 OCT 2026
« Reply #12 on: Today at 01:58 »
Sigs have come up a bunch in the last 10 minutes.    The Witch by the Sonics is 20 over S9 right now.  Still better on the vertical here.
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