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Author Topic: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 and 6960 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020  (Read 963 times)

Offline ✠ Blue Max

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Ballsmacker Radio 3480 and 6960 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« on: November 14, 2020, 0159 UTC »
Interval signal at 0158 - heavy QRN
Nothing on 6960 yet at this QTH
Simulcast has appeared there, but buried deep in noise

Surprisingly good copy given the noise
SINPO = 44233

0200 Billy Don't Be A Hero
0203 One Call Away
0207 ID then Rocketman, Elton John
0219 My Hero, Foo Fighters
« Last Edit: November 14, 2020, 0220 UTC by BlueMax »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2020, 0200 UTC »
Wildfire Interval
Ballsmacker ID
02:00 Billy Dont be w.a Hero.
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods....Monster hit in the 1970's.
One Call Away.. Charlie Puth.
Ballsmacker ID
02:07 Rocket Man Elton John.
Loss of Signal.......major fade away...
02:20 Juke Box Hero Foreigner.
Ballsmacker ID.
02:25 Hero Enrique Inglesias (sp)
02:29 Johnny Cash I think?
Loss of Signal....
Hero Miraiah Carey
Hero/Herione Boys Like Girls.
Ballsmacker ID
The Heroes Return The Pink Floyd.

How about Heroes David Bowie?
How about Superman David Bowie?
Sunshine Superman by Donovan


Celluliod Heroes The Kinks featuring Ray Davies
Kryptonite Three Doors Down.
02:54 Heroes The late David Bowie formerly David Jones! Glam rock God of the 1970s!
Ballsmacker addy given for Reception report and theme.
Holding Out for a hero Bonnie Tyler
03:06 Superman Five for Fighting.
Ballsmacker ID.
03:10 Radioactive Imagine Dragons.
Theme from the Greatest American Hero Joey Scarbury.
Ballsmacker ID.
03:16 I Dont want to be a Hero Johnny Hates Jazz
03:19 We have all the Heroes Paula Cole.
Ballsmacker.net ID.
03:24 Superheroes The Script
03:27 We Don't need Another Hero Tina Turner Once of Ike and Tina Turner Duo. Used in the Movie Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max
Ballsmacker Addy given for Valid Reception report and theme.
Wildfire Interval.
Off the air!




« Last Edit: November 14, 2020, 0332 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2020, 0202 UTC »
Good signal - 333

0202 - Billy Don't Be A Hero
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2020, 0204 UTC »
Great signal SIO:333 in Uniontown PA

0203 - Billy Don't Be A Hero
0204 - a song (a man) about superman
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2020, 0207 UTC »
S8 with light fading @ 0205 with "One Call Away"
0207 - "Rocketman"
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2020, 0212 UTC »
signal S8+- on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
02.07 song "Rocket Man"
02.11 song "Nobody's Hero"
02.16 ID+email
02.17 song "My Hero"
02.20 song "Juke Box Hero"
02.24 ID
02.24 song "Hero"
« Last Edit: November 14, 2020, 0226 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2020, 0212 UTC »
SINPO: 35333 S5
0211- "Nobody's Hero" - Rush
0216 - ID w/ email and reception report info
0217 - "My Hero" - Foo Fighters
0221 - "Juke Box Hero" - Foreigner
« Last Edit: November 14, 2020, 0221 UTC by Radio Star »
All Reception Direct and Local on Cape Cod, MA
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2020, 0213 UTC »
Good signal heard on 3480 usb. Signal is S9. Thanks for the broadcast, Ball Smacker Radio.

Elton John- Rocket Man
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« Last Edit: November 14, 2020, 0217 UTC by blw »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 3480 and 6960 AM 0158 UTC 14 NOV 2020
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2020, 0219 UTC »
Tuned into Ballsmacker Radio ID and e QSL offer into rock.

S6 here with great signal.
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