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Author Topic: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0408 UTC 2 Jan 2021  (Read 1050 times)

Offline ChrisLobdell

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Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0408 UTC 2 Jan 2021
« on: January 02, 2021, 0412 UTC »
0407 Wildfire IS, ID,  then into After Midnight - Eric Clapton
0413 1999 - Prince  S-8 signal, better than earlier!
0417 Bringing In A Brand New Year - Charles Brown
0422 Let's Start The New Year Right - Bing Crosby  [same playlist as earlier transmission].
0457 Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg [the best New Year's tune IMHO].
0505 ID and frequency announced with bowling ball SFX.
« Last Edit: April 10, 2021, 1756 UTC by Skipmuck »
Receiver: Tecsun S-2200x, JRC NRD-525, 535 and 545, Icom IC-7300
Aerial: MFJ G5RV dipole
near Lowell Massachusetts - Gateway To The Merrimack Valley.
All loggings are from my QTH with my equipment unless stated otherwise.
QSL to: crlobdell1@gmail.com or
Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180
Amateur Radio Station: KC1IUK

Offline Molvania Poacher

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0408 UTC 02 Jan 2021
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2021, 0421 UTC »
BSR encore.

SINPO=34333, some fading now.

419- "Bringing In A Brand New Year" by Charles Brown.
422- "Let's Start The New Year Right" by Bing Crosby.
« Last Edit: January 02, 2021, 0423 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
All reception direct-- From my location, radio and antenna.
QTH New Hampshire (70 miles north of Boston).
Tecsun S-8800 and Kenwood R-2000, with about 135 feet of wire thrown up in the trees.
eQSLs most appreciated to molvaniapoacher@gmail.com.

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0408 UTC 02 Jan 2021
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2021, 0425 UTC »
signal S8+- on the SDR in Vermont
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I use WebSDR’s
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0408 UTC 02 Jan 2021
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2021, 0436 UTC »
Good sounding signal sometimes bumping up to S9+10, but mostly S9. Thanks for the late night broadcast.
All logs made from my own SDRs, boatanchors, and antennas
QTH: vicinity of Auburn, Alabama

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0408 UTC 02 Jan 2021
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2021, 0443 UTC »
0442 Ball Smacker Radio ID multiple times   S5
IC7300, antennas- ground mtd 40/80m vertical or low 40m dipole
Near Cincinnati, OH

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0408 UTC 02 Jan 2021
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2021, 0715 UTC »
Happy New Year!

Jan 2 - Out here on the West Coast (Asilomar State Beach, CA), noted 4030AM going off at 0540* UTC; weak signal and unable to ID.

 

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