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Author Topic: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 24 Apr 2021  (Read 3166 times)

Offline Bali_Frank

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BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 24 Apr 2021
« on: April 24, 2021, 0100 UTC »
signal S9+5-10 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
00.58 piano
01.00 ID
01.00 song "Easy"
01.04 song "It's So Easy"
01.06 ID
01.06 song "Peaceful Easy Feeling"
01.10 song "Friday On My Mind"
01.13 ID + email
01.14 song "Easy Lover"
« Last Edit: January 10, 2022, 0133 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2021, 0101 UTC »
0057:  Interval signal.
0100:  Ballsmacker ID with crashing bowling balls. S/5
0101:  Lionel Richie "Easy Like Sunday Morning".  Just above the noise.  Better on USB.
0104:  Linda Ronstadt "It's so Easy to Fall In Love".  Just above the noise.
0108:  Unid music selection.  Just above the noise.  Peaceful Easy Feeling- Eagles.
0111:  Unid music selection.
0113:  Ballsmacker ID with email address for reception reports,  S/3
0115:  Phil Collins "Easy Lover".  Just above the noise.
0118:  Unid music selection.  Just under the noise.
0123:  Under the noise.
« Last Edit: April 24, 2021, 0130 UTC by bigd »
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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2021, 0101 UTC »
Wildfire Interval.
Ballsmacker Radio ID
Good evening Ham Samwiches
01:00 Easy Commodores Hit makes of the 70s with Lionel Richie.
01:04 It's so Easy Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Ponies
01:06 Peaceful Easy Feeling Eagles.
Powerhouse Rock group of 1970s still playing today.
01:10 Friday on my Mind The Easy Beats...Bowie did a version of this on his Pin Ups Album 1975.
Ballsmacker Addy given Proton for valid Reception Report and Special Theme...Location too
01:14 Easy Lover Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey...Phil formerly with Genesis.
01:18 Easy Come Easy Go Teenage Heart throb and Teenage idol Bobby Sherman once a New York City Paramedic.
01:21 Easy Money Billy Joel The Piano Man
01:24 Easy Come Easy Go Country Western mega star George Strait.
Ballsmacker ID.
01:28 Easy Meat Live in Concert The late great Frank Zappa of Baltimore Maryland My home State Son and daughter Dweezel and Moon Unit Zappa.
01:33 Loving you Easy Zac Brown Band.
01:36 Pure and Easy The Who featuring Daltrey and Townsend RIP Keith Moon and Entwistle
01:40 Easy to be Hard The Three Dog Night Massive hits in the early seventies.
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:43 Coming Up Easy Palolo Nutini
01:47 Make it Easy On Yourself The Walker Brothers
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:50 Superman It's not Easy Five For Fighting.
01:54 It's so Easy Guns and Roses
Ballsmacker ID.
01:57 Love is Easy McFly
02:01 It Aint Easy David Bowie from Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Album.
Ballsmacker Addy given for Reception Report.
02:04 It Aint going to be Easy Sir Elton Hercules John once Reginald Dwight.
Made it big in America in 1970 playing LA's Trubadour Club
02:12 Ballad of Easy Rider The Byrds
Easy Rascal Flatts Feat Natashia Bedingfield.
02:17 Intro Easy Rollin The Rascals
Ballsmacker.net Website.
02:21 Take it Easy The Eagles RIP Glenn Frey.
02:24 It Don't Come Easy Ringo Starr Drummer of the Defunct Beatles in 1970 Ringo had a good solo career after the Beatles.
SSTV image Ballsmacker Pins.
Thats our show for the night.
Wildfire Interval.
Off the Air.

Thanks for the Show Ballsmacker


« Last Edit: April 24, 2021, 0229 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2021, 0101 UTC »
0100 - Signal into NYC S5
0100 - The Commodores - Easy
0104 - Linda Ronstadt - It's So Easy
0106 - Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling
0110 - The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
0113 - Phil Collins & Philip Bailey - Easy Lover
0118 - Bobby Sherman - Easy Come, Easy Go
0121 - Billy Joel - Easy Money
0124 - George Strait - Easy Come, Easy Go
0127 - Frank Zappa - Easy Meat
0133 - Zac Brown Band-  Loving You Easy
0135 - The Who - Pure And Easy
0140 - Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Heard
0143 - Pablo Nutini - Coming Up Easy
0147 - The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
0150 - Five For Fighting - Superman (It's Not Easy)
0154 - Guns N' Roses - It's So Easy
0157 - McFly - Love Is Easy
0201 - David Bowie - It Ain't Easy
0204 - Elton John - It Ain't Gonna Be Easy
0212 - The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider
0214 - Rascal Flatts - Easy


Thanks for the show!!
« Last Edit: April 24, 2021, 0214 UTC by intellman »
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Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 24 April 2021
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2021, 0102 UTC »
Got here in Oakdale CT with an excellent signal.  Playing I am easy like Sunday Morning.  Thanks for the show.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 24 April 2021
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2021, 0102 UTC »
01:01 UTC - Good +10 signal. Looking forward to the show.
02:27 UTC - SSTV;
02:30 UTC - End of broadcast.




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« Last Edit: April 24, 2021, 0234 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2021, 0103 UTC »
Tuned in at 0102utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair/weak signal, nice slow tune sung by woman, then song "it's so easy to fall in love", Ballsmacker ID then bowling sound, nice variety of tunes from 1960's and 1970's, thanks for the show.   
« Last Edit: April 24, 2021, 0121 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2021, 0104 UTC »
S7 with some storm noise but sounding good.  Thanks for the tunes!
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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2021, 0105 UTC »
S9 this evening
0100 - Easy - Commodores
0104 - "It's So Easy" - Linda Ronstadt
0121 – “Easy Money” – Billy Joel
« Last Edit: April 24, 2021, 0123 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2021, 0108 UTC »
Good signal. Thanks for the broadcast, Ball Smacker Radio.
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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2021, 0108 UTC »
SINPO=45444, nice signal tonight BSR (a little fading/flutter).

107- "Peaceful Easy Feeling" by The Eagles.
110- "Friday On My Mind" by The Easybeats.
113- YL provides email address for reports IDing theme, to get eQSL.
113- "Easy Lover" by Phil Collins.
118- "Easy Come, Easy Go" by Bobby Sherman.
« Last Edit: April 24, 2021, 0119 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 24.Apr 2021 00.58 UTC
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2021, 0111 UTC »
0110  Tuned in at 0057 to a carrier, then the piano interval signal.  Theme seems to be "easy"  A bit over S9.

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 24 April 2021
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2021, 0113 UTC »
0110 Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats  Excellent local like signal S9 +10
0113 Easy Lover - Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins
0118 Easy Come, Easy Go - Bobby Sherman former teen hearthrob with TV Series Here Come The Brides from the early 70's.
0121 Easy Money - Billy Joel
0124 Easy Come, Easy Go - George Straight
0128 Easy Meat (Live In Chicago) - Frank Zappa
0133 Loving You Easy - Zac Brown
0136 Pure & easy - The Who
0140 Easy To Be Hard - 3 Dog Night  (A Three Dog Night is an Australian term used for a windy cold night in the outback and you need three dogs to keep you warm per Kasey Kasem at AT40)
0144 Coming Up Easy - Paolo Nutini
0150 Superman (It's Not Easy) - Five For Fighting.
0154 It's So Easy - Guns N Roses  Signal still S9+
0203 Sudden loss of half the signal  ... now just S6  ... transmitter issue?  No just a real sudden nosedive when 6960 was now above my MUF.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_qZIb043TyWxJ5sosQJowbuM71SxLubx/view?usp=sharing     This is a 2 minute clip around 1:10 UTC



Thanks for the comments KMD3HR - Linda Ronstadt was my heartthrob!
« Last Edit: April 25, 2021, 0016 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 24 April 2021
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2021, 0117 UTC »
0103 "Easy like Sunday morning,' "It's not easy to fall in love," "I've got a peaceful easy feeling," next song in a fade, came up to ID and protonmail e mail address.

S7 with a fair amount of noise and fading.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 24 April 2021
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2021, 0119 UTC »
0118 - Easy Come Easy Go -  Bobby Sherman
0121 - Easy Money - Billy Joel
0154 - Guns N' Roses - Its so Easy
« Last Edit: April 24, 2021, 0155 UTC by Sarge94 »

 

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