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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: ~SIGINT~ on July 30, 2022, 0057 UTC
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BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 30 JULY 2022
00:50 UTC - I observed a few seconds of a carrier up then down; I can also hear a UTE faint in the background on this frequency tonight;
00:57 UTC - BallSmacker Radio carrier is up; S9 ~ +10; 8 kHz wide;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:42 UTC - SSTV;
02:44 UTC - Interval signal;
02:45 UTC - End of broadcast;
03:08 UTC - Carrier off.
Thank you for the show. Conditions were good and that new transmitter sounded good tonight at 8 kHz. Very low noise.
Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio (https://ballsmacker.net/)
RSPduo | End-fed longwire antenna
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Interval signal just came on. Good signal Thanks for the show.
0100, Just ID. Has some interference from wideband noise signal.
0106, My guess on the theme for tonight, is things.
Stevie Wonder, Don't worry about a thing.
0124, Do not know artists, but, it is Shake your groove thing.
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signal S9+5-10 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
00.59 piano
01.00 ID
01.00 song "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid"
01.05 song "Things We Said Today"
01.07 ID
01.07 song "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing"
01.12 song "The Way You Do The Things You Do"
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Wildfire Intervalo
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01.00 Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
Hall and Oates
01:04 Things we said today The Beatles
Ballsmacker.net ID
01:08 Don't you worry about a Thing Stevie Wonder of Motown
01:13 The Way The Things You Do The Temtations Philadelphia Soul
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:15 Everything Little Thing Is Magic The Police Iconic 80s Punk/New Wave
01:20 That Thing You Do The Wonders
Protonmail Addy given for Theme and Reception Report
How about Sweet Thing David Bowie?
The Thing Phil Harris?
Wild Thing The Troggs?
01:22 Shake your Groove Thing Peaches and Herb Extended Version
01:28 Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing
The Late Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
01:30 It's Your Thing The Brothers Isley
01:32 It Don't Mean a Thing Ella Fitzgerald Jazz female singer from Virginia
Skat!
Protonmail.net ID
01:37 Even Better than the Real Thing U2 from Ireland
01:40 Sweetest Thing The U2
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:44 The Finer Things Stevie Winwood formerly with Spencer Davis Group
01:48 Good Thing Paul Revere and the Raiders
Nothing but the Hits Ballsmacker ID
01:50 One Thing Leads to Another The Fixx
01:54 The Sweetest Thing Juice Newton
01:58 You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate from England
02:02 Good Things Fine Young Canibals
Protonmail Addy given for reception Report and Theme
02:05 Wild Thing Tone LOC Early Rap/R&B
02:10 Crazy Little Thing Called Love The Queen Glam rockers of the seventies featuring the late Freddy Mercury
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:12 Things That Make you say Hum C&C Music Factory
02:17 Wild Thing The Troggs
02:21 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones
02:24 The One Thing INXS
Protonmail.net ID
02:27 The Things You Do for Love 10CC
02:31 PYT Michael Jackson formerly with The Jackson 5 from Gary, Indiana
Ballsmacker.net ID
02:35 The Best Thing That Ever Happened to me Gladys Knight and the Pips
02:39 Living Thing The ELO
SSTV Image
Wildfire Interval
Off the Air
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0102 UTC SIO 545, S9+
0102 "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" Hall and Oates
0105 "Beatles Medley" The Beatles
0108 Ball smacker info by YL
0108 "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" Stevie Wonder
0112 "The Way You Do The Things You Do" The Temptations
0115 YL Ball Smacker Radio ID then into song "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" The Police
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0100 S/on Hall and Oats S7
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SINPO=44433
105- "Things We Said Today" by The Beatles.
107- YL recorded ID with web address and bowling pins sound effect.
107- "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" by Stevie Wonder.
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0101 utc sinpo 44444
0101 utc some things are better left unsaid
0104 utc things we said today
0107 utc don't you worry bout a thing
0112 utc the way you do the things you do
0115 utc get them wires up in the trees id
0115 utc every little thing she does
0120 utc that thing you do
0122 utc ID into shake your groove thing
0128 utc ain't nothing like the real thing
0130 utc it's your thing do what you want
0135 utc it don't mean a thing
0138 utc even better than the real thing
0140 utc sweetest thing
0144 utc the finer things
0148 utc good thing
0151 utc one thing leads to another
0155 utc the sweetest thing juice newton
0158 utc you sexy thing
0202 utc good things
0206 utc wild thing
0210 utc crazy little thing called love
0212 utc things that make you go hmmm
Thanks for show tonight!!
0218 utc wild thing!!
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Tuned in at 0102 utc on Normal IL sdr with fair S7 to S9+ signal, hear pop/rock tunes from 1960's and 1970's, nice variety of songs with the word "thing" in them, at 0241 utc SSTV/FAX, sign off announcement, piano IS but carrier stayed on past 0302 utc so I emailed them to say carrier still on, carrier finally off at 0308 utc.
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S9 +
0110 - "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" - Stevie Wonder
0115 - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - The Police
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Fair signal tonight, good propagation. Significant static crashes are causing some grief at my end however..
0107 Station ID
0108 "Don't you Worry 'Bout a Thing" - Stevie Wonder
0112 "The Way You Do the Things You Do" - The Temptations
0115 Station ID
0115 "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" - The Police
0119 "That Thing you Do!" - The Wonders
0122 Contact details (email address)
0123 "Groove Thang" - Lissat
0128 "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" - Marvin Gaye
0130 couldn't hear past this point - signal fell into the mud
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0158 doing better now "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate
0202 "Good Thing" - Fine Young Cannibals
0205 Contact info
0206 barely making out "Wild Thing" - Tone Loc
0209 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen
Thanks for the show!
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0114 35443 in Wyomissing. ID at 0107.
Ron
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0115 pretty faint here, music under the noise floor.
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Kinda hard to believe, but I'm hearing Ballsmacker with a nice signal on an old Magnavox 8443 boombox. I don't even have an external antenna or the whip antenna extended. I was switching back'n'forth between SW1 & SW2 bands to see if I could get the dirty contacts clear for SW2 (not yet). Switched back to SW1, & the band went out again, so I was tuning up through the band and I heard a station with '60s rock (evidently the Beatles' song) coming in with a really nice signal. Waited a bit & had 100% clear copy on the ID with info on the Ballsmacker website.
Back when I started listening for pirates, I heard KPRC, WDX, and maybe another station or two above the AM band on a GE boombox, but this is the 1st SW pirate that I've heard on one.
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Theme "Things," Lots of songs with Thing in title
Signal fair due to noisy conditions.
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0205 UTC: Nice signal tonight with good music.
(https://i.postimg.cc/DfsjWRw0/Ball-Smacker-Radio-6960-AM-07-30-2022a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Thanks for the show.
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Note the date should be 30 July 2022 UTC (29 July in EDT)
Started listening about 0120Z 6960 kHz
S9 to 10 over on SDRPlay RSP 1A 40m EFHW Inverted Vee
Good audio to about 4 kHz, solid modulation
QTH South East Michigan
Playing group of songs with 'Thing" in the title.
Program ends with SSTV image at 0243z
Note: As of 0255Z carrier still on 6960 kHz
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Very good copy of the show. I only got the last 15 minutes, or so and wanted to post this log. Thanks for the great show.
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S9+ @ 0206 with "Wild Thing" Tone-Loc
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