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Title: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on June 03, 2023, 0056 UTC
BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:56 UTC 03 JUNE 2023

00:56 UTC - Carrier is up; S8 signal level with some marginal fading;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins; audio is not punching through tonight.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio (https://ballsmacker.net/)
eQSL and reception report via the e-mail address provided at BallSmacker Radio (https://ballsmacker.net/)


RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: intellman on June 03, 2023, 0058 UTC
0057 - Carrier signal being transmitted S5 into NYC
0058 - Interval signal has started
0108 - Signal has improved to S7

Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: myteaquinn on June 03, 2023, 0100 UTC
0059: Noisy S9 signal with Id now.
0102: Higher Love
0105: High Noon
0108: Standing On Higher Ground
0113: Sky High
0116: Rocky Mountain High
0121: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
0125: High Water
0129: High Hopes
0132: The Tide Is High
0136: Higher Ground
0140: You're Making Me High
0144: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

(https://i.postimg.cc/xT25xmwn/Ball-Smacker-Radio-6960-AM-06-03-2023a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

Thanks for the show.
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: JustGreg on June 03, 2023, 0101 UTC
I have it with a good signal, ID then into Higher Love.  Thanks for the show.
0102 Good signal but static bursts from area thunder storms.
0130 Mention the show had a theme.  songs played had the word high or higher in the lyrics.
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: Skipmuck on June 03, 2023, 0101 UTC
0059 UTC Wildfire Interval Signal (S9+ with light fades and excellent audio)
0100 UTC YL with ID, followed "Higher Love"-Stevie Winwood
0108 UTC "Standing On Higher Ground"-Alan Parsons Project
0116 UTC "Rocky Mountain High"-John Denver
0121 UTC "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher"-Jackie Wilson
0124 UTC YL with ID and gmail addy, followed by "High Water"-Rush
0129 UTC "High Hopes"-Frank Sinatra
0132 UTC "The Tide Is High"-Blondie
0137 UTC "Higher Ground"-Stevie Wonder
0140 UTC YL with ID and pinfall
0144 UTC "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"-Diana Ross version
0152 UTC "Eight Miles High"-Byrds
0156 UTC "Back In the High Life Again"-Stevie Winwood
0207 UTC "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher"-Rita Coolidge version I believe
0212 UTC "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"-Traffic
0232 UTC "River Deep Mountain High"-not sure of the version
0235 UTC "Higher"-Creed
0244 UTC "Can You Take Me Higher"-Damn Yankees
0252 UTC "Higher Ground"-unid cover version
0255 UTC "Flyin High Again"-Ozzy

(https://i.imgur.com/w9DvQJJ.jpg)
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: Molvania Poacher on June 03, 2023, 0101 UTC
SINPO=33222 (with faint voice QRM intermittently...peskies?)

100- "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood.
105- "High Noon" by Frankie Laine.
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: dxwingr on June 03, 2023, 0104 UTC
0103 utc  S 9+10 noisy  direct
higher love
0105 utc high noon
0108 utc standing on higher ground
0113 utc sky high
0116 utc rocky mountian high
0121 utc your love lifts me higher and higher
0125 utc high water
0130 utc high hopes
Thanks for show tonight!!  Hi 👋 👋 👋
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: Sky Waves on June 03, 2023, 0107 UTC
0105 UTC SIO 444, S9 but lots of QRN into my SDR direct
0105 High Noon by Frankie Laine
0107 Ballsmacker Radio ID
0107 Standing On Higher Ground by The Alan Parsons Project
Thanks for the show.
0116 Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: N2MLP on June 03, 2023, 0108 UTC
0106 UTC
S9 +10 signal
music
High noon    Do not forsake me
good clear audio
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: caodwolf on June 03, 2023, 0118 UTC
Solid S9 @ 0117 with Rocky Mountain High. Good reception.

SE PA

Dave

Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: ION Radio on June 03, 2023, 0121 UTC
0119 John Denver "Rocky Mountain High", S9+10. Static crashes.
0124 ID and email addy.
0132 Blondie.
0153 The Byrds.
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: William Hassig on June 03, 2023, 0135 UTC
Tuned in at 0134 utc on Ashland MA sdr with fair S9 signal and some static crashes, song: "number one", at 0153 song: "eight miles high", at 0204 the title song from a James Bond movie(?), at 0211 "low spark of high heel boys",   
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: RobRich on June 03, 2023, 0138 UTC
"High Hopes" at 0131z into more music. SINPO 44333 via USB ECSS. Averaging ~S8 with some higher peaks via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Moderate static crashing.

Audio frequency response is fine, but modulation seems a little low.

Sounds like modulation perhaps increased when checking at 0148z.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: Markokpik on June 03, 2023, 0141 UTC
0108  "High" themed songs including 'High Noon' - Frankie Lane,'Standing on higher ground' - Alan Parsons Project & The English Chorale, 'High Hopes' - Frank Sinatra, 'The Tide is High' - Blondie w/ IDs & some offers for an eQSL for identifying tonight's theme.

S6 but in and out of a high noise floor.  Lots of lightning static tonight.
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on June 03, 2023, 0148 UTC
S7 but tough copy with the noise
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023
Post by: Grumpy Grandpa on June 03, 2023, 0200 UTC
Barely above the floor w/ music @ 0158.
SSTV @ 0259

S5
SIO=111

Fort Smith AR/RSPdx/W6LVP loop