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Title: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on July 01, 2023, 0056 UTC
BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:56 UTC 01 JUL 2023

00:56 UTC - Carrier is up; very noisy tonight, S5 ~ S7;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
01:54 UTC - It appears as someone else might be piggy-backed on the frequency with different music. Hearing another station. Disappeared shortly after;
02:39Z SSTV;
02:42Z End of broadcast.

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RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: intellman on July 01, 2023, 0058 UTC
0058 - Interval signal being played, S7 into NYC

Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: N2MLP on July 01, 2023, 0059 UTC
BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM
OPENING MUSIC
S9 + 10
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: dxwingr on July 01, 2023, 0105 UTC
0103 utc SIO333 noisy  direct
McArthur park
0108utc tutti fruity
0115 utc blueberrie hill
0117 utc shake your groove thing
0123 utc peaches
0127 utc keep me hanging on
0129 utc american pie 🥧
0137 utc wild mountain honey
0146 utc strawberry fields
Thanks for show!!
0152 utc you sexy thing
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: Skipmuck on July 01, 2023, 0106 UTC
0101 UTC Tuned in to "MacArthur Park"-Richard Harris (S9 with light fades and light noise...excellent audio)
0107 UTC "Tutti Frutti"-Little Richard
0110 UTC "Strawberry Letter #23"-Brothers Johnson
0114 UTC "Blueberry Hill"-Fats Domino
0123 UTC "Peaches"-Presidents of the United States
0125 UTC YL with ID, followed by "You Keep Me Hanging On"-Vanilla Fudge
0128 UTC "American Pie"-Don Mclean
0145 UTC "Strawberry Fields Forever"-Beatles
0152 UTC "You Sexy Thing"-Hot Chocolate
0205 UTC "Sweet Child O' Mine"-Guns N Roses
0220 UTC "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You"-Sugarloaf
0224 UTC "Cherry Pie"-Warrant
0227 UTC "Sea of Love"-Honeydrippers
0230 UTC "Ice Cream Man"-Van Halen
0241 UTC Wildfire IS, then OFF

(https://i.imgur.com/zzpPDbZ.jpg)

Thanks for the tunes!
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: JustGreg on July 01, 2023, 0106 UTC
I have it with a fair signal.  Thanks for the show.  Playing MacArthur  Park.
0107 Little Richard tune, Tutti Fruity
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: myteaquinn on July 01, 2023, 0118 UTC
0117: Noisy S7 signal with Shake Your Groove Thing.
0123: Peaches
0126: You Keep Me Hangin' On
0128: American Pie
0137: Wild Mountain Honey
0143: Watermelon Sugar
0145: Strawberry Fields Forever
0148: The Distance (Cake)
0153: You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
0157: Sweetest Thing
0200: Answer the Phone (Sugar Ray)
0203: Butterscotch
0209: Sweet Child O'Mine
0212: Cherry Bomb
0217: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
0222: Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (Sugarloaf)

(https://i.postimg.cc/k5jTJMDp/Ball-Smacker-Radio-6960-AM-07-01-2023a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: DCtoLight on July 01, 2023, 0120 UTC
Better signal tonight peaking S9+20

Some static crashes causing problems. otherwise good signal
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: Molvania Poacher on July 01, 2023, 0152 UTC
SINPO=44333

149- "The Distance" by Cake.
151- Recorded YL IDs station, "Most Friday nights, on 6960 AM, BSR," with bowling pins sound effect," over music.
151- "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate.
155- "Sweetest Thing" by U2.
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: Jim Renfrew on July 01, 2023, 0224 UTC
Fair signal, but noise, in western New York

0220z   The unmistakable sound of bowling pins! 
0223z   Touch-tone sounds, but maybe part of the song?

Too much noise to identify songs played. But - hey - it's mid-summer!

Drake R8B, 600 ft long wire.

Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: Markokpik on July 01, 2023, 0301 UTC
Attempting to listen somewhat earlier with little luck.  Just threshold audio with music.  At 0136 the signal began improving enough to hear a clear I at 0158 then into 'Answer the Phone' by Sugar Ray, 0240 SSTV (didn't decode here), ID and e QSL offer for tonight's theme, 'Wildfire' IS and off at 0242.

Lots of band noise with signal never getting better than poor - fair.
Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 01 JUL 2023
Post by: Pigmeat on July 01, 2023, 1856 UTC
Did anyone get that damned cake out of the rain?