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Title: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: DangerKitty on March 16, 2024, 0101 UTC

0101: music "Breaking the Girl" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
45444
0105: "Here Come My Girl" - Tom Petty and Heartbreakers

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: intellman on March 16, 2024, 0102 UTC

0101 - Ball Smacker Radio is on the air, signal is S5 into my NYC shack

Thanks for the show!

Title: Re: UNID 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: dxwingr on March 16, 2024, 0103 UTC

0102 utc SIO444 DIRECT
Ballsmacker radio
Breaking the girl
Here come my girl
Heartbreak hotel
Don't go breaking my heart
Breaking up is hard to do
Heartbreaker

Title: Re: UNID 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: mdynac on March 16, 2024, 0103 UTC

S9 but the audio is in and out here.....

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: n2avh on March 16, 2024, 0104 UTC

Quite strong and excellent audio into western PA SDR. 0135 my favorite Joe Jackson song, not that I love a whole bunch of them.

Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: William Hassig on March 16, 2024, 0104 UTC

Tuned in at 0103 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 to S9+10+ signal, song "here comes my girl" by Tom Petty & Heartbreakers, "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis, various tunes with the word "heart" or "heartbreak" in them, nice program, thanks.   

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: N2MLP on March 16, 2024, 0104 UTC

0104 UTC

S 9 +20

MUSIC

Breaking the Girl" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: sgreenstreet on March 16, 2024, 0110 UTC

I'm getting a very clear S9 signal on the Pittsburgh KiwiSDR.

0058:  Time interval signal
0100:  Sign on and identification

Then the music started...

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: myteaquinn on March 16, 2024, 0119 UTC

0117: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do by Neil Sedaka.
0119: Heartbreaker by Pat Benatar.
0124: I Want to Break Free by Queen.

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: JustGreg on March 16, 2024, 0129 UTC

I have it with a good signal and Niel Young singing  Thanks for the show.

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: n2avh on March 16, 2024, 0224 UTC

This one really is the gold standard, actual pleasant listening (SSB can't do that!) while I'm doing other things, more than just the novelty of finding a pirate radio station.

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: TrueNorthSWL on March 16, 2024, 0229 UTC

0227: S5 to S7 direct. Poor audio reception due to noise.

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: bcoggs on March 16, 2024, 0245 UTC

0242 signoff w/SSTV

(https://i.imgur.com/hW9VSvN.png)

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024
Post by: Jim Renfrew on March 16, 2024, 0255 UTC

Caught the tail end of Ball Smacker Radio at 0244z, fair signal into western NY.  Then off. 

Drake R8B, 600 foot long wire