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Title: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: DangerKitty on February 22, 2025, 0158 UTC
0158: Wildfire IS
0100: YL w/ID, music - "I'll Be Around" - Spinners


Thank you for the show!
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: dxwingr on February 22, 2025, 0202 UTC
0201utc SIO433 direct
I'll be around
I know your out there somewhere
There's a  moon out tonight
I know there's something going on
I'll take you there
There'll be sad songs 
There's no stopping us
I'll be there


Thanks for show!!
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: Radiouser on February 22, 2025, 0203 UTC
0201 "I'll Be Around" by The Spinners.
0203 "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" by The Moody Blues.
0209 "There's a Moon Out Tonight" by The Capris.
0212 ID by YL into "I Know There's Something Going On" by Frida.
0217 "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers.
0221 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" by Billy Ocean.
0226 ID by YL into "Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us (From "Breakin'" Soundtrack)" b Ollie & Jerry.
0231 "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's.
0235 "I'll Be There" by Jackson 5.
0239 ID by YL into "Hey There Lonely Girl" Eddie Holman.
0242 "Is There Something I Should Know?" by Duran Duran.
0246 "It's a Jungle out There" by Randy Newman.
0249 "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes.
0253 "Let Me Be There" by Olivia Newton-John.
0256 "There She Goes" by Sixpence None the Richer.
0258 ID and email by YL into "Let There Be More Light" Pink Floyd.
0304 "There's A Kind Of Hush" by Herman's Hermits.
0306 "Never There" by CAKE.
0309 ID and email by YL into "Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram.
0313 "Tell Her No" by The Zombies.
0315 "Till There Was You" by The Beatles.
0317 ID by YL into "Reach Out I'll Be There" by Four Tops.
0320 "There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton.
0323 "There Goes My Everything" by Tammy Wynette.
0325 ID by YL into "There Goes Another Love Song" by The Outlaws.
0328 "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" by Noel Paul Stookey.
0332 "Whoot, There It Is (Ultimix Club)" by 95 South.
0337 SSTV image.
0338 Signoff message and email by YL.
0339 "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey.

Thanks for tonight's show!

Please eQSL to drossm@sympatico.ca
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: Sarge94 on February 22, 2025, 0204 UTC
0203 - I Know You're Out There Somewhere - The Moody Blues                  S9+
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: Markokpik on February 22, 2025, 0206 UTC
0059  'Wildfire' - Michael Martin Murphey, ID, freq., bowling ball strike into 'I'll be Around' - The Spinners, 'I Know You're Out There Somewhere

S8 although noisy.

//4032 U.
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: N2MLP on February 22, 2025, 0214 UTC
0213 UTC
S9

music
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: Que si es? on February 22, 2025, 0216 UTC
The Spinners, The Moody Blues, The Capris, Frida

Signal at 6960 started loud and clear at about S9+10 at 0200 UTC, but faded out at 0213 to barely above the noise.
Switched to 4032 kHz USB and it's a bit better.
Tunkhannock, PA with an inverted V antenna @ 20 feet.
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: Sky Waves on February 22, 2025, 0219 UTC
0218 SIO 544 with QSB
0218 I'll Take You There by The Staple Singers
0221 There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) by Billy Ocean.
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: corq on February 22, 2025, 0221 UTC
0218 - Bass-driven blues/jazz (there might be vocals, I have nearby QRM but can't make it out clearly)
0222 - Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs
(Fade)
0232 - Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
0235 - The Jackson 5 - I'll be there
0238 - Ballsmacker ID
0238 - Hey there Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
0240 - Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know?

SIO 212  from Winter Park Florida. Thanks OP!
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: tech53 on February 22, 2025, 0223 UTC
0218 - Bass-driven blues/jazz (there might be vocals, I have nearby QRM but can't make it out clearly)

SIO 212  from Winter Park Florida. Thanks OP!

really? I went to school at full sail once upon a time! I remember that little cuban restaraunt not far from full sail and the hotto potto hot pot place thats open till the wee hours of the morning for late night study and munch seshes
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: corq on February 22, 2025, 0226 UTC
0218 - Bass-driven blues/jazz (there might be vocals, I have nearby QRM but can't make it out clearly)

SIO 212  from Winter Park Florida. Thanks OP!

really? I went to school at full sail once upon a time! I remember that little cuban restaraunt not far from full sail and the hotto potto hot pot place thats open till the wee hours of the morning for late night study and munch seshes

Ha! I live right behind the facilities/equipment yard of Full Sail, and had breakfast at Rincon Latino this morning.
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: myteaquinn on February 22, 2025, 0231 UTC
0229: Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us by Ollie & Jerry.
0231: Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's.
0242: Is There Something I Should Know by Duran Duran.

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Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: canswl on February 22, 2025, 0232 UTC
S7 to S9 signal into Masset at 02:30 tune-in.
02:31  Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: hflstnr on February 22, 2025, 0233 UTC
0233 - buried in the noise for me here
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: tech53 on February 22, 2025, 0236 UTC
0231 UTC Hey there Delilah (fucking love this song)
SINPO 25323 from grid square EN62ax Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Listening on Airspy HF+ Discovery connected to a horizontal loop 5 ft up (it's my fence) resonant on 5259738hz, performs rather well in this range though. EQSL card or physical qsl would be much appreciated! I've not received any qsl cards from our lovely free radio providers yet!
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: Crater Eddie on February 22, 2025, 0238 UTC
Good AM signal into southern Illinois tonight  SINPO 44334

I'm late to the party tonight
0237 I'll Be There
0238 station ID
0238 Lonely Girl
0246 It's A Jungle Out There   (Monk theme song)
0249 station ID
0249 Always Something There To Remind Me
0253 Let Me Be There
0259 comments from the OM which I mostly couldn't make out other than station ID and email address
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: Molvania Poacher on February 22, 2025, 0242 UTC
SINPO=24111, with very fluttery overall audio here (but improving from recent months on this frequency here).

239-"Hey There Lonely Girl" by Eddie Holman.
242- "Is There Something I Should Know" by Duran Duran.
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: flexoman61 on February 22, 2025, 0304 UTC
0303 Music playing but reception is weak and noisy into CT.
Title: Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 22 Feb 2025
Post by: tech53 on February 22, 2025, 0422 UTC
0218 - Bass-driven blues/jazz (there might be vocals, I have nearby QRM but can't make it out clearly)

SIO 212  from Winter Park Florida. Thanks OP!

really? I went to school at full sail once upon a time! I remember that little cuban restaraunt not far from full sail and the hotto potto hot pot place thats open till the wee hours of the morning for late night study and munch seshes


Ha! I live right behind the facilities/equipment yard of Full Sail, and had breakfast at Rincon Latino this morning.

that's too cool! I wish I'd known other radio nerds while I was in school!