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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: myteaquinn on January 24, 2026, 0217 UTC

Title: BallSmacker Radio 4032 USB 0215 UTC 24 JAN 2026
Post by: myteaquinn on January 24, 2026, 0217 UTC

0215: Man On the Moon by R.E.M. Weak just above the noise.
0222: Hey Jude by The Beatles.
0254: Enough music broke through the noise for Shazam to come up with She's So High by Tal Bachman.

(https://i.postimg.cc/L6Zrf5px/Ball-Smacker-Radio-4032-USB-01-24-2026a.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 4032 USB 0215 UTC 24 JAN 2026
Post by: N2MLP on January 24, 2026, 0219 UTC

0218 UTC

WEAK IN THE NOISE

Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 4032 USB 0215 UTC 24 JAN 2026
Post by: Evil Elvis on January 24, 2026, 0219 UTC

S7-8 into Memphrica
0220: Hey Jude S8-9
0244: Betty Davis Eyes and Ballsmacker ID

Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 4032 USB 0215 UTC 24 JAN 2026
Post by: Radiouser on January 24, 2026, 0220 UTC

0218 "Man On The Moon" - R..E.M.
0219 "Hey Jude" - The Beatles. very weak and lots of QSB.

Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 4032 USB 0215 UTC 24 JAN 2026
Post by: Radio Free Spirit on January 24, 2026, 0258 UTC

0222- Hey Jude

0227- Rock Me Amadeus (signal fading a bit here)

0230- Billy the Kid

0235- You're So Vain

0240- Betty Davis Eyes

0244- Galileo

0248- Buddy Holly

0252- She's So High

0254- Houdini

Title: Re: BallSmacker Radio 4032 USB 0215 UTC 24 JAN 2026
Post by: BallSmacker on January 24, 2026, 0303 UTC

350W (1400W PEP) on 6960AM, 100W PEP on 4032USB, low SWR on both antennas.

It's like the sky forgot to reflect the signal!  Barely present on VT SDR or Washington DC SDR on either frequency.

Worst propagation yet.

Full power and good SWR here.

You can join the stream at https://ballsmacker.net/ (https://ballsmacker.net/) but that is over the air (as always) as well so who knows how that is coming in?