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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: DangerKitty on April 18, 2026, 0058 UTC
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0058: Wildfire IS
0100: ID by YL, music "Sea Cruise" - Frankie Ford
[3-4]5343
Thank you for the show!
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0058 - wildfire intro music
0100 - BallSmacker ID
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0059 S7 Good Audio
Signal dropping then Music restart
0100 Sea Cruise
0102 Ship of Fools / Plant
0107 BlackWater Doobies
[lot of lightning crashes here]
0111 Sail on
0115 S9 Very Good Audio (even better in Synchronous AM!)
0119 Something by Sheryl Crow?
0124 The Ocean LedZep
0132 S9 Very Good Audio
0139 Dave Matthews Band
0142 Foreigner Cold as ice
0148 YL w/ID
0152 Rolling Stones Shes so cold
0153 Still a titanic S9 signal here..
0156 Rollin in the deep Adele
0200 YL? w/ID
0200 B G's Tragedy!
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0058 - Wildfire being played, signal is S7 into my NYC shack.
0112 - Signal is now S9+2.
Thanks for the show!!!
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0100 "Sea Cruise" by Frankie Ford.
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0100 good signal little noise
Sea cruise
Ship of fools
Black water
Sail on
Stay with me (by the sea)
Takes a little time
The Ocean
The captain of her heart
Thanks for show!! 🚢 🚣♂️
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0100 UTC
ID given Ballsmacker Radio
Excellent signal tonight
SINPO: 55444 local reception
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0057 Signal on
0058 [Wildfire Interval signal]
0100 Opening Announcement
0100 Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise
0103 Robert Plant - Ship of Fools
0107 The Doobie Brothers - Black Water
0112 [Most Friday Nights - liner]
0112 Commodores - Sail On
0115 Al Green featuring John Legend - Stay With Me (By The Sea)
0119 Amy Grant - Takes A Little Time
0123 [Special Theme - Liner]
0123 Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
0128 Double - The Captain of Her Heart
0132 Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars
0137 [Wires in the trees - Liner]
0137 Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me
0142 Foreigner - Cold As Ice
0145 PJ Harvey - Down by the Water
0148 Ballsmacker Station ID
0148 ABBA - ...---...
(lol)
0151 The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold
0154 Adele - Rolling In The Deep
[at this point, I moved to the Kiwi in Empire MI, signal is a good 4, out of 10 lots of noise in the band, my times might be a little of to this point as I was busy searching]
0159 [Guesses and reception Reports - Liner]
0200 Bee Gees - Tragedy
0205 Pat Benatar - Fire And Ice
0208 Noah Kahan - Sink
0211 [Nothing But The Hits - Liner]
0211 Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
0218 Fountains Of Wayne - Sink to the Bottom
0221 New Radicals - Someday We'll Know
0225 [Playing the greatest hits - Liner]
0225 World Party - Ship of Fools
0229 Flash And The Pan - Down Among The Dead Men
0233 [Check Out Our Website - Liner]
0233 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On [Featuring sound from the movie Titanic, but I don't know the specific title of this version]
[maybe just "Movie Version?"]
0237 [Bowling Ball - SFX]
0237 [SSTV]
0238 [Closing Message]
0239 [Wildfire Interval Signal]
0240 program end
0241 [Transmission Ended]
Reception from the KIWISDR in Shrewsbury VT is about 2 to 3 out of 10, looking for a better Kiwi, One where I can be sure I didn't miss anything
Using a skull with the brain of a long-retired radio dj stuffed inside it to come up with the song artist/titles (I love the challenge this show brings me)
Please eQSL at [email protected] and as always thank you for the show.
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0102 Frankie Ford "Sea Cruise"
0102 Robert Plant "Ship of Fools"
0107 Doobie Brothers "Black Water"
0112 ID into Commodores "Sail On"
0116 Al Green "Stay With Me (By the Sea)"
0119 Amy Grant "Takes A Little Time"
0123 address into Led Zep "The Ocean"
0128 Double "The Captain of Her Heart"-signal is coming in stronger
0133 Coldplay "A Sky Full of Stars"
0137 ID into Dave Matthews Band "Crash into Me"
0142 Foreigner "Cold As Ice"
0145 PJ Harvey "Down by the Water"
0148 ID into ABBA "S.O.S."
0152 Rolling Stones "She's So Cold"
0156 Adele "Rolling in the Deep"
0159 address "special theme" into Bee Gees "Tragedy"
very noisy band-static crashes
special theme-sinking of the Titanic on April 15th?
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0111 Strapping in at S9+10 so far tonight. The last couple of weeks Ballsmacker faded as the band went long. So far, not the case this week. As usual, thanks for the imaginative show.
0203 Signal has improved to S9+20
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Station: Ballsmacker Radio
Listening date: 18-APR-2026
Listening time: 0109 UTC
Frequency: 6960 kHz
SINPO: 54424
RST: 46
Signal Strength / Amplitude: -60 dBFS
SNR Meter: 40 dB
Listening Location: Ottawa, Canada
Receiver used: RSPdx
Antenna used: 41 Foot Random Wire
Notes: A lot of fading in and out tonight. But when the signal is in, it's booming for me. Love Doobie Brothers thanks for playing that.
eQSL Appreciated: [email protected]
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0119 S9+20 excellent signal tonight. Tnx for the broadcast.
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0125: The Ocean by Led Zeppelin.
0128: The Captain of Her Heart by Double.
0133: A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay.
0138: Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band.
0152: She's So Cold by The Rolling Stones.
0201: Tragedy by Bee Gees.
0205: Fire and Ice by Pat Benatar.
0227: Ship of Fools by World Party.
0231: Down Among the Dead Men by Flash and the Pan.
(https://i.imgur.com/gJlUhXk.jpeg)
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Station: Ballsmacker Radio
Listening date: 18 April 2026
Listening time: 01:30 - 02:10 (UTC time)
Frequency: 6960 AM
SINPO: 45444 - 45343
Listening Location: Yokohama City (Japan) via kiwiSDR Buckingham, PA, USA
Receiver used: kiwiSDR / Buckingham, PA, USA
Antenna used: LZ1AQ 1.2m dia antenna
Details of the programme listened to:
0130 "The Captain of Her Heart" by Double
0132 "A Sky Full of Stars" by Coldplay
0137 YL ID
"Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band
0142 "Cold As Ice" by Foreigner
0145 "Down by the Water" by PJ Harvey
0148 YL ID
"S.O.S." by ABBA
0151 "She's So Cold" by The Rolling Stones
0156 "Rolling In the Deep" by Adele
0159 YL eQSL info(email address)
0200 "Tragedy" by Bee Gees
0205 "Fire and Ice" by Pat Benatar
0208 "Sink" by Noah Kahan
0210
Thank you for your music show. I enjoyed your music show again...
I would be grateful to receive your eQSL at: [email protected]
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0135: Getting a weak S8 with moderate QRN on the Shrewsbury VT KiwiSDR. Ballsmacker seems weaker tonight than usual.
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0143 on Empire MI sdr1 with fair but noisy S9-S9+10 signal, rock music, bowling ball sound, "SOS" by Abba, at 0212 "wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot,
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0146 - Down by the Water - PJ Harvey S9+
0148 - S.O.S. - ABBA
0151 - She's So Cold - The Rolling Stones
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Listening with a great deal of lightning noise. 0216 ID and into 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' - Gordon Lightfoot, 'Sink to the Bottom' - Fountains of Wayne
S7 signal with S8 atmospheric noise.
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SSTV (Scottie 2) image received at 0237 UTC
Locator:FJ24xr
(https://i.postimg.cc/hhMp60NB/SSTV-RX-2026-04-18-02h50m26s.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hhMp60NB)