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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: MDK2 on March 07, 2020, 0200 UTC

Title: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: MDK2 on March 07, 2020, 0200 UTC

Good signal with solo piano music
0203 signal has faded just as another song started up
0221 "No Sleep til Brooklyn" Beastie Boys
0225 "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (clearly the theme is American cities/towns) (signal is way up at 0227)
0229 "nothing but the hits here on Ball Smacker radio! Somewhere in the northeast" OM. Into "To Live and Die in LA" Wang Chung
0234 Ball Smacker Radio ID into next song (signal's faded a bit, hard to make it out)

Title: UNID 6960 AM 0158 UTC 07 March 2020
Post by: Big Badfish Al on March 07, 2020, 0200 UTC

SINPO: 44444 with signal meter S9+

0158 - piano music

Title: Re: UNID 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: myteaquinn on March 07, 2020, 0202 UTC

Nice S7+ signal but some noise starting to sneak in.
Signal has faded but definite ID of Ball Smacker Radio at 0209z.

Title: Re: UNID (presumed Ball Smacker Radio) 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on March 07, 2020, 0205 UTC

S7 with some noise plaing Waterloo.  Thanks for the show!

Signal really popped up at 02:27

Title: Re: UNID (presumed Ball Smacker Radio) 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: refmo on March 07, 2020, 0208 UTC

S9+ @ 0207 with "Philadelphia Freedom" EJ
0210 - ID's, then Tony Bennett

Title: Re: UNID (presumed Ball Smacker Radio) 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: bandarr3000 on March 07, 2020, 0209 UTC

0208 - SIO 444 into West Michigan with Elton John "Philadelphia Freedom".

Great music.  Thanks for the show!

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: Bali_Frank on March 07, 2020, 0216 UTC

signal S8-9 on the SDR in Elida, Oh (02.13)
02.17 ID + frequency
02.17 song by a man
02.21 ID + frequency
02.21 song

02.26 "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
02.28 ID + frequency
02.28 song
02.34 ID + frequency
02.34 song
02.39 ID + frequency
02.39 song
02.42 Id + email address

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: Orb on March 07, 2020, 0228 UTC

S9 Using na5b some fading but clear. Loved the show, thanks you!

02:26 Song, Chattanooga Choo Choo
02:29 Station ID
02:29 Song "To Live and Die in LA"
02:34 Station ID
02:34 Song, Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
02:40 Station ID
02:40 Song Glen Campbell, By The Time I Get To Phoenix
02:43 Station ID Reception report had trouble hearing
02:43 Song, Sting - Englishman In New York
02:47 ID
02:47 Song, The Animals, San Franciscan Nights
02:51 ID But loads of fading.
02:52 Song, Marc Cohn - Walking in memphis(hard to make out)
02:54 Lost in the noise now

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: Andrew Yoder on March 07, 2020, 0242 UTC

faint during some crooner songs, then pretty good for Beastie Boys "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn" and "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Clear ID, DJ said 100 watts

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0200 UTC 07 MAR 2020
Post by: blw on March 07, 2020, 0300 UTC

Hiya Andrew. Ballsmacker Radio coming in fine with the signal showing S9+10. Thanks for the Friday nite pirate radio. It is much appreciated.

Ballsmacker ID by YL with sound of bowling pins flying around.
City of New Orleans
QSL info & address by YL
Doors- City at Night
Eagles- Sister Golden Hair