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Title: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on August 21, 2021, 0058 UTC
Ball Smacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:58 UTC 21 AUGUST 2021

00:58 UTC - Carrier is up but weak and unreadable;
01:01 UTC - No signal to my location tonight.


RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: KMD3HR on August 21, 2021, 0059 UTC
Wildfire Interval.
Ballsmacker Radio ID Goodevening Ham Samiches
01:00 No Smoke Without A Fire Bad Company.
01:04 Sugar Shack Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs.
01:06 Light My Fire The Doors featuring Jim Morrison on vocal Jim was known as the Lizard King! A poet! Died in 1970 in Paris, France. He is buried in Paris. A shorter cut version was used for AM stations as the song is pretty long. Classic Doors from the 1st Album The Doors. Many think Jim is still alive and hiding in cognito?? Was it Jim in that South Carolina Colonel Sanders hawking chicken?
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:13 Play with Fire The Rolling Stones featuring Jagger/Richards. The bad boys of the American British Invasion in 1964. Considered the Greatest Rock and Roll Band Ever.
01:15 Rooms on Fire Stevie Nicks.
Also member of the 70s Fleetwood Mac.
Proton Mail addy given for valid reception report and theme.
01:20 Firestarter The Prodigy
01:25 Ring of Fire Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash. Johnny is a pioneer of Rock and Roll Sam Phillips gave him a start with Sun Records. Johnny moved into Country Western music.
01:27 Fire The Ohio Players 1973.
Anything from Earth, Wind and FIRE?
01:31 Im on Fire The Boss Bruce Springsteen from Freehold, New Jersey.
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:34 We Didn't start the Fire Billy Joel The Piano Man from New York.
The song is a history lesson in pop culture.
01:39 Fire and Ice Pat Benatar A hottie of Rock and Roll in a small package.
License to Smack.
01:42 The Fire Down Below Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
01:46 Fire Island Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band Don Henley of the Eagles background singer.
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:50 St. Elmos Fire John Parr St. Elmos Fire was also a hit classic movie in the 80s featuring some of the Brat Pack.
01:54 Fire and Rain James Taylor or known as Sweet Baby James...Song about a suicide and depressive times.
A big hit for James. James was married to Carly Simmon at one time.
1978 to 1983.
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:57 Fire on the Mountain The Marshall Tucker Band
02:02 Fire Island The Village People.
Proton Addy given
02:04 Wildfire Michael Murphy Wildfire Interval used for Ballsmacker broadcasts! A well known sound in Pirate Radio and HF Underground users! Thanks Ballsmacker for the well produced themes!
02:09 Sex on Fire Kings of Leon
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
02:13 Paper in Fire John Mellencamp from Indiania.
02:16 Smoke from a Distant Fire Sanford Towsend Band
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
012:20 Fire on the Mountain The Dead featuring Jerry Garcia. The Greatful Dead from Haight Ashbury section of San Francisco.
02:24 Light My Fire Shirley Bassey

BUT NOW YOU MUST PLAY JOSE FELEZIANO LIGHT MY FIRE!!! He had a big hit with that!
Ballsmacker.net ID.
02:27 Firework Katy Perry
02:31 September The Eart Wind and Fire Smash rock/soul senations of the seventies


SSTV Image sent.
Proton addy given.
Wildfire Interval.
Off the Air

How about.......
Fire Jimi Hendix?
Fire and Rain James Taylor?
Burning Bridges The Pink Floyd?
Hoop of Fire Elton John?
How about Fire Ohio Players?
Firehouse KISS?
Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis?
I'm Burning for you Blue Oyster Cult?
Burn Down the Mission Elton John?





Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: Ct Yankee on August 21, 2021, 0101 UTC

0101 No reception here
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: Bali_Frank on August 21, 2021, 0102 UTC
signal S9 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
00.59 piano
01.00 ID
01.00 song "No Smoke Without A Fire"
01.04 song "Sugar Shack"
01.06 ID
01.06 song "Light My Fire"
01.13 ID
01.13 song "Play With Fire"
01.15 song "Rooms On Fire"


Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: Glane98 on August 21, 2021, 0104 UTC
Approx. 60 miles east of Atlanta
0104 UTC Fading in and out music can't quite tell the song

0151 UTC Saint Elmo's Fire coming much clearer

Thanks for the broadcast
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: William Hassig on August 21, 2021, 0107 UTC
Tuned in at 0105 on Normal IL sdr, slightly noisy S7 to S9 signal, steady S9 on Barrington Hills IL sdr, song "sugar shack", bowling ball sound, Doors, "light my fire", at 0125utc Johnny Cash "ring of fire", at 0140utc Pat Benatar "fire and ice" followed by Bob Seger "fire down below" at 0152utc beginng to fade away, nice program, thanks.     
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: MDK2 on August 21, 2021, 0112 UTC
Fair/poor signal as has sadly been typical for months. I can tell it's playing "Light My Fire" (long version) by The Doors however. Thanks for the show.
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: refmo on August 21, 2021, 0126 UTC
S9, nice signal tonight @ 0126 with "Ring Of Fire"

(https://i.imgur.com/fww0pEy.jpg)
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: blw on August 21, 2021, 0127 UTC
Good signal hitting S9+10. Thanks for the show, Ball Smacker Radio.

Ring of Fire- Johnny Cash (the original version)
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: Molvania Poacher on August 21, 2021, 0139 UTC
Like SIGINT and CT Yank, no reception here (just a very faint and intermittent trace of a carrier and some audio).
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: Paul Turkk on August 21, 2021, 0147 UTC
0145 The Fire down below
S7+ sounding good into SW MI as they have been for past few weeks.
Thanks for being on the air!
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: Ray Lalleu on August 21, 2021, 0201 UTC
on 6960 USB     direct in Europe
0158 fading in, some music
Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 21 AUG 2021
Post by: DeepBlue on August 21, 2021, 0214 UTC
Loud and clear in Central Ohio tonight.

Just wrapped up Wildfire, currently playing Sex on Fire followed by ID

S9+10 with some slow rolling fades.  AM mode.

IC-R71a on a DX-10 Pro active antenna.

Ops note there is some digital transmission on this freq.  Don't be caught jamming while you're jammin'.

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