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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: refmo on March 21, 2020, 0058 UTC

Title: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: refmo on March 21, 2020, 0058 UTC

On with piano music loop, S9
0100 - ID, then "Something About You" Level 42

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: Sparkyzilla85 on March 21, 2020, 0106 UTC

01:06 UTC America "Venture Highway" S8 signal into Horicon, WI

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: William Hassig on March 21, 2020, 0108 UTC

Tuned in at 0106utc, fair/poor signal, heard woman announcing "you're listening to Ball Smacker Radio" followed by song "thank you" sung by woman singer, other soft pop tunes, at 0115 woman announcer said "it's 9:15 (EDT) on Ball Smacker Radio" followed by sound of bowling ball hitting pins, song by male, at 0124 sound of bowling ball hitting pins then woman saying "Ball Smacker Radio, 6960am", at 0148 song "rocket man", at 0153 BSR ID, song "Betty Davis eyes", song "don't stand so close to me", deep fades at times, at 0200 woman DJ said "Ball Smacker Radio, 6960am, somewhere in the northeast, more tunes, song "Wichita lineman", at 0216 "end of the world as we know it", signal has gotten slowly weaker, song "Harlem shuffle", signal improved again at 0245utc, at 0305utc seems to have gone off air.           

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: MDK2 on March 21, 2020, 0108 UTC

0108 music, signal weak at the moment. Pretenders "Brass in Pocket"
0111 "Head Over Heals" Tears For Fears
0115 Ball Smacker Radio ID (faint but I could figure it out)
0116 music, but it's faint. Some kind of ALE heard in the upper side band (0118 I can tell now that it's "In the Air Tonight" Phil Collins)
0120 next song
0124 Ball Smacker ID into next song
0128 Ball Smacker ID

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: skeezix on March 21, 2020, 0110 UTC

0110Z 35433 S3 Level 42  "Something About You"
0111Z 35433 S3 Tears for Fears "Head Over Heels"
0115Z 35433 S3 ID
0115Z 35433 S3 Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight"
0120Z 35433 S3 Spandau Balley "Gold"
0124Z 35433 S3 ID
0124Z 35433 S3 Kings of Leon "Pyro"
0132Z 35433 S3 Billy Joel "New York State of Mind"
0134Z 25432 S2 Everything but the Girl "Missing"
0139Z 35433 S3 ID
0139Z 35433 S3 The Romantics "Talking In Your Sleep"
0143Z 35433 S3 ID
0143Z 35433 S3 Thompson Twins "Doctor! Doctor!"
0148Z 35433 S3 Elton John "Rocket Man"
0152Z 35433 S3 ID
0152Z 35433 S3 Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes"
0156Z 25432 S2 The Police "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
0159Z 35433 S3 ID
0159Z 35433 S3 Michael Andrews "Mad World"
0203Z 35433 S3 Steely Dan "Josie"
0207Z 35433 S3 ID & reception report information
0207Z 35433 S3 Duran Duran "Come Undone"
0212Z 35433 S3 Glen Campbell "Witchita Lineman"
0215Z Faded out.





_{Yaesu FT-847 with Bontio Boni-Whip antenna}

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: Markokpik on March 21, 2020, 0112 UTC

0106 I was doing a number of other things, and just noticed this signal.  End of a song, YL with ID and into a ballad with woman singer segued into another song.

S6 and clear here

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: Bali_Frank on March 21, 2020, 0114 UTC

signal S9 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio (01.13)
01.13 song by a man
01.15 ID
01.15 song by a man
01.20 song by a man ("Gold" ?)
01.24 ID
01.24 song by a man
01.28 ID, email, QSL information
01.29 song by a man

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: blw on March 21, 2020, 0128 UTC

Pretty good signal coming in at S9 and sometimes S9+10. Thanks for the show and great tunes.

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: myteaquinn on March 21, 2020, 0134 UTC

Massive signal here S9+20!

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: elburndx on March 21, 2020, 0138 UTC

S9+15 signal


0133 Billy Joel - New York State of Mind
0134 Missing - Everything But The Girl

Title: Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 21 Mar 2020
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on March 21, 2020, 0150 UTC

S7 with some deep fades but sounding good. Thanks for the show!