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Author Topic: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0104 UTC 23 Oct 2022  (Read 1792 times)

Offline BigAl

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BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0104 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« on: October 23, 2022, 0104 UTC »
01:04 Bridge over troubled water - S8-9 signal & great audio.
01:06 Still Water - Four Tops
01:09 Ballsmacker ID
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 0125 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Offline Dr. Strangelove

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Re: UNID 6960 USB 01:04 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2022, 0105 UTC »
10 over and sounding great!
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Re: UNID 6960 USB 01:04 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2022, 0109 UTC »
0107 S2 and noisy, some ute qrm. Fair.
0109 Ballsmacker ID??

0113 Not too good in CT BSR, all stations tonight so far weak and noisy. I can only take so much side band audio to.
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 0115 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: UNID 6960 USB 01:04 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2022, 0109 UTC »
SIO 333
0109 Ball Smacker Radio ID
0110 Mad Man Across The Water - Elton John
0115 sounds like getting QRM from some other station
0115 Green River - CCR
0116 definitely an interfering station under BSR
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 0117 UTC by FelixChapel »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 01:04 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2022, 0116 UTC »
signal S6-7 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
01,13 music "Madman Across The Water"
01.16 song "Green River"
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 01:04 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2022, 0118 UTC »
Encore broadcast in Wideband USB (>5kHz) of last night's show.  Experimental...please report good or bad.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 01:04 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2022, 0121 UTC »
Ah!

There is something showing up on 6955 though.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 01:04 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2022, 0125 UTC »
0124 Signal weak and watery tonight due to bad props ... S4 max.
0217 Water Of Love - Dire Straits
0221 From The Beginning - EL&P   Signal improving to S7/8
0229 Dirty Water - The Standells
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 0229 UTC by clobdell »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 01:04 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2022, 0127 UTC »
S9 but sounding weak with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

0124 UTC-Down by the Water by PJ Harvey
0125 UTC-Station ID and email
0126 UTC-Smoke On the Water by Deep Purple
0131 UTC-Walk On the Ocean by Toad the Wet Sprocket
0143 UTC-Black Water by The Doobie Brothers
0145 UTC-Drink the Water by Jack Johnson

Sorry to say, but the signal strength and audio quality absolutely suck compared to before the change in antenna and mode.

Quote from: flexoman61 on October 23, 2022, 0109 UTC
I can only take so much side band audio to.

I agree, Satan Sideband sucks (for the most part anyway, MRI does a good job with SSB audio).

Quote from: dxbill on October 23, 2022, 0138 UTC
Even in USB signal strength is way down over last week and barely any reception on AM last night> I miss the days of "some wires strung up in the trees" Ballsmacker! This vertical is not getting it done!

I 100% agree with you.
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 0146 UTC by Shortwave_listener »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0104 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2022, 0127 UTC »
0126 UTC "Smoke On the Water"-Deep Purple (Signal is right at the noise floor with a fluttery signal) Not bad and not good  :-\
Just checked the prop....foF2 is down to around 4 mhz on the east coast and 5 mhz across the midwest. Long skip is in play this evening.
0141 UTC "Black Water"-Doobie Brothers (S5 peaks now still with a bit of flutter)

« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 0245 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0104 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2022, 0129 UTC »
Tuned in at 0127 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S5 to S9 signal, song: "smoke on the water", various songs about water, repeat of last night's program,
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 0135 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0104 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2022, 0131 UTC »
0130 repeat of last night show.very good here.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0104 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2022, 0133 UTC »
We will switch to the G5RV at 09:45 EDT (01:45 UTC) and then back to vertical at 10:00 EDT (02:00UTC).  Both will be marked by 5 seconds of silence.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0104 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2022, 0138 UTC »
Even in USB signal strength is way down over last week and barely any reception on AM last night> I missed the days of "some wires strung up in the trees" Ballsmacker! This vertical is not getting it done!
« Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 0140 UTC by dxbill »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0104 UTC 23 Oct 2022
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2022, 0150 UTC »
Sorry, we were a little late on the switch but you should have heard the drop...G5RV until 10:00PM EDT.
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