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Author Topic: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023  (Read 777 times)

Offline myteaquinn

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Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« on: March 11, 2023, 0200 UTC »
The Ball Smacker interval signal is up with a S9 signal.



Thanks for the broadcast tonight.
« Last Edit: March 11, 2023, 0345 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2023, 0201 UTC »
0200 Everybody Dance - Chic S9 +
0207 Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
0216 Station ID ....
0217 Little Red Corvette - Prince
0228 Take The Money And run -Steve Miller Band
0245 Bang A Gong - T Rex
0249 Handclap (featuring Shinji Takeda) - Fitz and The Tantrums
0343 SSTV
0344 Close down announcement ...
0345 Wildfire IS ...
0346 off .... signal held up well throughout ...
« Last Edit: March 11, 2023, 0346 UTC by clobdell »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2023, 0203 UTC »
0202 utc sinpo 44444  direct
Everybody dance
0206 utc summertime blues
0208 utc where it's at
0215 utc need your loving 8 days a week
0216 utc little red corvette
0221 utc cherry cherry
0225 utc working at the car wash
0228 utc take the money and run
0232 utc what I like about you
0233 utc wake me up before you go go
« Last Edit: March 11, 2023, 0234 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2023, 0204 UTC »
0201 "Everybody Dance " Chic S5
0208 "Summertime  Blues " Eddie Cochran
0209 "Where's it's At " Beck
« Last Edit: March 11, 2023, 0210 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2023, 0212 UTC »
SINPO=34222 (much stronger than usual in this freq, here).

209- "Where It's At" by Beck.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2023, 0223 UTC »
Tuned in at 0222 utc on Traverse City MI sdr with noisy S9 to S9+20 signal, song "cherry cherry" under high noise level, going back to 4030.
« Last Edit: March 11, 2023, 0225 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2023, 0226 UTC »
Really tough one tonight...  hint: one "instrument" in common.  Next week 6960KHz is primary.

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2023, 0229 UTC »
Listening to you on 6960 on my vintage Drake SW-4A ... nice audio
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2023, 0232 UTC »
Good signal showing S8. Good station ID as Ball Smacker Radio. Thanks for the show.

Listening to you on my vintage WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur Pro.
« Last Edit: March 11, 2023, 0234 UTC by blw »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0159 UTC 11 MAR 2023
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2023, 0559 UTC »
Listening to you on 6960 on my vintage Drake SW-4A ... nice audio

I haven't seen one of those in 20 years. Were you just using the whip?

 

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