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Author Topic: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023  (Read 972 times)

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BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« on: April 22, 2023, 0058 UTC »
BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:58 UTC 22 APR 2023

00:58 UTC - Carrier is up; S7 with some marginal fading;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal; having some technical difficulties;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins; opening with Diesel - Sausolito Summernight.

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« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0103 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2023, 0101 UTC »
signal S9+5-10 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
00.58 piano
01.00 ID
01.00 song "Sausolito Summernight"
01.05 song "Little Old Lady from Pasadena"
01.07 ID
01.07 song "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"
01.10 song "Do You Know The Way To San Jose"
01.13 ID
01.13 song "To Live and Die In L.A."
« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0114 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2023, 0102 UTC »
SINPO=44333

101- "Sausalito Summernight" by Diesel.
105- "The Little Old Lady From Pasedena" by Jan and Dean.
« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0105 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2023, 0106 UTC »
0105 utc SIO 444 direct
Little old lady
0108 utc sitting on the dock of the bay
0110 utc the way to San jose
0113 utc to live and die in L.A.
0118 utc going to San francisco
0129 utc California dreaming 
0132 utc monterey
Lodi
Avalon
Warm San Francisco night

Just like paradise
Outskirts of town
Ventura highway
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« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0200 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2023, 0106 UTC »
I have it with a fair signal.  Beach Boys Little Old Lady Thanks for show.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2023, 0108 UTC »
Little Old Lady from Pasadina Jan and Dean
Ballsmacker.net ID
Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
Do You Know The Way To San Jose Dionne Warwick
Ballsmacker Radio ID
To Live and Die in LA Wang Chung
San Francisco Scott McKenzie

How about California Dreaming Mommas and Poppas?
Flakes Frank Zappa? (California has the most of them)
Hotel California The Eagles?

Proton Addy given
LA Woman The Doors from LA Woman Album 1970 Morrison was so messed up...you can hear it in his lack luster performance...he would move to France where he shortly died
California Dreaming Mommas and Poppas?
Ballsmacker Radio ID
Monterey Eric Burdon and the Animals
Lodi CCR
Proton iD
Avalon Roxy Music featuring Bryan Ferry Glam Rock
San Francisco Nights The Animals
Just Like Paradise David Lee Roth

« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0147 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2023, 0111 UTC »
Hearing Otis Redding, fairly weak signal, just above the noise floor. I have some QRM placed right on the upper sideband.
« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0114 UTC by nitroengine »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2023, 0119 UTC »
0118 "San Francisco " weak audio
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2023, 0120 UTC »
Tuned in at 0115 UTC
Carrier level is S9+10 but audio level is very low, can barely hear the program. Zero beating in USB doesn't help either.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2023, 0122 UTC »
0121 UTC - LA Woman The Doors
0128 UTC California Dreamin' The Mamas & The Papas
0131 UTC - Ball Smacker Radio ID
0132 UTC - Monterey Eric Burdon & The Animals

S9+10 Here In Ma. On RSPdx Direct
« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0132 UTC by mlpearl53 »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2023, 0138 UTC »
Tuned in at 0130 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S7 to S9 signal, country-rock tune then song: "Avalon", at 0142 switched to Rockport Maine sdr with S9 signal, at 0205 utc Tony Bennet "I left my heart in San Francisco", song: "hotel California", 
« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0211 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2023, 0143 UTC »
0143 UTC
S9 signal clear audio
playing 80's music
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2023, 0148 UTC »
0145 UTC "San Franciscan Nights"-Eric Burden & Animals in progress
0146 UTC "Just Like Living In Paradise"-David Lee Roth, followed by "I Love LA"-Randy Newman
(Solid S9+ here this evening)
0157 UTC "Ventura Highway"-America
0200 UTC "29 Palms"-Robert Plant
0205 UTC "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"-Tony Bennett  8)
0209 UTC "Hotel California"-Eagles
0214 UTC "California Girls"-Beach Boys
0217 UTC "Babylon Sisters"-Steely Dan
0222 UTC "Folson Prison Blues"-Johnny Cash
0225 UTC "Californication"-Red Hot Chili Peppers
0230 UTC "California Nights"-Lesley Gore  8)
0233 UTC "Going to California"-Led Zeppelin  :)  :)
0237 UTC "It Never Rains In Southern California"-Albert Hammond
0240 UTC No clue on this song..."Going Back to Cali" lyrics
0250 UTC Wildfire IS and OFF



Thanks again for the tunes BS crew!
« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 0250 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2023, 0150 UTC »
Looks strong on the waterfall, but barely above noise floor @ 0149.

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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2023, 0212 UTC »
Excellent signal. Love how well 43m has been holding up after dark these days
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