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Author Topic: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023  (Read 581 times)

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BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« on: October 14, 2023, 0057 UTC »
BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 14 OCT 2023

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up; good quiet signal tonight with some fading;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:41 UTC - SSTV;
02:44 UTC - End of broadcast.

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« Last Edit: October 14, 2023, 0243 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2023, 0101 UTC »
S9 carrier but the modulation seems low tonight
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2023, 0102 UTC »
0101 utc SIO333 direct
im so excited
cant live without you
cant buy me love
cant  fight this feeling
sugar pie honey bunch     cant help myself
cant get no satifaction
i cant tell you
cant stand losing
why cant we be friends
i cant go for that
cant get enough of your love

thanks for show
 
« Last Edit: October 14, 2023, 0142 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2023, 0102 UTC »
0101 - Tuned in to the Ball Smacker show, signal into NYC is S7

Thanks for the show!
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2023, 0102 UTC »
0101: I'm So Excited by The Pointer Sisters. S9 signal.
0109: Can't Buy Me Love, by The Beatles.
0111: Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon.
0220: Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith.

« Last Edit: October 14, 2023, 0243 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2023, 0108 UTC »
5/9 in Boston, MA! Absolutely booming!

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Ball Smacker Radio 6960 Am 2109 UTC 13 OCT 2023
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2023, 0109 UTC »
Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 2109 UTC 13 OCT 2023
Sio 544 Great Signal into East Worcester, Ny Near Cooperstown, NY
Using a FT 710 AESS and A 142' Fold Dipole
Always good Music


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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2023, 0116 UTC »
6960 USB very strong in western NY

0114 UTC   "I Can't fight you anymore"
0115 UTC   "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch"
0118 UTC   "Satisfaction"
0122 UTC   ID as "Ballsmacker Radio" and bowling pins sfx

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« Last Edit: October 14, 2023, 0122 UTC by Jim Renfrew »

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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2023, 0123 UTC »
SINPO=44333

120- "I Can't Tell You Why" by The Eagles.
126- "Can't Stand Losing You" by The Police.
129- "Why Can't We Be Friends" by War.
133- Recorded YL ID with email address.
134- "I Can't Go For That" by Hall and Oates.
« Last Edit: October 14, 2023, 0134 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2023, 0126 UTC »
0125 UTC SIO 545, S8 into a KIWI SDR
0125 I Can't Tell You Why by Eagles
0127 Can't Stand Losing You by The Police
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2023, 0153 UTC »
0152 UTC

s 9 +20

MUSIC
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2023, 0233 UTC »
S7 direct, okay copy.

0233 UTC-I Can't Go For That by Hall and Oates.
0236 UTC-“Check out our website at ballsmacker.net”
0241 UTC-SSTV
« Last Edit: October 14, 2023, 0241 UTC by Shortwave_Listener »
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