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Author Topic: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024  (Read 1159 times)

Offline DangerKitty

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BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« on: June 29, 2024, 0057 UTC »
0057: sign-on, carrier, strong, S9+10, 5544[4-5]
0058: Wildfire IS
0100: ID, "somewhere in the northeast" -> "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
0105: "You Never Can Tell" - Chuck Berry, "Orange Crush" - R.E.M., ID, "Blueberry Hill" - Chuck Berry Fats Domino
0112: digital qrm on lsb
0113: "Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
0117: "Cherry Bomb" - John Mellencamp

Thank you for the broadcast!
« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0120 UTC by DangerKitty »
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BALLSMACKER RADIO 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2024, 0058 UTC »
SIO444  some fading     

0058 - Intro music
0100 - "BALLSMACKER RADIO" ID
0111 - "Check us out at Ballsmacker.net"
0133 - ID into, Limelight- Rush] Signal is pretty steady now very clear
0205 - ID
0239 - SSTV
0240 - Outro then OFF

« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0241 UTC by hflstnr »
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Re: UNID 6960 USB 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2024, 0059 UTC »
0058 - BallSmacker Radio signs on with the interval signal which is S7 into my NYC shack

Thanks for the show!
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BALLSMACKER RADIO 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2024, 0059 UTC »
0100 UTC

BALLSMACKER OPENING MUSIC


PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
ORANGE CRUSH
HEARD IN THROUGH THE GRAPE YARD
« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0115 UTC by N2MLP »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2024, 0100 UTC »
S8 here
0100 Play that funky music
« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0104 UTC by sw77 »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2024, 0101 UTC »
0101 utc SIO333 direct

Play that funky music
You never can tell
Orange crush
On blueberrie hill
Heard it through the grape 🍇  vine
Cherry bomb 💣
Strawberry 🍓  letter

Thanks for show!!
« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0135 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2024, 0102 UTC »
0101: Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry. In AM mode.
0105: You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry.
0107: Orange Crush by R.E.M.
0120: Cherry Bomb by John Cougar Mellencamp.
0122: Strawberry Letter 23 by The Brothers Johnson.
0228: Cantaloop by Us3.

« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0240 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2024, 0103 UTC »
S9 into FSM, with about the same level of noise @ 0101z.
"Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry

S10, 20mDb over floor @ 0130z

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« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0130 UTC by Grumpy Grandpa »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2024, 0107 UTC »
Tuned in at 0102 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S3-S7 signal, barely hear pop music, at 0111 song "Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino, 
« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0114 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2024, 0107 UTC »
0058 'Wildfire', ID and pin strike sfx., 'Play that Funky Music' - Wild Cherry, 'You Never Can Tell' - Chuck Berry.

S8 and clear but signal not as strong as signal strength would indicate.

Thanks for the show.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2024, 0112 UTC »
0111 UTC S8 with some QSB - SDR direct
0111 BallSmacker Radio ID by YL
0111 Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino
0113 I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
0116 Cherry Bomb by John Cougar Mellencamp
0121 YL giving QSL info
0121 Strawberry Letter 23 by The Brothers Johnson
« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0123 UTC by Sky Waves »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2024, 0114 UTC »
sinpo 33222

0111z "This is Ball Smacker Radio"
"Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 USB 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2024, 0115 UTC »
S6 with noise
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2024, 0134 UTC »
SINPO=24222 (with OM speaking QRM at 136, maybe bleed-over from an adjacent frequency?)

133- "Limelight" by Rush.
137- "Incense And Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock.
140- "Raspberry Beret" by Prince and the Revolution.
« Last Edit: June 29, 2024, 0141 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 28 JUN 2024
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2024, 0156 UTC »
Thanks for the show tonight! Listening from western NC around Boone. S9 with some noise.
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