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Author Topic: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024  (Read 1207 times)

Offline DangerKitty

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Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« on: November 23, 2024, 0158 UTC »
0158: Wildfire IS
35444
0200: YL with ID, freq. VO mx, "Benny and the Jets"


Thank you for the show.
« Last Edit: November 23, 2024, 0201 UTC by DangerKitty »
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Re: UNID 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2024, 0159 UTC »
0158 UTC

S9 +10
BALLSMACKER RADIO


Elton John
OZZY
« Last Edit: November 23, 2024, 0211 UTC by N2MLP »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2024, 0201 UTC »
0200 Elton John S9+ at times but with some fading.
0258 S9+20 signal Jethro Tull Locomotive Breath
« Last Edit: November 23, 2024, 0259 UTC by Quasar »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2024, 0202 UTC »
0201utc SIO333 direct some fade in and out
Bennie and the jets
Crazy train
Fast car
Learning to fly
Midnight train to georgia
Locked in the trunk of a car
Big old jet airliner
Downtown train
Chasing cars
Jet


Thanks for show!!🦃🦃🦃
« Last Edit: November 23, 2024, 0244 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2024, 0204 UTC »
SINPO=22322, with bad ute QRM here.

202- "Bennie And The Jets" by Elton John.
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2024, 0204 UTC »
0203 S9+10 but a little weaker than normal here. I guess conditions are not optimal between me and BS. Bennie and the Jets
0206 Ozzy - Crazy Train
0214 BS is about 10 DB stronger to me on 4032
« Last Edit: November 23, 2024, 0214 UTC by Professor »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2024, 0205 UTC »
down in the noise floor.. hard to make out south of boston... going to try some kiwi sdrs.
(3) 3-500z's for that clean broadcast sound
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2024, 0206 UTC »
0203 UTC SIO 444 QSB into my SDR direct
0203 Bennie and The Jets by Elton John
0205 Crazy Train by Ozzy Osboume
0210 Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
« Last Edit: November 23, 2024, 0211 UTC by Sky Waves »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2024, 0215 UTC »
0211 Quite weak w/song I think w/female singer.  Quodosen rx.

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2024, 0216 UTC »
grabbed a sdr in PA... learning to fly - David Gilmore?
(3) 3-500z's for that clean broadcast sound
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2024, 0253 UTC »
0252 - Cars- Gary Numan] Fading in and out
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2024, 0256 UTC »
0255 - Leaving On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary                   S9+
0258 - Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
« Last Edit: November 23, 2024, 0259 UTC by Sarge94 »

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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2024, 0300 UTC »
0300 - Unid. music/song. 212-222
0303 - The Cars Drive, popped up a bit. Nice.
0310 -  After Chili Peppers song, OM gives ballsmacker@protonmail.com addy, eQSL offer for reports. Very cool. Chattanooga Choo Choo followed. 222-323 (QSB)
0319 - Anncr, briefly, into Elton John's Daniel, deeper fading now.
0334 - Anncr speaking? All but lost to noise now. What I caught was really cool. 
 
« Last Edit: November 23, 2024, 0335 UTC by Erik Mattson »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2024, 0317 UTC »
0306 S3 Red Hot Chilli's Aeroplane.  Weird modulation of the beat underneath it.  Fades to just above the noise floor.
0310 Announcer intro of something
0311 Chattanooga Cho Cho
0313 Female pop with that weird clicking/modulation underneath again.
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 23 Nov 2024
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2024, 0333 UTC »
0324  'Long Train Runnin' ' - Doobie Brothers, 'Drive My Car' - Beatles, ID "somewhere in the Northeast", bowling ball strike sfx, 'Trains and Boats and Planes' - Dionne Warwick,

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