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Author Topic: Ballsmacker Radio 4032 USB 0201 UTC 17 Jan 2026  (Read 510 times)

myteaquinn

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Ballsmacker Radio 4032 USB 0201 UTC 17 Jan 2026
« on: January 17, 2026, 0203 UTC »
0202: Touch of Grey by Grateful Dead. Weak and noisy but stronger than the 6960 transmission.
0205: Casey Jones by Grateful Dead.
0248: Estimated Prophet by Grateful Dead.
« Last Edit: January 17, 2026, 0248 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Ballsmacker Radio 4032 USB 0201 UTC 17 Jan 2026
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2026, 0204 UTC »
0201 Grateful Dead "Touch of Grey"
0205 Grateful Dead "Casey Jones"
0210 Grateful Dead "Truckin"
0215 ID into Grateful Dead "A Friend of the Devil"
0218 Grateful Dead "Sugar Magnolia"
0221 Grateful Dead "Shakedown Street"
0226 ID/address into Grateful Dead
0232 Grateful Dead Live
0235 Grateful Dead Live
0238 ID into Grateful Dead "Big River"
0243 Bob Weir or Grateful Dead "Playin in the Band"
0305 Grateful Dead "Looks Like Rain" signal faded down to S8
0311 ID into Grateful Dead "Throwing Stones"
0319 Grateful Dead Live
0325 Bob Weir or Grateful Dead "One More Saturday Night"
0329 SSTV
0330 ID/address "special theme"
0331 Wildfire tune
0332 OTA

S9 + 10 signal
Thanks for the show
« Last Edit: January 17, 2026, 0333 UTC by Kenwood »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4032 USB 0202 UTC 17 JAN 2026
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2026, 0206 UTC »
0204utc SIO433 direct

Touch of Grey
Casey Jones


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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4032 USB 0202 UTC 17 JAN 2026
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2026, 0209 UTC »
0208 "Casey Jones" - Grateful Dead.
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 4032 USB 0201 UTC 17 Jan 2026
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2026, 0209 UTC »
0208 "Casey Jones" - Grateful Dead.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4032 USB 0202 UTC 17 JAN 2026
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2026, 0215 UTC »
Damn good sig and audio.

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recording Truckin 02:15-->Friend of the Devil 02:15

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4032 USB 0202 UTC 17 JAN 2026
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2026, 0219 UTC »
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Always good to hear the Dead from way up here, Earthbound friend. :)

Goodnight Bobby Weir. Glad to have sat with the tapers when you were on stage.
« Last Edit: January 17, 2026, 0229 UTC by The Cosmonaut »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 4032 USB 0201 UTC 17 Jan 2026
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2026, 0234 UTC »
0217  // 6960 AM: 'Friend of the Devil', 'Sugar Magnolia', Shakedown Street', ID w/ eQSL offer,  - music by Grateful Dead

S5.  Good audio and less noisy down here.

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4032 USB 0202 UTC 17 JAN 2026
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2026, 0255 UTC »
0254 - Hell In a Bucket - Grateful Dead
0304 - Black Throated Wind - Grateful Dead
« Last Edit: January 17, 2026, 0305 UTC by Sarge94 »
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Re: Ballsmacker Radio 4032 USB 0201 UTC 17 Jan 2026
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2026, 0314 UTC »
0314 S7 with peaks @S9 @times.
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