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Author Topic: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020  (Read 1429 times)

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Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« on: June 27, 2020, 0102 UTC »
I have to say "presumed" because I only have a carrier, no audio.
0108 over on Smolinski SDR I hear "Locomotive Breath" Jethro Tull
0015 "Crazy Train" Ozzy Osbourne
0025 getting modulation in Colorado, but it's just barely above the noise
« Last Edit: June 27, 2020, 0125 UTC by MDK2 »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio (presumed) 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2020, 0104 UTC »
Wildfire Interval.
This is Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:04 The Locomotion Little Eva.
Ballsmacker addy given for Valid Reception Report and Theme Proton Mail
Locomotive Breath Jethro Tull
Theme pretty clear
01:10 Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkle 1960s hit duo. Both went Solo careers.
Ballsmacker ID.
01:12 Crazy Train Ozzy Osbourne! Lead singer of The Black Sabbath! The Prince of Darkness! Married to Sharon Osboune who helped Ozzie in his career and probably saved his life
01:17 Last Train to Clarksville The Monkees Lead Singer Davy Jones Also stars of their own show on television in the late 1960s Monkees did a movie called Head which was some of the best music around. More psychedelic and less Pop
01:20 C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) Quad City DJs
01:23 Chattanooga Choo Choo The late Ray Charles RIP

How about Station to Station Bowie.
The Walbash Cannon Ball Roy Acuff or Johnny Cash.
Folsum Prison Johnny Cash
Anything by Box Car Willie


Ballsmacker ID
01:26 Downtown Train Rod Steward Hit maker 60s, 70s, 80s and today.
01:30 Night Train The King of Soul The late James Brown The late Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist for James Brown back in the early days
01:34 Runaway Train
Soul Asylum.
CW Interference and tune up but your still over top of it
01:39 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight and the Pips Owner of a restaurant that serves the best Chicken and Waffles in the south Atlanta, Ga..Gladys Knights Signature Chicken.
Ballsmacker ID Somewhere in the northeast.
01:43 Slow Train Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan) A Poet..Dylan born in Hibbing, Minnesota Folk Singer who eventually went electric. Folks didn't like that, but Dylan still did well. Dylan one of the greatest song writers for many other musicians
01:48 The Morning Train Sheena Easton. Pop singer whose music was used as a James Bond movie Title Song. For your eyes only. Starred with Don Johnson in an episode of Miami Vice in the 1980s
Ballsmacker ID
01:51 Drops Of Jupiter Train
01:55 Peace Train British 70's hit maker Cat Stevens with ties to Islam
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:59 Long Train Runnin Doobie Brothers.
02:02 Midnight Flyer Eagles.
Eagles most successful in the 1970s and still going strong today RIP Glenn Frey
Ballsmacker Proton email addy given
02:08 Night Train Steve Winwood

Lets drink some Night train tonight for the Theme!

01:14 Runnaway Train
Elton John Feat. Eric Clapton. Eric the Slow Hand Elton John Captain Fantastik himself! A Pinball Wizard and a Bitch thats Back.
02:19 Train I Ride Elvis Arron Presley The King of Rock and Roll Early Elvis with Sun Records RIP Elvis! Was a sergeant in the Army in Germany
02:21 Conjunction Junction Cartoon Theme Players
02:24 Casey Jones The Dead Featuring the late Jerry Garcia RIP The Haight Ashbury Scene in the late 60s.
San Francisco Performers in Woodstock
Email addy given for reception report and theme...location too.
Wildfire Interval
Off the sir!

Thanks for another stellar show!!!















« Last Edit: June 27, 2020, 0230 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio (presumed) 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2020, 0111 UTC »
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath  0108 UTC Ballsmacker Radio  6960 AM.  S-7 to S-9 here in Detroit.  0110  Simon and Garfunkel.  Good signal.  Some fading.  Thanks from Detroit!!

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2020, 0115 UTC »
Great signal for Ball Smacker Radio, showing S9. Thanks for the show.

Great old rock tune after rock tune. Good stuff.

Possibly another station on 6959.5 am in CW. This drives my SAM setting crazy and the program doesn't know which signal to lock on to.
Station is still sounding good with music, but announcements and ID too weak to really understand at  0405 utc.
« Last Edit: June 27, 2020, 0408 UTC by blw »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2020, 0116 UTC »
signal S8-9 on the SDT in Elisa, Ohio
01.13 song
01.17 song "Last train"
01.19 ID + email
01.19 song (a man)
01.24 song "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
02.26 ID + frequency
01.26 song
« Last Edit: June 27, 2020, 0128 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2020, 0119 UTC »
0117 - "Last Train To Clarksville" - The Monkees
0119 - Yl w/ID into: "C'mon N' Ride It" - Quad City DJ's
0131 – “Night Train” – James Brown
« Last Edit: June 27, 2020, 0133 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2020, 0133 UTC »
0131 - Signal into NYC S7
0131 - James Brown - Night Train
0134 - Soul Asylum - Runaway Train


Thanks for the show!!
« Last Edit: June 27, 2020, 0135 UTC by intellman »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2020, 0134 UTC »
S9+@ 0133 with "Night Train".  Someone sending 'test' in CW over the signal
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2020, 0147 UTC »
0132 Rock n' roll - don't know the name of the 2, but both about trains, ID mellow rock mentioning trains, "Midnight train to Georga," ID, etc. with train themed songs.

S7 with a fair bit of QRN from lightning.

Someone on 6959.0 is sending CW and assorted tones.  Notching it out here so I don't know what is being sent.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2020, 0149 UTC »
0142: "Midnight Train to Georgia" followed by ID "somewhere in the northeast"
0144: Unknown rock (male singer)
0146: "TEST" sent in CW over the above song
0148: Sheena Easton, "My Baby Takes the Morning Train"

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2020, 0157 UTC »
Fair copy in Tulsa this evening, "Drops of Jupiter" - Train (0152), "Peace Train" - Cat Stevens (0156)
data interference and fading

Thanks for the show!

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2020, 0201 UTC »
Fair to good signal on the isthmus amid high noise levels.  0152 ID and 6960 AM frequency call, then into Train's "Drops Of Jupiter" -- good song!  Somebody saying hello via CW (they literally sent hello as part of their message, then zipped it again) and by the looks of other logs, this is some near co-channel interference.  Bleh.  Thanks for the show! 
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 27 JUN 2020
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2020, 0215 UTC »
S9 on the peaks while camping along lake Erie near the NY/PA border. I have to take the antenna down as the lighting is close.
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