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Author Topic: Ball Smacker Radio 6950 AM 0058 3 October 2020  (Read 644 times)

Offline Markokpik

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Ball Smacker Radio 6950 AM 0058 3 October 2020
« on: October 03, 2020, 0100 UTC »
Piano IS, ID into "What a wonderful world,"

S6 here with fading.
« Last Edit: October 03, 2020, 0102 UTC by Markokpik »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6950 AM 0058 3 October 2020
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2020, 0100 UTC »
0058:  Piano instrumental.  Pesky underneath.  Tough copy.
0100:  Ballsmacker ID into unid music selection.  Lots of noise 6961-6964.  Tough copy.
0103:  Under the noise.
0110:  Began to come back up and then dropped suddenly.  The adjacent interference is real strong.
« Last Edit: October 03, 2020, 0126 UTC by bigd »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6950 AM 0058 3 October 2020
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2020, 0102 UTC »
0100 "What a Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong
0103 "Rockin' in a Free World" Neil Young
« Last Edit: October 03, 2020, 0104 UTC by MDK2 »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6950 AM 0058 3 October 2020
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2020, 0103 UTC »
Very good signal hitting S9 and sometimes S9+10. Thanks for the show, Ball Smacker Radio.

Louis Armstrong- What A Wonderful World
Neil Young- Rocking In the Free World
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6950 AM 0058 3 October 2020
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2020, 0104 UTC »
signal S4 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio with a lot of noise
00.59 piano
01.00 ID
01.00 song "What A Wonderful World"
01.03 song
« Last Edit: October 03, 2020, 0113 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6950 AM 0058 3 October 2020
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2020, 0106 UTC »
0105 No joy in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on 6950 or 6960.
« Last Edit: October 03, 2020, 0117 UTC by BlueMax »
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