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Author Topic: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 21.Nov 2020 01.58 UTC  (Read 854 times)

Offline Bali_Frank

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Ball Smacker 3480 AM 21.Nov 2020 01.58 UTC
« on: November 21, 2020, 0200 UTC »
signal S8-9 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
01.58 piano
02.00 ID
02.00 song "Smokin'"
02.04 song "Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray"
02.07 ID + email into "Smoke On The Water"
02.12 song "Smoke"
02.16 ID
02.16 song "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
02.18 song "Have a Cigar"
« Last Edit: November 21, 2020, 0219 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 21.Nov 2020 01.58 UTC
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2020, 0200 UTC »
0159:  Super weak carrier with instrumental music. 
0201:  Under the noise.
0204:  Music.  Unintelligible.
0206:  Music.  Sounds like oldies, tough copy.
0207:  Ballsmacker ID just above the noise.
0208:  Sounds like Deep Purple "Smoke On The Water".  Just above the noise.
0220:  Just below the noise.
0221:  Sounds like Pink Floyd "Have A Cigar". 
0226:  Sounds like Bob Segar "Turn The Page." SIO 222
« Last Edit: November 21, 2020, 0231 UTC by bigd »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 21.Nov 2020 01.58 UTC
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2020, 0208 UTC »
Tuned in at 0206utc, fair signal with some fading, hear woman singing a slow song, woman giving ID plus email address ballsmacker@protonmail.com then song "smoke on the water, at 0216 ballsmacker ID and sound of bowling ball hitting pins, song "smoke gets in your eyes", Pink Floyd tune, slow Bob Seeger tune "turn the page",   
« Last Edit: November 21, 2020, 2254 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 21.Nov 2020 01.58 UTC
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2020, 0211 UTC »
Tough copy here due to UTE QRN and noise, SINPO=21231. Occasional breakthroughs to make out bits and pieces. Improving a bit over time.

209- "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple.
213- "Smoke" by Florida Georgia Line.
216- "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by The Platters. Now SINPO=22332.
218- "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd.
223- OM with guitar ballad. Too faint to ID.
226- "Turn The Page" by Bob Seger.
230- YL speaks briefly.
230- "Pass The Dutchie" by Musical Youth.

318- YL speaks briefly.
318- "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" by Tex Williams. Now SINPO=34333, solid!
320- "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie.
324-  YL announces the end of the show, and says that reception reports with the theme will receive an eQSL. Hope you enjoyed the show and now for our Wildfire interval signal.
325- Wildfire IS once.
326- OFF.

Encore broadcast!
417- "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by The Platters. Now SINPO=45444, strong and clear here.
418- "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd.

Thanks for the cool show, as usual, BSR!
« Last Edit: November 21, 2020, 0421 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 21.Nov 2020 01.58 UTC
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2020, 0211 UTC »
S7 @ 0211 with "Smoke On The Water"
Northeast Kentucky
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 21.Nov 2020 01.58 UTC
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2020, 0217 UTC »
Wildfire Interval
02:00 Smokin Boston 02:03 Three Cigerettes in an Ash tray Patsy Cline Ballsmacker
Patsy Cline died in a plane crash...Buried in Winchester, Virginia..Pop star turned Country
Addy given
02:07 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple.
02:13 Smoke Georgia Florida Line
Ballsmacker Radio ID
02:16 Smoke Gets in your eye The Platters 1950s group with many hits

How about Smoking in the Boys Room Brownsville Station?
Ghost of Smokey Joe Cab Calloway?
Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix.
Rock and Roll Suicide by Bowie (Time takes a Cigerette..Puts it in your mouth)
Burn Down the Mission Elton John

02:18 Have a Cigar The Pink Floyd featuring Roy Harper on vocals..From the Wish you were here album David Gilmour on Guitar...Written by Roger Waters
Radio sound effects.
Ballsmacker ID.
02:24 Been Smokin Nick Drake
02:26 Turn the Page Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
Ballsmacker.net ID.
02:31 Pass the Duchie Musical Youth.
02:34 Nothings Gonna take you Change Cigerettes for Sex.
Ballsmacker ID.
02:38 Cigerettes and Chocolate Milk Rufas Wainwright.
02:43 Smoke Two Joints Sublime
Ballsmacker Addy Protonmail for valid reception report and theme
02:46 So Hard The Pet Shop Boys.
02:50 Black Smoke Rises Greta Van Fleet.
Nothing but the Hits Ballsmacker Radio ID
02:55 Cigereetes and Alcohol Oasis
02:59 Nicotine Panic! at the Disco.
Ballsmacker ID.
03:02 Smoking in the Boys Room Brownsville Station.
03:05 Cigerettes and Coffee Otis Redding RIP.
Ballsmacker.net ID
The Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson and Sir Elton John...Smokey a legend in Motown..Elton a Rock Pop star from the 1970s
How Does it Make you feel Air
Ballsmacker ID.
02:17 Smoke Smoke Smoke Tex Williams.
03:20 Ashes to Ashes The late David Bowie RIP formerly David Jones Glam Rock king of the early to mid seventies...Major Tom is a Junkie! Who would have thought?
Ballsmacker Protonmail addy given.
Wildfire Interval.
Off the Air




« Last Edit: November 21, 2020, 0325 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 21.Nov 2020 01.58 UTC
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2020, 0307 UTC »
0219 "Smoke gets in my eyes," hard rock into a couple of roots influenced songs with ID over start of 2nd into program of music and frequent ID's.  Lots of smoke and cigarettes tonight.  Still going at 0300 when I pulled the plug.

S8 and good signal in somewhat noisy conditions.
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