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Author Topic: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020  (Read 1109 times)

Offline Bali_Frank

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Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« on: December 19, 2020, 0203 UTC »
signal S8-9 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
01.58 piano
02.00 ID
02.00 song "Loser"
02.03 song "Three Time Loser"
02.06 www-address
02.06 song "Losing My Religion"
02.11 song "You Can't Win Them All"
02.15 ID, email
02.15 song "The Winner Takes It All"

« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 0216 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2020, 0204 UTC »
0204:  Under the noise here.  Touch copy.  Unid music heard.
0205:  SIO 111
0206:  Just popped up above the noise floor.
0207-0212:  Nothing here.
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 0213 UTC by bigd »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2020, 0205 UTC »
Wildfire Interval
Ballsmacker Radio ID 200 watts from the northeast Good evening ham sandwiches
02:00 Looser Beck
02:04 Three Time Looser Dan Seals from Seals and Croft fame 1970s
Crystal clear signal so far!
Ballsmacker.net ID
02:07 Loosing my Religion R.E.M. Big hit in the 1980s
02:11 We Can't Win them All
Ten Years After
Ballsmacker Radio ID and addy given for Reception Report and Theme for EQSL.
02:15 The Winner Takes It All ABBA Swedish POP/Rock group of the 1970's Many Disco Hits Disco Sucks lol.
02:20 The Luckiest Looser Bowling for Soup
Ballsmacker Radio ID Wires strung up in the tree.
02:23 I Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees
02:27 Hate To Loose You Little Feat
Ballsmacker ID.
02:32 Deacon Blues Steely Dan Massive hit maker in the 1970s Mostly sudio musicians Featuring Donald Fagen
02:39 Women is loosers Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring the late Janis Joplin RIP Janis born in Port Arthur Texas and died 1970.
Ballsmacker ID Proton
02:41 I Can't stand Loosing You The Police Massive Rock/New Wave group of the early 1980s Featuring Sting on vocals Sting went solo.
02:44 Looser Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead Rock Group of the 1960s San Francisco Scene Haight Ashbury! RIP Jerry! Part of the Counter Culture of the 1960s.
Ballsmacker Radio ID on most Friday Nights
02:48 Three Time Looser Rod Stewart Massive Hit maker of the 1970s and even went Disco in the late seventies. Work goes back to the 1960s. Still singing these days.
02:52 I'm a Looser The Beatles featuring John Lennon on vocals Disbanded in 1970 Part of the early British Invasion to America in 1964 RIP John and George Beatles originally from Liverpool, England.
Ballsmacker Radio ID
02:55 I Can't Stand Loosing You The Police...Played earlier.
Bowling Ball smack Sound effect
02:59 Looser Jerry Garcia Repeat from earlier RIP Jerry
03:03 I'm a Looser UFO
Ballsmacker Addy given for valid Reception Report and Theme Also send address. where sending from
03:05 Looser Three Doors Down.
03:11 Poor Poor Pitiful Me Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Ponys Hit maker of the 1970s
Ballsmacker Radio Are you ready for some damage?
03:14 Like I am gonna love Meghan Trainor Feat John Legend
03:18 Even the Loosers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Massive Rock group of the 1970s and 80s RIP Tom.
03:22 If I ever loose my  faith Sting of the Police but gone solo
03:26 Lonsome Looser Little River Band
Thats are show for this evening...email addy given.
Wildfire Interval.
Off the Air

« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 0330 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2020, 0207 UTC »
0201 - "Loser" - Beck
0203 - "Three Time Loser" - Dan Seals
0206 - YL w/ID & email addy into: "Losing My Religion" - R.E.M.
0211 - "You Can't Win Them All" - Ten Years After
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 0212 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2020, 0207 UTC »
Signal 5x7 in DC metro area (much improved from last week)

Now up: REM Losing My Religion
too many radios, not enough antennas

Offline Dr. Strangelove

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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2020, 0208 UTC »
S7 here.  Thanks for the show!
R-390a, WJ-8718, Rohde & Schwarz EK07 and EK56, Siemens E311, 51-J4, R8, IC-7610. All reports are from my radios and antennas at my QTH.  Please QSL to morrisgarage770@msn.com   Northwest AL EM64

Offline Molvania Poacher

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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2020, 0250 UTC »
Suddenly very strong and clear here, SINPO=54454, wow. Intermittent voice QRM.

248- "Three Time Loser" by Rod Stewart.
252- "I'm a Loser" by The Beatles.
255- OM IDs over song.
255- "Can't Stand Losing You" by The Police.
258- "Loser" by Jerry Garcia.
« Last Edit: December 19, 2020, 0259 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
All reception from this location, radio and antenna.
QTH New Hampshire (70 miles north of Boston).
Tecsun S-8800 and Kenwood R-2000, with about 135 feet of wire thrown up in the trees.
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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2020, 0251 UTC »
S8 to S9 on the BOG tonight, "Three Time Loser" by Rod Stewart @ 0251
Northeast Kentucky
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Offline Andrew Yoder

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Re: Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0158 UTC 19 DEC 2020
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2020, 0445 UTC »
Excellent signal with a variety of pop music. Tuned in around 0410 or so
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