Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 9 Jan 2021

[Bali_Frank]

signal S6-7 on the SDR in Vermont
01.58 piano
02.00 ID
02.00 song "Friends In Low Places"
02.04 song "A Little Help From My Friends"
02.07 ID
02.07 song "Thank You for Being a Friend"
02.11 song "Stand by Me"
02.14 ID + email
02.14 song "Waiting On A Friend"

[KMD3HR]

Wildfire Interval
Ballsmacker Radio ID
02:00 Friends in Low Places Brooks and Dunn Monster Country and Western Hit...An anthem for bar drinking
02:04 With a Little Help from My Friends The Beatles featuring Ringo Starr on vocals Beatles disbanded in 1970 Monster Hit for Joe Cocker at Woodstock
Ballsmacker Radio ID
02:07 Thank you for being a Friend Andrew Gold Song was used as theme song for television show Golden Girls
Andrew had another hit with Lonely Boy.

How about Friends by Sir Elton John? Or Funeral For a Friend Elton John?

02:11 Stand By Me Soul singer Ben E. King Once Lead singer of The Drifters
Ballsmacker Proton Mail addy given for theme and valid reception report...Location also needed for EQSL
02:15 Waiting for a friend The Rolling Stones featuring Jagger and Richards Part of the early British invasion to America in 1964 RIP Brian Jones.
02:19 Lean on Me Bill Withers who was born in West Virginia
02:24 Loss of signal.
Can't pull in signal...almost gone!

02:31 All My Rowdy Friends Hank Williams Jr.
02:34 You Gotta Friend Sweet Baby James Taylor Once married to Carly Simon.
Friends and Lovers Carl Anderson and Gloria Loring
You Gotta Friend Randy Newman
Ill Stand By You The Pretenders
Old Friends Simon and Garfunkle Smash duo in the 1960s Both went solo careers
Your my Best Friend Queen Glam Rock group in the 70s Still going strong today, but less the late Freddy Mercury.

Barely pulling these out..thank goodness for earphones
Your Racist Friends They Might be Giants
02:55 Ballsmacker proton Addy given.
02:56 Funeral For A friend Sir Elton John from the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Album 1973 Love Lies Bleeding. Some of Eltons best Piano, Hammond Organ and Mellotron passages Davy Johnston on guitar Bernie Taupin with Lyrics Some of Davy's finest guitar work with Elton
What About You TLC
03:10 Ballsmacker ID.
03:11 Anytime You Need Me Mariah Carey.

Your killing me Ballsmacker! lol Mariah Carey??? Just stick needles in my ear drums!

Signal has improved! But still in the mud
I'll Be there for you The Rembrandts
Ballsmacker.net ID.
03:18 Friends of Mine The Zombies English Rock group of the 1960s with a couple hits.

Why Cant We Be Friends War
Ballsmacker Proton Addy given
03:25 Wildfire Interval.
Off the Air

[Dr. Strangelove]

Down in the noise here in Alabama

[William Hassig]

At 0223 utc detect weak carrier in ssb mode under low noise, hear no audio,

[BallSmacker]

Encore at 0400UTC (1100EST) hopefully band conditions improve.  Transmitter is fully in spec.

[ear in the ether]

03:20  weak and lots of noise but can hear some music, hope the band improves. (why cant we be friends, I think)

[Markokpik]

0316  Rock music, YL w/ distinctive Ballsmacker Radio ID and bowling pins dropping. 

S6, but nosier here.  So poor reception.  Lost it at 0320..

[Molvania Poacher]

SINPO=44433, coming in well here now with the encore. Absolutely nothing earlier, during first broadcast.

402- "Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks.
404- "With a Little Help From My Friends" by The Beatles.
407- Recorded YL ID "From some wires strung up in the trees...Ball Smacker Radio," then bowing pins sound effect.
407- "Thank You For Being a Friend" by Andrew Gold (throwback to The Golden Girls).
411- "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King.
414- Recorded YL ID, providing email address and indicating that reception reports with theme indicated will receive eQSL. "Please include the location you are receiving us from."
415- "Waiting On a Friend" by The Rolling Stones.

[Bali_Frank]

signal S9+5-10 on the SDR in Vermont