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Author Topic: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021  (Read 1372 times)

Offline Bali_Frank

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Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« on: March 14, 2021, 0201 UTC »
signal S9+5-10 on the SDR in Vermont
01.58 piano
02.00 ID
02.00 song "Time Passages!
02.06 song "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"
02.09 ID
02.09 song "Time"
« Last Edit: March 14, 2021, 0212 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2021, 0202 UTC »
0200 Time Passages - Al Stewart  Strong but a bit fady tonight.  (S-9 to S-9+)
0206 Good Riddance -Green Day
0209 Time - Pink Floyd
0214 Signal took a dive but just about S-3 and weak  :-\ maybe it will come back?
0222 Just bits of audio now ...
« Last Edit: March 14, 2021, 0223 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2021, 0204 UTC »
0203 UTC "Time Passages"-Al Stewart (S8 peaks amidst atmospherics and light fades....excellent audio!)
0206 UTC "Good Riddance(Time of Your Life)"-Green Day
0209 UTC ID, into "Time"-Pink Floyd
0216 UTC "Time In A Bottle"-Jim Croce(Email addy over the song)
0218 UTC Signal is dropping into the noise here during extended ID/email addy. Signal is mostly below the band noise now  :(
First time I've heard Ballsmacker in ages, and the propagation tanks.....oh well...the theme is Time!

Here's a link to my recording before the signal faded into the noise:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SPNB37G-Egm_N_1lUtVkCkoWiuuB6ipq/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for the rare Saturday evening show! I get to stay up late......no work on Sundays....  :)
« Last Edit: March 14, 2021, 0236 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2021, 0210 UTC »
Weak signal S 1-3  music at 0207 "Time of your life" ?
Burst of Digital at 0209
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2021, 0211 UTC »
SINPO=34333.

209- "Time" by Pink Floyd (with the long "tick toc" intro).
216- "Time In A Bottle" by Jim Croce.
219- Can hear traces of tunes, but nothing I can ID now unfortunately.
« Last Edit: March 14, 2021, 0224 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2021, 0213 UTC »
0212: Nothing here unfortunately.  Not even a carrier on USB.
ICOM IC-R8600 fed into a 41' RF Systems MLBA-MK1 long wire antenna running vertically at approximately 45 degrees from roof to ground.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2021, 0213 UTC »
Ball Smacker - Program: "Time"
Due to technical issues, the 2021-03-13 (Friday) broadcast was not able to air.  The 2021-03-14 broadcast is a replacement show at 9PM EST Saturday on 4030kHz.

02:04 UTC - S9+ in Toronto, Ontario Canada and sounding good. Minimal fade;
02:10 UTC - Pink Floyd;
02:24 UTC - Starting to suffer from deep fades. To be expected as the current conditions of the magnetic field is: Unsettled;
02:32 UTC - UNID tuning up on 4027.0 kHz; (potential MARS traffic);
02:33 UTC - Station ID, "Ball Smacker" with e-mail address; followed by music;
02:34 UTC - UNID data transmission on 4027.0 kHz; (potential MARS traffic);
02:38 UTC - ALE SND from C/S FC4FEM followed by data transmission; (FEMA);
02:41 UTC - Station ID followed by music;
02:49 UTC - Station ID and "somewhere in the Northeast" followed by music. Propagation is bouncing back up. Signal at S8. Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands;
03:09 UTC - ALE SND from C/S FCSFEM0 (FEMA);
03:12 UTC - Station ID, "Ball Smacker" with e-mail address for reception report and eQSL;
03:35 UTC - "That's our show for tonight";
03:36 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thanks for the quality broadcast (Program: "Time") vs. the rubbish on 6930.0 kHz.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna
« Last Edit: March 14, 2021, 0337 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

Offline Dr. Strangelove

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2021, 0220 UTC »
Tough copy with lots of static crashes tonight
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2021, 0222 UTC »
Rock songs but they are sometimes a challenge due to local noise. Thanks for the show.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0158 UTC 14 Mar 2021
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2021, 0226 UTC »
Tuned in at 0224utc, weak poor signal with fading, song "you'll be comin' back", at 0243 signal improved to fair/poor, nice variety of music, thanks for the show. 
« Last Edit: March 14, 2021, 0244 UTC by William Hassig »
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