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BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 Aug 2021
« on: August 14, 2021, 0057 UTC »
Ball Smacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 14 AUGUST 2021

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
00:01 UTC - Broadcast begins;
01:30 UTC - Entered a deep fade out period, now weak and unreadable;
01:45 UTC - Signal is starting to fade back in;
02:31 UTC - SSTV;
02:34 UTC - End of broadcast.

Welcome home and hope you had a good camping trip last weekend.
The frequency was plagued with UTE traffic tonight including some ALE heard at 02:24 UTC.

Thank you for the show.


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« Last Edit: January 10, 2022, 2338 UTC by Skipmuck »

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2021, 0058 UTC »
Wildfire Interval.
Good evening Ham Samiches..
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:00 Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson and Sir Elton John Duo.
01:03 Smokin Boston...Hit Rock group of the 1970s.

Pass me a Dube and let's smoke it!!
Try My Urb and lets get Experienced!

License to Smack Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:08 Been Smokin Nick Drake.
01:10 You Don't Know How it feels Tom Petty.
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01:14 No Smoke Without A Fire Bad Company.
01:19 Smoke Gets in My Eyes The Platters Classic slow dance at the high school Hops!
Proton Mail addy given for Theme and reception report
01:21 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple.

Some stupid with a flare gun burnt the place to the ground! But Frank Zappa and the Mothers had the best place around

Zappa and the Mothers! RIP Frankie Baby! We miss you! Probably everybody learning guitar has played this famous riffs. Frank Zappa from Baltimore, Maryland! My home state!
Children Moon Unit and Dweezel.
01:27 Smokin Joe's Cafe The Coasters The Coasters 1950s Rock and Rollers. Lots of Coasters songs like this played in strip bars back in the day because of the sax solos and beat
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01:30 Smoke and Mirrors Imagine Dragons.
01:34 Smoke Two Joints Subline.

LET'S ALL SMOKE TWO JOINTS AND GET WASTED MAN!!

Those girls were habitual users of marijuana!!

Does everyone still have their copies of High Times Magazine??

Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:37 Smoke Rings in the Dark Gary Allan

How about the Ghost of Smokey Joe Cabby Calloway?

01:41 Smoke Smoke Smoke that Cigerette Tex Williams Master of Western Swing!
01:44 Black Smoke Rises Greta Van Fleet.

Marijuana Marijuana...LSD LSD? Many people smoke it Many people take it...,Why cant I Why cant I???

01:48 Smoking in the Boys Room Brownsville Station.

Smoking in the Boys room was not aloud in school! But many highschools had designated smoke areas. Who put that cherry bomb in the urinal?????

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01:51 Smokes and Chicken The Perpetrators Doesn't everyone spend their money on Smokes and Chicken??? Colonel Sanders certainly did!

Let's all run down to the local head shop and buy a bong! Electric Head!!

01:56 Smoke Break Carrie Underwood....Cant imagine Carrie Underwood smokin a dube??? But she is one Smokin mama! Baby Baby!
Ballsmacker ID.
02:00 When Smokey sings, I hear violins ABC

Movie Star great Robert Mitchum arrested in the 1948 for possesion of Marijiuana. Does time in the slammer

02:05 Smoke Rings Sammy Cooke
Proton addy given for Theme and valid reception report EQSL will be sent.

02:08 Nooooooooooooo!!! This is Cab Calloways song!!!!!! Ohhhhh noooooooooooo! Cabby was so much better!
the Ghost of Smokey Joe.

SORRY CAB!!! your still the man!!!

Minnie kickin the gong around is an old drug reference! Opium or Cocaine use

02:13 Motley Crue?????? Ok, they are ok, but Brownsville Station is always the best! Smokin in the Boys Room!
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
 02:17 Holy Smoke The Iron Madien! Metal Band

The saying Holy Smokes comes from the Smoke the Vatican would release during Religious Events and Pope elections for new Pope.
02:20 Smoke from a distant fire Sanford Townsend Band.
Ballsmacker.net
02:24 Smoke Florida Georgia Line.
At certain times of year on the Georgia Florida line, you can see smoke from brush fires. Gets dry down here and cigerette butts trigger these fires along I95.

The Legalization of Pot is happening in many states, but thhe Government still says NO!!
01:27 Smokey Mountain Rain Ronnie Milsap who is also a Ham Radio Operator WB4KCG Country Music great with many, many #1 Hits.

The Great Smokey Mountains are named for the cloud cover over the mountains tops!Today, polution also mixes in to get a hazy look.
SSTV Image sent.
Thats all.
Wildfire Interval.
Off the air.


































« Last Edit: August 14, 2021, 0233 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2021, 0058 UTC »
0058:  Interval signal below the noise.
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 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2021, 0100 UTC »
Tuned in at 0058utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair/poor S9 signal, hear piano interval signal, at 0100 Ballsmacker ID and bowling ball sound followed by the song "tracks of my tears", at 0106utc tried Normal IL sdr but only S5 there, at 0132utc 10 over 9 on Barrington Hills sdr, at 0142utc song "smoke smoke smoke that cigarette", at 0149 song "smoking in the boy's room", at 0140utc tried local reception and get up to 20 over 9, tried portable with rod antenna and heard it there too, signal beginning to fade at 0152, at 0231utc SSTV/FAX, nice selection of tunes, thanks for the show.   
« Last Edit: August 14, 2021, 0232 UTC by William Hassig »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2021, 0101 UTC »
signal S9+5-10 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
00.58 piano
01.00 ID
01.00 song "The Tracks Of My Tears"
01.03 song "Smokin'"
01.07 ID
01.07 song "Been Smoking Too Long"
01.10 song "You Don't Know How It Feels"
01.14 ID
01.14 song "No Smoke Without A Fire"
« Last Edit: August 14, 2021, 0115 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2021, 0107 UTC »


Nothing here this week  :(
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2021, 0115 UTC »
SINPO=14111 here tonight.

108- Can make out faint music, but can't ID it.
All reception from this location, radio and antenna.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2021, 0116 UTC »
Ball Smacker Radio smacking the antenna with good songs. The signal is a little weak and we have local static here. Thanks for the broadcast.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2021, 0121 UTC »
0115 Fading in with good S5-6 and audio. No smoke without fire"
0119 smoke gets in your eyes - The Platters
0120 ID with qsl info - into Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 
*Viva La ZAPPA!
0127 Smokey Joes Café   The Robins!! (Pre-Coasters)
0137 "Most Friday Nights"  BS ID
0148 Smoking in the Boys room.  --We had a smoking lounge in highschool between class and lunchtime, bathroom was off limits tho. 1979 NJ
« Last Edit: August 14, 2021, 0153 UTC by Paul Turkk »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2021, 0152 UTC »
Decent signal tonight, not powerful but perfectly copyable. Thanks for the show!
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2021, 0156 UTC »
01:50 Smoking in the Boy's Room- Motley Crue

02:14 Smoking in the Boy's Room- Motley Crue
02:17 Holy Smoke - Iron Maiden (hell yeah)
02:20 Smoke from a Distant Fire - Sanford Townsend Band

About an S5 (or a 50) on the Belka Dx, factory whip, sitting at my kitchen table, lightning storm about 30 mi away.

Great sounding signal, with some occasional deep fade.
« Last Edit: August 14, 2021, 0222 UTC by Nightshift911 »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2021, 0207 UTC »
Tuned in late tonight but a very nice signal, slight fading and some summertime noise on the band. The first image is a MMSSTV decode and the second image is a Black Cat SSTV decode.

 
« Last Edit: August 14, 2021, 0302 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 AUG 2021
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2021, 0226 UTC »
Nice solid s9+ into SC, great music
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