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BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 Oct 2021
« on: October 02, 2021, 0058 UTC »
Ball Smacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:58 UTC 02 OCTOBER 2021

00:58 UTC - Carrier is up with interval signal. Weak unreadable tonight.


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« Last Edit: January 17, 2022, 2328 UTC by Skipmuck »

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2021, 0058 UTC »
Wildfire Interval.
Good evening ham samiches.
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:00 Fool for the City Foghat.
01:04 Surf City Jan and Dean Surfing era duo rivaling the Beach Boys in the early 60s.
01:07 Kansas City Wilbert Harrison
01:09 We Built This City The Starship formerly The Jefferson Airplane Song
Radio interlude San Francisco. Balin/Slick.
Ballsmacker.net ID.
01:14 City of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie
01:18 Summer in the City The Lovin Spoonful.
01:21 You Belong to the City Glenn Frey This song a big hit and used in Miami Vice TV Movie The Prodical Son Glen Frey also starred on Miami Vice as a big drug runner. Glenn Frey also member of The Eagles.



How about You Belong To The City Glenn Frey?
Detroit Rock City Kiss?
Suffragette City David Bowie?
Panic in Detroit David Bowie?
LA Woman The Doors?
New York New York Frank Sinatra?
The Night Chicago Died Paperlace?
Anything from Chicago?
London Calling The Clash?
Philadelphia Freedom Elton John?
Anything from Miami Sound Machine?
Locomotion Little Eva?
Sweet Little Sixteen Chuck Berry?
Last two name many cities.
Anything from Herb Alpert and the Tijuanna Brass?
Saginaw Michigan Lefty Frizzel?
Luckenbach Texas, Waylon Jennings?
Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton?

01:27 Kansas City The Fab Four Lennon/McCartney Beatles early influences were early American Rock and Roll.
License to Smack Ballsmacker Radio.
01:30 Paradise City Guns and Roses featuring Axl Rose.
01:36 Im Doing Fine New York City
Ballsmacker ID.
01:39 Come on and Ride It Quad City DJs.
01:43 Saturday Night The Bay City Rollers Masters of the tartan. From Scotland
Teen Idols of girls in the 1970s.
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
01:46 Big City Nights The Scorpions.
Hot in the City Billy Idol.
01:53 Detroit Rock City Kiss Simmons/Stanley Massive rock band of the 70s featuring pyrotectnics on stage.
01:57 Hot Child in the City Nick Gilder.
02:00 Boy From New York City Manhatten Transfer...remake of an original The Transfer did a pretty good rendition!
02:04 Suffragette City David Bowie From The Ziggy Stardust and Spiders From Mars Album

WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM!
David Bowie Glam Rock rocker of the seventies.
Ballsmacker Proton addy given for valid reception report.
02:08 Do the Hustle Van McCoy Pre curser to Disco The Hustle a big dance.
02:11 Sweet City Woman The Stampeders from the early seventies.
02:14 In the City Joe Walah and the Eagles Song used at the end of the smash hit movie The Warriors in the late 70s Joe Walsh is also an Amateur Radio Operator WB6ACU
02:18  Lights Journey featuring Steven Perry on vocal.
02:21 Living For the City Stevie Wonder of Motown

Band Dropping out here for the evening......

Lost it...in the noise.

Thanks for the show!













« Last Edit: October 02, 2021, 0226 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2021, 0059 UTC »
0058: Carrier up, weak into QTH.
0100:  No carrier.
0102:  Faint on USB.
0103:  Carrier fading in and out.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2021, 0104 UTC by bigd »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2021, 0100 UTC »


0059 Peaks over noise floor  :-\
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2021, 0102 UTC »
Just barely making it here in Houston

01:00 - Suddenly punched through the noise for a couple seconds with some music. Can't tell what it is, though.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2021, 0103 UTC »
signal S8-9 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
00.59 piano
01.00 ID
01.00 song "Fool for the City"
01.04 song "Surf City"
01.06 ID
01.06 song "Kansas City"
01.09 song "We Built This City"
01.14 ID
01.14 song "The City of New Orleans"

02.28 SSTV
02.29 ID + email
02.30 piano
02.31 off


« Last Edit: October 02, 2021, 0243 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2021, 0106 UTC »
Piano IS at 0058 followed by statio ID at 0100'
"Fool for the City" came on right after.  Fair signal but noisy conditions in eastern Nebraska.
Songs with "City" in the title.
Unfortunately show completely obscured in the noise here by 0130.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2021, 0129 UTC by JohnS »
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2021, 0108 UTC »
BallSmacker has his usual great signal tonight. S9+, at 0108 playing Kansas City. Thanks for the broadcast tonight BallSmacker.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2021, 0109 UTC »
S7-9 and sounding good.  Thanks for the show!
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2021, 0116 UTC »
S9 - S9+20 here in the PNW with QSB

0116 native son
0119 summer in the city
0124 you belong to the city

« Last Edit: October 02, 2021, 0124 UTC by slother »

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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2021, 0122 UTC »
0120 S6 a little in the noise tonight. "Summer in the City"

Thanks for the broadcast BS Radio

01201 EQSL ID and email
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2021, 0138 UTC »
S9+10 0137 "I'm Doing Fine Now" - New York City
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2021, 0148 UTC »
0110 "city" themed songs.  I've been and out of the radio room, so no consistent listening.  However "City of New Orleans," "Summer in the City," ID, email and bowling ball hitting pins sequence, "You belong to the city," Go'in to Kansas City,"

S7 here with some fading.
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2021, 0159 UTC »
0159 solid s9 signal with some fading - classic rock song I do not recognize
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Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 OCT 2021
« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2021, 0408 UTC »
Show came in clear and at around S7 most of the time. The audio carried well. Thanks for the broadcast.
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