BallSmacker Radio 4030 AM 0156 UTC 12 FEB 2022

[~SIGINT~]

BallSmacker Radio 4030.0 kHz AM 01:56 UTC 12 FEBRUARY 2022

01:56 UTC - Carrier is up, loud and clear;
01:58 UTC - Interval signal;
02:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
03:35 UTC - SSTV;
03:38 UTC - End of broadcast.

Congratulations on show #104 celebrating the official 2 year anniversary as BallSmacker Radio. Nice to see that conditions are in favour this evening to mark the occasion. It had been several months since I had been able to listen to the shows directly.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

[Bali_Frank]

signal S9+15-20 on the SDR in Fair Hill, Maryland
01.58 piano
02.00 ID
02.00 song "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
02.05 song "Two Faces Have I"
02.08 ID
02.08 song "Two Hearts"
02.10 song "Breaking Us In Two"

[WPE0ERM]

Only peaking S5, avg S3 into west central FL right now, but reasonably clear. Here is audio clip end of nice intro interval, sign on, and first tune.

https://voca.ro/17Cw8hnYMe9a

[KMD3HR]

Almost forgot about Ballsmacker? I dont get your heads up emails anymore?? Then I remembered

02:11 Breaking us in two Joe Jackson.
Ballsmacker Radio ID Wires up in the tree.
02:15 Two to make it Right? Seduction.
02:21 Two Lovers Mary Wells.
02:23 Two Princes Spin Doctor.
02:27 Smoke Two Joints Sublime.


Loosing Signal to noise!!

Ballsmacker Radio ID License to Smack.
02:30 Two Doors Down Dolly Parton from Pidgon Forge,Tennessee.
Started her career with the late Porter Wagnor Television Variety Show.
02:32 Two are better than One Taylor Swift/Boys like Girls.

Wow! Can't think of anything for this theme?? Lol.

Proton Addy given for Theme and Reception Report.
02:37 Two Step Dave Matthews Band. The Band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia.
02:43 Two Kinds of. Teardrops! The late Del Shannon who tragically took his life.
Ballsmacker Radio ID
02:46 Two hearts Beat as One U2 featuring Bono
02:49 It Takes Two Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston. Marvin Gaye tragically killed by his father.
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
02:52 Love Me Two Times The Doors featuring the late Jimmy Moorison buried in Paris, France...legend still has Jim alive, frying and hawking fried chicken in some South Carolina Chicken Shack.
Best song so far for this set.
02:56 It takes Two Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock.
Ballsmacker Proton Addy given for Reception Report and Theme.
03:00 Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
03:04 Two of Us The Fab Four The Beatles from Liverpool, England.
Ballsmacker ID.
03:07 Two of Hearts Stacey Q.
03:10 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant.
03:14 Two Tickets to Paradise The late Eddie Money.Was a New York City Police Officer at one time.
02:18 Two Hearts Phil Collins formerly with Genesis. Phil just gave up on touring because of health ailment but still active in producing.
Ballsmacker.net ID.
03:21 Just the Two of Us Bill Withers.
03:25 Two of a Kind The late Bobby Darin and Bobby Mercer.
Ballsmacker Radio ID.
03:29 I heard it on a two way street The Moments.
03:32 Party For Two Shania Twain.
SSTC Image.
Thats all.
Wildfire Interval.
Off the Air.

Thanks for the show...Much better tonight on Signal!

[myteaquinn]

Good signal with slight fading and noise. But, a nice selection of songs as usual. Thanks for the broadcast tonight Ball Smacker Radio.

[Molvania Poacher]

SINPO=55454, wow!

228-"Smoke Two Joints" by Sublime.
229- YL recorded ID with email address and bowling ball sound effect.
229- "Two Doors Down" by Dolly Parton.
232- "Two Is Better Than One" by Boys Like Girls.

[William Hassig]

Tuned in at 0230utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, weak S5 to S7 signal, hear weak pop song sung by woman,

[BallSmacker]

Thanks for tuning us in and your reception reports!  We are celebrating our official 2 year anniversary as BallSmackerRadio, Show #104.  We love all of you but to get an eQSL you must send a report to BallSmacker@ProtonMail.com

Congrats to the teams that make sure we haven't missed a week in 2 years!  We survived overheated amps, Balun fires, Ice storms, and the deep woods!  We do this for you listeners!  See you next week.  Also check out http://BallSmacker.net

[myteaquinn]

Congratulations Ball Smacker and thank you for entertaining us for the last two years. Can't believe it has been that long.

[radiorandy]

Just tuned in - good signal with some QSB here in Florida - recording - thanks for the show!

Two of a Kind ! ... cool broadcast tonight....

[BallSmacker]

A little trivia for our 2 Year anniversary:
-We haven't missed a Friday night, February 14, 2020 when we started.  No pandemic yet then. 
-104 Unique show themes (- our 1 year anniversary show last Feb.)
-We usually run 200W carrier (800W peak) AM unless we are portable which can range from 50-100W.  (Encore shows are usually USB)  If we are portable, it is on batteries charged by solar.
-The "Stream Team" does our livestreams and archives and ALWAYS records what they get off the air, so if you hear us, it was over RF at some point.
-All songs we play are legally purchased .mp3 files which we own (forever).
-All of tonight's songs were purchased and downloaded over a Spacex Starlink Internet Satellite dish, and the show production started at 4:30PM EST.  Recording started at 6:45PM and finished 8:35PM.   All equipment was run off solar power to produce the show.
-We strive to meet all of the broadcast standards required for international shortwave except for the 50,000 Watt requirement.  That means we watch modulation, frequency error (+/- 5Hz), SWR, Harmonics, Distortion.

Thanks for all of your support!  And special thanks for HFU!