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BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« on: April 23, 2022, 0057 UTC »
BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 23 APRIL 2022

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up; nice S+10 signal;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:33 UTC - SSTV;
02:36 UTC - End of broadcast. Good solid S+10 signal all night.

Thank you for the show.

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« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0236 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2022, 0058 UTC »
Wildfire Interval
Good evening Ham Samiches
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:00 Wind of Change Scorpions
01:05 Magic Moments Perry Como Good holsum family entertainer from 50s and 60s


HEAR SOMEONE ON FREQUENCY BUT YOU TOOK THEM OUT??

Ballsmacker.net ID
01:08 Dock of the Bay The late Otis Redding
01:10 Good Life One Republic
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:14 Love is a Battlefield Patricia Benatar
01:18 Only Love Can Break A Heart Gene Pitney
01:21 Here Comes My Baby Brian Poole

How about Tell me when the Whistle Blows Elton John?
Golden Years David Bowie?
White Christmas Bing Crosby?
Walk Like An Eygptian? The Bangles?
Good Bad and Ugly Theme Ray Montenegra?


01:23 Joyride Roxette
Proton Addy given for Reception Report with Theme for Andy Griffith Show in background Earl Hagen and his Orchestra
01:30 That Smell The Lynyrd Skynyrd Song used in Miami Vice Episode Trust Fund Pirates in mid eighties
01:36 Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People
01:39 Montego Bay Bobby Bloom
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:43 Games Without Frontier Peter Gabriel
01:46 Trampoline Shaed
Ballsmacker Radio ID
01:49 Don't Worry Be Happy? Bobby McFerrin
01:53 Can't Smile Without You Barry Manilow One time pianist for Bette Midler
Break out hits in the mide seventies
Proton addy for Reception Report and Theme
01:56 GNR Patience's Twist Tengo
02:00 Patience Guns N Roses featuring Axel Rose
02:02 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone White societies choice to sing those evil rock and roll songs made by Black artists, Little Richard, Elvis Presley hip shaking songs. Pat became a minister. His famous daughter Deby Boone You Light up my Life
Ballsmacker Radio ID
02:05 Cornflake Girl  Tori Amos
02:09 Me and Julio Down By School Yard Paul Simon One half of smash duo Simon and Garfunkle in the 1960s
02:12 Moves Like Jaggar Moroon 5
02:16 Whistle Flo Rida I live in Flo Rida
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02:19 Centerfold J. Geils Band
02:23 Walk Like a Egyptian The Bangles
New Wave all girl band of the eighties

THE PARTY BOYS ARENT CALLING THE KREMLIN NOW???

02:26 Golden Years The Thin White Dujke David Bowie from the Station to Station Album.
02:29 Tighten Up The Black Keys A Piano has Black Keys
SSTV Image
Proton Addy Given
Thats All
Wildfire Interval
Off the Air

Thanks for then Show

















« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0235 UTC by KMD3HR »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2022, 0101 UTC »
0059 tuning signal
0100 Yl with Id " Wind of Change " Scorpions
0105 "Magic Moments" Perry Como
0108 " The Dock of the Bay " Ottis Redding
0110 " Good Life " One Republic
0115 "Love is a Battlefield " Pat Benatar
« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0116 UTC by hsmith77 »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2022, 0101 UTC »
signal S9 on the SDR in Elida, Ohio
00.58 piano
01.00 ID
01.00 song "Wind of Change"
01.05 song "Magic Moments"
01.07 ID
01.07 song "The Dock Of The Bay"
01.10 song "Good Life"
01.14 ID
01.14 song "Love Is A Battlefield"
« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0115 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2022, 0108 UTC »
0105 UTC: S8-9 with Perry Como singing Magic Moments
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2022, 0109 UTC »
S9- s10 signal

Nice music
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2022, 0112 UTC »
SINPO=34433

111- "Good Life" by OneRepublic.
114- YL IDs with bowling pins sound effect.
114- "Love Is A Battlefield" by Pat Benatar.
« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0115 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2022, 0114 UTC »
0101 Wind of Change (Scorpions)
0105 Magic Moments (Perry Como)
0107 The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding), after URL announcement
0110 Good Life (One Republic)
0114 Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benetar)
0118 Only Love Can Break a Heart (Gene Pitney)
0121 Here Comes My Baby (The Tremeloes), after an ID that was bit unclear for me
0124 Joyride (Roxette), but I couldn't hear this one well
0128 spoken ID? a bit hard to make out
0129 The Andy Griffith Theme (Andy Griffith)
0130 That Smell (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
0136 Pumped Up Kicks (One Republic) after something spoken that was hard to make out again
0140 Montego Bay (Bobby Bloom)
0142 spoken, didn't really catch this
0143 Games Without Frontiers (Peter Gabriel)
0146 Trampoline (Shaed & Zayn)
0149 Don't Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin) after something spoken
0153 Can't Smile Without You (Barry Manilow)
0156 spoken (these parts are generally tough for me to hear well)
0157 Patience (Guns n Roses)
0202 Love Letters In the Sand (Pat Boone)
0204 Cornflake Girl (Tori Amos) after spoken ID(?)
0209 Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (Paul Simon)
0212 Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5) after spoken frequency
0216 Whistle (Flo Rida)
0219 Centerfold (J. Geils Band) after spoken ID
0223 Walk Like an Egyptian (Bangles)
0226 something spoken
0227 Golden Years (David Bowie)
0230 Tighten Up (The Black Keys)
0233 noises -- I think they went off the air around now

Song IDs from Shazam, mostly.

I'm not sure where/how to get signal info some others posted to report that, but my ATS-909X2 shows RSSI of ~30-ish most of the time with SNR around maybe 20-ish (on screen these are like "30DB" and "20DB").  I did lose the music a few times, but it was audible most of the time even if it wasn't totally clear all the time.  Generally, it seemed to come in better before about 0200 than after.
« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0234 UTC by Dronak »

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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2022, 0118 UTC »
on 6960.00            direct
0112 music, 0114 ID as - - - Radio, music, noisy, bad fading, some USB voice QRM,
0121 Tremeloes "Here comes my baby"
0128 ballsmacker at protonmail.com, 0129 music
0143 ID (between known tunes unk. titles)

0208 music
« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0210 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2022, 0125 UTC »
Good signal at times, but mostly a big tough to get in with a decent signal. Thanks for the show.

A slight nudge on the loop and now a retraction of my report. Ballsmacker ID and into some nice rock. Nice sounding tunes coming in pretty clear.
« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0130 UTC by blw »
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2022, 0131 UTC »
0130 - That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
0136 - Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
0139 - Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom        S-8, S-9
« Last Edit: April 23, 2022, 0141 UTC by Sarge94 »

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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2022, 0138 UTC »
S-9 in T-Town tonite!

That Smell - Skynard- 0131

id 0136

Pumped up Kicks - FTP - 0137

Thanks for the excellent show!

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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2022, 0138 UTC »
01:37 utc pumped up kicks by foster the people. Signal good with static crashes and holding steady at S7 using the Ottawa Ontario receiver.
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2022, 0140 UTC »
S9 signal with some static crashes.  Thanks for the show!
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Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2022, 0159 UTC »
Poor reception at 01:59 UTC into Masset, but LSS isn't for another couple of hours, so hardly surprising.  73,  Walt
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