{"id":52342,"date":"2022-04-02T20:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52342"},"modified":"2022-04-01T08:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T12:24:32","slug":"tim-recommends-shortwave-pirate-ballsmacker-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/tim-recommends-shortwave-pirate-ballsmacker-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim recommends shortwave pirate “Ballsmacker Radio”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Tim Brockett, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good Morning Thomas.<\/p>\n

I enjoy receiving your daily posts. They are informative, helpful and sometimes enlightening.<\/p>\n

I wanted to alert you to a change in frequency for Ballsmacker Radio.<\/p>\n

I tuned into them on Friday, March 26 at 6960 kHz. They came in well at Willow Beach, Arizona which is just south of Las Vegas, Nevada. The broadcast started at 01:00 UTC and ended at 02:25 UTC.<\/p>\n

Ballsmacker is a pirate station that airs from “somewhere in the northeast” in the USA. He uses just 200 watts but has a great frequency and time. I have routinely picked him up in Willow Beach.<\/p>\n

His website is at https:\/\/ballsmacker.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

He welcomes reception reports and sends out eQSLs that appear to be different for each week. He broadcasts once a week at 01:00 UTC. You can also stream past shows from his website. The theme of last night’s show was “luck”. Each song had something to do with chance or luck. Most of the show is popular music from the 20th century. The music is interspersed with station IDs, email and website addresses.<\/p>\n

His email is ballsmacker@protonmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Hope this assists with your fine work.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\nTim Brockett<\/p>\n

Thanks so much, Tim! You’re right: Ballsmacker Radio puts out a great signal and certainly offers up proper music variety! Thanks again for sharing your tip!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tim Brockett, who writes: Good Morning Thomas. I enjoy receiving your daily posts. They are informative, helpful and sometimes enlightening. I wanted to alert you to a change in frequency for Ballsmacker Radio. I tuned into them on Friday, March 26 at 6960 kHz. They came in well at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,297,43],"tags":[9748,4092,1310,9749,4116],"class_list":["post-52342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ballsmacker-radio","tag-pirate-radio","tag-shortwave-pirates","tag-tim-brockett","tag-whats-on-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dCe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52101,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/texas-radio-shortwave-full-2022-broadcast-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":52342,"position":0},"title":"Texas Radio Shortwave: Full 2022 Broadcast Schedule","author":"Thomas","date":"March 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tim Brockett, who writes: Thomas, Attached is the latest 2022 schedule for Texas Radio Shortwave. 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