• Station: WBCQ in Monticello, Maine
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  Band: Shortwave
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  Date: February 20, 2022
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  About: WBCQ is an international shortwave broadcast station located in Monticello, Maine, USA. They broadcast on 7.490 MHz, 9.330 MHz, 4.790 MHz, 3.265 MHz, and 6.160 MHz. They have been been bringing access to the airwaves since 1998.
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  Wikipedia Link
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  Notes: WBCQ strongly supports the United States of America's constitutional right to free speech. Programs aired by their clients are not censored in any way. WBCQ believes that their programmers have the right to express themselves on the airwaves in any way they seem fit. This is why you will find a diverse mix of music, talk, commentary, spiritual, religious, and commercial programming on WBCQ. They only restrict programming content if the programmer directly advocates harming other human beings based on their race, creed, or national origin.

 

• Station: Pirate Station Ball Smacker
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  Band: Shortwave 6960 KhZ
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  Date: March 19, 2021
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  About: Ball Smacker is a pirate short wave radio station broadcasting from "somewhere in the northeast" US. Maine seems a likely spot but I really do not know where their transmitter is located. Their spokesman states "Look for us most Friday nights at 9PM EDT on 6960 AM. We now have a website with show archives at BallSmacker.net". As of 2022 Ballsmacker is broadcasting at 4030 KhZ at 02:00 UTC on Friday evenings in the US.
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  Station Website
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  Notes: From their website - History - Other countries have low power license options but in the U.S. you need 50 kW transmitters to get a shortwave license. Homey don't play that game. We believe that as the Internet makes broadcasting available to everyone there should be a special place for those willing to overcome the technological hurdles to generate RF on a wire that can be heard without the Internet. We are a volunteer effort to show there is still a place for real RF broadcasts in the Internet world.

 

• Station: Pirate Station Ball Smacker
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  Band: Shortwave 4030 KhZ
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  Date: February 25, 2022
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  About: This may have been Ballsmacker's last broadcast. In response to my reception report of February 25, 2022, Ballsmacker wrote "Thanks for tuning us in and your reception report. We have a website with show archives at BallSmacker.net It has been fun for over 2 years. Here's an eQSL!". I asked if he was retiring but did not receive a reply.
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  Station Website
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  Notes: It was very difficult to hear the music and conversation of the February 25th broadcast. The weak signal could barely reach above the background static. I even tried the AirSpy server network of SDR radios in the US Midwest and Northeast. I did not have any luck locating a strong signal.

 

• Station: Pirate Station Ball Smacker
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  Band: Shortwave 6960 KhZ
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  Date: March 25, 2022
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  About: Ball Smacker Radio is alive and well! They changed their frequency to 6960 and their signal now comes in much stronger. Tonight's theme was luck. It seems as though good luck has come to Ball Smacker Radio.
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  Station Website
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  Notes: Ball Smacker surprisingly covers a wide section of the US with a strong, clear signal on 6960 khz. Power output is listed on each QSL and varies from 60 to 400 watts.