Free Radio Weekly #1372

Free Radio Weekly # 1372 – July 9, 2022

Covering Free Radio Activity from July 2 to July 8

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Editor This Week: Dave Turnick

EDITORS:

Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

David Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)

Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

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Contributors

-Mark Taylor, Madison, Wi.

-Rick Barton, Sun City, AZ

Drake SW1 and 100' wi

-Harold Frodge, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156

Drake R8B + 185' RW, GMC Car Radio for FMBC logs

-Larry Will, MD

-Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684 Enid OK 73702 wghauser@yahoo.com

NRD-545 with ALA-330S, IC-R75, PL-880, random wires

-William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com

-Claudio Galaz, Barraza Bajo, Chile

Tecsun PL-660

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

Clever Name Radio

6925U PIRATE (No. Am.) Clever Name Radio, 2234, 7/2/22. “Smoke on the water” – Deep Purple into a program of other weather themed songs with long pauses between songs and several unintelligible synth YL ID’s until finally one was audible enough to be heard here. Poor improving to just barely fair with lots of lightning QRN. Mostly unpleasant listening. (Taylor – WI.)

CLEVER NAME RADIO: 6923/U, 0021-0033+, 7/4; Hard rock; 0032:30 robot female lady woman; "This s Clever Name Radio, request lines are now open." SIO=3+53+ (Frodge-MI)

Wolverine Radio

6950 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Wolverine Radio, 0019, 7/3/22. "I'm walking" - Fats Domino, "Walk on by" - Dionne Warwick, ID, "Walk away Renee" - 4 Tops, "Take a walk on the wild side" - Lou Reed, "Walk of life" - Dire Straits, ID into program of “walk” themed songs with an ID every 3rd song, 0100 "echo" ID, SSTV (3 frame X-ray of someone walking with "Wolverine Radio"), off. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI.)

WOLVERINE RADIO: 0010-0018+, 7/3; Blues & C&W ditties featuring the lyric “walking”. SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)

WOLVERINE RADIO: 6950/U, 0010-0018+, 7/3; Blues & C&W ditties featuring the lyric “walking”. SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)

6950 USB, July 3 at 0055, rough blues song, good signal; 0101 Wolverine Radio ID and SSTV, off by 0107 check. Multiple logs here including several takes of the same SSTV image at sign-off: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, )

Wolverine Radio, 6950usb, 7-3-22, 0012 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair/poor S5 to S7 signal and low noise, some selective fading which I can hear and see on waterfall, signal suddenly improved to S9+10 at 0021 during song "walk on by", nice variety of songs with the d "walk" in them, signal fades to S5 or less at times, at 0101 echo ID then SSTV/FAX. Thanks for the nice program. (Hassig-IL)

Damn Skippy

6955 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Damn Skippy, 0110, 7/3/22. Series of 60’s ballads with “you” prominent. Eventually sequences of Synth YL (can't understand her), SSTV (“Damn Skippy”) then the unintelligible YL with more “you” themed songs. Eventually an SSTV (YL in sleeveless dress, "Golden Oldies 60's & 70's Best songs of all times"), "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", "Sweet Caroline," couple of other era songs, SSTV (Outhouse with “Outhouse Productions” “Damn Skippy, 6955.1 0??? - 0203 UTC 3 Jul 2022”) – an SSTV QSL, Outhouse with a few comments, brief instrumental, 0203 off. Fair with frequent fades to poor. (Taylor – WI.)

DAMN SKIPPY: 6955/U, 0119-0131+, 7/3; Elvis, Elton John & Rick Springfield ditties; Female lady woman mumbled IDs at 0124:30 & 0128:45; very fast SSTV. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

6955 USB, July 3 at 0056, romantic/love song segués, much weaker S7 than 6950 Wolverine, past 0113, JBA by 0120. These say it`s Damn Skippy, with several copies of four different SSTV images: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, )

Damn Skippy, 6955usb, 7-3-22, 0110 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with very weak S5 signal, at 0115 old pop song from around 1964 or 65 that goes "I'm a soldier, away from home through no wish of my own". (Hassig-IL)

Ballsmacker Radio

6960 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Ballsmacker Radio, 0058, 7/2/22. IS, ID into pop style music. Too poor to tell music with lots of lightning QRN. Unpleasant listening. (Taylor – WI.)

6960 USB, July 3 at 0034, ``Dream x 3`` song, classic rock, S3/S4 vs storm noise level hitting S8. Off by 0055 check but then there are 6950 and 6955. Zero logs of 6960 tonight at HF Underground, but 24 h earlier, Ballsmacker Radio was widely reported (Glenn Hauser, OK, )

Ball Smacker Radio, 6960am, 7-2-22, 0113 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S9 to S9+15 signal and some static, nice pop music, Ballsmacker ID with bowling ball sound, at 0123 Elvis: "devil in disguise", devil themed program with songs having the d "devil" in them, at 0133 switched to Normal IL sdr with less static, at 0147 somebody causing deliberate QRM by slowly sweeping carrier across signal, at 0236 SSTV/FAX, sign off announcement, piano IS then carrier off at 0240. Thanks for the nice tunes. Wow, I can't believe all the songs with the d "devil" in them. (Hassig-IL)

YHWH

7/6 0400 7475/am suddenly coming up out of the static at 0400. 10 Commandments list at 0412, full by a lot of familiar material. Closing ann, Days of Hard Life at 0430, second set of closing announcements, "I love you". Rose up to "Good" for a time around 0420, monitored on Drake SW1 and long wire at 100'. Shut down at 0435. -- Poor to Fair

CDO CORN DESERT OUTPOST

4185/U, 0234-0242, 7/4; Pop music; SSTV @0240:16 followed by code CDO repeated into more ditties.SIO=453+ (Frodge-MI)

Corn Desert Outpost, 4185usb, 7-4-22, 0219 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S7 signal and some AC power line buzz, heavy metal music, at 0222 SSTV/FAX followed by Morse code, I'm not fluent in Morse, SSTV/FAX was of what appears to be a Hallicrafters SX62, I have one that I got for ten dollars some years ago but haven't restored yet, it had some corrosion from mouse droppings. (Hassig-IL)

SYCKO RADIO

6950/U, 0316, 7/2; Op talk noting reception posts; ID into into rock ditty. SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI)

7/2, 0227, 6950usb. Sycko Radio with music, Summer by War. Sycko on the mic at 0230. Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter at 0256. Spirit in the Sky at 0301. Credence Clearwater Revival, Midnight Special at 0311. s7. (Will-MD)

Sycho Radio, 6950usb, 7-2-22, 0238 utc on Normal IL sdr with fair/poor S7 to S9 clean signal, song: "crystal blue persuasion". (Hassig-IL)

ZEEKY

6931/U, 0157-0231+, 7/4; Zeeky as Ear Wax Radio (17th different Zeeky mutation I’ve heard); rock ditties; Said that somebody is interfering--not heard. Said that he's licensed by the Academy of Pirate Broadcasters. Ragged on Bill Gates for spying on America. 0208 ID EWR w/“4th of July Show” & said he would close with a John Cougar Mellencamp tune, but didn’t close. Said he doesn't play bullshit music like other pirates. Said he's in Vermont & doesn’t see as many Quebec license plates lately. Said he will do an equinox show. Acknowledged posts into Elvis' Jail House Rock, then more tunes. SIO=454-(Frodge-MI)

Ear Wax Radio

6931usb, 7-4-22, 0212 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with noisy S7 to S9 signal, various country rock and C&W tunes, off suddenly at 0242. (Hassig-IL)

WENO

6960usb, 7-4-22, 0243 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with poor noisy S7 to S9 signal, pop music playing, momentary male voice then more music. (Hassig-IL)

Radio 48

via MRI, 6277usb, 7-5-22, 0030 UTC on Barrington Hills IL sdr with very weak S5 to S7 signal at low noise level, hear unid music under the mud. (Hassig-IL)

UNIDS

7/3, 1730. 27065/am. Somebody playing a lot of country music on what used to be more respected as "The Emergency Channel". Gone after 15 minutes, but was in progress at tune-in here.

6925/U, 2144, 7/2; Music...ZZZZzzzzz at QRN level. (Frodge-MI)
6920/AM, 0216-0220*, 7/5; Off after Beach Boys? Tune. Near QRN level& hiss QRM (Frodge-MI)

6880/U, 0215-0215:50*, 7/7; Odd vocal at tune-in & off, SIO=453+ (Frodge-MI).

6933/U, 0210-0242:22*, 7/5; Rock tunes; comments re The Byrds & Led Zeppelin. 0225 sed going off, but then ran 3 Led Zeppelin ditties & more LZ cmtry. Off abruptly in mid-Zeppelin. No name heard for this mutation. SIO=454 (Frodge-MI

6975am, 7-5-22, 0038 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with fair/poor S9 to S9+10 signal, some static from lightning, eerie orchestral music. (Hassig-IL)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

RADIO TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA

5825. R. Triunfal evangélica. July, 8 at 2305 - 2311 UTC. Preach and music. . 35343. (Claudio Galaz, Receiver: TIVDIO V-111; Antenna: Long Wire, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

RCW - Radio Compañía Worldwide.

5810. RCW. July, 8 at 2244 - 2305 UTC. "Radiograma" from R. Bio-Bio with economic news, ads, and politic news. 35433 to 45444. (Galaz-Chile)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

Electronic Mail Addresses for stations
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73’s & good hunting…

Dave