Free Radio Weekly #1376

Free Radio Weekly # 1376 – August 6, 2022

Covering Free Radio Activity from Jul 30 – Aug 5

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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. markokpik@gmail.com

-Ken Zichi MI

-Harold Frodge, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156\
Drake R8B + 185' RW Icom R2 + ducky for VHF/UHF Utes

-William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com

-Rick Barton, Sun City Arizona

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

-Ron Hunsicker, 1238 Cleveland Avenue, Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102 ronhunsi at ptd dot net

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

Corn Desert Outpost

6920 USB Corn Desert Outpost, 0017, 7/30/22. Rock music between waterfall and SSTV sends - all music by same artist, although was not able to identify who., Waterfall image (eye), TV sent twice), SSTV (drawing of a donkey in a straw hat, Alien baby – CDO’s signature, Thomas Jefferson "Crap, that's due tomorrow!" "July 3, 1776"), off after last SSTV. Poor – fair with considerable lightning QRN. (Taylor – WI)

Ballsmacker Radio

6960 AM Ballsmacker Radio, 0103, 7/30/22. "Things we said today" - Beatles, ID and bowling pin strike, 0243 SSTV (missed it), ID, QSL offer ballsmacker@protonmail.com, goodbye, "Wildfire" piano IS, off 0244. Poor – fair with considerable lightning QRN. (Taylor – WI)

Ball Smacker Radio: 6960/AM, 0101-0108+, 7/30; Pop ditties &ID with pin crash at 0107:50. SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI)

Ballsmacker Radio 6960AM 30 July 2022 0105-0135 Advised to visit new website at ballsmacker.net. Music. Good at 8600 Hz. (45444, Hunsicker, PA)

Ball Smacker Radio, 6960am, 7-30-22, 0102 utc on Normal IL sdr with fair S7 to S9+ signal, hear pop/rock tunes from 1960's and 1970's, nice variety of songs with the word "thing" in them, at 0241 utc SSTV/FAX, sign off announcement, piano IS but carrier stayed on past 0302 utc so I emailed them to say carrier still on, carrier finally off at 0308 utc. (Hassig-IL)

Wolverine Radio

9660 USB Wolverine Radio, 0024, 7/31/22. Blues (too little to recognize song), ID, "That'll be the day" - Buddy Holiday, "I'm gonna be a wheel someday" - Fats Domino, "One fine day" - The Chiffons, ID, "Till the end of the day" - The Kinks, "Strange days" - Doors into a program of "day" themed songs, "Echo" ID, SSTV (calendar with dates passing "Wolverine Radio"), off. (Taylor – WI)

Wolverine Radio, 6960usb, 7-31-22, 0000 UTC on Brookfield WI sdr with good S9 to S9+10 signal, old 1930's song "this is my lucky day", song "happy days are here again", apparently a "day" theme with songs having the word "day" in them, at 0016 signal up to excellent S9+20, at 0115 utc echo ID then SSTV/FAX, excellent program as usual, thanks. At 0117 another station came on with electronic music.

WTF Radio Worldwide

6960 USB WTF Radio Worldwide, 0117, 7/31/22. On almost immediately after Wolverine's SSTV ended: "Lead a normal life" - Peter Gabriel, ID, "I got a woman" - Beatles, "I'll be on my way" (Live for BBC - 24 June, 1963), "Too much monkey business" (Live for BBC) … checked randomly and was a good signal until they went off about 0225. Good. (Taylor – WI)

6960 WTF Radio Worldwide (ID at 0220 -- finally!!)w/an ‘all Beatles’ show, including: “I’m Talking About You”; “Do You Want To Know a Secret”; Lend Me Your Comb”; “Roll Over Beethoven”; and many more, and concluding with “Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey from a 1964 BBC recording and “Moonlight Bay”. Off w/no D at: 27.4+5444 band noise kind of high, so it’s a good thing this was as strong as it was! 0201-0227* 31/Jul RSPdx +SDRuno +random wire (IQ recording to catch all the pirates in the band!) --Zichi MI2

WTF Radio Worldwide 6960USB 31 July 2022 0208-0226* Beatles tunes. ID at 0226. Best at 2800 Hz. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

WTF Radio Worldwide, 6960usb, 7-31-22, 0117utc, was sitting on 6960usb on Brookfield WI sdr when this came on immediately after Wolverine went off, good S9 to S9+10 signal, various pop tunes from 1950's and 1960's, at 0130 DJ said "WTF Radio Worldwide". (Hassig-IL)

Sycko Radio

6965 USB Sycko Radio, 0146, 7/31/22. Indistinct OM talk - couldn't understand much – sounded drunk, Announcer: "There is nothing wrong with your radio … we control the volume … we control the content" then looped, overlapped, bits of words on top, etc. - general chaos, "What I've done" - Linkin Park, rock (no Shazam ID), SSTV (B&W Ominous OM w/ "SYC" on forehead, "Take the ride" on bottom of screen), "Just what I need" - The Cars, "Not Fair" - Lily Allen, SSTV ("10 watts" repeated 4 times), "Tonight I need mashup No2" - DJ Jessie Cole, "Here's to never growing up" - Avril Lavinge, SSTV (shout out to some FRN folks who logged him), Rhiannon (Barron Remix) - Fleetwood Mac, SSTV (more FRN logs), "Deadpool rap (Film Mix)" - Teamheadkick, “Spank (Extended)” - The Bloody Beatroots Feat. Tai and Bart B Morem, off. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

6965/USB Sycho Radio w/occasional SSTV and music such as “Need U 100%)” (Union of Sound) and “Breathe Me” (Sia). No voice ID that I caught. 4+5443+ and supposedly running all of 10 watts so in stunningly well! 0201-0254* 31/Jul RSPdx +SDRuno +Multimode Mac +random wire (IQ recording to catch all the pirates in the band!) --Zichi MI2

Sycko Radio 6965USB 31 July 2022 0228-0254* SSTV in Robot 36 at 0236 and 0240. Old rock music. Best at 3000 Hz. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)

Sycho Radio, 6965usb, 7-31-22, 0225 UTC on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 to S9+10 signal, dance music playing. (Hassig-IL)

WJHR

15555 USB U S A. WJHR - Milton, Fl., 1432, 7/30/22 in English. Usual preacher ranting about traditional gender roles. Noted he is not quoting many Bible verses with lots of “I believe” instead. Good reception. (Taylor – WI) [note: not a pirate; this is a licensed broadcaster]

PRRN, PIRATE RADIO RELAY NETWORK

6950/U, 2323-2349:20*, 8/2; Electro-music w/talk overs, laugh overs & scream overs; voice IDs @2335+ & 2346:55. “Nothing is safe from the digital platform anymore.” SIO=353+ till 2347 when sig dropped down noticeably, then off. (Frodge-MI)

YHWH

8/5, 0215, 7470/am in progress at tune-in, usual op, hard to copy due weak signal and storm static. Improved to "Fair/Good" by 0230, with the Commandments list. Days of Hard Life by Lace at 0250 & down just bf 0300 -- Fair/Good (Barton-AZ)

Robin Hood Radio

6930USB 30 July 2022 0122-0200 Best sound at 3000 Hz... SSTV @ 0135. Music. (35343, barely, Hunsicker, PA)

Chill Radio

6925usb, 7-30-22, 2205 utc on Normal IL sdr with weak S3 to S5 signal, hear slow blues tunes with guitar and singer, then DJ ranting and raving about various things including Bernie Sanders for president (I agree), at 2238 played a Bruce Springsteen tune, more talk, classical music, played music from the album "switched on Bach" by Walter Carlos who has since become Wendy Carlos, ranting about covid-19. (Hassig-IL)

Radio Free Whatever

6950USB 2 August 2022 00140-0123 Old rock ID at 0122. Best at 3000 Hz. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)

UNIDS

6920/U, 0108-0115+, 7/30; Rock tunes, apparently a concert. SIO=454- (Frodge-MI)

6925/U, 2147-2157+, 7/30; Sugar Sugar, Sugar Shack & It Hurts So Bad. Barely over QRN at tune-in, eventually makingit up to SIO=353- (Frodge-MI)

6969/AM, 0459-0508+, 7/31; EZL music. SIO=333- w/thumping QRM (Frodge-MI)

6920/U, 2335-2345+, 7/31; Hard rock concert w/crowd noise. SIO=454 (Frodge-MI)

6920/U, 0109-0111:13*, 8/2; Blues tune at tune-in; “Thanks for listening; guess we’ll turn this PCU(?) off” & off.S20! Off w/o ID. Presume same UNID @2335. (Frodge-MI)

6925/U, 0247-0255+, 8/1; Stone’s Paint It Black, Ozzy’s Crazy Train. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI) 5/U, 0238-0302+, 8/4; Almost oldies & classic rock. SIO=333hiss, chatter & blaaaat burst QRM. (Frodge-MI)

6922.1? USB, July 29 at 2357, music in high storm noise level such that I can`t even be sure of the frequency, but there seems to be a vestigial carrier as above. Music sounds no better or worse tuned to 6923 USB. Maybe same as these on `6920`:[www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

QRM 6950USB 31 July 2022 0208-0312 SSTV ID in Scottie 1 at 0305. QRM data stream on and off. Other SSTV at 0220 and 0229, all pretty rough because of the noise. Best sounding at 6950.01. (35342, Hunsicker, PA)

6930/U, 2318-2321:10*, 8/5; Rock music. SIO=333 w/USB pesky QRM (Frodge-MI)

6950 USB QRM, 0127, 7/31/22. SSTV (poor decode - not usable), "Here without you" - Dave Winkler, "Never say goodbye" - Bon Jovi, ID, "Ain't no sunshine", verbal ID, … SSTV (SSTV QSL) … SSTV (FRN lawn banner) … 0255 - Dance mix, OM announcer w/ Civil Defense type announcement - lots of references to having a radio, guitar heavy piece, Easypal send (missed it, not on), more of song into percussion interlude, SSTV (human figure in lotus position with flame on head "QRM"), dense guitar instrumental when I pulled the plug. OM’s voice sounded suspiciously like Outhouse. Fair to good. (Taylor – WI)

6950 “QRM” w/non-descript music and strange talk, such as some sort of Atomic Age “PSA” about nuclear attacks etc at 0256 and the occasional SSTV and finally one with an "ID": 4543+3+ 0201-0314* 31/Jul RSPdx +SDRuno +Multimode +random wire (IQ recording to catch all the pirates in the band!) --Zichi MI2

6920USB 30 July 2022 0116-0145* Best at 2800 Hz. Older rock. SSTV in Robot 72 at 0140 and 0144--poor quality. (35443, Hunsicker, PA)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

Radio Classic Sunday

6184.991, via UTwente, July 31 at 1901, ``Radio Classic Sunday`` several IDs in English, rock, Dutch announcements. This is why FRSH said it would not be on 6185 this week, but last and next week. Messy situation as presumed FRSH is on 7700.089 at S8/S9, 1907 giving address in Netherlands; should be // 5800 but unseems, and then 1908 two signals are equally colliding; so someone will have to shift off like last Sunday. No, 1923 recheck, still head-to-head. Manuel Méndez says FRSH is on 5790.3, so must be *two others* on 5800. At 1946, UTWente lox onto music on 5790.215. Anyhow, it`s all rock music, and I would rather listen to `With Heart & Voice` in $tereo on WYSU HD2 stream as usual this hour on Sundays (Glenn Hauser,OK)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

Ken Zichi - Numerous SSTV images



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

Dave