Free Radio Weekly #1377

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1377                          .-.
Covering Logs from 6 thru 12-August-2022       (0.0)
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EDITOR THIS WEEK: Harold Frodge              .='`"``=.

EDITORS:
Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)
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Our Contributors...a bunch that knows how to make good use of
free time.

Jack Amelar, Lowell MI
Rick Barton, Sun City AZ, Drake SW1 + longwire antenna
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Drake R8B + 185’ RW
William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com, using remote rcvrs
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, wghauser@yahoo.com
     NRD-545 with ALA-330S, IC-R75, PL-880, random wires &
     using UTwente remore rcvr
Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing PA, ronhunsi(at)ptd(dot)net
John Sedlacek, Omaha NE
Mark Taylor, Madison WI, markokpik@gmail.com
Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2, RSPdx + SDRuno + MultiMode (IQ
     recorded to catch multiple pirates on) + randomwire 

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THE LOGS

      =+=+=+=+= North American Stations/Relays =+=+=+=+=

BALL SMACKER RADIO:

8/6, 0116, 6960/AM; on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 to S9+15
     signal, weak QRM de ssb talking on 6962khz, @0128 Ball-
     smacker ID with bowling ball sound, variety of songs with
     the word "she" in them, @0245 utc SSTV/FAX then S-off
     announcement then piano IS then off. (Hassig-IL)
8/6, 0228-0233+, 6960/AM; Pop ditties; BallSmacker.net spot &
     pin crash. SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI)

CAPT. MORGAN SW:

8/6, 0210-0216+, 6924.12/AM; Takin’ Care of Business & Jumpin’
     Jack Flash; ID @0216 followed by Twilight Zone theme.
     SIO=3+33- w/hiss burst QRM; QRM’d by UNID on 6925 till
     they went off @0211:24 (Frodge-MI)
8/6, 0227, 6924/AM; on Brookfield WI sdr with poor noisy S7 to
     S9 signal, hear circa 1970 heavy metal by Led Zepplin
     (Hassig-IL)

CDO, CORN DESERT OUTPOST:

8/6-7, 2355-0132+, 6917/U; Numerous tracks from Pink Floyd
     discography. Fair-to-good signal, but sometimes muddy
     audio.  (Sedlacek-NE)
8/7, 0035-0110+, 0200-0217*, 6917/U; All Pink Floyd show w/
     the whole of their Pulse (Live) album including Sorrow &
     High Hopes. At :46 some text/image in waterfall, that I
     couldn’t really make out at all into Another Brick In The
     Wall (Part II) from the Pulse (Live) album. Then a Max
     Headroom SSTV:
     CDO1.jpg
     Then another waterfall photo I couldn’t make out. At :57
     into Breathe (In The Air) followed by On The Run from the
     same live album. Still doing this album @0200 recheck,
     now with Run Like Hell & finally an ID in the SSTV @0212:
     CDO2.jpg
     Voice out-tro mentioning the album but no voice ID after
     the SSTV. A pause then Monty Python) Always Look On The
     Bright Side Of Life then apparently off. 3+5444--Zichi MI2

FREE USB:

8/5, 0152, 6925/U; OM "USB" a few times w/pauses … Why can't
     we be friends?, War, Hold the line, Toto, Bohemian Rhapsody,
     Queen, Casey Jones, Grateful Dead, Mr. Blue Sky, ELO, Pour
     some sugar on me, Def Leppard, not known (no Shazam),
     Riders in the storm, The Doors, Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top,
     Break through (to the other side), Doors, Desperados,
     Eagles, Jump, Van Halen, Panama, Van Halen, Space Oddity,
     David Bowie, missed one {out of the room}, Walk like an
     Egyptian, Bangles, Ballroom Blitz, Sweet, Blinded by the
     light, Bruce Springsteen, Dirty Deeds Done Dirty Cheap,
     AC/DC, Kodachrome, Paul Simon, We built this city, Starship,
     White Room, Cream, SSTV ("6925 Free USB" - Drawing of big
     eyed & big eared sort of alien), off. Same program was
     broadcast at the same time on 8/4/22. (Taylor – Wi)

QRM RADIO:

8/6, 2243, 6950/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with very weak S5
     signal, hear rock music under the noise, @2259 hear SSTV/
     FAX of a bottle of QRM liqueur, @2309 stronger SSTV/FAX,
     piano music under the mud, at 2318 SSTV/FAX. (Hassig-IL)
8/6, 2300-2359*?, 6950/U; Theme from The Good, The Bad & The
     Ugly. Numerous SSTVs but weak signal in heavy static made
     copy of music/SSTVs difficult. (Sedlacek-NE)

RADIO PUSHKA:

7/27, 0623, 6920/AM, slightly on minus side; rock music S7/S8,
      0633 announcement sounds like Radio Christian something,
      but no such music; deep fades but S9+10 peaks. I undoze
      at 0722 for another ID like that. Nothing reported this
      late in HFU, altho Corn Desert Outpost was on 6920 USB
      earlier until 0210; but this is probably it from 4 nights
      earlier: [www.hfunderground.com]
      topic,99846.0.html ``Shortwave_listener British Columbia,
      Canada: Radio Pushka 6920 AM 0545 UTC 23 Jul 2022 « on:
      July 23, 2022, 0549 UTC » Exact frequency is 6919.96 kHz.
      S9 with the KPH KiwiSDR in California. Extremely weak
      carrier present at my QTH. This station has been going
      non-stop since July 7. 0545 UTC-Music, 0549 UTC-Station
      ID.`` It`s Russian-ethnic, Pushka meaning gun or rifle
      (Glenn Hauser, OK)

SYCKO RADIO:

8/4, 0149, 5058/U; Hard rock, ID, continuing song, shout out to
     me (for some immediate feedback to him when he came on &
     logging on HF Underground) "We're somewhere out here in
     the atmosphere", remixes: Band on the run, then Stop in
     the name of love, The Supremes, Paperback writer, Beatles.
     Good.  Sycko sent me an e-QSL the next day - Thanks!
     (Taylor – Wi)

WDDR, DRUNKEN DJ RADIO:

8/6, 0153, 6960/U; 344 EE Classic rock. 0157 shoutouts to HFU
     posters. SSTV #3 of 4. --Amelar MI
8/7, *0059-0318+, 6960/U; Came on right after Wolverine Radio
     s/off. Nice selection of pop/rock tunes from Beach Boys,
     Bonnie Riatt, Jackson Browne & many others. Good audio/
     signal. Enjoyable program (Sedlacek-NE)
8/7, *0059-0130+, 6960/U; Music & IDs continuing with same
     transmitter [as Wolverine] so if there were questions
     about WDDR & Wolverine being the same guy, I guess we
     know! Music including Free Falling (Tom Petty) & chatter
     about how conditions are so good he decided to go for
     this @0103 followed by Sloop John B (The Beach Boys).
     More chatter @0106 talking about Wolverine Radio & ‘glad
     to hear conditions were so good’; reading posts from the
     pirate boards. Then (Toots & The Maytals) Take Me Home,
     Country Roads Reggae cover [a good version of the good
     tune!] 0112 SSTVs:
     WDDR.jpg
     then back to music: (Dave Mason) World In Changes. At :18
     call outs to HFU reporters into Mohammed’s Radio (Warren
     Zevon) & Slippin’ into darkness (War). 454+44 7/Aug
     --Zichi MI2

WDOG:

8/6, 0111, 6950/U; on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 to S9
     signal, with familiar tune I can't ID, WDOG ID then
     Elected by Alice Cooper. (Hassig-IL)
8/6, 0226-0228+, 6950/U; Pop tunes; “Makin’ some noise on the
     43-meter band, this is WDOG”. SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)
8/6, 0250, 6960/AM; Came on 6960am soon after Ballsmacker went
     off, tuned in on Brookfield WI sdr with fair/poor S9 to
     S9+10 signal, songs from 1980's & 1990's, WDOG ID & dogs/
     wolves howling. (Hassig-IL)
8/6, 2147-2153+, 6955/AM; Beatleish tunes; call ID @2151:35.
     SIO=454 (Frodge-MI)

WOLVERINE RADIO:

8/6-7, 2358-0045, 6960/U; Tuning up @2358. Program really
     started @0000 with an ID.  Honky-tonk piano & vocal
     music.  Later shifted to Bluegrass (Hunsicker, PA)
8/7, 0002, 6960/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to S9
     signal, nice selection of tunes with the word "blue" in
     them, nothing but blue skies, my blue heaven, true blue Lou,
     devil and the deep blue sea, Elvis(?) blue suede shoes,
     blue Monday, blue moon, blue moon of Kentucky, crystal blue
     persuasion, bad man behind blue eyes, @0049 switched to
     Normal IL sdr with S7 to S9 signal with less static, @0056
     echo ID then SSTV/FAX, thanks for the good show. (Hassig-IL)
8/7, 0005-0058*, 6960/U; Program theme of songs with "Blue"
     mentioned in title. Very good signal & audio (Sedlacek-NE)
8/7, 0037-0059*, 6960/U; Echo IDs & music with a “Blue” theme:
     Blue Money (Van Morrison), Blue Sky (Allman Brothers Band),
     Lady Blue (Leon Russell), Blue Jean (David Bowie), Child of
     The Wild Blue Yonder (John Hiatt) & a ‘blue’ SSTV @0057:
     Wolverine.jpg
     Then morphed directly into WDDR. 454+44 7/Aug--Zichi MI2

YHWH:

8/5, 0215, 7475/AM; In progress at tune-in, usual op, hard to
     copy due weak signal & storm static. Improved to Fair/Good
     by 0230, with the Commandments list. Days of Hard Life by
     Lace @0250 & down just bf 0300 -- Fair/Good (Barton-AZ)
8/7, 1630-1651*, 11940; Josiah talking about "the notorious
     Jesus Christ". Fair here in AZ; YHWH closed @1651 (Barton)

ZEEKY:

8/7, 0011-0045, 6925/U; CHIL RADIO, Lotsa Bee Gees. 4000 Hz fit
     well. Zeky did an ID @0030. (Hunsicker, PA)
8/7, 0023-0231*, 6925/U; CHILL RADIO [some say CHIL] Music by
     Bee Gees, The Eagles, Tom Petty, and others. OM commentary
     (rants) on various subjects from death of shortwave, Rus-
     sian woodpecker QRN, Covid/monkeypox. Signal very readable
     (Sedlacek-NE)
8/7, 0035-0100+, 6925/U; Some incarnation of ZeeKey w/music &
     no IDs such as City Of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie) LONG
     pause between that & the next song & a bit about ‘goddam
     those peskos’ (I didn’t hear any fishermen) sounded like
     ZeeKey & riffing about assholes in pirate radio & getting
     a ham license etc. Yup, it’s him. At :40 into Arlo Guthrie
     Motorcycle Song then (Bob Seger) Turn the Page. (Eagles)
     Seven Bridges Road & other less than inspired tunes.
     3+5443 kinda ‘fuzzy’ --Zichi MI2
8/7, 0200-0230+, 6925/U; ZeeKey still playing rock & scatting
     between songs about how he’s a nice guy & you should get
     to know him before you complain. I hasten to add, this is
     NOT me! 3543+3 very fuzzy --Zichi MI2

UNIDs:

7/29, 2357, 6922.1?/U; 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]
     topic,100060.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK)
8/5, 0144*, 6925/AM; Hard rock, Moving in Stereo, The Cars,
     other hard rock with no talk between, off 0144.  Fair
     (Taylor – Wi)
8/5, 2318-2321:10*, 6930/U; Rock music. SIO=333 w/USB pesky QRM
     Frodge-MI)
8/6, 0207-0211:24*, 6925/U; Rock tune, SSTV, op talk. SIO=343;
     QRM from pirate on 6924.12 (Frodge-MI)
8/6, 0216-0219:30*, 6910/AM; Blue Grass ditties & off in mid-
     ditty. (Frodge-MI)
8/6, 2136-2147+, 6955/U; Pop ditties; spoken bit w/“...party
     on dude”; possible ID @2145 but buried. SIO=2+53- peaks
     (Frodge-MI) [Apparently WDOG]
8/6-7, 2355-0049, 6917/U; Unusable SSTV in Robot 72 @0021. On
     & off data QRM. 3000 Hz worked best. Rock music. About
     12 dB above the noise, which right around the unusable/
     usable tipping point. (35442, Hunsicker, PA) [Presume CDO]
8/8, 2110-2205+, 12025; Possible pirate? Mostly EZL instr’ls
     w/some EE vocals; some vocals sounded like Enya.  Very
     distorted; spur from somewhere? No // found on 25 m.
     Missing in LSB & harsh garble in USB. Continued past
     2200 w/o break. No Aoki/EiBi listing for 12025 at this
     time.  If this was a test, it failed miserably. 2202:21
     blaaaaat & twitter burst QRM. (Frodge-MI)
8/9, 0205-0216+, 6925/U; Toto Africa, J Geils Band Angel is a
     Centerfold, Earth Wind & Fire Let’s Groove. No ID offered.
     SIO=353- (Frodge-MI)
8/10, 0006, 6919/L; only pirate on band with music, no carrier
     & I can`t make the music resolve & sound right stepping up
     & down around here in USB or LSB. But judging from many
     more logs here, it was unID on 6917 USB including SSTV
     images: [www.hfunderground.com]
     topic,100552.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK)
8/12, 2210-2230+, 6917/U; Non-Top 40 ditties. SIO=3+33+ w/
     hiss QRM. Another music & no ID station (Frodge-MI)
     [Maybe CDO?]

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FREE RADIO SERVICE HOLLAND:

7/24, 1958, 6185.040; with publicized broadcast, rock, men-
    tions YouTube, DJ in Dutch, S7/S8 into UTwente, 1959
    English ID, 2000 ``Dave Scott`s Radio Waves on FRS Hol-
    land``. Nominal span was 19-21 UT. ACI from 6180, German
    weather station. Unfortunately at 20-22 UT Sundays I like
    to listen to `Wind & Rhythm` band music, and `Feminine
    Fusion`, classical music composed and/or performed by
    women, on KUCO in $tereo. Two other FRSH frequencies
    turned out to be flexible as many others reported, 7700 &
    5800 up or down to avoid QRM. More such programming
    planned next two Sundays, except no 6185 on July 31
    (Glenn Hauser, OK)
7/31, 1901, 6184.991, via UTwente, ``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
    & next week. Messy situation as presumed FRSH is on
    7700.089 at S8/S9, 1907 giving address in Netherlands;
    should be // 5800 but unseems 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)

              =+=+=+=+= CB Scofflaws =+=+=+=+=

7/29, 2344, 27184.4/AM; local Enid CB relay of broadcast sta-
    tion, but unsounds like country 103.1 KOFM as heard for
    weeks previously not checked lately; rather, gospel music.
    Huge het from a spoiler carrier on 27185.5, but can be
    split by LSB tuning. 2346, auto timecheck for 6:45 & wea-
    ther forecast, banjo music. Then I search for // FM radio &
    find it on 99.9; `Abide With Me` until 2355. So now the
    source is KVBN-LP now promoted to worldwide SW broadcaster.
    Own site is on US81 N, same ex-church which used to house
    KLGB-LP 94.3 which closed down, but antenna tower is still
    up for KVBN (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK)
7/30, 2045...2220, 27184.47; Enid CBer is beeping continuously
    instead of relaying one broadcast station or another
    (Glenn Hauser, Enid)

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Sordid Logs:

----- 8/6

0207-0211  UNID, 6925/U
0111-0250  WDOG, 6950/U
0116-0245  Ball Smacker Radio, 6960/AM
0153-0157  WDDR, 6960/U
0210-0227  Capt. Morgan SW, 6924.12/AM
0216-0220  UNID, 6910/AM
2136-2153  WDOG, 6955/AM
2243-2359  QRM Radio, 6950/U
2355-2400  CDO, Corn Desert Outpost, 6917/U (continued to 8/7)

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0000-0320  CDO, Corn Desert Outpost, 6917/U (continued from 8/6)
0011-0231  Zeeky as CHIL/CHILL Radio, 6925/U
0000-0059  Wolverine Radio, 6960/U
0059-0318  WDDR, Drunken DJ Radio, 6960/U
1630-1651  YHWH, 11940

----- 8/8

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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0205-0216  UNID, 6925/U

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0006       UNID, 6917/U-6919/L

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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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2210-2230  UNID, 6917/U

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COMMENTARIOS:

Harold Frodge: Almost nothing but music pirates...again!
Suggestion to ops: Throw in something besides music...anything!
ID about every 10 min.

--974’s, HF