Free Radio Weekly #1385

Free Radio Weekly # 1385 – October 8, 2022

Covering Free Radio Activity from Oct 1 - Oct 7


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Editor This Week: Dave Turnick


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Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

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Contributors

- Rick Barton, Sun City, AZ Drake SW1 and long wire

- Edward Kusalik, Alberta Canada

- William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com

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

- Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684 Enid OK 73702 wghauser@yahoo.com NRD-545 with ALA-330S, IC-R75, PL-880, random wires


All Times UTC


NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

WWWW

6925 usb, 10-1-22, 0333 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5 signal, also weak on Brookfield WI sdr, song "hello, how are you?" with phone side tone ringing sound. (Hassig-IL)

WWWW, 6930 usb, 10-2-22, 0103 UTC on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S5 to S7 signal, old CB song "convoy". (Hassig-IL)

6930 USB, WWWW Oct 2 at 0132, pirate music at S4/S6. Per these, WWWW: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

Mushroom Radio

(Zeke), 6930 usb, 10-1-22, 2239 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S5 to S7 signal, unid rock tune playing. (Hassig-IL)

Mushroom Radio 6930USB 1 October 2022 2214-2348 Zekey, off-the-wall. SSTV in Scottie 2 @ 2326 and 2328—same image—said to be of mushroom head. Lots of music and lots of chatter, particularly about amplifiers and their cost. (35454, Hunsicker, PA)

Thunder Chicken Radio

6925 usb, 10-1-22, 2243 UTC on Barrington Hills IL with good S7 to S9 signal, old album rock tune by Led Zeppelin in concert, Thunder Chicken ID, blues tune. (Hassig-IL)

Radio Free Whatever

6955 usb, 10-1-22, 2256 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal, slow heavy metal tune playing, RFW ID, more metal. (Hassig-IL)

Radio Free Whatever 6955USB 1 October 2022-0124 the normal Dick Weed. Internet trouble @ 0013. Dick was really pissed. Music, music, music. (35454, Hunsicker, PA)

6955 USB, Radio Free Whatever Oct 2 at 0133, rock music, -something- Radio ID, S3/S6. Too many of these are too `produced` rather than pronounced clearly with no background/mixing, etc. Three pages say Radio Free Whatever: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

Wolverine Radio

6940 usb, 10-2-22, 0010 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair/good S7 to S9+10 signal, wide variety of tunes with the word "lady" in them, at 0023 Jimi Hendrix "foxy lady", at 0101 utc echo ID then SSTV/FAX. Thanks for the nice program. (Hassig-IL)

Wolverine Radio 6940USB 2 October 2022 0000-0102 Opens with Testing call, repeated. ID @ 0002. Theme is ladies, first with Swing music, then rock. Closes with an SSTV ID in Scottie 1. (35454, Hunsicker, PA)

Sycko Radio

6923 usb, 10-2-22, 0107 UTC on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 signal, muffled audio, comedy programming including fake ads. (Hassig-IL)

6923 USB, Sycko Radio Oct 2 at 0131, pirate song S4/5/7 on peaks, also 0136. 0150 ``Addams Family``, seems to be Hallowe`en theme. Gives us a break, until the end of Oct? 0156 ``They`re Coming to Take Me Away``. These suggest it`s Sycko Radio without any explicit ID copied:
[www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

Ball Smacker Radio

6960AM 1 October 2022 0035-0223 Carrier @ 0035. ID @ 0100 Rock tunes. Large drop in strength @ 0130. (45353, Hunsicker, PA)

Bugner Champion Radio

6925USB 1 October 2022 2216-2343. ID @ 2246 and SSTV @ 2259 and 2338. Long comedy concert skit. Music was the Blues. (35342, Hunsicker, PA)

Insane Radio

6931.2AM 1 October 2022 0047-0203* Opens with carrier, about 20dB above the noise, which just works here. To my ear, over-modulated. (Mostly “unusable,” Hunsicker, PA)

Lucky 13

6960USB 2 October 2022 0016-0137* Opened with Watching My Baby. Closed with two SSTV in Scottie 2, including an ID and a creature on a motorcycle. Mostly 50’s and 60’s rock—One Summer Night, Earth Angel, Grooving’. Also, SSTV @ 0106 and 0118. (35453, Hunsicker, PA)

6960 Lucky 13 Radio USB, Oct 2 at 0135, rock, S4/S6. These say Lucky 13 Radio: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

One Dog Radio

6950USB 1 October 2022 0109-0243* Music tracks separated by many SSTV images in Scottie 1. Images with an ID @ 0147, 0156, 0202, 0210, 0227, and 0234. Because of the noise, the images were a bit rough. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

Outhouse Radio

6930USB 1 October 2022 0358-0600* SSTV ID @ 0528 in Scottie 2. Credence. Also, the face of a pig with a ring in its nose @ 0502. Rock tunes. (25352, Hunsicker, PA)

This is Not the BBC

6940.8AM 1 October 2022 1346-1407* Carrier, then BBC theme music. Parody of religious broadcaster. We should “Turn your Radio On.” ID @ 1348. (35342 because of distortion, Hunsicker, PA)

Wasteland Radio

6960USB 1 October 2022 2206-2339 SSTV IDs @ 2211 and 2338, plus two later images. Tutti-Frutti, some Blues, some Jazz, and other music. Not sure if the program ended or it faded away. (35554, Hunsicker, PA)

Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey

6925USB 1 October 2022 0259-0410* Carrier @ 0259. Rock music sounded fine, but announcer’s voice was hard to understand. IDs @ 0314, 0321, 0338, 0341, and 0348. (35442, Hunsicker, PA)

Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey 6930USB 2 October 2022 0029-0123. Opens with Dirty deeds. I stopped listening when Slow Ride ended. ID @0037. (35444, Hunsicker, PA)

UNIDS

6925USB 1 October 2022 1158-1227* 50’s rock about Smoking Cigarettes, Hot Rod Lincolns, the Midnight Shift, being a Truck Drivin’ Man, and others. Opened and closed with “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette.” (35442, Hunsicker, PA)

YHWH

10/2, 0210, 7475. Josiah lecture, criticizing modern Judaism, readings from Jeremiah, familiar anti-war screeds at 0245. First, set of closing announcements at 0251, playing Days of Hard Life, second set closing announcements (read live). Closed with contact info, admonition to "Pray to no one but Yahweh", and opined that we are on the brink of WW-3 and nuclear holocaust, and off just bf 0300. ~ Good. NOTE: contact 411 for this pirate is J. Elias, c/o M. Elliott, Box 134, Olancha CA 93549 (Barton-AZ)


EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

Star Radio

7575 AM Star Radio Sept.2.22 1120 to 1202 hours w/ program of oldies Gave ID for this one. (Heard via SDR in France) (454-Edward Kusalik Daysland Alberta CANADA)

Valey (or Valley) Wave International

6266 AM Valey (or Valley) Wave International Sept.2.22 1836 to 1906 Prm of oldies with frequency breaks in the audio. No ID heard. (Heard via SDR in France) (454-Edward Kusalik Daysland Alberta CANADA)

Radio Alice

3900 AM Radio Alice Sept.2.22 1905 to 1955 hours with oldies. Gave ID’s and e-mail address for reports too: radioalice@hotmail.com (Heard via SDR in France) (454-Edward Kusalik Daysland Alberta CANADA)


EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported


QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

6205AM Rock Radio Holland after follow-up, operator apologized for the delay. Sent an E-QSL showing the Technical Man getting zapped by the doorbell, with f/data details. Power 500 watts into Inverted "V": antenna, 14 meters in height. Station is located in the Village of Ruurlo, 20 km's east of Zutphen in Holland. Reply in 68 days from V/S: Gertie Klinkhamer E-mail for reports too: technicalman@hotmail.nl (Edward Kusalik Daysland Alberta CANADA)


Electronic Mail Addresses for stations
[piratedatabase.webhop.net]

73’s & good hunting…

Dave