Free Radio Weekly #1388

Free Radio Weekly # 1388 – October 29, 2022

Covering Free Radio Activity from Oct 22 – Oct 28

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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

-Jack Amelar

-Larry Will, MD

-Harold Frodge 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156 Drake R8B + 185' RW-

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

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

-William Hassig, IL williamhassig@yahoo.com

-Ken Zicki

-Mark Taylor, Madison, Wi. markokpik@gmail.com

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

WDOG

5050 WDOG 0208 Oct 22 444 AM EE Classic rock and comedy selections. ID at 0232 (Amelar)

WDOG, 5050 am, 10-22-22, 0201 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with poor S7 signal, dog baking and howling sound, somebody talking about music. (Hassig-IL)

WTF Radio Worldwide

6880 WTF Radio Worldwide 0014 Oct 22 444 USB EE Pink Floyd + other rock. ID at 0027. Fading out 0057, gone by 0105 (Amelar)

6880 AM, Oct 21 at 2355, music S5/S7. These say it`s WTF Radio Worldwide: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

WTF, 6880 usb, 10-22-22, 0016 UTC on Brookfield WI sdr with S9+10 signal, hear Pink Floyd songs from circa 1970. (Hassig-IL)

6880 WTF Radio Worldwide, 0020, 10/22/22. Playing Pink Floyd including “Run like hell”, “The Nile song”, and “Wish you were here.” 0037 the signal started deteriorating from very good to rather poor, 0051 ID and some talk then back to music. Pulled the plug at that point. (Taylor – WI)

All Vinyl Radio

6925 All Vinyl Radio 0010 Oct 28 343 AM EE ID "And the hits just keep coming, All Vinyl Radio". Hooray for Hazel, Devil with the Blue Dress On. And other 60s oldies. I was the topic starter on HFUnderground, getting a shout out from the OM announcer at 0028. Off by 0100. (Amelar)

Ballsmacker Radio

6960 Ballsmacker Radio 0108 Oct 23 455 USB Oldies. ID 0109 and 0118 "From wires strung up in a tree, Ballsmacker Radio" (Amelar)

Ball Smacker Radio, 6960 am, 10-22-22, 0059 on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 to S9+10 signal, S-ON with piano IS then ID, song: "bridge over troubled waters", Elton John "madman across the water", CCR "green river", song: "smoke on the water", various tunes about water, at 0135 up to S9+20 good signal. (Hassig-IL)

Ball Smacker Radio, 6960 usb, 10-23-22, 0127 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S5 to S9 signal, song: "smoke on the water", various songs about water, repeat of last night's program, said test of usb. (Hassig-IL)

BALL SMACKER RADIO: 6960/U, 0202-0204+, 10/23; Lite pop ditties; 0204 voice ID with pin crash. SIO=2+53- (Frodge-MI)

6960 Ballsmacker Radio, 0058, 10/22/22. On with their Friday night program. “Wildfire IS, 0100 ID and frequency given with signature bowling pin sound effects, “Bridge over troubled water and into “water” themed songs tonight. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

Ballsmacker Radio - 6960 USB 0143, 10/23/22. Repeat of last night’s “water’ theme program. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)

Mushroom Head Radio

6969 Mushroom Head Radio (p) 2341 Oct 21 434 USB EE Hard rock, OM announcer. 2344 to abt 2352 digiBLAAT covered announcer when likely IDed. HFU reports Mushroom Head Radio. (Amelar)

6969 USB, Oct 21 at 2340, rock music S8/S9 from live concert pausing to talk to audience. These say it`s Mushroom Head Radio:
[www.hfunderground.com] Hauser, OK)

Mushroom Head Radio, 6969 usb, 10-21-22, 2338 UTC on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 signal, hear rock instrumental music. (Hassig-IL)

House of Cards

10/28, 2221, 6925 usb. Mellow post-pop music, House of Cards by Radiohead. S3/35 fair/good. Others say this is "cross and boner radio", another Zeeky incarnation. (Will-MD)

Damn Skippy

6955 USB, Oct 21 at 2340, rock at S9+18; 2352 recheck SSTV ending and back to music. These show from image it`s Damn Skippy: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

Zekey

6969USB 21 October 2022 2331-2359* Plays some Bob Dylan and other music, Zekey chats, and Zekey tries to send an image that will appear in a waterfall display, particularly the IF display—it sort of worked, but everything was squished. Maybe due to the 3000 Hz bandwidth being too narrow. Peskies accompanied Zekey on LSB. (34453, Hunsicker, PA)

Outhouse Radio

6955USB 21 & 22 October 2022 2331-0018 not a strong signal and I am not sure, if the BC ended at 0018 or if it just was no longer reaching Wyomissing. Gave Skippy a hard time. Rock, Blues, and Reggae music. SSTV in Robot 36 @ 2331, 2351, and 0013—they all suffered from the noise and the weak signal. 2800 Hz seemed about right. The 2351 image follows. (23352, Hunsicker, PA)

Outhouse Radio, 6950 usb, 10-22-22, 0053 UTC on Brookfield WI sdr with S7 signal, sounds like a comedy pop tune "funky town". (Hassig-IL)

6950 USB Outhouse Radio, 0054, 10/22/22. Outhouse back on a different frequency tonight after earlier being on earlier. - loosely as “One Dog Radio” with talk about his (one) dog, shout outs to Two Dog of Two Dog Radio, Skipmuck and Refmo and playing music. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

6955 USB Outhouse Radio, 2331, 10/21/22. Program of contemporary dance music, hard rock and blues with a section using numbers station and music mashed up, SSTV of a pirate flag, 0014 SSTV (woman alien on the Bugs Bunny model), ID, 'Time to get out of here. I'm gone', "Rasputin" - Tik Tock, off. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

Radio Bunny

6925USB 22 & 23 October 2022 235-0002 Maybe gone at 0002 and maybe just gone here. Weak signal plus noise and fading do not a great signal makes. An ID at 2355 and lots of chatter from Commander Bunny. (25332, Hunsicker, PA)

Damn Zippy

6955 usb, 10-21-22, 2331 utc on Barrington Hills sdr with weak S5 to S7 signal, heard end of SSTV/FAX then heavy metal instrumental music and momentary comment by DJ, at 2335 utc song: "I'm not like everybody else". (Hassig-IL)

WLIS

7000 LSB, 10-22-22, 0025 on Brookfield WI sdr with weak S7 signal, same strange IS over and over. (Hassig-IL)

WREC

6955 usb, 10-22-22, 2305 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S5 to S9 signal, heavy metal music, comedy bit, spooky bit, more heavy metal, at 2315 DJ said "you're listening to the Halloween special on WREC", more heavy metal, howling and moaning sounds, at 2321 CCR "bad moon rising", off at 2328. (Hassig-IL)

B-SIDE RADIO

6935/U, 0138-0159+, 10/25; Jazz & op talk; ID @0158:38, but no contact info. SIO=2+? 3- w/hissy & popping QRN/M; yet another music pirate (Frodge-MI

RADIO FREE WHATEVER

6955/U, 2228-2231+, 10/24; DJ Dick Weed w/pop ditty recap & shout out to Sycko et al. SIO=3+53+ (Frodge-MI)

UNIDS

6925/U, 2205-2206:40*? *2212:21-2219+, 10/28; Somber music at QRN level. Freq covered by digiQRM after disappearance till he reappeared w/what sounded like a reigihuxter, then pop ditties. Slightly better that earlier but still at QRN level. (Frodge-MI)

6955USB 23 October 2022 0024—0105 Halloween music / noises with bubbling, ascending and descending tones, occasional singing, and other stuff. Once or twice, short pieces of actual music. Weak signal plus noise and fading. (25331, Hunsicker, PA)

6925/U, 0124-0131+, 10/24; Blues & Santanaish guitar ditty. No ID offered. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

6955/U, 2114-2123+, 10/25; Halloween ditties including about Igor, evil eye & the Devil; 2120:45 sfx or digicrap? No ID offered. SIO=333 till about 2124 then dove into the QRN; w/hiss QRM & tinny audio (Frodge-MI)

7000 LSB Unidentified, 0023, 10/22/22. Periodic old Interval Signals being played including Radio Denmark and Radio Moscow North American Service with few minute to longer breaks between signals. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

4185/U UNID “music” (and I use that term loosely) and no ID station, with strange stuff. Music ID came up empty. A brief bit of DRM like signal at: 04 (Not sure, what it was -- one of the ham digital audio modes maybe?) and back to the same music at: 06. Continuing with more “Spooky” music and sound effects none of which was identifiable. 0212: Spooky voice “Shortwave Radio” cutting into unidentifiable music. LONG pause at: 23 and into OM talk about test sounds, and more music. At: 36 Distorted OM TX (no clue what he said), owl hoot, demonic laughing, repeated twice, and off at 37 without and hint of an ID. 35443+ 0201-0237* 23/Oct SDRuno +SDRplay (Zichi MI2)

6935 USB Unidentified, 0132, 10/22/22. Program of jazz including “Lontano da tutto” by Modá and “Eclipse” by Kenny Cox, off 0200 at the end of a song. Nice to hear some pirate jazz. Poor. (Taylor – WI)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

None reported

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

Outhouse Radio (Hunsicker-PA)

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

73’s & good hunting…

Dave