Free Radio Weekly #1389

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1389                          .-.
Covering Logs from 29-Oct thru 4-Nov-2022      (0.0)
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EDITOR THIS WEEK: Harold Frodge              .='`"``=.

EDITORS:
Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)
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Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

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Our Contributors...a bunch that knows how to make good use of
free time.

Jack Amelar, Lowell MI, jamelar@yandex.com
Rick Barton, Sun City AZ, Drake SW1 & longwire
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Drake R8B + 185’ RW
Claudio Galaz, Barraza Bajo, Chile, XHDATA D-808 + Long Wire
William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com, using remote receivers
Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing PA, ronhunsi at ptd dot net
Larry Will, Mount Scary MD, Icom IC-R75 + various wires
Ken Zichi, Williamston MI & Port Hope MI2, RSPdx + SDRuno +
     ANC-4 + randomwire

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NEWS: The FCC is targeting land owners where FM pirates have
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OUR EDITORIAL POLICY:  What editorial policy?  Just send your
stuff in, we'll handle the rest.

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THE LOGS

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

ALL VINYL RADIO:

10/28, 0010, 6925/AM; 343 EE OM annoc 0011 "And the hits just
     keep on coming, All Vinyl Radio." Playing hits such as
     Horray For Hazel, Devil With the Blue Dress On. 0028
     Shoutout to my HFU topic starter post. Off by 0100
     (Amelar-MI)

BALL SMACKER RADIO:

10/29, 0116, 6960/AM; on Brookfield WI sdr with fair/poor S7 to
     S9+ signal, song Sunday bloody Sunday, song Another Satur-
     day night and I got nobody. (Hassig-IL)

BLOOD LUST RADIO:

10/28, 2341, 6950/L; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5 to
     S7 signal, hear unid pop-rock music, at 2345 switched to
     Brookfield WI sdr fair S7 to S9+ signal, more rock music
     after announcement. (Hassig-IL)

CAPTAIN MORGAN SW:

10/30, 2335, 6949.69/AM; Spooky music, unclear ID, more dance-
      style halloween theme montage. Clear "Captain Morgan
      Shortwave" ID @2343. Theme to The Nightmare Before
      Christmas @2352. s15, very good. (Will-MD)
10/31, 2309, 6950/AM; ID, “You're listening to Captain Morgan
      Shortwave" @2310. Sound bytes, etc., into upbeat spooky
      music. Thriller mashup @2336 & off. s15, very good,
      somewhat over-modulated at times. (Will-MD)

COOL AM RADIO SHORTWAVE:

10/29, 2342-2359+; 10/30, 0030 & 0100, 6855/U, end of Rolling
      Stones concert w/Satisfaction & ancmts into Let’s Groove
      (Earth Wind & Fire) & Born To Lose (LeAnn Rimes).  Not
      sure when they moved here, but the audio was better than
      before & the roar blob was impacting 6885 which is, I
      assume, why they moved. Nice WIDE BAND audio 454+4+4
      --Zichi MI2
10/29, 2138-2210+, 6885/U; olde tyme rock classics like Cruel
      Summer (Bananarama) & Karn Evil 9 (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
      ID @2143 & mention that they would have songs from the
      2018 “No Filter” Rolling Stones concert, playing such
      songs as Under My Thumb etc. popping out above the noise
      floor. 3+5444 --Zichi MI2
10/29-30, 2311, 6855/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with good
      S9+ signal, wideband signal with vestigial lower sideband,
      Stones Start Me Up from a live concert, @2324 Brown Sugar
      also in concert, later @0103 I came back after Wolverine
      went off & still on with good signal, off suddenly @0144
      in mid song. (Hassig-IL)

K2000:

10/31, 2312, 5185/AM; Hilarious talk about DXers, DXpedition
      orgies, etc. ID, "Radio After Dark on K2000", various
      comedy bits. K2000 ID @2315. Continent of Media, Glenn
      Hauser) parody @2321. Solid s9 (Will-MD)

OUTHOUSE RADIO:

10/29, 0123, 6930/L; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5 to
     S7 signal, hear rap music. (Hassig-IL)
11/1, 0105, 6955/U; Cathedral chanting, possibly Gregorian
     chant. This was Outhouse Radio per SSTVs decoded on the
     hfu. s7 peaks, very good (Will-MD)

RADIO FREE WHATEVER:

10/29, 2307, 6950/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to
      S9 signal, pop music playing, said goodbye & signed off
      @2345 (Hassig-IL)
10/29, 2342-2345*, 6950/U w/DJ Dickweed ancmts about HFU &
      the bunker hotline to call 302-689-6307 so he’s going to
      turn off the transmitter if nobody calls. Went off @2345.
      3+5444 --Zichi MI2
10/30, 2307, 6855/U; Mellow pop music, Factory Girl by Reboun-
      der. DJ Dickweed announcing Fvneral (Yes, that's how it's
      spelled), God Damn LEDs @2322. ID & back into music @2341
      solid s9 (Will-MD)

SYCKO RADIO:

11/1, *0103-0130+, 6965/U; started out with nondescript spooky
      music at s/on & quickly into more recognizable stuff like
      Somebody’s  Watching Me(Rockwell), Who Can It Be now?
      (Men At Work) & (Eurythmics) Sweet Dreams (Are Made of
      This). OM ID at :21 mentioning frequency & ‘happy Hallo-
      ween’ & mention they did some tweaking on the transmitter
      & hope the audio sounds OK into more music, including
      Thriller (MJ). 454+4+4 --Zichi MI
11/1, 0113, 6965/U; Music, Who Can It Be Now by Men At Work,
      Sweet Dreams Are Made of This by Eurythmics. s7 (Will-MD)
11/1, 0305, 6930/U; rock music. Fair signal, s3 (Will-MD)

THUNDER CHICKEN RADIO:

10/29, 0050, 6280/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to
     S9 signal, hear Orson Well's 1939 War of the worlds broad-
     cast, @0054 "2X2L calling CQ, is anybody there?", then CBS
     announcer saying “You are listening to the Mercury Theater
     presentation of H.G. Welles War of the Worlds", Orson Wells
     as professor Pierson narrating what he has seen, @0113
     SSTV/FAX, sound of chickens clucking. Thanks for the
     broadcast. (Hassig-IL)
10/30, 2214-2222:03*, 6935/U; Rock music!!! ID @2221:47 & off.
     SIO=454 w/peaks to S10 (Frodge-MI)
10/31, 2116, 6934.5-6935; 433 Spooky music & electronica tunes
     w/distorted OM annoc whispering gravely voice making diffi-
     cult copy. Later adds echo chamber effect to make copy near
     impossible. Eventually drifted to 6935. 2213 SSTV, 2216
     shoutouts to HFU posters in clear voice. Could not copy ID,
     HFU reports Thunder Chicken Radio. (Amelar-MI)

VOICE of HELL:

11/1, 0132, 6930/U; ID, "This is the voice of hell" into heavy
     metal music. ID @0137 & more metal. s5 peaks, good
     (Will-MD)
11/1, 0135, 6930/U; 444 USB 0137 OM gravely voice "Voice Of
     Hell", into hard rock metal. (Amelar-MI)

WANK:

11/1, 0000-0017*, 6925/U; David Bowie tunes from his Outside
      album (which was weird even for him!) & something that
      sounded like screeching to me but Music ID said was John
      John (Plastic Ono Band) I suppose it could have been
      that, ending with Trololo Song (Mr. Trololo) which is
      his signature & FINALLY an OM voice ID just as he went
      off. 3+4+4+44 just a titch of my local QRM peeking
      through. --Zichi MI

WBOG:

10/31, 2203, 6900/AM; Music, Zomby Woof by Frank Zappa, spoken
      bit from Night of the Living Dead, Six More Miles To the
      Graveyard by Hank Williams, I Need Your Head by Hasil
      Adkins, What a Way To Die by the Pleasure Speakers. WBOG
      IDs &/or jingles between tracks. s9 (Will-MD)

WDOG:

10/30, 2309, 6925/U; Music, Psycho Killer by Talking Heads,
      with chain saw sounds. WDOG ID @2310 into Don't Fear the
      Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. WDOG ID & montage @2315 into
      Son of Sam by the Dead Boys. Still going @2334 with
      Escape by Alice Cooper. s9/s15, very good. Switched to
      6925/L @2353 check, s15/s20 (Will-MD)

WENO SHORTWAVE:

10/31, 0350-0423:30*, 4060/U; many IDs including at :51 pla-
      ying pop rock ditties like Diamond Head (801), No One
      Receiving (Brian Eno), Rongwrong (801) & Silver Morning
      (Brian Eno w/Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno) & other Brian
      Eno tunes, thus the call. I can’t say I’ve ever heard
      801 before but Late 1970s was my era so I’m surprised!
      They weren’t half bad! 454+4+4 --Zichi MI

WJAN:

11/1, *0003-0037*, 6935/U; on air w/OM ‘Happy Halloween’ &
      spooky music, then more identifiable seasonal stuff like
      Monster Mash (Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt Kickers)
      (played at the end of the show too), the Addams Family
      theme, Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr.) & the theme from
      The Munsters among others. Ended up with some non-themed
      music like Groovy Kind of Love (Mindbenders), A Lover’s
      Concerto (The Toys), The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Tokens) &
      I only Want to Be With You (Dusty Springfield).
      454+4+4 --Zichi MI
11/1, 0025, 6935/U; 455 EE The Lion Sleeps Tonight, OM annoc
      WJAN, Rambling Man, playing Monster Mash for second time
      since it's Halloween. "Hope you enjoyed the show" off
      @0037. (Amelar-MI)

WOLVERINE RADIO:

10/29-30, *2354-0059*, 6950/U, instead of the usual ‘can any-
      body hear me’ “IS” it was Spooky sound effects & moans,
      etc. ID @0000 into Halloween themed show with songs like
      Haunted House (Memphis Minnie); When That Man Is Dead &
      Gone (Mildred Bailey); Graveyard Train (Creedence Clear-
      water Revival); Billy The Monster (The Deviants); The
      Ghosts That Haunt Me (Crash Test Dummies)b & others with
      spooky sfx, etc. “Spooky” SSTV at end. 3+54+44--Zichi MI2
      WolverineSSTV.jpg
10/29-30, 2355, 6950/U; on Barrington Hills sdr with good S9 to
      S9+10 signal, various moans, screams and howls, Wolverine
      ID then various spooky tunes, @0058 echo ID then SSTV/FAX,
      thanks for the good program. (Hassig-IL)
10/30, 0052-0057+, 6950/U; Holloweeny tunes; echo ID @0056:48
      into SSTV. SIO=4+54 (Frodge-MI)

WRNR:

11/2, 2326-2356*, 6926.75/AM; Faint carrier @2326, then music
      @2331. Adv for Freihofer’s hog dog buns, also WBNR Night
      at Monticello Raceway. Pop tunes. Operator thanks every-
      one for listening at the end of the BC. (35343,
      Hunsicker, PA)

XFM SHORTWAVE (including relays):

10/30, 2320, 6865/U; Radio Illuminati relaying XFM. Music,
      Lazy by Deep Purple. “Rockin' your clock, XFM" ID @1927
      into I Surrender by Rainbow. I Don't Want To Know by
      Fleetwood Mac @2357. Steady & solid s15 (Will-MD)
10/30, 2339, 4185/AM; noted here parallel to 6855usb; 4185
      destroyed by a co-channel utility, s3 underneath (Will-MD)
11/1, 0107, 5185/AM & 4185/AM; Rock music, XFM ID @0108. Ute
      QRM on 4185 but 5185 reasonably clear with nearby utility
      bursts, s9 (Will-MD)
11/1, 0110, 6865/U; Mix Radio Int’l relay of XFM, // 4185 /AM &
      5185/AM ID, "music to the power of X" @0111. Mentions that
      Mix Radio is relaying them on 6865. Very good signal on
      6865usb, s15. (Will-MD)
11/1, 0124, 6865/U; 555 EE Hip-hop rock. 0133 ID with email
      xfmshortwave@gmail.com for QSL for reception report.
      (Amelar-MI)
11/1, 0210-0215, 4185/AM$ // 6865; taking calls, but much worse
      than 6865: 3+4433 with my local QRM making things less
      pleasant --Zichi MI
11/1, 0200-0220, 6865/U; ID at :04 “Broadcasting in CQUAM
      stereo” w/rock like Ace of Spades (Motörhead) & Do It
      For Me Now (Angels & Airwaves) as well as live ancmts
      (based on the time checks) & taking  a call from a
      listener. NICE wideband audio 4+5554+ 1/Nov--Zichi MI

ZEEKY:

10/28, 2231, 6925/U; Cross and Boner Radio on Barrington Hills
     IL sdr with weak but clear S5 to S7 signal, somebody tal-
     king then the late Jerry Lee Lewis with Great Balls of
     Fire, after that somebody ranting & raving. (Hassig-IL)
11/1, 0215-0230, 6925/U; KMAD RADIO w/chatter about Halloween,
     playing really bad music like Circus of the Dead
     (TryHardNinja) & other stuff MusicID couldn’t even name.
     Much Zeekey chatter as usual. Just above the noise,
     3+4+3+43 --Zichi MI
11/2-3, 2345-0047*, 6930/U; Zeeky as Cave Man Radio/KASS/KMAD;
     audio problems blaming his sound card. Gave all three
     station names during the BC. SSTV in Scottie 1 @0010 &
     0013. Also, images sent that could be viewed in an IF
     waterfall. One was KASS rotated about a horizontal axis,
     so upside down & viewed behind.  Another looked like two
     sharks. One was said to be pornographic. Waterfall images
     would be better if Zekey increased the bandwidth of his
     xmsns above 3000 Hz. Closes with a Jerry Lee Lewis tune.
     (35343, Hunsicker, PA)

YHWH:

7475 0310, 11/3; in progress, usual op, Josiah & lecture,
     Fair/Good (Barton)

UNIDs:

10/28, 2205-2206:40*?, *2212:21-2219+, 6925/U; Somber music at
      QRN level. Freq covered by digiQRM after disappearance
      till he reappeared w/what sounded like a religihuxter,
      then pop ditties. Slightly better that earlier but
      still at QRN level. (Frodge-MI)
10/30, 0038-0051:34?, 6955/U; Janis Jolpin ditty at tune-in
      two dudes talking; spooky radio story; gasping or
      growling & other sfx tossed in. No ID heard. SIO=453
      (Frodge-MI)
10/30, 0148, 6962/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with good S9
      to S9+10 wideband signal, various pop tunes. (Hassig-IL)
10/30, 0200-0220, 6962/U; music & no talk w/non-stop pop such
      as More than Words (Extreme), Everybody (Backstreet Boys),
      Walk on the Ocean (Toad The Wet Sprocket), (Montel Jordan)
      This is How We Do It & others mostly from the 1990s. Nice
      wide-band audio, 4554+4+ but RAPIDLY faded to nothing
      @0218 & either gone off @0220. --Zichi MI2
10/30, 0245-0254*, 6930/U; Techno ditty. SIO=353- (Frodge-MI)
10/30, 0300-0315+, 4185/U; Hard rock & spooky music; bit about
      killing people w/screams; no ID offered. SIO=4+53-
      (Frodge-MI)
10/30, 1934-1941+, 6880/U; EZL ditties; no ID offered. SI=253-
      (Frodge-MI)
10/31, 0231-0237+, 4185/U; Rock & spooky music!!! 0240+ screams
      & laughter & back to rock; noID offered. SIO=454-
      (Frodge-MI)
10/31, 2145, 6935/U; Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? & Lucille Has
      Messed My Mind Up by Frank Zappa. Continuing with music
      from Zappa's Joe's Garage LP. Stick It Out @2200. Fair to
      good signal, s7/s9.(Will-MD)
10/31, 2356, 6925/U; Spoken word over instrumental music.
      s5/s7 (Will-MD)
11/1, *0021-0111*, 6955/U; Outhouse Radio? (although it sounded
      like he said ‘Radio Was Radio Wasn’t’ @0103; an ID?) A
      couple of false starts (or was it an IS?) into some unid
      Gregorian-chant-y-kind of music. At :35 back to that ‘IS’
      tune which MusicID couldn’t name. Then Grungy-thumpy stuff
      & more of the Gregorian sounding chants. NO announcements
      or other identifiable stuff. @0100 a tease ancmt by OM
      with something about ‘normal’ mumbled unclearly into
      something MusicID called Y’all Motherf*ckers Need Jesus
      (The Goddamn Gallows) which is indeed about as far from
      normal as you’re going to find. ID at :03 but it didn’t
      sound like ‘outhouse’ to me; maybe it was ??? The SSTV
      was ‘one dog radio’ or ‘outhouse radio’ but the audio
      sounded like neither of those. SSTV at :08 & again at
      :10 before s/off. 3+4+443+ --Zichi MI
      6955UNIDSSTV.jpg
11/1, 0026-0101, 6925/U & AM; Spooky tubular bells style music
      (but not that, I guess it is the Halloween movie theme?)
      & LONG pauses, at :30 ‘take him off the air, I think he’s
      having a breakdown’ dialog bit & some wolf howls & another
      LONG pause. Back to bells spooky music at :35 & “I will
      kill you” whispered at :40 & back to the bells. Transmit-
      ter seemed to be drifting around quite a bit and switched
      from USB to AM then back to USB toward the end. 3+4+4+44
      --Zichi MI
11/1, 0038, 6930/U; Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky); at :43
      some radio play dialog & a bit of Dragnet theme & audio?
      At :56 the (The Chipmunks) Witch Doctor. Right at the
      noise level, 33+3+42+ --Zichi MI
11/1, 0039, 6955/U; 445 EE Electronic music, church choir chant
      music. 0100 OM annoc "You didn't expect normal, did you?"
      0128 SSTV. Off by 0211 (Amelar-MI)
11/1, 0102, 6930/U; Spoken word, spooky programming, possibly
      an old radio show. s7 (Will-MD)
11/1, *0103-0126*, 6920/U; mix of stuff, including a harmonica
      folk tune & at :13 (Tommy Roe) Dizzy (FINALLY something
      recognizable!) then the Monty Python Sit on My Face tune,
      then (KC) Get Down Tonight & other similar music. No ID
      heard here or on HFU. Included the rare (Napoleon XIV)
      They’re Coming To Take Me Away! & apparently off after
      that. 34443 --Zichi MI
11/1, *0108-0112*, 6945.1/U; punk rock, siren wails & “I will
      Kill You” & that bell tune also on 6925. 3+344+2+ whis-
      tle/blatt QRM, bad frequency choice! --Zichi MI
11/1, 0116, 6920/U; Music, Get Down Tonight by KC & the Sun-
      shine Band. 0119, cover version of the Guess Who song
      American Woman. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha
      @0124; off @0126. s3/s5 (Will-MD)
11/1, 0307, 6936/FM; Music, Back In Black by AC/DC. 0309,
      Witchy Woman by The Eagles. Fair signal, s3/s5. FM decode
      occasionally very good despite the fair signal. (Will-MD)
11/1, 2307-2323+, 6925/U; Doobie Bros. et al; op talk couple
      of times, but too buried in QRN to copy (Frodge-MI)
11/2, 2148-2225*, 6925/AM; All Rap music with a young-sounding
      woman who identified the artists & talked about the music.
      If I heard correctly, this was her first broadcast. No ID.
      Disappeared, mid-song. (45353, Hunsicker, PA)
11/2, 2319-2322, 6949.6/AM; Carrier appeared @2319 then there
      was a muddled male voice which was unusable. Seemed to be
      gone @2322, but there might have been faint music @2339.
      (Hunsicker, PA)
11/3, 2046-2148, 6850.27/AM; Continuous Big Band music. Mostly
      instrumentals with a few vocals. Strength & noise had it
      as “Poor” overall. Jarring change to 60’s elevator music
      after 2042. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)
11/3, 2109-2115+, 6950.3/U; Very weak music; only heard in
      USB (Frodge-MI)
11/3, 2133-2148, 6925/U; C&W music by male singers. Narrow
      bandwidth @2400 (35443, Hunsicker, PA

      =+=+=+=+= South American Stations/Relays =+=+=+=+=

10/30, 0300-0330, 6925; RCW Radio Compañía Worldwide. News.
     45444 (Galaz, Chile)

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Sordid Logs:

----- 10/29

0050-0113  Thunder Chicken Radio, 6280/U
0116       Ball Smacker Radio, 6960/AM
0123       Outhouse Radui, 6930/L
2138-2210  Cool AM Radio, 6885/U
2307-2345  Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U
2342-2400  Cool AM Radio, 6855/U (continued to 10/30)
2354-2400  Wolverine Radio, 6950/U (continued to 10/30)

----- 10/30

0000-0145  Cool AM Radio, 6855/U (continued from 10/29)
0000-0059  Wolverine Radio, 6950/U (continued from 10/29)
0038-0051  UNID, 6955/U
0148-0220  UNID, 6962/U
0245-0254  UNID, 6930/U
0300-0315  UNID, 4185/U
0300-0330  RCW Radio Compañía Worldwide, 6925
1934-1941  UNID, 6880/U
2214-2222  Thunder Chicken Radio, 6935/U
2307-2321  Radio Free Whatever, 6855/U
2309-2353  WDOG, 6925/U
2320-2357  XFM, 6865/U
2335-2352  Capt. Morgan SW, 6949.69/AM
2339       XFM, 4185/AM
2339       XFM, 6855/U
2353       WDOG, 6925/L

----- 10/31

0231-0237  UNID, 4185/U
0350-0424  WENO, 4060/U
2116-2216  Thunder Chicken Radio, 6934.5-6935
2145-2200  UNID, 6935/U
2203       WBOG, 6900/AM
2309-2336  Capt. Morgan SW, 6950/AM
2312-2321  K2000, 5185/AM
2356       UNID, 6925/U

----- 11/1

0000-0017  WANK, 6925/U
0003-0037  WJAN, 6935/U
0021-0111  UNID, 6955/U
0026-0101  UNID, 6925/U
0038-0102  UNID, 6930/U
0039-0100  UNID, 6955/U
0103-0130  Sycko Radio, 6965/U
0103-0126  UNID, 6920/U
0105       Outhouse Radio, 6955/U
0107       XFM, 4185/AM
0107       XFM, 5185/AM
0108-0112  UNID, 6945.1/U
0110       XFM, 6865/U
0116-0126  UNID, 6920/U
0132-0137  Voice of Hell, 6930/U
0200-0220  XFM Shortwave, 6865/U
0210-0215  XFM Shortwave, 4185/AM$
0215-0230  Zeeky as KMAD Radio, 6925/U
0305       Sycko Radio, 6930/U (continuation from 0130?)
0307       UNID, 6936/FM
2307-2323  UNID, 6925/U

----- 11/2

2148-2225  UNID, 6925/AM
2319-2322  UNID, 6949.6/AM
2326-2356  WRNR, 6926.75/AM
2345-2400  Zeeky as Cave Man Radio/KASS/KMAD, 6930/U
           (contiued to 11/3)

----- 11/3

0000-0047  Zeeky as Cave Man Radio/KASS/KMAD, 6930/U
           (continued from 11/2)
0310       YHWH, 7475
2046-2148  UNID, 6950.3/U
2133-2148  UNID, 6925/U

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COMMENTARIOS

Tooooo many UNIDs and toooooo many music only pirates.

--980’s, HF