Free Radio Weekly #1391

Free Radio Weekly # 1391 – November 19, 2022

Covering Free Radio Activity from Nov 12 – Nov 18

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Editor This Week: Dave Turnick

Argh…pass the cranberry sauce.. Happy Thanksgiving !

EDITORS:

Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

David Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)

Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

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Contributors

- Chris Gay, KY

- Harold Frodge, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156 M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI Drake R8B + 250’ E-W RW, GMC Car Radio for FMBC logs (on way home from DXP)

- Ken Zichi, MI2

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

- John Sedlacek, Omaha, NE

- William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com

- Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland Icom IC-R75 and various wires

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

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

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

Black Swan Radio Int'l

6925 USB, 11-12-22, 1445-1525 UTC. Sort of rap/hip-hop music with frequent repeated IDs by an YL. 15 dB over S9 in central Kentucky. (Gay-KY).

[DISGRUNTLED HAM]

3927/L, 0309-0334+, 11/13; Playing gospel ditties to 0332 talking about his “tattooed dick” & what he might do with it. Net hamsters talking about it and checking remote receivers for him. (Frodge-DXP)

MIX RADIO INT’L

6850/U, 0030-0045+, 11/12; Rock music; thought I also heard an ID as India Free Radio SW/ MRI ID @0044:54. SIO=4+54 (Frodge-DXP)

6850/U Mix Radio International w/indie rock like “Missed Connection” (The Head and the Heart) and “Northern Lights” (Death Cab for Cutie) and other equally obscure stuff that wasn’t horrible (just unusual). 0138 bobbling new record and lots of dead air. Then up to 6855/U for no apparent reason. 4+54+4+4+ 0134-0138* 12/Nov RSPdx +random wire --Zichi MI

6855/U Mix Radio International w/more obscure indie rock like “Lo/Hi” (The Black Keys) and “When Am I Gonna Lose You” (Local Natives), etc. Mostly non-stop music but an ID around the ToH.4+54+4+4+ *0139-0215* 12/Nov RSPdx +SDRuno +random wire --Zichi MI2

6855/U Mix Radio International w/more obscure indie rock like “Lo/Hi” (The Black Keys) and “When Am I Gonna Lose You” (Local Natives), etc. Mostly non- stop music but an ID around the ToH. 4+54+4+4+ *0139-0215* 12/Nov RSPdx +SDRuno +random wire --Zichi MI2

6850U Mix Radio International, 2325, 11.11.22. Playing rock / Indie music w/ ID about 2335 … still on 0154 with "Funny Business" - Alice Merton, "Cold little heart" - Michael Kiwanuka … off 0215. Fair to good. (Taylor – WI)

12060 to 12070 to 12080 to 12085 USB Radio 48 via Mix Radio International, 2235, 11.12.22. Wild show of mixed IDs from Radio Free Whatever and MRI altered to Radio 48 IDs, “Psycho killer” – Ely Yabu, distorted “In a gadda da vida” as well as other interesting music and frequency jumps. Left at 2325 for dinner. Fun pirate radio. Good to very good signal. (Taylor – WI)

Mix Radio International, 12060 usb, 11-12-22, 2134 utc, on Traverse City MI sdr with fair/good S9 to S9+10 signal, comedian in concert talking about religion, ID then at 2138 utc song: "great balls of fire", at 2147 Frank Zappa "don't eat that yellow snow". (Hassig-IL)

Mix Radio International 6865AM 11 November 2022 1946-2332 Pop music. Unusable after 2236 due to a weak signal. (40 dB over the noise, Hunsicker, PA)

Mix Radio International 6850USB 11 November 2022 2310-2358 Pop music with IDs at 2327, 2330, and 2335 by an YL. Started at 35454, but the signal weakened until it was unusable at 2333. (Hunsicker, PA)

OUTHOUSE RADIO

6950/U; 0123-0128:08*, 11/12; Non-Elvis version of Heartbreak Hotel; off after code ID. SIO=354- (Frodge-DXP)

6960/U Outhouse Radio w/non-descript rock, and no ancmts, into SSTV (SC2-60) that I started late, but got the ID from JUST barely caught this! 35443+ 0030-0032* 12/Nov RSPdx +SDRuno +Multimode (Mac) +random wire 6850/U Mix Radio International w/indie rock like “Missed Connection” (The Head and the Heart) and “Northern Lights” (Death Cab for Cutie) and other equally obscure stuff that wasn’t horrible (just unusual). 0138 bobbling new record and lots of dead air. Then up to 6855/U for no apparent reason. 4+54+4+4+ 0134-0138* 12/Nov RSPdx +SDRuno+randomwire -Zichi MI2

6960/U Outhouse Radio w/non-descript rock, and no ancmts, into SSTV (SC2-60) that I started late, but got the ID from JUST barely caught this! 35443+ 0030-0032* 12/Nov RSPdx +SDRuno+MultiMode (Mac) +random wire

6950 USB Outhouse Radio, 0042, 11.12.22. Hard rock, SSTV (drawing of an outhouse w/ "Outhouse Radio"), atmospheric music w/ OM over / under, SSTV (same outhouse with "20 watts of massive power. 20 WATTS. Outhouse Radio."), “N.I.B (alt. mix)” - Black Sabbath, SSTV QSL (as last with "6950USB 0037. UTC 12 NOV 2022" added), CW ending with long dash, 0128 off. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

Outhouse Radio 6960 USB 12 November 2022 0011-0033* Electronic noises and music. SSTV ID in SC-2-60 at 0031. (25343, Hunsicker, PA)

Outhouse Radio 6950USB 12 November 2022 0041-0127 Techno music. SSTV IDs in SC-2-60 at 0053 and Scottie 1 at 0109. Music and, per my notes, “strange stuff.” CW at 0127. (25453, Hunsicker, PA)

ZEEKY

6935/U, 2224-2232+, 11/12; Rock music, “Countdown toTurkey Day”; gave an ID but missed it; off for a minute & back with more rock. SIO=444 w/ticking QRM (Frodge-DXP)

Mushroom Head Radio

6935/U Mushroom Head Radio (ID at 2344) w/non-descript hard rock OM screaming apparently drunk/high “Dr. Zeeke” at :41 mentioning Dick Weed, ham radio, and reception reports from New England right
 on the edge of being understandable with the weak signal and his insobriety conspiring to make it hard copy. More non-descript (bad) hard rock after: 44. I was only half listening.... At :57 he announced he was playing something from 1970 but again, nothing I (or Music ID) knew, and it was bad.3+543+3+ 2334-0023 when it either faded completely, or he signed off (couldn’t tell which) 12-13/Nov RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +random wire --Zichi MI

6935/U Mushroom Head Radio (ID at 2344) w/non-descript hard rock OM screaming apparently drunk/high “Dr. Zeeke” at :41 mentioning Dick Weed, ham radio, and reception reports from New England right
 on the edge of being understandable with the weak signal and his insobriety conspiring to make it hard copy. More non-descript (bad) hard rock after: 44. I was only half listening.... At: 57 he announced he was playing something from 1970 but again, nothing I (or Music ID) knew, and it was bad. 3+543+3+ 2334-0023 when it either faded com-pletely, or he signed off (couldn’t tell which) 12-13/Nov RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +random wire --Zichi MI

6935 USB, Nov 12 at 2233, pirate rocker at S7/S8:Mushroom Head Radio (Zeke) per many reports here:[www.hfunderground.com] 2251 recheck, DJ is yelling (Glenn Hauser, OK

Mushroom Head Radio (Zeke), 6035 usb, 11-12-22, 2232 on Traverse City MI sdr with good S9 to S9+20 signal, heavy metal tune, dead air at times, at 2340 heavy metal then man shouting, more heavy metal, S9+10 to S9+20 signal. (Hassig-IL)

Mushroom Head Radio 6935USB 12 &13 November 2022 2220-0053* Zekey as only Zekey can do it. Admits became a Mushroom Head by having been infected by some critter. Zekey’s buzzing microphone circuit follows him everywhere. (35353, Hunsicker, PA)

Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Station

6930 USB Edmund Fitzgerald memorial station, 0112, 11.11.22. “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” played with pauses between on the anniversary of the sinking. Began fair however, by 0035 it was just barely audible. (Taylor – WI)

Thunder Chicken

6935 USB Thunder Chicken, 2130, 11.8.22. Rock music with 6 SSTV interspersed (2 chicken drawings then 4 SSTV of women in bikinis). Poor. (Taylor – WI)

6935 USB Thunder Chicken, 2258, 11.10.22. “Larger than Life” – Govt. Mule and other hard rock with SSTV of Thunder Chicken before s/off. Good. (Taylor – WI)

THUNDER CHICKEN RADIONOV 13 / 6880 USB / 2215-2310+. Program "50 @ 50" featuring a Jethro Tull music marathon. Good signal. (Sedlacek-NE

Wolverine Radio

6950 USB Wolverine Radio, 0102, 11.13.22. "Turn back the universe and give me yesterday" - Harry Macdonough & Orpheus Quartet, "You turned the tables on me" - Benny Goodman, "Then I turned and walked slowly away" - Eddy Arnold, ID, "Tossin' and Turnin' " - Bobby Lewis, "Judy's turn to cry" - Lesley Gore, "Turn, turn, turn" - Byrds into a program of "turn" themed songs, "echo" ID, SSTV (traffic sign w/ turning various directions with “Wolverine Radio”), off. (Taylor – WI)

Wolverine Radio, 6950 usb, 11-13-22, 0134 utc on Traverse City MI sdr with S9+20 signal, good audio, light fading, various songs with the word "turn" in them, at 0139 faded to S9, at 0141 switched to Peoria IL sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal, at 0200 echo ID then SSTV/FAX, off air at 0202. (Hassig-IL)

Wolverine Radio 6950USB 13 November 2022 0058-0140 Opened with faint music, Testing, 1, 2, 3, and then an ID at 0100. Pretty faint—only 15 dB over the noise—just usable. Stopped listening when the BC became too faint to understand. (Hunsicker, PA)

WOLVERINE RADIO 6950/U, 0151-0200+, 11/13; Rock music, ID @0159:58 into SSTV. SIO=233- w/crackle QRM (Frodge-DXP)

Ballsmacker Radio

6960 AM Ballsmacker Radio, 0158, 12.11.22. “Wildfire” IS, 0200 ID incl. frequency, bowling pin strike sfx over intro to "Where it's at" - Beck, "Where did our love go?" - The Supremes. There was very strong QRN, which made listening very unpleasant, so I pulled the plug. Signal strength was very good. (Taylor – WI)

INFECTED MUSHROOM HEAD RADIO INT’L

6925/U, 2201-2206+, 11/17; Rock ditties & IDs. SIO=353+ (Frodge-MI)

NOV 13 / 6925 USB / 2238+. Hard rock and music by Dead Meadow. YL anncr with British accent. Fair signal amid heavy static. (Sedlacek-NE)

RADIO 48

NOV 13 / 6869 USB / 2225-2245+. Music by Led Zeppelin and Ozzie Osbourne. Tough ID because of excessive echo sfx. Good signal with moderate static levels. (Sedlacek-NE)

Radio 69

6969 USB, Nov 18 at 2229, my fourth stop for music after WBCQ finds one pirate active now with rockish music, S5/S7; 2231.5 maybe an ID under the dense music? 2236 clearer announcement, ``You are listening to --- clock? Radio --- Radio 69 --- on the dial``; more logs here first as unID, [www.hfunderground.com] then `Infected Mushroom Head Radio International`` (Glenn Hauser, OK)

Jerry-Rigged Radio (via Truth Radio International)

6925AM 11 November 2022 2217-2232 immediately following Radio Azteca. The audio was muddled and difficult to understand. Skits, comedy advertisements, and Bevis and Butthead. Caught an ID and drop location at 2230. At 2232, another BC began on 6925 on sideband and killed them. (35443, Hunsicker, PA)

Radio Azteca (via Truth Radio International)

6925AM 11 November 2022 2156-2216* Program #152,317 (weren’t they all…). Odd ideas about odd things. ID at 2159. News of the Radio World, YL with great Blues tune. The Story Lady discusses the adopted princess. And, Dr. Radio shares his wisdom. Closes with “A hand in the bush is worth two birds.” (35443, Hunsicker, PA)

Radio Free Whatever

6950USB 12 November 2022 2150-2256 Opened with the anthem, then Dick introduced himself and IDed. DW’s voice was a little muddled tonight. Music, music, and more music. By 2239, had become faint and unusable. (35454, Hunsicker, PA

6950 USB Radio Free Whatever, 2210, 11.12.22. Mellow rock, pause, "Keep on dreaming'" - The Arcs, canned ID, DJDW announcing last several songs, shout outs to HFU folks incl. me, ID, starts a song, then realizes he makes a mistake and recues for "Time's Been Reckless" - Marika Hackman and into a program of chat between blocks of well-chosen music. Good. (Taylor – WI)

Radio Free Whatever, 6950usb, 11-12-22, 2225 utc on Traverse City MI sdr with good S9+10 signal, heard DJ Dick Weed give ID, heavy metal instrumental, Dick Weed or somebody ranting about something, at 2239 signal up to S9+20 at times. (Hassig-IL)

Radio Free Whatever. 11/12, 2206, 6950usb. DJ Dick Weed back announcing music. ID at 2208 and back into music. Solid s9. (Will-MD)

6950 USB, Nov 12 at 2232, S8/S9 pirate rocker vsnoise level of S7/S8. Multiple reports here of R Free Whatever:[www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

RADIO FREE WHATEVER 6950/U, 2232, 11/12; Rock music & ID. SIO=454 (Frodge-DXP)

UNIDS

6925/AM, 2235-2238*? 11/11; Irish ditty about Paddy and a keg of bricks. Clobbered by UNID on 6925/U (Frodge-DXP)

6925/U, 2235-2300+, 11/11; Pop & techno music w/comments sultry female, lady woman; No ID heard. SIO=354 after AM QRM went off. (Frodge-DXP)

6935/U, 0129-0134+, 11/12; Rock music & talk, uncopyable.SIO=352, fady (Frodge-DXP)

6925USB 11 November 2022 2232-2317* the slayer of Jerry-Rigged Radio. Techno music, them some pop and, other than an YL talking about wanting to remember, not a word. 3700 Hz was best. (35444, Hunsicker, PA)

6935AM 12 November 2022 0128-0243* Music on a noisy night. Mostly unusable. The carrier disappeared at 0243. (Unusable, Hunsicker, PA)

6950USB 12 November 2022 0240-0246* Noises, music, whistling, and a voice, all faint. Techno music. (35443, Hunsicker, PA

6925 USB Unidentified, 0134, 11.10.22. Blues, “There is nothing wrong with your radio …”, bits of several songs, YL,"Pirate Radio …" pause, Blues, mashup of dialogue, "There is nothing wrong with your radio …", repeated phrase, air raid siren, sfx, mellow song. Hard to follow. Signal fair. (Taylor – WI)

6925 USB Unidentified, 0104, 11.11.22. “Red Barchetta” – Ruch, pause into start of more hard rock before fading out about 0109. (Taylor – WI)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

None reported

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF


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

Dave