Free Radio Weekly #1395

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1395                          .-.
Covering Logs from 10 thru 16-December-2022    (0.0)
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EDITOR THIS WEEK: Harold Frodge              .='`"``=.

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

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

Jerry Coatsworth, Merlin ON
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Drake R8B (mine) + 185’ RW
William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com, using remote receivers
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, wghauser@yahoo.com
     NRD-545 with ALA-330S, IC-R75, PL-880, random wires
Ron Hunsicker, 1238 Cleveland Ave, Wyomissing PA 19610-2102
     ronhunsi at ptd dot net
Mark Taylor, Madison WI, markokpik@gmail.com
Larry Will, Mount Airy MD, Icom IC-R75 and various wires

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THE LOGS

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BALL SMACKER RADIO:

12/10, 0159, 4030; Wildfire IS, 0200 ID w/bowling pin strike
      Sfx, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.  Too noisy to stay with it.
      (Taylor – WI)
12/10, 0203, 4030/AM; on Barrington Hills sdr with weak noisy
      S5 to S9 signal, rock ballad 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
      (Hassig-IL)

B-SIDE RADIO:

12/10, 0208, 6935/AM: on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak
      noisy S5 to S7 signal, said B-side Radio, announced
      tune as 1959 tune The happy organ by Dave "baby" Cortez,
      nice variety of instrumental tunes from 1950's & 1960’s;
      @0224 switched to Traverse City MI sdr with same weak
      signal, tried several other sdr's in usa and Canada to
      no avail. (Hassig-IL)

CAPTAIN MORGAN SW:

12/12, 0155, 6924/AM; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7
      to S9 signal, blues & urban contemporary music sung by
      woman, some deep fading, switched to Traverse City MI
      sdr with fair S9 to S9+20 signal, distorted audio, blues
      tune sung by man, Capt Morgan ID, song: 1 scotch 1 bour-
      bon 1 beer, switched back to Barrington Hills IL sdr
      @0212 due to deep fade, end of tune, Capt Morgan ID then
      off air. Nice tunes, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

GOAT HERD RADIO:

12/10, 2212, 6930/U (6930?); 2212 Techno music with pauses
       between songs. 2228 abrupt fade out. Back, @2244 with
       Techno. Eventually an Easypal send of a goat face.
       Poor to fair.  (Taylor – WI) [Presume not Zeeky Goat
       Herder Radio.]
12/11, 2316, 6933/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7
       to S9 signal, techno pop dance music. (Hassig-IL)

ION RADIO:

12/16, 2137, 6925/AM; Christmas music. ID @2141. Big fat AM
      signal, s9/s15. (Will-MD)

RADIO FREE WHATEVER:

12/10, 2153, 6950/U; Produced ID, Damn I wish I was your lover,
      Methyl Ethel, DJDW talking about playing some unusual
      “Christmasy” music from time to time” during the show &
      into one, This could be Christmas, The So So Glos. DJDW
      had problems with both his transmitter & the ionosphere
      cooperating & was off & on several times. Went down to
      4185 USB where I heard him @0011 where Condx was better.
      Lost him about 0030.  He tried a while longer however
      wasn’t heard here again. (Taylor – WI)
12/10, 2307, 6950/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S5
      to S9 signal, music then DJ Dick Weed making announce-
      ment, more soft pop music after a pause. (Hassig-IL)

SYCKO RADIO:

12/12, 0147, 4185/U; on Traverse City MI sdr with poor S7
      signal, song: Eye of the tiger, Sycho Radio ID, Curt
      Kobain tune. (Hassig-IL)

THUNDER CHICKEN RADIO:

12/9, 2143, 6950/U; Series of songs by Joe Walsh including
      Wrecking Ball:, Family & India, SSTV (Black T shirt
      held up with horror figure pointing “You my friend
      should have been SWOLLOWED.” 2333 guitar solo live
      recording, “Ha ha ha, cluck, cluck, cluck” SSTV (T
      shirt “Stay calm and Thunder Chicken”), a live recor-
      ding of Free ride into several other live recordings
      then several songs by Blue Oyster Cult.  Good
      (Taylor – WI)
12/9, 2226, 6955/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with good S9
      to S9+20 signal, heavy metal with long guitar riff from
      concert, @2239 SSTV/FAX, old in concert familiar heavy
      metal tune I don't recall name of, @2254 SSTV/FAX, more
      in concert heavy metal, @2322 SSTV/FAX, signal down to
      S9+, @2328 DJ gave shout out to somebody in Costa Rica,
      @2336 said "blasting out of the barnyard, Thunder Chicken
      radio", @2345 signal back to S9+20 at times, @2356 signal
      fading down to S7, thanks for the good tunes. (Hassig-IL)
12/9, 2258, 6955/U; hard rock pirate music, S9+22. 2321.6 SSTV,
      2322.7 more music, no voice announcements heard but not
      listening continually; 2345 still going; 2358.7 DJ closing
      Thunder Chicken but playing one more tune, Always Look on
      the Bright Side of Life by Monty Python until 2402.6* with
      some misc. noises, clux. Many more reports here, with
      mostly smeary SSTV images: [www.hfunderground.com]
      board/index.php/topic,106508.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK)
12/10, 1454-1507+, 6955/U; Instr’l rock versions of Xmas dit-
      ties including Silent Night. 1505:50 Chicken cluck to
      "Bouncing off the ionosphere, you're tuned to Thunder
      Chicken Radio" (VOICE ID!!!) into SSTV. SIO=3+54
      (Frodge-MI)
12/14, 2125-2142+, 6955/U; Rock music with crowd noise. Yet
      another music & no ID op. SIO=4+54. ID per Radio Animal
      post on the Free Radio Net. (Frodge-MI)
12/14, 2126-2329*, 6955/U; Blues concert then Christmas music
      played on electric guitars. SSTV in Martin 1 @2148 &
      2222 & a message in the waterfall @2309.
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      (35453, Hunsicker, PA)

UNDERCOVER RADIO:

12/15, 2305, 1730; Tough copy; ID per cosmikdebris post on the
      Free Radio net (Coatsworth)
12/15, 2312, 1730/AM; Music, We Are All Made of Stars by Moby.
      Learning To Fly by Pink Floyd @2313. Live version of
      Eclipse by Pink Floyd @2318. Money by Pink Floyd @2321.
      2327, classic Undercover Radio liner, “Don't let them
      see us..." Variable signal, s3/s5/s7. (Will-MD)

WHITE CROW RADIO:

12/9, 2220, 6925/U; High energy dance music by Armin van
      Buren, "Hi, this is Terry in Montreal.  How are you
      doin' out there?" over music, false start on a song,
      dance music, ID over music & on with dance music.
      Fair. (Taylor – WI)
12/9, 2223, 6925/U; on Barrington Hills sdr with S7 to S9
      signal, high energy techno dance music. (Hassig-IL) 

WHIZ:

12/15, 2136-2201*, 6925/U; After the ID an OM promises to whiz
      on our radio. Uninterrupted indy rock music between the
      ID at the beginning & at the end. (35354, Hunsicker, PA)

WOLVERINE RADIO:

12/11, 0130, 4015/U; Ice, winter theme including Cold Blue
      Steel & Sweet Fire - Joni Mitchell; 0204 echo ID,
      SSTV (Man standing in part of an ice formation or
      sculpture with "Wolverine Radio"), off (Taylor – WI)
12/11, 0106, 4015/U; on Traverse City Mi with fair/good S9
      to S9+20 signal, s-on with "testing 1 2 3 can anybody
      hear me", big band & swing tunes, song: But baby it's
      cold outside, Hank Williams: Cold cold heart, a nice
      program of songs with the word "cold" in them, @0204
      echo ID then SSTV/FAX, thanks for the nice program.
      (Hassig-IL)

UNIDs:

12/4, 0054, 4190; Doomsday, The Purple Sun. Pause & switch
      to AM into a program of hard rock. Off 0110. Fair
      (Taylor – WI)
12/10, 0157, 6930/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5
      signal, hear bits of rock music & occasional "foghorn"
      sound. (Hassig-IL)
12/11, 1642-1653*?, 6930/U; Pop music!!!!!  Female, lady woman
      with lengthy spiel, but tough copy; possible W... ID.
      SIO=2+53 with off/on problem. Very weak after an off/on
      & disappeared around 1653. (Frodge-MI)
12/11, 2354, 6935/U; Heavy metal hair band music. 2356 Problem
      Child by AC/DC. Possibly Outhouse Radio? s3/s5. (Will-MD)
12/12, 1439-1502+, 6990/U; 2 very fast-talking males (sped up
      audio?); mentioned Trump, Democrats, Republicans, TV
      commentators, etc. “Vote people out when they don’t do
      what they promise.” (What a concept!) Lots of laughing
      & giggling. Threw in the occasional “shit”. SIO=253
      Dove into the QRN abut 1501. (Frodge-MI)
12/14, 2121-2125*?, 6925/U; Music at QRN level; anmt @2124+
      & may have gone off (Frodge-MI)
12/15, 2021-2127*, 6948.3/AM; Old Mutual Broadcasting System
      radio play about travelers from Earth/America visiting
      another planet & finding a planet and inhabitants which
      are very much like us. Often unusable.  (Fair strength,
      but noisy 35342, Hunsicker, PA)
12/16, 0028, 4185/U; Jingle Bells, into techno music. Frosty
      the Snowman @0032. Continuing with old timey Christmas
      music, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, @0038. s9 peaks,
      very good. (Will-MD)
12/16, 2242, 6865/U; Talk between two guys about shortwave
      radio & DXing. One guy is on what sounds like a Skype
      call. s20+. (Will-MD)

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Sordid Logs:

----- 12/10

0157       UNID, 6930/U
0159-0203  Ball Smacker Radio, 4030
0208-0224  B-Side Radio, 6935/AM
1454-1507  Thunder Chicken Radio, 6955/U
2153-2307  Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U
2212-2244  Goat Herd Radio, 6930/U

----- 12/11

0011-0030  Radio Free Whatever, 4185/U
0130-0204  Wolverine Radio, 4015/U
1642-1653  UNID, 6930/U
2316       Goat Herd Radio, 6933/U

----- 12/12

0147       Sycko Radio, 4185/U
0155-0212  Captain Morgan SW, 6924/AM
1439-1502  UNID, 6990/U
2354-2356  UNID, 6935/U

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2121-2125  UNID, 6925/U
2125-2329  Thunder Chicken Radio, 6955/U

----- 12/15

2021-2127  UNID, 6948.3/AM
2136-2201  WHIZ, 6925/U
2305-2321  Undercover Radio, 1730

----- 12/16

0028-0038  UNID, 4185/U
2137-2141  Ion Radio, 6925/AM
2242       UNID, 6865/U

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COMMENTARIOS

Almost nothing but music pirates...again. I see posts where
apparently an op will get on, run an SSTV or two and get off.
Pirate radio has reached a new low.

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--982’s, HF