Free Radio Weekly #1396

Free Radio Weekly # 1396 – December 24, 2022

Covering Free Radio Activity from Dec 17 – Dec 23

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Editor This Week: Dave Turnick

Merry Xmas m' matey's...

EDITORS:

Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

David Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)

Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

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Contributors

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

-Liz Cameron

-Harold Frodge,5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156
Drake R8B + 185' RW
GMC Car Radio for FMBC logs

-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

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

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

BALLSMACKER RADIO

4030 USB Ballsmacker Radio, 0158, 12.17.22. "Wildfire" IS, 0200 ID w/ bowling pin strike, "Tears on my pillow" - Little Anthony and the Imperials, "Carry on wayward son" - Kansas, ID & bowling pin sfx, "You dropped a bomb on me" - The Gap Band. Signal was poor – fair and noisy, then dropped out entirely at 0210. (Taylor – WI)

Ball Smacker Radio, 4030 am, 12-17-22, 0251 on Traverse City MI sdr with poor noisy S7 to S9 signal, barely hear audio under the noise. (Hassig-IL)

SANTA CLAUS RADIO

4185 USB Santa Claus Radio, 0030, 12.17.22. Program of less known big band Christmas themed music including “Christmas Rose” by Frankie Lane and “Don’t wait for the night before Christmas” by Sammy Kaye. IDs and “HoHoHo” between songs. Op was having problems with a hummy transmitter, which occasionally dropped out. Transmitter abruptly went to hum and off. Good signal until then. (Taylor – WI)

X-FM

4185U X-FM, 0132, 12.18.22. Program of well chosen, less known, contemporary music including "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, and 2 versions of "Some Velvet Morning" first by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood , then Primal Scream & Kate Moss on a request. Redhat had frequent IDs and talk breaks. Cold due to no heat in the studio, lost his work gloves, doing shout outs to HF Underground logs, wishing listeners well, etc. Usual very well produced and professionally presented show. Still going at 0245. Good although periodically noisy signal. (Taylor – WI)

XFM (t); 4185/AM, 0206, 12/18; Obviously Red Hat talking into tune. SIO=3+52 (Frodge-MI)

XFM, 4185 am, 12-18-22, 0208 utc on Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9 to S9+20 signal, excellent audio, listening in CQUAM stereo, hear rock tune sung by woman, at 0219 he read my comment on HFU, still going strong at 0349 with many nice pop tunes, off air at 0411 utc. Thanks for the broadcast. (Hassig-IL)

YEAH MAN RADIO

6875 USB Yeah Man Radio, 0103, 12.17.22. Surf music, ID, "Black Magic Woman" - Santana, ID and DJ chatter including a shout out to me. Into a program of oldies, IDs and talk. Pleased to hear Yeah Man as he is usually inaudible here. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)

OUTHOUSE RADIO

6935USB Outhouse Radio, 2327, 12.11.22. "Thunder kiss '65" - White Zombie, "Rock and Roll killed my mother" - Hi Fi Guys, hard rock with other music such as "Heard it through the grapevine" - CCR, ID, SSTV (“SSTV ’RFQSL’” Date, time, frequency, "Outhouse Radio" with woman on bicycle w/ second woman walking behind), Indirectly mentions Zeeky jamming him earlier into program of more hard rock. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

6930 USB Outhouse Radio, 0039, 12.19.22. Tuned in to “Are you enjoying yourself? … Outhouse Radio.” Into a program of punk music with Outhouse talking about the music between selections. Good to very good.

Outhouse Radio, 6930 usb, 12-19-22, 0010 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with S7 to S9 signal, hear punk rock tunes, at 0018 utc SSTV/FAX, at 0020 punk rock tune that began with air raid siren, at 0029 read names of people posting in HFU including my name, Outhouse Radio ID, still on at 0105 while watching "60 minutes", faded out at 0110, thanks for the tunes. (Hassig-IL)

Outhouse Radio 6930USB 19 December 2022 0008-0124 Punk. IDs at 0038 and 00055. SSTV in Scottie 1 at 0018 (below). Faded after 0055. (25342, Hunsicker, PA

B SIDE RADIO

6935 USB B Side Radio, 0037, 12.17.22. Program of instrumental jazz w/ occasional IDs. Tough copy in quite noisy conditions. (Taylor – WI)

6935 USB B Side Radio, 0201, 12.19.22. Program of funk music including “Maggot brain”, mostly from the 1970’s. Said goodbye, last song and off at 0134.

B-Side Radio, 6935 am, 12-17-22, 0106 utc on Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9 to S9+30 signal, instrumental jazz by Miles Davis per DJ, reading posts from HFU, more jazz, at 0131 Supremes "stop in the name of love", signal down to S9 to S9+10. (Hassig-IL)

B-Side Radio 6935AM 17 December 2022 0028-0213* Carrier appeared at 0028. Generally unusable with occasional bits of audio. Talk of a just-played Blue Note Jazz recording at 0206 and an ID at 0208 with “Good Night.” (Unusable, Hunsicker, PA)

B-Side Radio 6935Am 23 December 2022 0100-0217*. Carrier appeared at 0100. Barely usable until 0151 when there was a carrier, but no audio was heard. IDs at 0120 and 0148. Mostly Jazz, but one classical guitar selection. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

THUNDER CHICKEN

6955USB Thunder Chicken, 2242, 12.14.22. Program of guitar instrumental Christmas music, SSTV (The Joker holding a joker) and waterfall (“niotonight 10”) images, 2320 voice ID, off. Good. (Taylor – WI)

Thunder Chicken Radio. 12/19, 2252, 6950usb. Music by Jethro Tull. SSTV at 0008 tune-in. Thunder Chicken Radio ID at 0010 and off, revealing chatting Pescadores on the channel. Good signal, s7. (Will-MD)

Thunder Chicken Radio 6950USB 19 December 2022 2154—0010* A wonderful all-Jethro Tull program. Five SSTV images; three in Scottie 1 and two in Scottie DX

6950 USB, Dec 19 at 2354, S7/S9 of pirate music, Xmassy? The OSOB = only station on band. 2356 misc. noises; 2359 song, no ID circa ToH; Dec 20 at 0005 SSTV beepery but very repetitive unlike the usual but the standard end-of-picture beeps at the 0009 end: then followed by a voice ID but so ``produced`` it`s unreadable. Many reports here of Thunder Chicken Radio
[www.hfunderground.com] with several previous SSTVs but this one was a cartoon drawing of T.C. himself. Nothing more for a while and tune out as evidently signed off (Glenn Hauser, OK)

R WORLDWIDE

6955 USB at 2228 w/techno, then bad Christmas mx at 2300. S7 signal. (Cameron, 18 Dec)

RADIO GARRBANZO

6925/U, 2139-2145+, 12/19; “Holiday Show” w/rock music. ID & cmtry @2143 mentioning, “Circle jerk” (that is one way to celebrate) & Milwaukee? Mail drop. SIO=2+53- Presume an old show; last logged in 2000 (Frodge-MI)

Radio Garbanzo 6925USB 19 December 2022 2153-2214* J. Giles Band and then the program was mostly wo gentlemen bantering. Frequent IDs and mail drop in Hilo, Hawaii. Comedy advertisements. 3000 Hz fit well. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

WTF

6955/U, 2203-2205+, 2325-2330+, 12/18; pop music at tune-in to ID, just “WTF” w/o “Worldwide”. SIO=3+53; Xmas ditties @2325 retune-in. SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)

4060 USB WTF Radio Worldwide, 0100, 12.19.22. Atmospheric instrumental music, ID into a program of quite varied music. After 0130 played a number of songs by Chicago, the last being “25 or 6 to 4”. Off at 0200. Poor to fair at t/in improving to fair by s/off.

WTF Radio Worldwide, 6955 usb, 12-18/19-22, 2153 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak-noisy S5 to S7 signal, heard "WTF Radio Worldwide" then music, switched to Brookfield WI sdr at 2157 with better S7 to S9 signal, soft pop music, at 2300 classical xmas music with organ and orchestra then WTF ID with wishing everybody Merry Christmas, signal up to S9+10, was still on when I came back at 0010 utc after dinner etc with S9 to S9+10 signal, xmas tunes, thanks for the nice program. (Hassig-IL)

TRUTH RADIO INTERNATIONAL

6925 AM Truth Radio International, 2235, 12.20.22? Playing various covers and medleys of Christmas music including the barking dog version of “Jingle Bells”. Gave ID and email address several times. Generally, poor, occasionally signal rose to fair.

VOICE OF LARYNGITIS

6925 USB Voice of Laryngitis (relay), 0036, 12.22.22. Classic Voice of Laryngitis rebroadcast including parody songs, ads, dialogue and general hilarity. Poor.

Voice of Laryngitis. 12/22, 0046, 6925usb. Music, various pieces of versions of Blue Christmas, Voice of Laryngitis Christmas special. s3. (Will-MD)

RADIO JAM

6930 usb, 12-17-22, 2303 UTC with poor-fair S5 to S7 signal, hear music under the noise, Elton John "rocket man", at 2320 SSTV/FAX. (Hassig-IL)

ONE DOG RADIO

6930 usb, 12-17-22, 0020 UTC on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair-poor S5 to S7 signal, rock tune I can't ID. (Hassig-IL)

HOBBY BROADCASTING RADIO #2

via MRI, 6875 usb, 12-26-22, 2342 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair-good S9 to S9+10 signal, hear fast paced station ID's with jingles, off suddenly at 2346. (Hassig-IL)

ION RADIO

6925AM 16 December 2022 2038-2217* Plagued by noise on the upper sideband; LSB helped. ID at 2039. 5000 Hz bandwidth on LSB was good. When the noise was gone, 10,000 Hz on AM was good, too. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

MIX RADIO INTERNATIONAL

6865 / 6985 USB 16 December 2022 2218-2345* Changed from 3600 Hz to 6000 Hz at 2223. Switched to 6975 at 2315. Music. Also, a rebroadcast of Andrew Yoder’s Hobby Broadcasting Radio program with Chris Lobdell and James Brownyard. (55555 to 45453, Hunsicker, PA)

UNIDS

4030 USB Unidentified, 0128, 12.17.22. Medley of songs from recorded musicals including “Mary Poppins” and “Fiddler on the roof” as well as other soundtracks. 0145 Indistinct talk (maybe an ID) and off. 0148 an Op. came back on with talk just at the static floor about appreciating live radio into several oldies including “I think I live you” and “Going up the country”, 0158 gives the wrong time, realizes that Ballsmacker is about to start and goes off just as Ballsmacker starts. Likely the same op from the hummy transmitter with both transmissions. (Taylor – WI)

6925 USB UnIds, 2229, 12.17.22. A mess at tune in with descending tones dominating "To sir with love" came up, YL rock singer, YL synth voice w/ ID (unintelligible), ~2234 off. When first signal went off second signal was there with barely audible music, off 2237. Any single signal would have been fair. A mess together. (Taylor – WI)

6930 USB UNID (name of the station), 2249, 12.17.22. Rock music (may also have been Jimmi Hendrix however not familiar), formal voice “If you hear me, stick your finger in your a**. Thank you for listening" repeated, "Midnight" - Jimmi Hendrix, other music (out of room), "Speak to me / Breathe" and others by Pink Floyd. Fair to good. Near end 3 SSTV (UNID – with question mark over I, poor catch – maybe an owl, UNID – same question mark), off. Noisy signal. (Taylor – WI)

6875/U, 0100-0108+, 12/17; Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations at tune-in into Santana Black Magic Woman. SIO=352+ another music pirate. (Frodge-MI)

6925/U, 2205:12*, 12/18; Tuned in to SSTV & off. (Frodge-MI)

6975/AM, 2217-2226+, 12/21; Blues, rap, soul. SIO=3+53-(Frodge-MI)

4185 usb, 12-16-22, 0104 utc on Wayland MI sdr with fair/poor S7 to S9 signal, various xmas type tunes for children (not sure?) (Hassig-IL)

Unid. 12/17, 2147, 6948am. Traditional Christmas music, orchestra style. Fair to good signal, s7. (Will-MD)

Unid. 12/17, 2153, 4185usb. Christmas music, fair signal, bothered by nearby utility buzzer. s5. (Will-MD)

Unid Tones. 12/18, 1945, 6950usb. Sounds, combining a bunch of sweep tones all together. SSTV at 1946. Station ID per SSTV decodes on the hfu. Fair signal, s3. (Will-MD)

12/21, 2240, 6975am. Blues music, Funky Jesus by The Jive Turkeys (flip side of "Get down Santa"). What a Wonderful World at 2244. Carol of the Bells by Jeff Smith at 2248. Drunken Christmas by Finnegan's Hell at 2301. Fair to good signal, some pesky chatter co-channel at around 2240-2245. Steady signal past 0000, with more music, Christmas Bells are Ringing, at 0007. S7/s8. (Will-MD)

6924.09 Unidentified, 0204, 12.11.22. Program of Blues. At the end signal came up with … "One scotch, one bourbon, one beer" - Amos Milburn, then slowly faded back down … sounded like Amos Milburn again, "Love in Motion" - Al Green, 0212 ID (unintelligible), off. (Taylor – WI)

6925 USB Unidentified, 2319, 12.20.22. Nice jazz versions of Christmas songs mostly on piano with one on vibraphone – “Merry Christmas to you”, Sleigh ride,” “What child is this?” Always nice to hear jazz on pirate radio. Fair.

6925 USB Unidentified, 0212, 12.21.22. Album rock versions of songs by ELO, Deep Purple, Blue Swedes, Five Man Electrical Band and others. Signal deteriorated from fair to unusable after 0220.

6955 am, 12-17-22, 0017 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5 to S9 signal, techno pop music, pause, rock tune sung by woman at noise level. (Hassig-IL)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

Outhouse Radio ( Hunsicker, PA)



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73’s & good hunting…

Dave