Free Radio Weekly #1421

Free Radio Weekly # 1421 – June 17, 2023
Covering Free Radio Activity from June 10 – June 16

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Contributors

-Rick Barton, AZ

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

-William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com

-Ronald J. Hunsicker, 1238 Cleveland Avenue, Wyomissing, PA 19610 rjhpe@ptd.net

-Lucas Bandura, British Columbia, Canada lucasnerite@gmail.com Kenwood TS-570D or KiwiSDRs, ANT: Inverted V cut for 40 meters, peak at 30’


All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

YHWH

6/10, 0345, 7475 AM. 0345, in progress at tune-in w/ usual op. At 0400, went live w/ much better modulation, just after Days of Hard Life, with new contact 411. Formerly, he was at PO Box 134, Olancha CA, but now was asking for correspondence at Box 1722, Inyokern CA, 93527, c/o M. Elliott. (The Zip goes to a Pearson, CA, and the Zip area covers a huge area of Inyo County). So the address others have reported is new. All copied thru a bit of summer static with Drake SW1 and log wire. (Barton-AZ)

YHWH 7475AM 16 June 2023 0307-0416* I saw a signal at 0307, but no audio. Confirmed AM by switching to SB and going off frequency. Carrier ended at 0416. In between, except for short bursts of an unusable male voice around 0342 and 0404, I didn’t hear a thing. (Hunsicker, PA)

YHWH 6/10 0331-0014 7475 AM
(S9+10 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR.)
0331 UTC-Josiah preaching
0402 UTC-Days of Hard Life by Lace
0405 UTC-Sounds like a live sign off
0411 UTC-Postal address
0413 UTC-OFF (Bandura-CA)

6/11 0303 7475 AM
(S5 with the KB6C KiwiSDR.)
0303 UTC-Josiah preaching (Bandura-CA)

6/12 0310-0421 7475 AM
(S9+20 with the KB6C KiwiSDR.)
0310 UTC-Josiah preaching
0411 UTC-Days of Hard Life by Lace
0413 UTC-Sign off message 0421 UTC-OFF after about 30 seconds of dead air (Bandura-CA)

6/13 0350-0424 7475 AM (S9 with the KB6C KiwiSDR.) 0350 UTC-Josiah preaching
0424 UTC-OFF (Bandura-CA)

6/15 0337 7475 AM (S7 to S9 direct, better than usual reception.) 0337 UTC-Josiah preaching (Bandura-CA)


WAVE

6950 AM then USB WAVE, 0116, 6.11.23. Playing music by groups with experimental guitarist Michael Rother including 'Feurland', 'Wave Mother' - Neu!, 'Dino' – Harmonia, ‘Katzenmusik 1’. Many IDs by synth YL announcer and occasional other short sayings such as "These are natural phenomenon. Some are good and some are bad. We try to be good." 0216 ID, "I hope you will be with us while we explore the either", off 0117. Very good. They returned which I noticed at 0123 in USB playing early songs and remixes of songs by David Bowie including 'Little Wonder (Junior Vasquez Club mix)', 'I have not been to Oxford Town', and 'Battle for Britain'. Only fair in USB. (Taylor – WI)

WAVE Radio, 6950 am, 6-11-23, 0122 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair/poor signal, hear rock instrumentals, by 0200 signal had improved to fair, at 0218 woman giving WAVE ID then off air, nice program, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

6/11 0128-0218 6950 AM
(S9+40 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.)
0128 UTC-Unknown Music 0130 UTC-Wave Radio ID
0130 UTC-Unknown Music 0218 UTC-OFF (Bandura-CA)

6/11 0238-0318 6950 USB
(S5 direct. S9+20 with the KX4AZ KiwiSDR.)
0238 UTC-Music 0318 UTC-OFF (Bandura-CA)


Sycko Radio

6955 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Radio 48 via Sycko Radio, 0012, 6.7.23. Music, talk, ID. … Sycko with "Oh yeah." Fading in and out - OK at peak and inaudible at troughs - ... Radio 48 ID with a series of songs - no songs IDed here. Signal fading in and out. 0021 - more stable signal - ID, 'Girls in the Hood' - Megan Thee Stallion, 'In da Club' - 50 Cent, shout outs to folks who logged him in HF Underground, 'Bad Day’, into fade out ... 'It's the end of the World as we Know it', - all by R.E.M. R. 48 DJ talks between most songs w/ frequent IDs and occasional mentions of being relayed “in North America” by Sycko Radio. 0040 faded out entirely. Sycko says this broadcast was with only 25 watts. (Taylor – WI)


Two Dog Radio

6955 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Two Dog Radio, 0255, 6.7.23. ‘Mr. Brownstone' - Guns n' Roses, 'Faust' - Emigrate, 'Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top, 0312 pause, 0314 'Red, White and Blue' - Godsmack, ID and ending comments, off. (Taylor – WI)


Ballsmacker Radio

6960 AM Ballsmacker Radio, 0058, 6.9.23. "Wildfire" IS, 0100 ID, 'Get together' - The Youngbloods, 'Rave On' - Buddy Holly, 'Garden Party' - Rick Nelson, ID, 'I'll cry if I want to', ID, … lost most of the signal into lightning QRN. 0242 SSTV, ID w/ frequency, "Wildfire" IS, 0344 off. 0047 Carrier drops. (Taylor – WI)

Ball Smacker Radio, 6960 am, 6-10-23, 0144 utc on Rockport Maine sdr with fair signal, nice program of pop tunes, song: "mama told me not to come", at 0204 heavy metal tune "you've got to fight for your right to party", at 0213 C&W tune "turn out the lights, the party's over", a party themed program, at 0224 switched to Concord NH sdr with fair signal, at 0242 SSTV/FAX, goodnight announcement, piano IS then off. (Hassig-IL)


Wolverine Radio

6960 USB Wolverine Radio, 0011, 6.10.23. Counting down the card deck with songs in order. Songs included 'King Harvest' - The Band, 'Queen of the Highway" - The Doors, 'Jumping Jack Flash' - Rolling Stones, 'Ten little miles from Town' - Carroll Gibbons, The Savoy Hotel Orphans & Anne Lenner, 'Cloud Nine' - The Temptations, 'Dinner at Eight' - Jack Payne and his Orchestra, 'Six or seven Times' - Cab Calloway, 'Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)' - Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys, ' 'Five foot two, Eyes of Blue' - Art Landry and his Orchestra, 'Five O’clock World" - The Vogues, 'Let the Four Winds Blow' - Fats Domino, Three's a Crowd' - Rudee Valley & His Connecticut Yankees, 'Two Trains' - Little Feat and many others. “Echo” ID and SSTV, which did not decode here at end. Good to very good signal. (Taylor – WI)

Wolverine Radio, 6960 usb, 6-11-23, 0001 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair signal, at 0005 switched to Brookfield WI sdr with better signal, variety of tunes with names of the cards in a deck of cards such as ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine etc, at 0101 switched back to Barrington Hills IL sdr, at 0118 switched back to Brookfield WI sdr, at 0124 echo ID then SSTV/FAX, nice program as usual, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

Wolverine Radio 6/11 0009-0117 6960 USB
(S9+40 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. S5 direct.)
0009 UTC-Wolverine Radio ID 0009 UTC-King Harvest (Has Surely Come) by The Band 0013 UTC-Queen Of The Highway by The Doors 0016 UTC-Planet Queen by T. Rex 0019 UTC-Wolverine Radio ID 0019 UTC-Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles
0021 UTC-Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones 0024 UTC-Ten Little Miles from Town by Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans 0027 UTC-Ten Men Working by Neil Young 0033 UTC-Love Potion No. 9 by The Searchers 0035 UTC-Cloud Nine by The Temptations 0039 UTC-Wolverine Radio ID 0039 UTC-Dinner At Eight by Jack Payne and His Orchestra 0043 UTC-Eight Miles High by The Byrds 0046 UTC-The Magnificent Seven by The Clash 0052 UTC-Wolverine Radio ID 0052 UTC-Six Or Seven Times by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra 0055 UTC-Six More Miles (To The Graveyard) by Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys 0058 UTC-A Six Pack to Go by Leon Russell 0100 UTC-Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue by Art Landry and His Orchestra
0104 UTC-Five O'clock World by The Vogues 0106 UTC-Let The Four Winds Blow by Fats Domino 0108 UTC-Wolverine Radio ID 0108 UTC-From Four Until Late by Robert Johnson 0111 UTC-Threes a Crowd by Rudy Vallée 0114 UTC-Three Little Birds by Bob Marley & The Wailers 0117 UTC-Wolverine Radio ID 0117 UTC-Two Trains by Little Feat (Bandura-CA)



Solid Rock Radio

6925 am, 6-11-23, 0039 UTC on Barrington Hills IL sdr with poor noisy S9 signal, hear pop sic, carrier off at 0043. (Hassig-IL)

Solid Rock Radio (S7 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR.)
6/11 1730-1846 6925 AM 1730 UTC-No One Like You by Scorpions
1733 UTC-DJ speaking 1733 UTC-Don't Say You Love Me by Billy Squire
1736 UTC-100.3 FM contest ad 1736 UTC-Lick It Up by Kiss 1740 UTC-A Girl Like You by The Smithereens 1745 UTC-Pirate Radio 100.3 FM ID 1745 UTC-Blaze of Glory by Jon Bon Jovi 1750 UTC-Pirate Radio ID 1750 UTC-Decadence Dance by EXTREME
1755 UTC-Ball and Chain by Social Distortion 1759 UTC-Pirate Radio ID 1759 UTC-Radar Love by White Lion 1846 UTC-OFF (Bandura-CA)



77 Lima Juliet Sierra

6925LSB 15 June 2023 0044-0127* Program began with music and then ID with the date (June 14, 2023, so, not UTC?) and that the broadcast was from Three Peaks. A reading of an essay about the cost of grace. Opened and closed with the same Jazz piano selection. 2800 Hz was best. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)


KRAP (via NAPRS)

6955AM 12 June 2023 0102-0141* Carrier appeared, and programming started with a Jingle at 0103. Then Freddie Flintstone introduced himself, IDed the station, and gave the mode and frequency. 15,000 Hz bandwidth sounded best. Many IDs and the email address. The show was from 29 February 1992. At the end, two persons talked about how three different types of chickens sounded. (35332, Hunsicker, PA)


Thunder Chicken Radio

6950USB 14 & 15 June 2023 2350-0053* Program in progress. A concert, likely from the Average White Band. SSTV at 2352 (which follows), 0029, 0047, and 0051, all in Martin 1. Went from 35343 to 25342 at 0014. (35343, barely, Hunsicker, PA)

Thunder Chicken Radio 6/10 2000-2051 12030 USB
(S9 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. S3 direct.)
2000 UTC-Conky Tonkin' by Jimmy Buffett & Clint Black 2001 UTC-Playin' the Loser Again by Jimmy Buffett & Bill Withers 2005 UTC-Window on the World by Jimmy Buffett 2008 UTC-Someone I Used to Love by Jimmy Buffett & Nanci Griffith 2012 UTC-SSTV
2014 UTC-Scarlet Begonias by Jimmy Buffett 2018 UTC-Back to the Island by Jimmy Buffett 2022 UTC-Waterfall image 2023 UTC-SSTV 2025 UTC-OM cluck cluck cluck, gonna stick with it here for a while because conditions seem good 2025 UTC-Sahara by Joe Satriani 2030 UTC-The Elephants of Mars by Joe Satriani 2035 UTC-Faceless by Joe Satriani 2040 UTC-Blue Foot Groovy by Joe Satriani 2045 UTC-Tension and Release by Joe Satriani 2051 UTC-SSTV (Bandura-CA)


WSKY Radio via North American Pirate Relay Service

(S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. Just a carrier direct.)
6/11 0508-0535 6935 AM 0508 UTC-Whisky Radio WSKY ID 0508 UTC-Send Me A Postcard by The Shocking Blue 0511 UTC-ID 0511 UTC-This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis & The Playboys 0513 UTC-Mailbag program, OM and YL reading letters 0528 UTC-Giving the Wellsville address for QSLs 0529 UTC-Spoof ad? 0530 UTC-Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds 0534 UTC-OM chatting 0535 UTC-This is the NAPRS signing off, that was WSKY Radio from February 29 1992 0535 UTC-OFF (Bandura-CA)


Insane Radio (tentative)

6/12 0014-0154 6931.8-6931.4 AM
(S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. Tentative ID, sounds like Insane Radio audio.)
0014 UTC-Penny Lane by The Beatles 0015 UTC-Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles 0016 UTC-On and off a few times, then OFF 0034 UTC-Penny Lane by The Beatles 0036 UTC-Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles 0039 UTC-Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra 0043 UTC-Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller Band 0048 UTC-Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band 0053 UTC-Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band 0057 UTC-Let It Ride by Bachman-Turner Overdrive 0100 UTC-Unknown Music 0148 UTC-Now on 6931.42 kHz 0154 UTC-OFF mid song (Bandura-CA)



KRAP

6/12 0004-0041 6955 AM
(S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR, amazing audio!)
0004 UTC-OM talking about the music 0004 UTC-Same Old Song And Dance by Aerosmith 0007 UTC-Hello to Boomer and Skipmuck 0008 UTC-Scratch My Back by Diamond Reo 0013 UTC-ID, talking about SDRs 0013 UTC-Heat Above by Greta Van Fleet 0032 UTC-ID, email address 0033 UTC-Take It Like A Man by Bachman-Turner Overdrive 0036 UTC-Talking about the music, going to play our last song for the night, the tubes are getting hot, we will QSL at ROKFRED@proton.me, bye bye 0037 UTC-Dry County by Blackfoot 0041 UTC-OFF (Bandura-CA)


B Side Radio

6/15 0300-0403 6925 AM
(S9+10 direct. S9+40 with the VE6JY KiwiSDR.)
0300 UTC-Nation Time by Joe McPhee 0319 UTC-This is B Side Radio with Bud Bigly, hello to me and Nitro engine, talking about my reception (I’m listening direct but also recording from the SDR) 0321 UTC-II B.S. by Charles Mingus 0325 UTC-Lazy Afternoon by John Coltrane 0333 UTC-B Side Radio, getting some rumble on the turntables, talking about the music, hello to people on the HFU 0335 UTC-For Miles and Miles by Chet Baker 0343 UTC-That was a brand new record and it was skipping, talking about the music, B Side Radio 0344 UTC-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Jimmy Smith 0349 UTC-Talking about the music, this is B Side Radio with Bud Bigly, hello to people on the HFU 0350 UTC-Everything Happens to Me by Dave Brubeck 0353 UTC-Technical difficulties 0356 UTC-Had some technical difficulties, B Side Radio with Bud Bigly, going to make this the last song, talking about the music, thanks to everyone on the HFU 0358 UTC-Change (Makes You Want To Hustle) by Donald Byrd 0403 UTC-OFF (Bandura-CA)


Crapola Radio

6/16 0009-0020 6905 USB
(S9 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR.)
0009 UTC-I Fall to Pieces (feat. The Jordanaires) by Patsy Cline 0013 UTC-Life Alert joke, Crapola Pirate Radio ID 0014 UTC-Suspicion by Terry Stafford 0016 UTC-Miss Scarlet answering a call in request, ID 0017 UTC-The Letter by The Box Tops 0019 UTC-Scam call joke, ID 0020 UTC-Let's Dance by Chris Montez (Bandura-CA)

6/16 0000 13950 USB
(S3 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR. Absolutely nothing here.)
0000 UTC-Ring of Fire remix 6/16 2303-2332 6905 USB
(S5 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR.)
2303 UTC-Body And Soul by Coleman Hawkins 2305 UTC-Blues In The Night by Ella Fitzgerald 2312 UTC-Frenesi/ White Christmas by Artie Shaw & Various artist (not rusting Shazam on this one, sounds like “In The Mood”) 2315 UTC-A String Of Pearls by Glenn Miller 2318 UTC-“Brain Brothers Pirate Radio Network experimental broadcast, coast to coast, all free, all the time”2318 UTC-I'll Never Smile Again by Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 2321 UTC-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by The Andrews Sisters 2324 UTC-OM talking about an atomic bomb 2324 UTC-Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Judy Garland & Ray Bolger & Bert Lahr & Jack Haley & Frank Morgan 2326 UTC-I've Heard That Song Before by Harry James 2329 UTC-Sentimental Journey by Doris Day 2332 UTC-Anvil Chorus by Glenn Miller (Bandura-CA)


UNIDS

6950USB 11 June 2023 2338-2348* Program in progress. Phone interviews with two men and sometimes two men and a kid, calling with odd questions. It was just “usable,” but I never heard an ID. Bandwidth at 3500 sounded better than 3000 Hz. Closed with “Burning Down the House.” (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

6931.8USB 11 &12 June 2023 2358-0154* A carrier appeared at 2358 on the 11th and programming began with Penny Lane at 0014, then Here Comes the Sun. The transmission switched to 6931.4 at about 0115. Beatles tunes with many stops and starts of the program. Each time it restarted, it was back to Penny Lane and then here comes the Sun. At various times, they played Evil Woman, Fly like an Eagle, Abre Cadabra, and Big Old Jet Airliner. I never heard an ID. 3200 Hz sounded best. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

6925AM 15 June 2023 0256-0403* Signal appeared at 0256 with faint music at 0300. Because of a weak signal, the broadcast was unusable. LSB @ 3600 Hz was a bit better than AM at 6000. Thunder boomers galore! Mostly Jazz. (25341, Hunsicker, PA)


EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

AD149 Radio

6/13 0052-0102 6934.9 AM
(S9 with the CE3PBR KiwiSDR in Chile.)
0052 UTC-America America by Nino Bravo
0055 UTC-Cara de Gitana by Daniel Magal
0058 UTC-Ay Mujer by Juan Luis Guerra
0102 UTC-Carrier still on the waterfall but faded out


EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:
None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

Thunder Chicken Radio (Hunsicker, PA)

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73’s & good hunting…
Dave