Free Radio Weekly #1433

Free Radio Weekly #1433, Saturday, September 9, 2023
Covering free radio activity from September 2-9, 2023

The Free Radio Weekly (FRW) is an internet newsletter devoted to the hobby of listening to free radio "pirate" broadcasters in the shortwave radio bands. The FRW is produced by the free radio community and distributed to those who contribute.

The weekly deadline is Saturdays at 0000 UTC (Friday night in North America). Please send your logs to all the editors, as our editing schedule is subject to last minute changes. Thank you for your inpoots!


== FRW editors ==

Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)
Rom Hunsicker (frwrjh@ptd.net)
Dave Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)
Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

FRW 1433 - September 9 - Larry
FRW 1434 - September 16 - Dave
FRW 1435 - September 23 - Ron
FRW 1436 - September 30 - Larry
FRW 1437 - October 7 - Dave


== Contributors ==

Rich D'Angelo
2216 Burkey Drive
Wyomissing, PA 19610, U.S.A.
Equipment: Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4

William Hassig
williamhassig@yahoo.com

Glenn Hauser
P O Box 1684
Enid OK 73702
wghauser@yahoo.com
P- or E-QSLs welcomed

Ron Hunsicker
1238 Cleveland Avenue
Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102
rjhpe@ptd.net

Larry Will
Mount Airy, MD
Icom IC-R75, Tecsun PL-880, Tecsun PL-990, G5RV and assorted long wires


== Special note, re: FRW 1432 ==

Ron may have had some issues with the electronic delivery of Free Radio Weekly 1432 on September 2. If you didn't receive this one, please let him know. As always, you can get the FRW from our archive at [www.frn.net]


== Summary ==

9/1 2341-2359 Zeeky Radio 6955usb

9/2 0000-0120 Zeeky Radio 6955usb
9/2 0000-0039 Crapola Shortwave Pirate Radio 6905usb
9/2 0013-0130 Outhouse Radio 6950usb
9/2 0019-0035 Unid 6955usb
9/2 0028-0201 Mix Radio International 6865usb
9/2 0042-0138 Unid 6865usb
9/2 0056-0235 Ballsmacker Radio 6960am
9/2 0109-0149 Yeah Man Radio 6925usb
9/2 0225-0341 Outhouse Radio 6925usb
9/2 2302-2309 Outhouse Radio 6955usb
9/2 2347-2347 Radio 1700 6930usb
9/2 2258-2347 77LJS 6930usb
9/2 2306-2306 Thunder Chicken Radio 6960usb
9/2 0548-0653 Unid 7300v
9/2 0630-0630 Hikari FM (Mexico) 6200
9/2 1646-1648 Unid 6930usb

9/3 0042-0105 WENO 6950usb
9/3 2126-2201 Ion Radio 6925am

9/4 0111-0127 WORK 6950am
9/4 0117-0158 Mix Radio International 6881usb
9/4 0133-0138 KRAP/Fred Flintstone 1730
9/4 0143-0158 Unid 6925usb
9/4 0206-0222 Mix Radio International 6856usb
9/4 0235-0412 One Dog Radio 6950usb
9/4 0224-0238 Unid 6955usb


== North American shortwave ==

** Ball Smacker Radio

9/2, 0056-0235*, 6960am. Via a recording. The carrier appeared at 0056 and the opening sequence started at 0058. Old rock and pop. Fading after 0135 to 25442. 8000 Hz sounded good. (35443, Hunsicker, PA)

9/2, 0118, 6960 am. On Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair-poor S7 to S9 signal, soft pop tunes. (Hassig-IL)

** Crapola Shortwave Pirate Radio

9/2, 0000-0039*, 6905usb. Via a recording. Bells and tones to open, then tuning noises and an ID at 0001. Jail House Rock, Johnny Be Good, Stagger Lee. The Professor and Miss Scarlet chatted. 3200 Hz seemed best. (35453, Hunsicker, PA)

9/2, 0007, 6905usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr with good S9 to S9+10 signal, song "jailhouse rock" by Elvis, male and female DJs saying they had to move due to disagreement with landlord etc, song "dream lover" from 1959 by Bobby Darin, at 0012 song "Johnny be good" by Chuck Berry from 1958, The Platters "great pretender" from 1955, excellent program of oldies from the 1950's and 60's, thanks for the tunes, at 0030 said "you are listening to Crapola pirate radio, all free, all the time" first by female then by male, thanks for the tunes. (Hassig-IL)

9/2, 0032-0039*, 6905usb. Patsy Kline with “Crazy” followed by “Stagger Lee”. At 0035 a woman announcer gave station ID before the man announcer started talking about HF Underground message board. Mentioned he would be returning in the fall. Closed with National Anthem and JFK quote. Good signal. Verified overnight with a date/frequency “card”! (D’Angelo-PA)

** Ion Radio

9/3, 2126, 6925am. On Ashley Falls MA sdr with weak S7 signal, hear audio fading in and out, new wave rock from 1980's, both Barrington Hills IL and Traverse City MI sdr's barely see carrier on waterfalls, at 2139 woman said "India Oscar November", off at 2201 utc. (Hassig-IL)

** Mix Radio International

9/2, 0028-0201*, 6865usb. Via a recording. 14,000 Hz bandwidth. 40 dB above the noise. Music. (55444, Hunsicker, PA)

9/2, 0037, 6865 usb. On Brookfield WI sdr with good S9+10 to S9+20 signal, very wide signal with vestigial lower sideband, various pop tunes like what I hear on muzak at the mall. (Hassig-IL)

9/4, 0117-0158*, 6881am. MRI played with waterfall images. The following image fit in a 3000 Hz bandwidth. Groups of one, two, three, and many (more than 10?) were broadcast. There were short and long (0123-0147) quiet periods. Good quality. (Hunsicker, PA)

9/4, 0206-0222, 6856usb. More MRI waterfall images, this time at 14,000 Hz bandwidth. There were two images, one like the one sent at 0117 on 0904, but a bit more elaborate, and another which filled most of the 14,000 Hz. Long strings of images were sent. (Hunsicker, PA)

** One Dog Radio

9/4, 0235-0412*, 6950usb. BC started with Blues on an ugly night for radio listening (appropriately). Sent an SSTV ID in Scottie 1, but also sent ID SSTVs for a half-dozen other stations. OM IDed as One Dog at 0245, 0308, and 407. 3000 Hz bandwidth sounded best. Often unusable, listening was fatiguing. (35252, Hunsicker, PA)

** Outhouse Radio

9/2, 0013-0130*, 6950usb. Via a recording. Weak signal, 8 dB above the noise, on a noisy night. The many SSTV images were of better quality than most of the audio. Ad for Mental Health Hotline. SSTV QSL. (25351, Hunsicker, PA)

9/2, 0225-0341*, 6925usb. Via a recording. Opened with funky music. Handful of SSTV images in Scottie 2. Also, two waterfall images. Played I’m a Wanker. Rock music. 3000 Hz was okay. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)

9/2, 2302, 6955usb. On Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 signal, rock music playing, at 2303 the late Jimmy Buffet "Margaritaville", at 2309 Dire Straits "industrial disease" from 1982. (Hassig-IL)

** Radio 1700

9/2, 2347, 6938usb. On Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal, jazz with vibraphones, applause heard. (Hassig-IL)

** 77LJS

9/2, 2258, 6930usb. On Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal, soft rock music, male talking about music he played, more rock music, off at 2347, thanks for the nice tunes. (Hassig-IL)

** Thunder Chicken Radio

9/2, 2306, 6860usb. On Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 signal, the late Jimmy Buffet "overkill", more Buffet tunes. (Hassig-IL)

** Unid

9/2, 0019-0035, 6955usb. Played Bob Dylan’s “Positively 4th Street” before man announcer talking about getting online reports and wishing everyone a good long weekend. Played Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds”. (D’Angelo-PA)

9/2, 0042-0138, 6865usb. Mainly dance music and vocals most I’m not familiar with but noted Careless Whisper by George Michael at 0047. Very good signal but no announcements noted. (D’Angelo-PA) [See Mix Radio International]

9/2, 0548, 7300.482V. Mystery station is on again tonight, JBA talk direct at S6 vs S9 storm noise level peaks. Previous better logs were of American-accented gospel huxter, presumed the same now. From 0601 to 0615 I check several remotes hoping for better reception. NO signal at these: UTwente, Missouri, Maryland. Almost inaudible but able to synch-lock onto carrier, skewed by various off-calibrations and SDR instability in addition to station`s
own variations upward: Utah: +520/532 Hz; Georgia: 537/583 Hz; WWV 10 MHz: +0.1-0.6 Hz; KFS California omni: +553/557 Hz; WWV 10 MHz: -0.8 Hz; Bonaire: +569/575. WWV 10 MHz: +3/4 Hz. At 0622 I ask others to try to hear and ID it, in the WOR iog, HCDX, and even RealDX which normally deals only with after-the-fact analysis
of recordings. NO replies found by 10 hours later! At 0627 back to my own R75, which is getting it better than any of
those remotes! But still JBA, now 7300.62 apx. At 0653 on 7300.70 apx. Next check at wakeup 0942, unheard (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

9/2, 1646, 6930usb. A political speech, JFK? "failures of the communist system..." Off at 1648. 21 dBu on the PL-990, very good. (Will-MD)

9/4, 0143-0158*, 6925usb. Via a recording. BC started with Rock/Pop music, accompanied by noise. Promos and IDs for WMEX, but I never heard what I thought was an ID. 3600 Hz fit best after I notched a spike on 6928.054. (35453, Hunsicker, PA)

9/4, 0224-0238*, 6955usb. Via a recording. BC started with music which continued weakening, until the BC stopped mid-song. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

** WENO

9/3, 0042-0105*, 6950usb. Weird instrumental music and chanting noted with man announcer with station ID at 0055 (W-E-N-O Shortwave”) followed by more weird instrumental music and other sound effects. Carrier cut 0105 but apparently came right back on. Fair to good signal. (D’Angelo-PA)

** WORK Radio

9/4, 0111-0127*, 6950am. Via a recording. Carrier appeared at 011 and then the rhythmic sound of a machine, followed by some Jethro Tull. YL and OM talk of bad interview experiences, plus top 10 list of where you don’t was to go on Labor Day. 7000 Hz was best. OM wished listeners a happy Labor Day 2023. (45443, Hunsicker, PA)

** Yeah Man Radio

9/2, 0109-0149*, 6925usb. Via a recording. BC started with Born to Be Wild, then Light My Fire, Mustang Sally, and Green-Eyed Lady. Closed with Susy Q. (44454, Hunsicker, PA)

** Zeeky Radio

9/1, 2341-0220*, 6955usb. Via a recording. Labor Day program. Opened with Stayin’ Alive Talked of restoring a 1947 Magnavox radio. Also, noted listening to CFZM. A somewhat mellow Zeeky, a Zeeky who did not react to the regular kibitzer. Closed with Watchtower and Riders on the Storm. (45554, Hunsicker, PA)

9/2, 0017, 6955usb. On Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 signal, Bob Dylan "positively 4th street", came back at 0120 utc and still on with rock tunes. (Hassig-IL)


== Central American shortwave ==

** Hikari FM (Mexico)

9/2, 0630, 6199.999. S6/S7 of music from presumed pirate Hikari FM, very accurate frequency, I measure here or .998 but within margin of error from 6200.000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)


== Medium wave ==

** KRAP/Fred Flintstone

9/4, 0133, 1730. DJ refers to his pennywhistle signal being heard in Maryland, rock music but off at 0138*. Monitoring via SE Michigan SDR better than a SW Ontario one, tnx to this tip on the WOR iog: ``[WOR] Fred Flintstone Pirate 1730 khz @ 2120 ET 9/3/23 --- The KRAP AM Stereo "Fred Flintstone" pirate is active on 1730 khz at 2121 ET with an ID and out of a Chicago song and other 1970s pop music. Beautiful audio and S9+ signal here in SW Ontario Canada. Sean Welsh, Dufferin County, ON CA, Icom IC-8600, W6LVP Loop.`` Several other reports here, agreeing it went off at 0138* [www.hfunderground.com] Never came back by 0148 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)


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Regards, Lw