Free Radio Weekly #1437

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1437                          .-.
Covering Logs from 9/30 thru 10/6/2023         (0.0)
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EDITOR THIS WEEK: Harold Frodge              .='`"``=.

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

Lucas Bandura, lucasnerite@gmail.com, Kenwood TS-570D or
     KiwiSDRs + Inverted V cut for 40 meters, peak at 40’
     British Columbia, Recordings: [m.youtube.com]
     SW_Archive/featured
William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com, using remote receivers
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, wghauser@yahoo.com
     NRD-545 with 100-foot E/W longwire
Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing PA, ronhunsi(at)ptd(dot)net
Ken Zichi, Williamston MI

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Did the rest of y’all that get this hear anything to share?

OUR EDITORIAL POLICY:  What editorial policy?  Just send your
stuff in, we'll handle the rest.

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THE LOGS

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BALL SMACKER RADIO:

9/30, 0046-0229, 6960/AM; Via a recording, a faint carrier
      @0046, then the opening sequence at 0057 with an ID @0100.
      We Got the Beat, Right Down the Line, Harry Bellefonte
      with calypso, Hot Line, and others.  7000 Hz sounded best.
      (35343, Hunsicker)

BLACK STAR RADIO:

9/29 & 30, 2313-0031*, 6925/AM; Via a recording the carrier
    appeared at 2313 then the sound of a jet flying over,
    than hard rock. Peskies a problem. 8000 Hz bandwidth.
    (44443, Hunsicker, PA)
9/29-30, 2330, 6925/AM; on Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9+10
    to S9+30 signal, @2331 heard an ID that I could not make
    out, old rock tune that I can't ID, @2337 “Gund control
    to major Tom & other David Bowie tunes, off @0032, thanks
    for the tunes. (Hassig-IL) 

BLIND DOG RADIO:

10/2, 0219-0300*, 6955/U; Lts of Blues tunes like Ma Rainey’s
      Black Bottom (Ma Rainey), Shout, Sister, Shout (Arthur
      Big Boy Crudup), Come & Go To That Land (Tampa Red) &
      Awful Moaning Blues (Texas Alexander) among many other
      cool blues tunes. Voice ID at :11 right after tune in &
      another OM ID @0222. At least three SSTV IDs in addition
      to the voice IDs but they were pretty fuzzy:
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      353+43 weak signal & band noise conspiring to make this
      rough copy which was too bad since the music was inte-
      resting! --Zichi MI

B-SIDE RADIO (Tentative):

10/5, 0205-0207, 6938.28/AM: (S9+10 direct.)
      0205 UTC-Our House by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
      Intermittent & some turntable speed issues.
      0207 UTC-OFF (Bandura)

CRAPOLA PIRATE RADIO:
10/2, 0010, 6905/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair/good
      S7 to S9+10 signal, song Stand by me then song sung by
      woman Angel of the morning, Different drum by Linda
      Ronstadt, I got a brand new pair of roller skates by
      Melanie Safka, another comedy bit about gutters then
      song Georgie Girl & other tunes, national anthem then
      off. Thanks for the nice tunes. (Hassig-IL)

GRUMPY GRANDPA RADIO:

9/30, 0149-0240, 6930/U; Via a recording, a program in pro-
      gress with faint music, hard rock.  Peskies from 6935
      were a bother throughout. Almost completely unusable
      due to a weak signal, noise, and the Peskies. (13351,
      Hunsicker, PA)
9/30, 0211, 6930/U; (S7 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.)
      0211 UTC-Music (Bandura)

RADIO FREE WHATEVER:

9/30-10/1,2328, 6950/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak
    but clear S5 to S7 signal, DJ Dick Weed talking about HF
    underground then pop music sung by woman then heavy metal
    rock, @0001 utc switched to Traverse City MI sdr with S9+10
    signal, more heavy metal rock, tuned in locally but equal
    to S9 neighborhood noise, DJ Dick Weed reading posts
    from HFU, nice variety of indy pop and rock, thanks, off
    @0115 utc, then somebody called CQ on freq & Dick Weed
    answered and played a request. (Hassig-IL)
10/6, 2255-2321, 6950/U; (S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.)
    2255 UTC-Mirror by Code Orange
    2259 UTC-ID
    2259 UTC-A Symptom Of Being Human by Shinedown
    2303 UTC-DJ Dickweed talking about the music, technical
        issue earlier, lots of bad features on iPhones
    2307 UTC-Already Over by Mike Shinoda
    2310 UTC-Punisher by K.Flay
    2313 UTC-Fake As Hell (with Avril Lavigne) by All Time Low
    2316 UTC-By The Time You're Reading This by Yonaka
    2319 UTC-DJ Dickweed talking about the music, ID
    2321 UTC-Normal People Things by Lovejoy (Bandura)

RADIOPHONIC LABORATORY:

9/29, 2331-0000*, 6935/U; Via a recording. Electronic music
      with birds and bells. Justin Patrick Moore gave an ID
      @2347, interviewed a German band leader & played elec-
      tronic music. BC ended mid-song. (35454, Hunsicker PA)

TWO DOG RADIO:

10/1, 0133, 6925/U; on Traverse City MI sdr with weak S9 to
      S9+10 signal, old rock tune from late 1960's Freaking
      at the freakers ball by Dr. Hook, far out man, those
      tunes are from my early 20's when I was a wannabe
      hippie but couldn't because I was in the air force,
      thanks for the tunes. (Hassig-IL)

VOICE of TRALFAMADORE:

9/30, 0206-0235, 6935/U; Opens w/I’m going to laugh at you.
      Billy Pilgrim; ID @0210 & noted that this was Program 2.
      More from Slaughterhouse 5. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)
9/30, 0211-0305, 6935/AM; (S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.)
      0211 UTC-OM giving a speech
      0217 UTC-“We interrupt this program to bring you a
           special news program”, news about Andrew Yoder
      0305 UTC-OFF (Bandura)

WBCR:

9/30, 2339, 6930/AM; on Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9+10
      to S9+20 signal, music by various black artists, off
      @0000 utc. (Hassig-IL) 

WBNY:

10/1, 0120,  6930/U; on Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9 to
      S9+10 signal, also tuned in locally but buried under S9
      neighborhood noise. (Hassig-IL)

WDOG:

9/30, 0040-0146*, 6940/6938/U; Via a recording, started with
      theme music then and ID.  A Beatles night, playing old
      concerts. Some of the recordings are ratty.  Changed to
      6938 @0101. 2600 Hz fit. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)
9/30, 0135-0147, 6938/U;(S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.)
      0135 UTC-Ticket To Ride by The Beatles
      0147 UTC-OFF (Bandura)
9/30, 0252-0358, 6920-6860-6870 FM/AM/USB; (S9+10 with the
      K3FEF KiwiSDR. Started turning the VFO above 6940 &
      tuned down from there. Settled on 6920 then moved again.)
      0252 UTC-Music
      0308 UTC-Are Friends Electric by Tubeway Army
      0308 UTC-Switched to AM, back to FM, off
      0309 UTC-Back briefly in FM
      0313 UTC-USB now
      0315 UTC-OFF
      0323 UTC-Back on AM
      0327 UTC-ID
      0331 UTC-Talking about interval signals
      0358 UTC-OFF (Bandura)

YEAH MAN RADIO:

10/5, 0210-0213, 6925/U; (Weak direct, around S6. First time
      I have heard him direct!)
      0210 UTC-Music, weak
      0213 UTC-OFF (Bandura)

UNIDs:

9/24, 0639, 7300.287v; JBA talk in HSNL, tornado warnings east
      of OKC. The Christian pirate previously logged but last
      heard on Sept 17, also UT Sunday. Tnx to tips from Walt
      Salmaniw @0600 & Eric Fetters-Walp @0630 who first heard
      it @0425 after tip from Lucas Bandura as of 0300, each
      on a different exact variable frequency. Never any IDs,
      it seems, but plays recorded/podcast sermons. Their best
      reception on easterly SDRs such as WI, NC (Glenn Hauser OK)
9/30, 0032-0211*, 6950/U; A mix of music—ballads, Rap, Rock,
      C&W. Maybe an ID @0040, but unusable. (35453, Hunsicker PA)
10/1, 0636, 7300; no signal from Christian pirate which had
      appeared the past two Sundays. (Glenn Hauser OK)
10/1, 0637, 6200; no signal from the Mexican/Russian/Japanese
      pirate nor previous nights for some time. Ron Howard says
      on Sept 29, ``MEXICO(?)[non-log]. 6200 AM, pirate station
      Hikari FM, on Sept 28, continues to be off the air``
      (Glenn Hauser, OK)
10/2, 1200-1207*, 6930/U; Program in progress with two men
      discussing a historical situation. Noted that socialists
      & national socialist were both bad at running an economy.
      Decent fidelity at 3600 Hz.  (Hunsicker, PA)
10/3, 0116, 6955/U; Tuned in at 0116 utc on both Barrington
      Hills IL and Traverse City MI sdr's with weak signals,
      rock music from 1960's and later, @0143 song Suzie Q by
      CCR, off around 0153. Thanks for the tunes even though
      I could barely hear them. (Hassig-IL)
10/4, 0450-0452, 7300v/AM; (S9 with the KT4RS KiwiSDR.)
      0450 UTC-Religious Music
      0452 UTC-Religious Talk Program (Bandura)
10/4, 1719-1751, 17975/FM; (S9+10 with the KX4AZ KiwiSDR. On &
      off in cycles, maybe on/off 5 minutes at a time? It was a
      specific timing but I don’t remember what it was)
      1719 UTC-FDR speeches
      1751 UTC-Still going (Bandura)
10/4, 2140-2227, 26885/AM; (Exact frequency is 26885.053 kHz.
      S9 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR. S9 with the NO1D KiwiSDR.
      S5 (just above the noise) direct with lots of fading in
      & out. Excellent 20 kHz wide audio, clearly not a regular
      CBer!)
      2140 UTC-Just What I Needed by The Cars
      2141 UTC-What's Your Name by Lynyrd Skynyrd
      2145 UTC-Reminiscing by Little River Band
      2148 UTC-Unknown Music
      2152 UTC-Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
      2155 UTC-Baby Hold On by Eddie Money
      2159 UTC-Peg by Steely Dan
      2203 UTC-Music, too much idiot QRM to ID
      2227 UTC-Carrier with no modulation 
      0000 UTC-Still a carrier with no modulation. Guess he
           walked away from the transmitter (Bandura)

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Sordid Logs:

----- 9/30

0000-0032  Black Star Radio , 6925/AM (continued from 9/29)
0040-0147  WDOG, 6940/6938/U
0046-0229  Ball Smacker Radio, 6960/AM
0149-0240  Grumpy Gramdpa Radio, 6930/U
0206-0305  Voice of Tralfamadore, 6935/U
0252-0358  WDOG, 6920-6860-6870 FM/AM/USB
2328-2400  Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U (continued to 10/1)
2339-2400  WBCR, 6930/AM

----- 10/1

0000-0115  Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U (continued from 9/30)
0120       WBNY, 6930/U
0133       Two Dog Radio, 6925/U

----- 10/2

0010       Crapola Pirate Radio 6905/U
0219-0300  Blind Dog Radio, 6955/U
1200-1207  UNID, 6930/U

----- 10/3

0116-0153  UNID, 6955/U

----- 10/4

0450-0452  UNID, 7300v/AM
1719-1751  UNID, 17975/FM
2140-2227  UNID, 26885/AM

----- 10/5

0000      UNID, 26885/AM
0205-0207 B-Side Radio (t), 6938.28/AM
0210-0213  Yeah Man Radio, 6925/U

----- 10/6

2255-2321  Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U

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--1001’s, HF