Free Radio Weekly #1448

FREE RADIO WEEKLY: #1448



Covering free radio activity from 16 December 2023 through 22 December 2023.



Editor this week: Ron Hunsicker



Date emailed: Saturday, 23 December 2023



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EDITORS:

Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

Ron Hunsicker (frwrjh@ptd.net)

Dave Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)

Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)





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Contributors to #1448


Rick Barton, Sun City, AZ
William Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL, williamhassig@yahoo.com
Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing, PA, ronhunsi(at)ptd(dot)net
Glenn Hauser, Enid, OK, wghauser@yahoo.com




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OUR EDITORIAL POLICY: All times and dates are assumed to be UTC.



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North American shortwave stations



77 Lima Juliet Sierra



77 Lima Juliet Sierra, 12/17, 1614-1711*, 6930usb. Via a recording, a program in progress with light Jazz. Enjoyed the program. 3000 Hz was good. A nasty band of noise moved slowly down through the channel. ID at 1618. (35342, Hunsicker, PA)



77 Lima Juliet Sierra, 12/18, 2211-2316*, 6930usb. Via a recording, the program opened with a Blues tune. A delightful program of the music of Charlie Patton, an old-time Blues singer. Op promised more Charlie Patton in future broadcasts. Fat band of noise sharing the channel. Transmitter “B” was used. 3000 Hertz might have been a bit broad. (35342, Hunsicker, PA)



77 Lima Juliet Sierra(?), 12-19-23, 2325, 6930usb. Via the Barrington Hills IL with fair S7 signal, wild jazz music, at 2330 switched to Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9-S9+10 signal, more wild jazz. (Hassig, IL)



An I D Radio



An I D Radio, 12/15, 0052-0109*, 6920usb. Via a recording, a program in progress with a news program from 14 December (said to be Fox, per HFU). A YL gave a grudging ID at 0109. (35353, Hunsicker, PA)



An I D Radio, 12/19, 0022-0116*, 6920usb. Via a recording, the program started with Techno Rap, some doors, Wolly Bully, Look What’s Going Down, and Freestyle Music. IDs by a YL at 0043, 0102, and 0116. 3000 Hz fit perfectly. (35353, Hunsicker, PA)



An I D Radio, 12/20, 2332-2247, 6920usb. Via a recording, the program opened with a song about eating a lot of peaches. The play list moved to Rap. Stopped listening well before the program ended, which was reported to be 0300. (35453, Hunsicker, PA)



An I D Radio, 12/20 @ 12/21, 2333, 6920usb. Via the Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 signal, rock music the blues and rap, at 2358 "stand by me" at 0010 "Chantilly lace" by Big Bopper, down to S7 at 0042, thanks for the program. (Hassig, IL)



Ion Radio



ION Radio, 12/17, 0002, 6950am. Via the Brookfield WI sdr with weak/poor S7-S9 signal, hear audio under low noise level. (Hassig, IL)



Ion Radio, 12/17, 1614-1625*, 6955am. Via a recording, a program in progress with a Christmas carol. ID at 1624 was just usable. Most of the program was on the cusp of usable / unusable. 8000 Hz covered it. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)



Mix Radio International



Mix Radio International, 12/16, 2140-2225, 6865 to 6858 to 6855am. The changes in frequency seemed to be designed to avoid CRI on 6865. Pop music. 20,000 Hz was too wide; 15,000 was likely too narrow but it kept CRI at bay. (43443, Hunsicker, PA)



Mystery Science Radio



Mystery Science Radio via Cloudsplitter Radio, 12/18, 2214-2244*, 6938usb. Via a recording, the program opened with a few chords of music, then a voiced movie theme. Daleks discussed at length. Predictions of the future. Meditation promoting relaxation via primal scream therapy. Closes with Cherokee Jack’s name. 3000 hertz. (35454, Hunsicker, PA)



Radio Free East Coast



Radio Free East Coast, 12/17, 2315, 6932 on Barrington Hills IL sdr barely audible under low S5 noise level. (Hassig, IL)



Radio Free Whatever



Radio Free Whatever, 12/17, 2348-2349*, 6925usb. Via a recording, a program in progress. Dick announced that he was going to move to another, lower frequency and asked that we be patient since it will take about 5 minutes. (Hunsicker, PA)



Stern Radio



Stern Radio, 12/18, 2133-2159*, 6963am to 6960.36am. Via a recording, a program in progress with Techno music. The broadcast was affected by a band of noise. ID and email address at 2154. Closed with Churchill quotation and martial music. 18,000 Hertz bandwidth. (45443, Hunsicker, PA)



Stern Radio, 12/20, 2038-2200*, 6959.7am. The program opened with a Techno voice giving an ID and noting that the transmitter was smoking. Then Techno music. 18,000 Hz. bandwidth. (45443, Hunsicker, PA)



Stern Radio, 12/20, 2103-2201*, 6959.75am. Via the Brookfield WI sdr with weak S7-S9 signal, hear hard rock and shouting above low noise level, at 2110 signal improving to S9+10 at times, ethereal music sung by woman, at 2114 switched to Fair Hill MD sdr with fair/good S9+10 to S9+20 signal, very wide signal +-10khz either side of carrier, strange pop tune with man singing about Mary Ann, at 2146 electronic voice saying "technical difficulties, transmitter is smoking" then something in German, at 2153 switched back to Brookfield WI sdr with fair/good S9+10 to S9+20 signal. Thanks for the nice music. (Hassig, IL)



Two Dog Radio



Two Dog Radio, 12/17, 0009-0216*, 6955usb. Via the Brookfield WI sdr with weak S7 signal, hear rock music, at 0013 switched to Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 signal. (Hassig, IL)



Unidentified



Unidentified, 12/17, 2136-2142*, 6925usb. Via a recording, a program in progress with a 50’s instrumental. Then “Mr. Blue ????” (35443, Hunsicker, PA)



Unidentified, 12/17, 2248-2252*, 6924.7am. Via a recording, a program in progress with C&W, then the Snoopy theme song. BC ends mid-song. (45443, Hunsicker, PA)



Unidentified, 12/18 & 12/19, 2344-0025*, 6024.9am. Via a recording, a carrier appeared at 2234 with no audio. The carrier was only 15 dB above the noise and, while there was faint music, it was unusable. (Hunsicker, PA)



Unidentified, 12/20, 2237-2242*, 6930usb. A program in progress with a man talking about mystical things. Then a reference to something from 1968 and the program name, “The Other Side.” Then a bit about the Grateful Dead playing on Market Street. Closed with three tones. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)



Unidentified (Thunder Chicken Radio?), 12/22, 2319, 6872usb/6871lsb. Music, 2320 SSTV beepery, 2322 back to Xmasmx, no announcements heard. SSTV images of chickens, so obvious question, Thunder Chicken Radio? More unID reports here, also earlier on 6870 USB and there were separate logs on 6871 LSB: [www.hfunderground.com]
(Glenn Hauser, OK)





WREC



WREC, 12/17, 2248-2328*, 6932usb. Via a recording, a program in progress with music. A Blues night with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Pride and Joy and then many older Blues tunes. Noise that was likely local made listening annoying. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)



YHWH



YHWH, 12/15, 0222-0230, 7475am. Josiah Elias’ familiar voice suddenly popped in, a typical lecture, then the transmission dropped off at 0230. "Fair" while it lasted. (Barton, AZ)





European shortwave stations



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Latin American shortwave stations



Zanahoria en Escabeche, 12/17, 0214, 6974.9am. Via the Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S7-S9 signal, at 0215 SSTV/FAX, Mexican popular music in Spanish, at 0226 SSTV/FAX then more Mexican music. (Hassig-IL)



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Electronic Mail Addresses for stations
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Best regards,



Ron