Free Radio Weekly #1452

Free Radio Weekly #1452, Saturday, January 20, 2024
Covering free radio activity from January 13-19, 2024

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)
Ron Hunsicker (frwrjh@ptd.net)
Dave Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)
Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

FRW 1452 - January 20 - Larry
FRW 1453 - January 27 - Harold
FRW 1454 - February 3 — Ron
FRW 1455 - February 10 — Dave
FRW 1456 - February 17 — Larry
FRW 1457 - February 24 - Ron


== 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

Ron Hunsicker
Wyomissing PA
frwrjh@ptd.net

Glenn Hauser
P O Box 1684
Enid OK 73702
wghauser@yahoo.com
P- or E-QSLs welcomed
NRD-545 with 100-foot E/W longwire
R-75 with E/W Wellbrook loop or interior N/S shortwire


== North American shortwave ==

** B Side Radio

6935 am, 1-14-24, 0101 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with weak noisy S9 signal, woman singing. (Hassig-IL)

6935 am, 1-18/19-24, 2357 on northern Utah sdr with fair/poor S5-S9 signal, "stardust memories" "stairway to the stars" and other big band tunes, at 0008 DJ ID'd as B Side Radio, at 0027 DJ said Glenn Miller tunes from LP he bought for less than a buck, at 0043 said he was testing and said good night, nice program, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

** Captain Morgan Shortwave

1/15, 0023-0116*, 6949.76am. Via a recording, the carrier appeared at 0023 with no audio heard. At 0037 there were The Blues, then, over the music, an ID by YL. All Blues, all the show—thanks, I enjoyed the music! 6000 Hz seemed enough. (35342, Hunsicker, PA)

1/16, 01510-0157*, 6931.54am. Via a recording, a program in progress with the Blues. ID at 0155 and gone at 0157, mid-song. 6000 Hz seemed right. (34342, Hunsicker, PA)

** Hikari FM

11514.9, Jan 13 at 1643, JBA music at S5 = noise level, no doubt Hikari FM pirate. Also Jan 13 at 2320, JBA S6/S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

11514.9, Jan 19 at 1620, JBA carrier, still signature of Sonora or Arizona pirate, Hikari FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Radio Free Whatever

6950 usb, 1-12/13-24, 2240 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S3-S5 signal, at 2245 switched to Traverse City MI sdr with up to S9+20 good signal, pop music sung by women, FRW ID by woman. (Hassig-IL)

6950 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Radio Free Whatever, 0012-0045 Jan 13, nice vocal selection followed by a series of station IDs at 0015 and more vocals. Another round of station IDs at 0033. Appear to go off the air around 0045. Fair signal. (D’Angelo-PA)

1/14, 2251-2315*, 6950usb. Via a recording, a program in progress with Rock music and a YL with “Whatever” at 2253. Dick stopped a selection mid-song, apologized for playing it, and started other music. At 2313 he noted that he had been on the air for almost three hours, thanked us for listening, and was gone. (Hunsicker, PA)

** 77LJS

6930 usb, 1-12/13-24, 2303 utc on Traverse City MI sdr with fair/good S9+10 signal, song "bad" by Michael Jackson. (Hassig-IL)

1/14, 1745-1747*, 6930usb. Via a recording, a program in progress with the voice of 77 Lima Juliet Sierra doing a reading about WWI from a UK standpoint. The Op’s wife interrupted the reading by bringing blueberry muffins and he bailed with an ID. 22 dB over the noise at 3000 Hz bandwidth. (Hunsicker, PA)

** Seven Trees Radio

1/17, 0109-0139*, 6919usb. A program in progress with music and an owl hooting. ID at 0109 by a YL, who noted that the request line was open. Rock, Rap, the Blues, and old Rock, all accompanied by the hooting of Owls. The program ended with an ID and wishes for a pleasant evening. It sounded best at 3000 Hz. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

** Shroomer Radio

6963 usb, 1-15/16-24, 2308 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 signal, DJ = Zeeky, techno pop music, 2318 2 males talking politics, 2331 "8 miles high" by the Byrds, 2342 ID'd as Shroomer Radio, more techno pop music, 0010 good S9+10 signal, tuned in locally but poor S9+20 peaks over constant neighborhood noise, at 0027 "you shook me all night long" by ACDC, thanks for the tunes. (Hassig-IL)

** Thunder Chicken Radio

6955 USB, Jan 13 at 2310, hard rock S9/+20. Initially many unID reports here, then Thunder Chicken Radio per SSTV: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

6955 usb, 1-13/14/24, 2343 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with fair/good S9-S9+10 signal, jazz music then rock music, SSTV/FAX at 2351 then 0009, more music, at 0035 "riders on the storm" then "break on thru to the other side" and others by the doors, thanks for the tunes. (Hassig-IL)

1/13 & 14, 2152-0034, 6955usb. Via a recording the program opened with the start of a Hard Rock Concert which continued for quite a while. On a noisy evening, SSTV images in Martin 1 were of fair to poor quality. At least one did not trigger YONIQ. Happy Trails at 0031, an ID at 0032, and then thunder. Much of the broadcast was “very faint.” 3000 Hz sounded best. (25452 Hunsicker, PA)

** Unknown Name Radio Network

6919 USB, Jan 20 at 0416, pirate with hard rock, S9/+10, ``Don`t Call Me White`` [?]; 0444 rap with lots of swearing. unID logs here [www.hfunderground.com] but finally as Unknown Name Radio Network at s/off 0512* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Unid

1/14, 0054-0159*, 6935am. Via a recording, a carrier appeared at 0054, but no audio was heard. 11 dB over the noise in AM, which is not a winner in Wyomissing. There was music at 0100, accompanied by Peskies on LSB who had a stronger signal than this Pirate. There was theme music at 0158 and then the carrier was gone. (13341, Hunsicker, PA)

6961 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) UNID, 2314-2337* Jan 14, new age instrumental music with a woman starting to talk over the music at 2327. Shortly thereafter the music disappeared but talking continued. Seemed to go off the air at 2337. Good signal. (D’Angelo-PA)

1/19, 0158-0242*, 6930am. Via a recording, a carrier appeared at 0158. Occasional faint audio, but always unusable. Reported as B-Side Radio. (Hunsicker, PA)

** WDB Shortwave

1/13 & 14, 2336-0005*, 6925usb. Via a recording, the program opened with a bass guitar which became a male vocal. A mix of music, including Rock, the Blues, Jazz, and some Pop. Giovanni gave an ID at 2344 and “You are listening to WDB, the voice of Ricardo Bulgari, WDB.” Other IDs, later, including Whiskey-Dingo-Bacon” at 0003. 3400 Hz was the best fit. Notched a tone on 6928.047. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

6925 usb, 1-13/14-24, 2340 on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7-S9 signal, guitar music. (Hassig-IL)

** WENO

1/14, 0002-0047, 6960usb. Via a recording, the program opened with music and “We know” or “We-no,” which was repeated. ID at 0011 followed by an ad for a stomach aid, Eno. Young lady singing a long song, or a loop, in something that was not English. Beatles and sitar music at 0036. 3000 Hz was pretty good. (35353, Hunsicker, PA)

6960 usb, 1-14-24, 0015 on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7-S9 signal, WENO ID then sitar music from India, thanks for the music. (Hassig-IL)

** WUFO

1/13, 2219-2230*, 6950usb. Via a recording, a tone at 6951.5 and a YL at 2225 with, approximately, “…see right there in the back in the green shirt” and something about resolving the UFO issue. OM and YL talk and note that 15 members were present. ID at 2228, the YL asks some questions, and it was gone mid-sentence. 3400 Hz. (35353, Hunsicker, PA)

** Zeeky

(Chronologically) Purrfect Radio / Zen Radio / Lion’s Breathe Radio / Zeeky Radio International, 01/14 & 15, 2251-0052*, 6961usb. Via a recording, a program in progress. The first three ID’s were via waterfall images and the last was via CQUAM, decoded with EasyPal. Lots of mellow music that would be pretty good background while getting a massage. Ads for AG-1, Humans for Healing and Recovery, Pollock’s Carpet Mart, and a casino resort. I’m pretty sure the program was over at 0052. I settled on 3800 Hz bandwidth. (45453, Hunsicker, PA)


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Regards, Lw