FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1389 .-.
Covering Logs from 29-Oct thru 4-Nov-2022 (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.
Jack Amelar, Lowell MI, jamelar@yandex.com
Rick Barton, Sun City AZ, Drake SW1 & longwire
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Drake R8B + 185’ RW
Claudio Galaz, Barraza Bajo, Chile, XHDATA D-808 + Long Wire
William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com, using remote receivers
Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing PA, ronhunsi at ptd dot net
Larry Will, Mount Scary MD, Icom IC-R75 + various wires
Ken Zichi, Williamston MI & Port Hope MI2, RSPdx + SDRuno +
ANC-4 + randomwire
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THE LOGS
=+=+=+=+= North American Stations/Relays =+=+=+=+=
ALL VINYL RADIO:
10/28, 0010, 6925/AM; 343 EE OM annoc 0011 "And the hits just
keep on coming, All Vinyl Radio." Playing hits such as
Horray For Hazel, Devil With the Blue Dress On. 0028
Shoutout to my HFU topic starter post. Off by 0100
(Amelar-MI)
BALL SMACKER RADIO:
10/29, 0116, 6960/AM; on Brookfield WI sdr with fair/poor S7 to
S9+ signal, song Sunday bloody Sunday, song Another Satur-
day night and I got nobody. (Hassig-IL)
BLOOD LUST RADIO:
10/28, 2341, 6950/L; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5 to
S7 signal, hear unid pop-rock music, at 2345 switched to
Brookfield WI sdr fair S7 to S9+ signal, more rock music
after announcement. (Hassig-IL)
CAPTAIN MORGAN SW:
10/30, 2335, 6949.69/AM; Spooky music, unclear ID, more dance-
style halloween theme montage. Clear "Captain Morgan
Shortwave" ID @2343. Theme to The Nightmare Before
Christmas @2352. s15, very good. (Will-MD)
10/31, 2309, 6950/AM; ID, “You're listening to Captain Morgan
Shortwave" @2310. Sound bytes, etc., into upbeat spooky
music. Thriller mashup @2336 & off. s15, very good,
somewhat over-modulated at times. (Will-MD)
COOL AM RADIO SHORTWAVE:
10/29, 2342-2359+; 10/30, 0030 & 0100, 6855/U, end of Rolling
Stones concert w/Satisfaction & ancmts into Let’s Groove
(Earth Wind & Fire) & Born To Lose (LeAnn Rimes). Not
sure when they moved here, but the audio was better than
before & the roar blob was impacting 6885 which is, I
assume, why they moved. Nice WIDE BAND audio 454+4+4
--Zichi MI2
10/29, 2138-2210+, 6885/U; olde tyme rock classics like Cruel
Summer (Bananarama) & Karn Evil 9 (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
ID @2143 & mention that they would have songs from the
2018 “No Filter” Rolling Stones concert, playing such
songs as Under My Thumb etc. popping out above the noise
floor. 3+5444 --Zichi MI2
10/29-30, 2311, 6855/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with good
S9+ signal, wideband signal with vestigial lower sideband,
Stones Start Me Up from a live concert, @2324 Brown Sugar
also in concert, later @0103 I came back after Wolverine
went off & still on with good signal, off suddenly @0144
in mid song. (Hassig-IL)
K2000:
10/31, 2312, 5185/AM; Hilarious talk about DXers, DXpedition
orgies, etc. ID, "Radio After Dark on K2000", various
comedy bits. K2000 ID @2315. Continent of Media, Glenn
Hauser) parody @2321. Solid s9 (Will-MD)
OUTHOUSE RADIO:
10/29, 0123, 6930/L; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5 to
S7 signal, hear rap music. (Hassig-IL)
11/1, 0105, 6955/U; Cathedral chanting, possibly Gregorian
chant. This was Outhouse Radio per SSTVs decoded on the
hfu. s7 peaks, very good (Will-MD)
RADIO FREE WHATEVER:
10/29, 2307, 6950/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to
S9 signal, pop music playing, said goodbye & signed off
@2345 (Hassig-IL)
10/29, 2342-2345*, 6950/U w/DJ Dickweed ancmts about HFU &
the bunker hotline to call 302-689-6307 so he’s going to
turn off the transmitter if nobody calls. Went off @2345.
3+5444 --Zichi MI2
10/30, 2307, 6855/U; Mellow pop music, Factory Girl by Reboun-
der. DJ Dickweed announcing Fvneral (Yes, that's how it's
spelled), God Damn LEDs @2322. ID & back into music @2341
solid s9 (Will-MD)
SYCKO RADIO:
11/1, *0103-0130+, 6965/U; started out with nondescript spooky
music at s/on & quickly into more recognizable stuff like
Somebody’s Watching Me(Rockwell), Who Can It Be now?
(Men At Work) & (Eurythmics) Sweet Dreams (Are Made of
This). OM ID at :21 mentioning frequency & ‘happy Hallo-
ween’ & mention they did some tweaking on the transmitter
& hope the audio sounds OK into more music, including
Thriller (MJ). 454+4+4 --Zichi MI
11/1, 0113, 6965/U; Music, Who Can It Be Now by Men At Work,
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This by Eurythmics. s7 (Will-MD)
11/1, 0305, 6930/U; rock music. Fair signal, s3 (Will-MD)
THUNDER CHICKEN RADIO:
10/29, 0050, 6280/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to
S9 signal, hear Orson Well's 1939 War of the worlds broad-
cast, @0054 "2X2L calling CQ, is anybody there?", then CBS
announcer saying “You are listening to the Mercury Theater
presentation of H.G. Welles War of the Worlds", Orson Wells
as professor Pierson narrating what he has seen, @0113
SSTV/FAX, sound of chickens clucking. Thanks for the
broadcast. (Hassig-IL)
10/30, 2214-2222:03*, 6935/U; Rock music!!! ID @2221:47 & off.
SIO=454 w/peaks to S10 (Frodge-MI)
10/31, 2116, 6934.5-6935; 433 Spooky music & electronica tunes
w/distorted OM annoc whispering gravely voice making diffi-
cult copy. Later adds echo chamber effect to make copy near
impossible. Eventually drifted to 6935. 2213 SSTV, 2216
shoutouts to HFU posters in clear voice. Could not copy ID,
HFU reports Thunder Chicken Radio. (Amelar-MI)
VOICE of HELL:
11/1, 0132, 6930/U; ID, "This is the voice of hell" into heavy
metal music. ID @0137 & more metal. s5 peaks, good
(Will-MD)
11/1, 0135, 6930/U; 444 USB 0137 OM gravely voice "Voice Of
Hell", into hard rock metal. (Amelar-MI)
WANK:
11/1, 0000-0017*, 6925/U; David Bowie tunes from his Outside
album (which was weird even for him!) & something that
sounded like screeching to me but Music ID said was John
John (Plastic Ono Band) I suppose it could have been
that, ending with Trololo Song (Mr. Trololo) which is
his signature & FINALLY an OM voice ID just as he went
off. 3+4+4+44 just a titch of my local QRM peeking
through. --Zichi MI
WBOG:
10/31, 2203, 6900/AM; Music, Zomby Woof by Frank Zappa, spoken
bit from Night of the Living Dead, Six More Miles To the
Graveyard by Hank Williams, I Need Your Head by Hasil
Adkins, What a Way To Die by the Pleasure Speakers. WBOG
IDs &/or jingles between tracks. s9 (Will-MD)
WDOG:
10/30, 2309, 6925/U; Music, Psycho Killer by Talking Heads,
with chain saw sounds. WDOG ID @2310 into Don't Fear the
Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. WDOG ID & montage @2315 into
Son of Sam by the Dead Boys. Still going @2334 with
Escape by Alice Cooper. s9/s15, very good. Switched to
6925/L @2353 check, s15/s20 (Will-MD)
WENO SHORTWAVE:
10/31, 0350-0423:30*, 4060/U; many IDs including at :51 pla-
ying pop rock ditties like Diamond Head (801), No One
Receiving (Brian Eno), Rongwrong (801) & Silver Morning
(Brian Eno w/Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno) & other Brian
Eno tunes, thus the call. I can’t say I’ve ever heard
801 before but Late 1970s was my era so I’m surprised!
They weren’t half bad! 454+4+4 --Zichi MI
WJAN:
11/1, *0003-0037*, 6935/U; on air w/OM ‘Happy Halloween’ &
spooky music, then more identifiable seasonal stuff like
Monster Mash (Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt Kickers)
(played at the end of the show too), the Addams Family
theme, Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr.) & the theme from
The Munsters among others. Ended up with some non-themed
music like Groovy Kind of Love (Mindbenders), A Lover’s
Concerto (The Toys), The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Tokens) &
I only Want to Be With You (Dusty Springfield).
454+4+4 --Zichi MI
11/1, 0025, 6935/U; 455 EE The Lion Sleeps Tonight, OM annoc
WJAN, Rambling Man, playing Monster Mash for second time
since it's Halloween. "Hope you enjoyed the show" off
@0037. (Amelar-MI)
WOLVERINE RADIO:
10/29-30, *2354-0059*, 6950/U, instead of the usual ‘can any-
body hear me’ “IS” it was Spooky sound effects & moans,
etc. ID @0000 into Halloween themed show with songs like
Haunted House (Memphis Minnie); When That Man Is Dead &
Gone (Mildred Bailey); Graveyard Train (Creedence Clear-
water Revival); Billy The Monster (The Deviants); The
Ghosts That Haunt Me (Crash Test Dummies)b & others with
spooky sfx, etc. “Spooky” SSTV at end. 3+54+44--Zichi MI2
WolverineSSTV.jpg
10/29-30, 2355, 6950/U; on Barrington Hills sdr with good S9 to
S9+10 signal, various moans, screams and howls, Wolverine
ID then various spooky tunes, @0058 echo ID then SSTV/FAX,
thanks for the good program. (Hassig-IL)
10/30, 0052-0057+, 6950/U; Holloweeny tunes; echo ID @0056:48
into SSTV. SIO=4+54 (Frodge-MI)
WRNR:
11/2, 2326-2356*, 6926.75/AM; Faint carrier @2326, then music
@2331. Adv for Freihofer’s hog dog buns, also WBNR Night
at Monticello Raceway. Pop tunes. Operator thanks every-
one for listening at the end of the BC. (35343,
Hunsicker, PA)
XFM SHORTWAVE (including relays):
10/30, 2320, 6865/U; Radio Illuminati relaying XFM. Music,
Lazy by Deep Purple. “Rockin' your clock, XFM" ID @1927
into I Surrender by Rainbow. I Don't Want To Know by
Fleetwood Mac @2357. Steady & solid s15 (Will-MD)
10/30, 2339, 4185/AM; noted here parallel to 6855usb; 4185
destroyed by a co-channel utility, s3 underneath (Will-MD)
11/1, 0107, 5185/AM & 4185/AM; Rock music, XFM ID @0108. Ute
QRM on 4185 but 5185 reasonably clear with nearby utility
bursts, s9 (Will-MD)
11/1, 0110, 6865/U; Mix Radio Int’l relay of XFM, // 4185 /AM &
5185/AM ID, "music to the power of X" @0111. Mentions that
Mix Radio is relaying them on 6865. Very good signal on
6865usb, s15. (Will-MD)
11/1, 0124, 6865/U; 555 EE Hip-hop rock. 0133 ID with email
xfmshortwave@gmail.com for QSL for reception report.
(Amelar-MI)
11/1, 0210-0215, 4185/AM$ // 6865; taking calls, but much worse
than 6865: 3+4433 with my local QRM making things less
pleasant --Zichi MI
11/1, 0200-0220, 6865/U; ID at :04 “Broadcasting in CQUAM
stereo” w/rock like Ace of Spades (Motörhead) & Do It
For Me Now (Angels & Airwaves) as well as live ancmts
(based on the time checks) & taking a call from a
listener. NICE wideband audio 4+5554+ 1/Nov--Zichi MI
ZEEKY:
10/28, 2231, 6925/U; Cross and Boner Radio on Barrington Hills
IL sdr with weak but clear S5 to S7 signal, somebody tal-
king then the late Jerry Lee Lewis with Great Balls of
Fire, after that somebody ranting & raving. (Hassig-IL)
11/1, 0215-0230, 6925/U; KMAD RADIO w/chatter about Halloween,
playing really bad music like Circus of the Dead
(TryHardNinja) & other stuff MusicID couldn’t even name.
Much Zeekey chatter as usual. Just above the noise,
3+4+3+43 --Zichi MI
11/2-3, 2345-0047*, 6930/U; Zeeky as Cave Man Radio/KASS/KMAD;
audio problems blaming his sound card. Gave all three
station names during the BC. SSTV in Scottie 1 @0010 &
0013. Also, images sent that could be viewed in an IF
waterfall. One was KASS rotated about a horizontal axis,
so upside down & viewed behind. Another looked like two
sharks. One was said to be pornographic. Waterfall images
would be better if Zekey increased the bandwidth of his
xmsns above 3000 Hz. Closes with a Jerry Lee Lewis tune.
(35343, Hunsicker, PA)
YHWH:
7475 0310, 11/3; in progress, usual op, Josiah & lecture,
Fair/Good (Barton)
UNIDs:
10/28, 2205-2206:40*?, *2212:21-2219+, 6925/U; Somber music at
QRN level. Freq covered by digiQRM after disappearance
till he reappeared w/what sounded like a religihuxter,
then pop ditties. Slightly better that earlier but
still at QRN level. (Frodge-MI)
10/30, 0038-0051:34?, 6955/U; Janis Jolpin ditty at tune-in
two dudes talking; spooky radio story; gasping or
growling & other sfx tossed in. No ID heard. SIO=453
(Frodge-MI)
10/30, 0148, 6962/U; on Barrington Hills IL sdr with good S9
to S9+10 wideband signal, various pop tunes. (Hassig-IL)
10/30, 0200-0220, 6962/U; music & no talk w/non-stop pop such
as More than Words (Extreme), Everybody (Backstreet Boys),
Walk on the Ocean (Toad The Wet Sprocket), (Montel Jordan)
This is How We Do It & others mostly from the 1990s. Nice
wide-band audio, 4554+4+ but RAPIDLY faded to nothing
@0218 & either gone off @0220. --Zichi MI2
10/30, 0245-0254*, 6930/U; Techno ditty. SIO=353- (Frodge-MI)
10/30, 0300-0315+, 4185/U; Hard rock & spooky music; bit about
killing people w/screams; no ID offered. SIO=4+53-
(Frodge-MI)
10/30, 1934-1941+, 6880/U; EZL ditties; no ID offered. SI=253-
(Frodge-MI)
10/31, 0231-0237+, 4185/U; Rock & spooky music!!! 0240+ screams
& laughter & back to rock; noID offered. SIO=454-
(Frodge-MI)
10/31, 2145, 6935/U; Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? & Lucille Has
Messed My Mind Up by Frank Zappa. Continuing with music
from Zappa's Joe's Garage LP. Stick It Out @2200. Fair to
good signal, s7/s9.(Will-MD)
10/31, 2356, 6925/U; Spoken word over instrumental music.
s5/s7 (Will-MD)
11/1, *0021-0111*, 6955/U; Outhouse Radio? (although it sounded
like he said ‘Radio Was Radio Wasn’t’ @0103; an ID?) A
couple of false starts (or was it an IS?) into some unid
Gregorian-chant-y-kind of music. At :35 back to that ‘IS’
tune which MusicID couldn’t name. Then Grungy-thumpy stuff
& more of the Gregorian sounding chants. NO announcements
or other identifiable stuff. @0100 a tease ancmt by OM
with something about ‘normal’ mumbled unclearly into
something MusicID called Y’all Motherf*ckers Need Jesus
(The Goddamn Gallows) which is indeed about as far from
normal as you’re going to find. ID at :03 but it didn’t
sound like ‘outhouse’ to me; maybe it was ??? The SSTV
was ‘one dog radio’ or ‘outhouse radio’ but the audio
sounded like neither of those. SSTV at :08 & again at
:10 before s/off. 3+4+443+ --Zichi MI
6955UNIDSSTV.jpg
11/1, 0026-0101, 6925/U & AM; Spooky tubular bells style music
(but not that, I guess it is the Halloween movie theme?)
& LONG pauses, at :30 ‘take him off the air, I think he’s
having a breakdown’ dialog bit & some wolf howls & another
LONG pause. Back to bells spooky music at :35 & “I will
kill you” whispered at :40 & back to the bells. Transmit-
ter seemed to be drifting around quite a bit and switched
from USB to AM then back to USB toward the end. 3+4+4+44
--Zichi MI
11/1, 0038, 6930/U; Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky); at :43
some radio play dialog & a bit of Dragnet theme & audio?
At :56 the (The Chipmunks) Witch Doctor. Right at the
noise level, 33+3+42+ --Zichi MI
11/1, 0039, 6955/U; 445 EE Electronic music, church choir chant
music. 0100 OM annoc "You didn't expect normal, did you?"
0128 SSTV. Off by 0211 (Amelar-MI)
11/1, 0102, 6930/U; Spoken word, spooky programming, possibly
an old radio show. s7 (Will-MD)
11/1, *0103-0126*, 6920/U; mix of stuff, including a harmonica
folk tune & at :13 (Tommy Roe) Dizzy (FINALLY something
recognizable!) then the Monty Python Sit on My Face tune,
then (KC) Get Down Tonight & other similar music. No ID
heard here or on HFU. Included the rare (Napoleon XIV)
They’re Coming To Take Me Away! & apparently off after
that. 34443 --Zichi MI
11/1, *0108-0112*, 6945.1/U; punk rock, siren wails & “I will
Kill You” & that bell tune also on 6925. 3+344+2+ whis-
tle/blatt QRM, bad frequency choice! --Zichi MI
11/1, 0116, 6920/U; Music, Get Down Tonight by KC & the Sun-
shine Band. 0119, cover version of the Guess Who song
American Woman. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha
@0124; off @0126. s3/s5 (Will-MD)
11/1, 0307, 6936/FM; Music, Back In Black by AC/DC. 0309,
Witchy Woman by The Eagles. Fair signal, s3/s5. FM decode
occasionally very good despite the fair signal. (Will-MD)
11/1, 2307-2323+, 6925/U; Doobie Bros. et al; op talk couple
of times, but too buried in QRN to copy (Frodge-MI)
11/2, 2148-2225*, 6925/AM; All Rap music with a young-sounding
woman who identified the artists & talked about the music.
If I heard correctly, this was her first broadcast. No ID.
Disappeared, mid-song. (45353, Hunsicker, PA)
11/2, 2319-2322, 6949.6/AM; Carrier appeared @2319 then there
was a muddled male voice which was unusable. Seemed to be
gone @2322, but there might have been faint music @2339.
(Hunsicker, PA)
11/3, 2046-2148, 6850.27/AM; Continuous Big Band music. Mostly
instrumentals with a few vocals. Strength & noise had it
as “Poor” overall. Jarring change to 60’s elevator music
after 2042. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)
11/3, 2109-2115+, 6950.3/U; Very weak music; only heard in
USB (Frodge-MI)
11/3, 2133-2148, 6925/U; C&W music by male singers. Narrow
bandwidth @2400 (35443, Hunsicker, PA
=+=+=+=+= South American Stations/Relays =+=+=+=+=
10/30, 0300-0330, 6925; RCW Radio Compañía Worldwide. News.
45444 (Galaz, Chile)
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Sordid Logs:
----- 10/29
0050-0113 Thunder Chicken Radio, 6280/U
0116 Ball Smacker Radio, 6960/AM
0123 Outhouse Radui, 6930/L
2138-2210 Cool AM Radio, 6885/U
2307-2345 Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U
2342-2400 Cool AM Radio, 6855/U (continued to 10/30)
2354-2400 Wolverine Radio, 6950/U (continued to 10/30)
----- 10/30
0000-0145 Cool AM Radio, 6855/U (continued from 10/29)
0000-0059 Wolverine Radio, 6950/U (continued from 10/29)
0038-0051 UNID, 6955/U
0148-0220 UNID, 6962/U
0245-0254 UNID, 6930/U
0300-0315 UNID, 4185/U
0300-0330 RCW Radio Compañía Worldwide, 6925
1934-1941 UNID, 6880/U
2214-2222 Thunder Chicken Radio, 6935/U
2307-2321 Radio Free Whatever, 6855/U
2309-2353 WDOG, 6925/U
2320-2357 XFM, 6865/U
2335-2352 Capt. Morgan SW, 6949.69/AM
2339 XFM, 4185/AM
2339 XFM, 6855/U
2353 WDOG, 6925/L
----- 10/31
0231-0237 UNID, 4185/U
0350-0424 WENO, 4060/U
2116-2216 Thunder Chicken Radio, 6934.5-6935
2145-2200 UNID, 6935/U
2203 WBOG, 6900/AM
2309-2336 Capt. Morgan SW, 6950/AM
2312-2321 K2000, 5185/AM
2356 UNID, 6925/U
----- 11/1
0000-0017 WANK, 6925/U
0003-0037 WJAN, 6935/U
0021-0111 UNID, 6955/U
0026-0101 UNID, 6925/U
0038-0102 UNID, 6930/U
0039-0100 UNID, 6955/U
0103-0130 Sycko Radio, 6965/U
0103-0126 UNID, 6920/U
0105 Outhouse Radio, 6955/U
0107 XFM, 4185/AM
0107 XFM, 5185/AM
0108-0112 UNID, 6945.1/U
0110 XFM, 6865/U
0116-0126 UNID, 6920/U
0132-0137 Voice of Hell, 6930/U
0200-0220 XFM Shortwave, 6865/U
0210-0215 XFM Shortwave, 4185/AM$
0215-0230 Zeeky as KMAD Radio, 6925/U
0305 Sycko Radio, 6930/U (continuation from 0130?)
0307 UNID, 6936/FM
2307-2323 UNID, 6925/U
----- 11/2
2148-2225 UNID, 6925/AM
2319-2322 UNID, 6949.6/AM
2326-2356 WRNR, 6926.75/AM
2345-2400 Zeeky as Cave Man Radio/KASS/KMAD, 6930/U
(contiued to 11/3)
----- 11/3
0000-0047 Zeeky as Cave Man Radio/KASS/KMAD, 6930/U
(continued from 11/2)
0310 YHWH, 7475
2046-2148 UNID, 6950.3/U
2133-2148 UNID, 6925/U
----- 11/4
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COMMENTARIOS
Tooooo many UNIDs and toooooo many music only pirates.
--980’s, HF