Free Radio Weekly #1410

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1410                          .-.
Covering Logs from 25 thru 31-April-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, British Columbia, lucasnerite@gmail.com
     Sony ICF-2010 or KiwiSDRs+ 80’ish longwire & using
     remote receivers
Harold Frodge, Midand MI, Drake R8B + 185’ RW
William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com, using remote receivers
Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, wghauser@yahoo.com, NRD-545 + ALA-330S,
     IC-R75, PL-880 + random wires
Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing PA, ronhunsi at ptd dot net
Mark Taylor, Madison WI

Rest of y’all hear anything?

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NEWS:

Harold Frodge: Apologies for the extreme lateness.  I need to
check my calendar more often.

OUR EDITORIAL POLICY:  What editorial policy?  Just send your
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THE LOGS

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77 LIMA JULIET SIERRA:

3/25 2055-2103*, 6925/U; Broadcast began with John Barron’s
     article about the KGB & democracies. ID @2102. 4000 Hz
     was good. (35433, Hunsicker, PA)
3/25 2059-2103 6925/U; (S5 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR)
     2059 UTC-OM talking about the KGB; 2103 UTC-“You have
     been listening to 77 Lima Juliet Sierra”; 2103 UTC-OFF
     (Bandura)
3/26 2035-2038*, 6925/U; Broadcast in progress with infor-
     mation about surviving a nuclear attack. (45344,
     Hunsicker, PA)

ANARCHY ONE via North American Pirate Relay Service

3/29 0010-0139*, 6935/AM; The carrier appeared @0010 & a
     theme song began @0014. OM talked, but due to noise in
     the bands, but, mostly, muddled audio, the broadcast
     was generally unusable.  Due to Peskies on the lower
     side band, I used USB until 0030, when the Peskies went
     elsewhere. There were occasional IDs & mentions of a
     California drop from Captain Anarchy. (35452 at best,
     Hunsicker, PA)
3/29 0016-0140 6935/AM (S9+30 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR)
     0016 UTC-Anarchy One ID; 0017 UTC-Talking about hemp,
     muffled and some audio issues; 0021 UTC-African Herdsman
     by Bob Marley; 0024 UTC-ID, contact info, long speech
     about hemp; 0039 UTC-Anarchy One ID, signing off; 0040
     Theme music; 0042 ID, this is Captain Anarchy, someone
     else talking but too muffled to understand much; 0045
     Rap music; 0048 UTC-ID, next up; 0048 UTC-YL talking,
     hard to understand; 0121 UTC-OM monologue; 0123 UTC-
     Instrumental Music; 0123 UTC-ID, postal address; 0123
     Talking about congressional records; 0126 UTC-ID, postal
     address; 0127 OM talking about things that will never be
     taken away; 0129 UTC-OM talking politics; 0137 UTC-ID;
     0137 UTC-Anarchy For Sale by Dead Kennedys; 0138 UTC-ID,
     “I’m outta here” 0140 UTC-OFF (Bandura)

BALL SMACKER RADIO:

3/25 0055-0145*, 6960/AM; Carrier appeared @0055, then Ball-
     smacker IS @0057. Then, Don’t Fear the Reaper. Unusable
     much of the time due to fading after 0120, no audio was
     heard & only a carrier was seen in the waterfall.
     (Hunsicker, PA)
3/25 0102-0113, 6960/AM; (S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR);
     0102 UTC-Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult;
     0105 UTC-Don't Cha Stop by The Cars; 0108 UTC-Website
     address; 0108 UTC-Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis;
     0112 UTC-It Don't Come Easy by Ringo Starr (Bandura)
3/25 0102 6960/AM; on Brookfield WI sdr with noisy S7 to S9
     signal & Traverse City sdr with noisy S9 to S9+20 signal,
     song: don't fear the reaper, @0121 song: don't stop thin-
     king about tomorrow, @0129 song: big girls don't cry,
     signal improving a bit on Brookfield WI sdr, various songs
     with the word don't, @0258 SSTV/FAX, goodbye announcement,
     piano IS then off. Thanks for the program. (Hassig-IL)
3/25 0118 6960/AM;Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac, ID by synth YL
     with email address, Big girls don't cry - Frankie Valli &
     The Four Seasons, ID into a program with “don’t” themed
     songs. I wasn’t able to stay with it due to poor condi-
     tions. Poor in noisy conditions following a solar storm.
     (Taylor – Wi)

CRAPOLA RADIO:

3/20 0133 6921/U; Tuned in to IDs by a YL then OM into a pro-
     gram of music with the man and woman announcers interac-
     ting with humorous short sketches with an ID into the next
     song. Music included Soul Man - Sam & Dave, ID, The wan-
     derer - Dion, Blue Bayou - Linda Rondstadt & Stray cat
     strut - Stray Cats. 0153 goodnight from both, series of
     tones, off. Good. AM signal under Crapola w/breakthrough
     of a few words from a woman, which went off 0154.
     (Taylor – Wi)
 
ELK COUNTRY RADIO:

3/20 0044 6925.3/AM; Six o’clock rush, Walk with me- Track
     Tribe, ID, SSTV (drawing of an Elk on back legs "Elk
     Country Radio"), Love with Jonathan - Jonathan Mercado,
     synth YL, Good Bay - DoxPixel & Sabas Gana, started SSTV
     then stopped, restarted other music. 0130 another Elk
     Country Radio SSTV, 0131 off. Fair (Taylor – Wi)
 
GOOD TIMES RADIO:

3/26 1921-1938 6925/AM; (S9+30 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR)
     1921 UTC-Lucky Star by Madonna; 1923 UTC-Borderline by
     Madonna; 1927 UTC-Like a Virgin by Madonna; 1930 UTC-
     Material Girl by Madonna; 1934 Crazy for You by Madonna
     1938 UTC-Into the Groove by Madonna (Bandura)

GRASS CUTTER RADIO:

3/20 0003 6935/U; ID & talk, parody ads, ID repeated several
     times into a show of music, parody sketches, ads & music.
     An SSTV of a drawing of a piece of bread with a face with
     “Butter” written under, off. Poor overall (Taylor – Wi)

HAMBONE RADIO:

3/29 0431-0552 7285/AM (S9+10 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR)
     0431 UTC-On and off, House of the Rising Sun by The
     Animals; 0432 UTC-Tom Sawyer by Rush; 0435 UTC-OFF;
     0454 UTC-ON I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) by The
     Electric Prunes; 0455 UTC-Op playing with bandwidth
     settings; 0456 UTC-Off briefly; 0456 UTC-Georgy Girl by
     The Seekers; 0458 UTC-99 Red Balloons (Club Mix) by Nena
     0502 UTC-OFF; 0514 UTC-ON Take On Me by a-ha; 0517 UTC
     Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles; 0521 UTC-OFF;
     0525 UTC-ON I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) by The
     Electric Prunes; 0529 UTC-Computer issues; 0531 Tokolshe
     Man by John Kongos; 0531 UTC-Op talking over the music
     “and now you know, you know where it’s coming from”,
     “it’s a night to forget”, “well there you go”; 0533 OFF;
     0534 UTC-ON Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo;
     0538 UTC-“Well there ya go”; 0538 UTC-OFF; 0548 UTC ON,
     The Spirit of Radio by Rush; 0548 UTC-Hambone Radio ID;
     0549 UTC-“This is your DJ RF Sparks or RF Burns”; 0550
     “Hello to our folks in the Netherlands”, “let’s hear it
     for good radio propagation”; 0552 “Over”, OFF (Bandura)

INSANE RADIO:

3/26 2353-0105* 6949.7/AM (variable); Carrier appeared then an
     OM started speaking @2355. Noise & storm pops made lis-
     tening unpleasant. Mostly unusable. IDs @0027 & 0038.
     (Hunsicker, PA)
3/27 0033-0038 6950/AM (S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR)
     0033 UTC-Music; 0038 UTC-Insane Radio ID (Bandura)

ION RADIO:

3/26 2005-2108 6949.74/AM (S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR)
     2005 UTC-Fire On the Mountain by Grateful Dead; 2007 UTC
     ION Radio ID; 2007 UTC-Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder; 2011
     One Mint Julep by Ray Charles; 2014 UTC-Tubthumping by
     Chumbawamba; 2018 UTC-Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down; 2022
     ION Radio ID; 2022 UTC-Love Forever by Babe Rainbow;
     2025 The Slumbering Ones by Assemble Head In Sunburst
     Sound; 2029 UTC-Aqueous Transmission by Incubus; 2036 UTC
     ION Radio ID; 2036 UTC-Winchester Cathedral (Re-Recorded)
     by The New Vaudeville Band; 2038 UTC-White Bird (Live) by
     It's a Beautiful Day; 2044 Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac;
     2048 UTC-ION Radio ID; 2048 UTC-Stink-Foot (Live At KCET,
     Los Angeles/1974) by Frank Zappa; 2053 UTC-Hawaii Five-O
     by Dweezil Zappa; 2055 UTC-No Rain by Blind Melon; 2059
     I Can't Quit You Baby by Led Zeppelin; 2104 UTC-High In
     the Morning by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; 2107 UTC
     ION Radio ID; 2108 UTC-OFF (Bandura)
3/26 2034-2108 6949.7/AM; Broadcast in progress. Just usable
     due to noise. Winchester Cathedral, White Bird, others.
     (25342, Hunsicker, PA)
3/28 2022-2113* 6950/AM; A carrier appeared @2022 then a
     repeating tone @2024. IDs @2034 & 2113. Mostly soft Jazz.
     28 dB over the noise in AM is just okay. (35342,
     Hunsicker, PA)
3/28 2040-2113 6949.74/AM (S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR)
     2040 UTC-Torquay by The Leftovers; 2043 UTC-After Dark
     (from "Dusk Til Dawn") by Tarantino Rodrigues; 2047 UTC
     Unknown instrumental version of Ghost Riders In The Sky;
     2050 UTC-Bajo by Fercho Triyei; 2052 UTC-Unknown Music;
     2055 UTC-Unknown Music; 2057 UTC-ION Radio ID; 2057 UTC
     Comedy program about marijuana, “the following program
     was closed captioned for the thinking impaired”; 2058
     Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini; 2101 UTC-ION Radio
     ID; 2101 UTC-Business Time by Flight of the Conchords;
     2105 UTC-Yakety Axe by Chet Atkins; 2109 UTC-ION Radio
     ID; 2109 UTC-The Bible or the Gun by Blues Saraceno;
     2113 UTC-ID and email, signing off; 2113 UTC-OFF
     (Bandura)

MYSTERY SCIENCE RADIO via Cloud Splitter Radio”

3/26 2331-2359* 6925/U; Cherokee Jack chats, tells stories &
     plays a C&W Yellow Submarine. Also a long cut from Doc
     Severinsen. (45443, Hunsicker, PA)
3/26 2346-2357 6924.98/U; (S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR)
     2346 UTC-Email mysteryscienceradio@yahoo.com; 2347 UTC
     “Mystery Science Radio presents Music through Space &
     Time”; 2347 UTC-Frog noises; 2348 UTC-Strange music;
     2350 UTC-U.F.O. (feat. Nils Edenloff) by Grey Lands;
     2353 UTC-Inner Space by The Sven Libaek Orchestra;
     2357 UTC-Email mysteryscienceradio@yahoo.com; 2357 UTC
     MST Love Theme by Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Bandura)

NUTTIN’ ON SHORTWAVE:

3/25 2100-2155* 6935/U; Broadcast began with Jazz athen an ID
     @2101. The Crusher was chatty tonight. Calls out to HFU
     reporters. Played AC/DC. 3000 Hz seemed right. (25342,
     Hunsicker, PA)
3/25 2107-2155 6935/U; (S7 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR); 2107 UTC
     HF Radios song; 2107 UTC-Crusher on the mic live, on this
     frequency because someone was on 6925, hello to people on
     the HFU, going to start with some AC/DC; 2108 UTC-Hells
     Bells by AC/DC; 2113 UTC-Shoot to Thrill by AC/DC; 2119
     UTC-Going to wrestle tonight, live on 6935 USB, hello to
     people on the HFU (thanks!), ID; 2121 UTC-What Do You Do
     for Money Honey by AC/DC; 2129 UTC-Let Me Put My Love Into
     You by AC/DC; 2132 UTC-Live on 6935 tonight, only one more
     person the HFU, going to do a few more songs; 2134 UTC-
     Back In Black by AC/DC; 2138 UTC-I’m the Crusher, this
     Nuttin on Shortwave; 2139 UTC-Have a Drink On Me by AC/DC;
     2146 UTC-Shake a Leg by AC/DC; 2151 UTC-Rock and Roll
     Ain't Noise Pollution by AC/DC; 2155 UTC-OFF (Bandura)

OUTHOUSE RADIO:

3/25 0301 6925/U; on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S7 to S9
     signal, song: midnight rider, various blues guitar tunes,
     thanks for the nice tunes, @0319 SSTV/FAX. (Hassig-IL)
3/25 0324-0411 6925/U; (S9 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR); 0304 UTC
     The Old Man Down The Road by John Fogerty; 0305 UTC-YL
     “Pirate radio, no direction, no rules, no protocol”;
     0305 UTC-Too Old to Die Young by Brother Dege; 0309 UTC
     Dead Man's Jig by Grandpa Rufus; 0313 UTC-First of the
     Year (Equinox) by Skrillex; 0318 UTC-Noise?; 0318 UTC
     Scottie 1 SSTV; 0320 UTC-“Was that enough of an ID, or
     do I need to spell it out?” then spelling out Outhouse
     Radio; 0321 UTC-Daddy's Weed by Corey Smith; 0325 UTC
     Spoken word skit; 0326 UTC-Bigboned & Buttugly by Sad
     Daddy; 0331 UTC-SSTV (MMSSTV mistakenly thinks this is
     Robot 36); 0332 UTC-One More Day Drunk by Sad Daddy
     0335 UTC-Te Deum by Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of
     St. Maurice & St. Maur, Clervaux; 0341 UTC-Devil Blues
     by Sylvester Weaver; 0345 UTC-Hell Hounds by Texas
     Hippie Coalition; 0411 UTC-Scottie 2 SSTV (Bandura)
     Outhouse1.jpg
     Outhouse2.jpg
3/26 0027 6955/U; (S7 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR, radar QRM)
     0027 UTC-Spacey Music (Bandura)
3/26 0027  6955/U; on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 signal,
     suspiciously came on exactly when RFW left air from 6950,
     weird electronic instrumental music playing, @0110 signal
     weakened a bit, hard rock playing, @0114 SSTV/FAX, more
     rock music. (Hassig-IL)3/26 0033 6955/U; First part of the
     program was electronic music segued with Billy Joel’s
     Bitter Taste put in at one point. Then a section of
     repeated vocal clips & a Synth woman’s voice giving a
     quick “Outhouse Radio. No Rules. No Direction. No Proto-
     col.”  A change of music with Tom Sawyer by Jennifer Rush,
     roots style song then Outhouse came on with an ID & talk
     then into hard rock with Drink, Drank, Drunk by HELLYEAH.
     It dropped in & out & Outhouse was still going at 0210.
     Fair to good. (Taylor – Wi)
3/26 0125-0209* 6955/U; Broadcast in progress. Music & many
     IDs. His computer was being difficult. SSTV in Scottie
     2 @0155. (25453, Hunsicker, PA)

PIGMEAT’s PURPLE DRINK RADIO:

3/27 0110-0120 6955/U (S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR)
     0110 UTC-Scottie 1 SSTV; 0112 UTC-Unknown Music;
     0120 UTC-OFF (Bandura)
     Pigmeat.jpg

PIGS KNUCKLES RADIO:

3/20 0156 6925/U; Sign on w/White Horse - Laid Back, A virus takes
     hold, silly voice, The mighty Quinn, Pigs Knuckles does intro
     & talks a while into a program of a song then some talk & ano-
     ther song. Music included The Banana song, Seminole Wind -
     John Anderson & Rumble. Link Wray. Off 0232. Fair (Taylor – Wi)
 
RADIO AZTECA via North American Pirate Relay Service

3/28 0229-0332 6935/AM (S9 with the AB1KW KiwiSDR)
     0229 UTC-Bram Stoker speaking; 0232 UTC-OFF (Bandura)

RADIO FLUFFERNUT via North American Pirate Relay Service:

3/25 0311-0426 6935/AM; (S7 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR)
     0311 UTC-Music; 0313 UTC-OFF mid song; 0325 UTC-Back on,
     music; 0331 UTC-NAPRS ID; 0331 UTC-Scottie 1 SSTV;
     0345 UTC-Everything Counts by Depeche Mode; 0346 UTC
     North American Pirate Relay Service ID; 0346 UTC-Scottie
     1 SSTV; 0348 UTC-YL ID (can’t understand), mail address
     in Ontario, talking about the music, ID; 0349 UTC-London
     Calling by The Clash; 0352 UTC-The Guns of Brixton by
     The Clash; 0355 UTC-Radio Fluffernut ID, talking about
     the music; 0355 UTC-Unknown Music; 0359 UTC-Unknown
     Music; 0402 UTC-ID, going to play two songs from 1974;
     0403 UTC-Unknown Music; 0409 UTC-ID, mailing address,
     list of songs coming up; 0410 UTC-Unknown Music; 0414
     UTC-Next Unknown Music; 0417 UTC-ID, going to sign off,
     address; 0417 UTC-Unknown Music; 0421 UTC-Two people
     talking about radio, song about radio; 0422 UTC-NAPRS
     ID and email; 0422 UTC-Scottie DX SSTV; 0426 UTC-OFF
     (Bandura)

RADIO FLUFFERNUT via North American Pirate Relay Service:

3/25 0311-0426 6935/AM; (S7 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR)
     0311 UTC-Music; 0313 UTC-OFF mid song; 0325 UTC-Back on,
     music; 0331 UTC-NAPRS ID; 0331 UTC-Scottie 1 SSTV;
     0345 UTC-Everything Counts by Depeche Mode; 0346 UTC
     North American Pirate Relay Service ID; 0346 UTC-Scottie
     1 SSTV; 0348 UTC-YL ID (can’t understand), mail address
     in Ontario, talking about the music, ID; 0349 UTC-London
     Calling by The Clash; 0352 UTC-The Guns of Brixton by
     The Clash; 0355 UTC-Radio Fluffernut ID, talking about
     the music; 0355 UTC-Unknown Music; 0359 UTC-Unknown
     Music; 0402 UTC-ID, going to play two songs from 1974;
     0403 UTC-Unknown Music; 0409 UTC-ID, mailing address,
     list of songs coming up; 0410 UTC-Unknown Music; 0414
     UTC-Next Unknown Music; 0417 UTC-ID, going to sign off,
     address; 0417 UTC-Unknown Music; 0421 UTC-Two people
     talking about radio, song about radio; 0422 UTC-NAPRS
     ID and email; 0422 UTC-Scottie DX SSTV; 0426 UTC-OFF
     (Bandura)

3/26 2338-0029* 6919.7/AM; Carrier appeared & @2339 there was
     an ID for NAPRS then for Fluffernut. General noise &
     storm pops made listening difficult & affected the
     decoding of some SSTV @2349. Closing SSTV in Scottie DX
     for NAPRS was of very poor received quality. Carrier
     disappeared after the NAPRS SSTV. (Generally unusable,
     Hunsicker, PA) [See Commentarios at the bottom]

RADIO FREE WHATEVER:

3/25 2051-2152 6935/U; Program in progress with electronic
     music, then the RFW anthem & Dick Weed’s inimitable
     voice.  (35433, Hunsicker, PA) 
3/25 2138 6950/U; DJ Dickweed with a program of Indy music & chat
     with either a chat break or a prepared ID between nearly
     every song. Music included Your Love - Squirrel Power, Gimme
     Something - LARRYS & You make me feel good – TTRRUUCES. Went
     off about 0030. Started out barely audible & came up to Good
     as the evening went on. (Taylor – Wi)
3/5 2232 6950/U; ID & music. SIO=353+ (Frodge-MI)
3/25-26, 2240 6950/U; on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 signal,
     pop tune playing, @2344 RFW ID, pop tune, @2351 DJ Dick
     Weed read my name from HFU post, off @0027 3/26. Thanks
     for the nice program. (Hassig-IL)
3/25 2243-2244 6950/U; (S9+30 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR);
     2243 UTC-RFW ID; 2244 UTC-Smog by Indigo De Souza
     (Bandura)

RADIO VOSTOCHNAYA  ZVEZDA:

3/27 2132 7325/U (S3 with the KFS SE KiwiSDR)
     2132 UTC-Pop Music (Bandura)
3/28 0630 7325/U; S4/S5 pop music vs S8/S5 storm noise level
     direct; lower level modulation also when tuned to 7325 LSB.
     Checking since on WOR iog the Russian ethnic pirate from NV?
     has been reported here, ex 4015 USB. That is, восточная
     звезда or if your display can`t handle Cyrillic, Vostochnaya
     Zvezda = Eastern Star, presumably nothing to do with an Amer-
     ican women`s Christian group, but no ID heard by me.

     First reported by Ron Howard on March 27: ``UNID. 7325-USB,
     0956-0957 UT. I often check this frequency in the hope that
     Wantok Radio Light (PNG) will reactivate, but I never heard
     anything before 0957, so I was very surprised to hear a sta-
     tion only in USB, playing a pop song till totally blocked by
     the start of CRI at *0957. Is this a pirate or what? My audio
     [app.box.com] Ron
     California``

     Lucas Bandura, BC, replied at 2130: ``Ron, I reposted your
     7325 USB log on the HFU in case anyone there would know any-
     thing about it or stay up late enough to check. Big Badfish
     Al wrote: “Vostochnaya Zvezda most likely since they are no
     longer on 4015 USB and had the same playlist.”``

     Lucas at 2135: ``I am listening on the KFS SE KiwiSDR now,
     good S3. Much better frequency than 4015! Listeners outside
     of the US Southwest might have a chance at hearing it now, we
     will see when night comes. On 4015 it could not be heard at
     any SDR sites during the day.``

     Walt Salmaniw, BC, replied: ``Hopefully a much better choice
     as 4015 barely made it to Masset. I’d like to see a daytime
     frequency as well!73, Walt``

     Lucas replied at 2148 March 27: ``Token in California on the
     HFU reported hearing YHWH on 11560 AM three times during his
     first week of being active in 2023 but I have been checking
     that frequency daily and heard only legal stations. I will ask
     Token sometime if he has heard him there since. A daytime fre-
     quency would be great for VZ. I am guessing he is much like the
     Northeast pirates; they use NVIS antennas and don’t really care
     if they make it outside their region since that is outside
     their target area.``

     Ron Howard at 2309 UT March 27: ``Thanks very much to Amano
     for his input regarding my 7325-USB (Vostochnaya Zvezda [Eas-
     tern Star]) reception, after he listened to my audio. Ron:
     "00:00-01:25[on my audio clip], this song is Russian popular
     music. Магнитная Aномалия Алло Стелла. “Magnetic Anomaly“ by
     Allo Stella. YouTube - [youtu.be] .
     Amano, Saitama, Japan"``

     Walt: ``Yes, exactly the same. The childish voice at 04:14 is
     the same as heard on 4015, and also the clips that Lucas pro-
     vided earlier. I can't make out what the child says at all.
     Shazam also isn't able to ID any of the music played in the
     last 10 minutes or so.``

     At 0437 March 28, from Lucas Bandura, BC: ``Very, very weak here
     at 0330 UT. As Walt said the same child voice in a non-English
     language is heard and the music format is the same. No identi-
     fications over about an hour of listening. The audio is still
     restricted to 2.5 kHz but the bad splatter can be seen on the
     KFS SE KiwiSDR when the signal gets up to S9+10. The splatter
     covers about 7320-7330 kHz. A bit distorted so I think he needs
     to turn the audio input down.``

     Gary Pence to the WOR iog at 0351: ``EX station 4015 khz is on
     right now On 7325 khz USB S7-S9 KPH Point Reyes, California ---
     Hi Glenn, also heard same signal profile on S. Nev. Radio Ranch.
     Got to be the same guy that was on 4015 khz``

     Salmaniw at 0448: ``Not a great frequency, especially due to the
     splatter from very powerful 7335 which is Radio Martí? Best to
     head lower by 10 or 50 kHz, or higher somewhere. Walt``

     Bandura at 0455: ``Yes, 7335 is Radio Martí. I agree that he
     could find a better frequency, but at least it’s a huge
     improvement over 4015 USB.``

     Bandura at 0632: ``He is now being heard fairly strong across
     North America, but the Radio Martí slop is really bad.``

     And Bandura at 0700: ``I have created a new page on the HFU
     Wiki for this station: [www.hfunderground.com]
     index.php/Vostochnaya_Zvezda Anyone with an account on the HFU
     can edit the wiki or you can post information that should be
     added to the page and I will add it.``

     Other logs of 7325:
     www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,111848.0.html
     www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,111839.0.html
     www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,111867.0.html

     Dan Robinson reports 7325 on the WOR iog at 2119 UT March 28:
     ``Listening at Stauffer, CA SDR, hearing it with music as of
     2011 UTC. "You are listening to Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda.
     Thank you for..." at 2019 UTC [sic]`` (Glenn Hauser, OK)
3/29 0000-0556 7325/U/L/FM (S7 with the KFS SE KiwiSDR)
     0000 UTC-Music; 0546 UTC-Switched to LSB; 0556 UTC
     Switched to FM (Bandura)
3/30 0000 7325/FM (S9 on KFS SE KiwiSDR as of 0300 UTC)
     0000 UTC-Music (Bandura)

VOICE of LARYNGITIS via North American Pirate Relay Service:

3/26 1154-1323* 6935/AM; Carrier appeared @1154 with no
     audio. @1159 two men talked about radio followed by many
     promos for the concept of radio. Then a series of arti-
     cles  Poor reception for the entire broadcast. Also the
     audio was muddled/distorted. Closed with an ID for NAPRS
     in Scottie DX. 6000 Hz sounded okay (25332 Hunsicker, PA)

WBOG:

3/24 2341 6874.1/AM; tried Brookfield WI sdr & saw weak carrier
     on waterfall. @2343 tried Traverse City MI sdr with S9+10
     signal & barely hear audio under the noise, @2355 clobbered
     by wideband data signal. (Hassig-IL)

WMPQ:

3/20 0302 6925/U; Light vocals & bagpipes alternated then into
     a program of non - English songs, voice clips & SSTV IDs.
     Fair. (Taylor – Wi)

YHWH:
3/25 0314 7475/AM; on northern Utah sdr with fair to poor S7
     to S9+10 signal, tinny audio, preacher ranting about some-
     thing or other. (Hassig-IL)
3/25 0324 7475/AM; (S9+10 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR)
     Josiah preaching (Bandura)
3/26 0245-0308 7475/AM; (S9+10 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR)
     Josiah preaching; 0308 UTC-GONE (Bandura)
3/27 0215-0310 7475/AM; (S9+10 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR)
     0215 UTC-Josiah preaching; 0307 UTC-Days of Hard Life
     by Lace; 0310 UTC-OFF with no talk (Bandura)
3/28 0238 7474.89/AM; (S9+30 with the KFS SE KiwiSDR)
     Josiah preaching (Bandura)
3/30 0242-0302 7475/AM; (S9+10 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR)
     0242 UTC-Josiah preaching; 0259 UTC-Speech cut off,
     silence; 0300 UTC-Josiah on the mic with live sign
     off; 0302 UTC-OFF (Bandura)

UNIDs:

3/22 0222 6950/U; Light vocal, faded to barely audible. Faded
     back up @0242 with techno. 0244 abruptly jumped to 6925 AM,
     continuing with same techno song, occasionally OM speaks
     however so far down and soft, can't make out what he is
     saying. 6925 AM was 34343. (Taylor – Wi)
3/22 0308 6930/U; Blues/Rock, synth YL “No rules. No Direction.
     No protocol” into a program of hard rock. Likely Outhouse
     Radio from the YL. Fair (Taylor – Wi)
3/25 2201-2208 6925/AM; Carrier appeared, then Eye of the Tiger
     @2203 then Danger Zone. 8500 Hz! (45444, Hunsicker PA)
3/26 1347-1413* 6925/AM; Carrier appeared without audio @1347.
     Eye of the Tiger started @1352, then Danger Zone, Hooked
     on a Feeling, Holiday & others. Audio cut in & out after
     1410. Carrier disappeared @1413. (35453, Hunsicker, PA)
3/26 1458-1520* 6925/AM; Carrier appeared, shortly followed by
     Danger Zone. Then, Eye of the Tiger. This sequence was
     repeated several times. Occasionally the carrier disap-
     peared (for seven minutes starting @1503 & @1519 for some
     tens of seconds) Someone sorting something out, I think.
     (25342, Hunsicker, PA)
3/26 1838-1901 12230/U; (S7 with the KX4AZ KiwiSDR)
     1838 UTC-Shout by Tears for Fears; 1841 UTC-Unknown Music;
     1844 UTC-Casey Jones by Grateful Dead; 1848 UTC-Jerry Was
     a Race Car Driver by Primus; 1851 UTC-White Room by Cream;
     1856 UTC-Minute By Minute by The Doobie Brothers; 1859 UTC
     Summer Of '69 by Bryan Adams; 1901 UTC-OFF mid song
     (Bandura)
3/27 1803-1815 6925/AM; Good Times Radio? (S9+20 with the K3FEF
     KiwiSDR); 1803 UTC-Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas’ 1808
     Point of Know Return by Kansas; 1811 UTC-Fight Fire with
     Fire by Kansas; 1815 UTC-OFF (Bandura)
3/27 2251-2303:57*, 6925/U; Glen Campbell ditties; squeaky voice
     ancr; off w/o ID. SIO=253 (Frodge-MI)
3/28 0130 6974.908/AM; JBA music, S8/S9, Also unID here, believe
     subject line misdated 27 Mar: [www.hfunderground.com]
     board/index.php/topic,111858.0.html since on Mar 28 logs
     are called ``today`` (Glenn Hauser, OK)


3/28 0023-0041+ 6974.88/AM; Hard rock; no iD offered;another
     zzzzzz music pirate. S8 (Frodge-MI)

 
      =+=+=+=+= South American Stations/Relays =+=+=+=+=

RADIO FREE GOSPEL DO CEARA:

3/25 2157-2200 2005.94/AM (S7 with Caruaru, Brazil KiwiSDR)
     2157 UTC-Ele Continua Sendo Bom (feat. Marcela Tais) by
     Paulo César Baruk; 2158 UTC-Unknown Music (Bandura)
AD149 RADIO
3/27 2236-2243 6934.89/AM (S9+20 with the LU1HCW KiwiSDR)
     2236 UTC-Music; 2237 UTC-Silence; 2238 UTC-Mega Genux
     (feat. El Franko Dj) by Kevo DJ; 2241 UTC-Párate Y Mira
     by Los Pericos; 2243 UTC-Toco y Me Voy by Bersuit Ver-
     garabat (Bandura)

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Sordid Logs:

----- 3/25

0055-0145  Ball Smacker Radio, 6960/AM
0311-0426  Radio Fluffernut, 6935/AM
0301-0411  Outhouse Radio, 6925/U
0314-0324  YHWH,7475/AM
2051-2400  Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U (cintinued to 3.26)
2055-2103  77 Lima Juliet Serra, 6925/U
2100-2155  Nuttin’ on Shortwave, 6935/U
2157-2200  Radio Free Gospel do Ceara, 2005.94/AM
2201-2208  UNID, 6925/AM

----- 3/26

0000-0027  Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U (continued from 3/25)
0027-0209  Outhouse Radio, 6955/U
0245-0308  YHWH, 7475/AM
1154-1323  Voice of Laryngitis, 6935/AM
1347-1413  UNID, 6925/AM
1458-1520  UNID, 6925/AM
1838-1901  UNID, 12230/U
1921-1938  Good Times Radio, 6925/AM
2005-2108  Ion Radio, 6949.74/AM
2035-2038  77 Lima Juliet Serra, 6925/U
2331-2359  Mystery Science Radio, 6924.98/U
2338-2400  Radio Fluffernut, 6919.7/AM (continued to 3/27)
2353-2400  Insane Radio 6949.7/AM (continued to 3/27)

----- 3/27

0000-0029  Radio Fluffernut, 6919.7/AM (continued from 3/26)
0000-0105  Insane Radio, 6950/AM (continued from 3/26)
0110-0120  Pigmeat’s Purple Drink Radio, 6955/U
0215-0310  YHWH, 7475/AM
1803-1815  UNID, 6925/AM
2132       Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda, 7325/U
2236-2243  AD149 Radio, 6934.89/AM
2251-2304  UNID, 6925/U

----- 3/28

0023-0041  UNID 6974.88/AM
0130       UNID, 6974.908/AM
0229-0332  Radio Azteca, 6935/AM
0238       YHWH, 7474.89/AM
0630       Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda, 7325/U
2022-2113  Ion Radio, 6949.74/AM

----- 3/29

0000-0556  Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda, 7325/U/L/FM
0010-0140  Anarchy One, 6935/AM
0242-0302  YHWH, 7475/AM
0431-0552  Hambone Radio,  7285/AM

----- 3/30

0000       Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda, 7325/FM

----- 3/31

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COMMENTARIOS

Ron Hunsicker: Many operators send SSTV images for fun, to
serve as an ID, and as a QSL.  Scottie 1 and Scottie 2, along
with Martin 1, are favored modes.  These modes tend to suffer,
however, in poor conditions.  Last weekend, NAPRS sent an ID
at the end of a relay broadcast of the Voice of Laryngitis in
Scottie DX, a much slower mode than Scottie 1 and 2, with, it
appears, much greater error correction.  During a broadcast
when overall merit vacillated between “Poor” and “Unusable,”
the image, while still lousy, provided the needed information.
The trade-off is longer image transmission times—twice as long
or more.

Some months ago, one of the operators sent several images in
Scottie 1 and feedback via the HFU was that they were unusable
or nearly so.  The final image, in Scottie DX, was fair to good
and easily readable.

The NAPRS image in Scottie DX on a lousy day for listening:

Hunsicker.png

--997’s, HF