Free Radio Weekly #1306

Free Radio Weekly #1306, Saturday, April 3, 2021
Covering free radio activity from March 27-April 2, 2021

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 inputs!


== FRW editors ==

Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)
Dave Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)
Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

FRW 1306 - April 3 - Larry
FRW 1307 - April 10 - Dave
FRW 1308 - April 17 - Harold


== Contributors ==

Harold Frodge
5525 Whitehall St.
Midland MI 48642-3156
Drake R8B + 185' RW

Glenn Hauser
P O Box 1684
Enid OK 73702
wghauser@yahoo.com
P- or E-QSLs welcomed
NRD-545 with ALA-330S, IC-R75, PL-880, random wires

William Hassig
williamhassig@yahoo.com

Ron Hunsicker
1238 Cleveland Avenue
Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102
610-478-0371
ronhunsi at ptd dot net

Edward Kusalik
Daysland, Alberta

Greg Majewski
Equipment used: an old Eton E1XM with MFJ 1310C tuned preamplifier and Air Spy You Loop

Mark Taylor
Madison, WI
Perseus, Elad FDM-SW2, Airspy HF+ dual & Discovery, various portables; W6LVP loops

Larry Will
Mount Airy, MD
Icom IC-R75, Tecsun PL-880, Grundig Sattelit 6001, G5RV dipole and various wires


== Summary ==

3/27

0027-0139 Outhouse Radio 6930usb
0056-0209 Ballsmacker Radio 6960am
0117-0120 Unid 6930usb
0215-0215 Sycko Radio 5130usb
1816-1824 Unid 6925usb
1929-1949 Unid 6930usb
2122-2132 Unid 6925usb
2143-2218 WEAK Radio 6933usb
2145-2157 WEAK 6933usb
2313-2339 Radio Mushroom 6930usb
2318-2359 WDOG 6925usb
2339-2359 WEAK Radio 6950usb

3/28

0000-0030 WEAK Radio 6950usb
0000-0210 WDOG 6925usb
0030-0030 Outhouse Radio 6930usb
0139-0139 WDOG 4060usb
2329-2341 Unid 6950.1am
2335-2342 Insane Radio 6950

3/29

0339-0339 Unid 6925usb
1611-1654 KR1 (Holland) 6285am

3/31

0022-0027 Nuttin' On Shortwave 6925am
2348-0006 The Vault 6985am

4/1

2301-2332 The Vault 6985am
2349-0011 Yeah Man Radio 6925am
2355-2357 Unid 6933usb

4/2

0042-0104 Unid 6930am
0056-0104 Unid 6933usb
2104-2117 Unid 6935usb
2117-2117 Unid 6965usb


== North American Shortwave ==

** Ballsmacker Radio

3/27, 0056-0204, 6960am. Piano IS, 0200 initial ID with bowling ball hitting pins sound effect, “Talk to me,” stinger, “Ghost Buster” theme, “Call Me,” Valerie,” ID into lots of other songs (including “Call me Al,”) with ID every 3rd song or so. 0200 ID and protonmail e mail address for eQSL, theme like music (not typical,) piano IS ending at 0204. 2 SSTV followed – both the same of Maxwell Smart talking on his shoe phonewith “email us at ballsmackerradio@protonmail.com” with thanks for listening and donations. Second was the same with “March 26, 2021 10 PM EDT 0100Z, 6960 AM” on top. Fair to good. Nice to get a complete information SSTV QSL. (Taylor – WI)

3/27, 0059, 6960am. Fair/poor with fading, hear piano instrumental, then pop/rock tune, some QRM de utility, at 0104 song "ghostbusters", at 0107 song "call me", at 0116 song "call me maybe", still on at 0204, fair sig with piano solo, SSTV/FAX at 0205. (Hassig-IL)

3/27, 0120-0124+, 6960am. Pop ditties; female, lady woman ID @0121:56 & said to check out their new web site at ballsmacker.net. SIO=453. The “000” beacon was here a little earlier. (Frodge-MI)

3/27, 0129-0209, 6960am. At 0129, S6-S8 pirate music, bet it`s Ball Smacker Radio, which with eQSL last week said they`d be back Fridays at 9 on EDT on this frequency. Pirates not usually so open about scheduling plans, but getting bolder in view of lack of FCC SW enforcement. Some rapid-clicking QRM for a minute or two until 0134. 0137 yes, B-S-R- ID by YL and QSL offer prompting guesses about the musical topic, like last week it was ``green``, but I don`t recognize any of the tunes this week until 0152, ``Who Ya Gonna Call?``, a song with spoken parts, faux phone number sounded like 1-500-989-3500. 0200 again asking for reports, signing off? Not quite, more music, then 0205 SSTV now hitting S9+10. Pause and 0207 another SSTV image ending at 0209 and carrier off at 0209.5*. Now let`s see what others reported at: [www.hfunderground.com] Keyword has been ``call`` and SSTV shows `Get Smart` with shoephone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Insane Radio

3/28, 2335-2342, 6950. A show of skits by male announcer and music. At OO41 the signal faded or went off the air. Fair signal (Majewski CT)

** Nuttin' On Shortwave

3/31, 0022-0027, 6925am. Show of rock music with an ID at 0023 by male announcer. At 0027 either faded or off Poor with QRM (Majewski CT)

** Outhouse Radio

3/27, 0026-0139*, 6930usb. Features barking dogs. Rock music and six SSTV transmissions. (35352, Hunsicker, PA)

3/27, 0027, 6930usb. Interesting jazz piano version of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Pac Man game sounds & dogs barking, pause, bit more piano music into a synth woman’s voice talking about a variety of things – although the signal was adequate the voice was mostly unintelligible – little dog barking, SSTV (Large furry white dog with his paw up – “hi”). I had to leave the room a while and came back to an SSTV broadcasting (Outhouse’s avatar with “Outhouse Radio.”) Into a long rock guitar jam with a waterfall image of the avatar at one point. Program of hard rock, ID’s by Outhouse with occasional dog barks over songs. Ending section: SSTV (6 attractive women talking in to tide from behind,) waterfall of the avatar with ”mucho loco,” SSTV (Setting sun through a single pine tree,) Bluco’s “Setting Sun” (Pee Wee’s favorite song,) ID over song, “one more,” nice electronic blues, 0139 off. (Taylor – WI)

3/27, 0036-0139, 6930usb. A show of slow scan images, barking dog, and music. At 0053, there was a song that was like that of the Allman Brothers. Male announcer was talking about Al Fansome. ID at the top of hour and 0130. Went off with a blues song. Good signal (Majewski CT)

3/28, 0030, 6930usb. Right after a 27 March WEAK Radio broadcast, an OM was kibbitzing a bit then “Outhouse Radio” and gone. (Hunsicker, PA)

** Radio Mushroom

3/27, 2313-2339*, 6930usb. Heart of Glass, Ride on Josephine. Ad for The Five Minute University. IDs and email address. SSTV ID at end of BC (35353, Hunsicker, PA)

3/27, 2318, 6930usb. 2318utc with Barrington Hills IL kiwi sdr hear male speaking under the noise with audience reaction, sounds like a comedy act, at 2320utc heard ID as Radio Mushroom, at 2330 bagpipe "music", email address radiomushroom@gmail.com also weak at Dixon IL kiwi sdr. At 2338 SSTV/FAX. (Hassig-IL)

** Sycko Radio

3/27, 0215, 5130usb. Sycko on the air, laughing and having a good time. Fair to good signal with lots of atmospheric noise. (Will-MD)

** Unid

3/27, 0117-0120+, 6930usb.Fast SSTV into spooky ditty. SIO=454 (Frodge-MI)

3/27, 1816-1824:20*, 6925usb. Warning siren from tune-in to 1820:24 C&W ditty; 1821:54 siren again to brief op anmt & off. SIO=2+42+ w/buzz burst QRM (Frodge-MI)

3/27, 1929-1949:58*, 6930usb. Cartoon bits w/Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam & Bugs Bunny; 1943 jazzy tune into old radio bits. SIO=2+53- 52 sec. after s/off, freq covered by strong hiss. No ID, bummer (Frodge-MI)

3/27, 2122-2132+, 6925usb. Off-air anmts re tornadoes in GA & Dodge City & COVID quarantine in Queensland plus warning sirens. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

3/28, 2329-2341:12*, 6950.1am. Ads & hard rock. SIO=352+, very fady (Frodge-MI)

3/29, 0339, 6925 usb. Briefly on the air with some over-modulated rock music, then a fart sound, and off suddenly. s9/s15. (Will-MD)

4/1, 2355-2357, 6933usb. Instrumental music then a data stream opened on the frequency and the broadcast ended. (Fair, Hunsicker, PA)

4/2, 0042-0104, 6930am. Instrumental music but a weak signal. Mostly unusable. After 0051 the carrier was visible on the waterfall but nothing was heard. (Hunsicker, PA)

4/2, 0056-0104, 6933usb. A male announcer, some classical music, start of a report of the German invasion of Poland, the end of the Cold War and financial times, tower clock strikes the time, another clock does the same, and another. A boy starts talking about Big Ben but a data stream begins. Then different types of data streams. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

4/2, 2104-2117+, 6935usb. Political spoof; Biden “I have more hair than anyone else.”; 2109 SSTV plus music; 2110 started getting clobbered by chatter bursts; 2113:20 varying tones plus music. SIO=333 (Frodge-MI)

4/2, 2117, 6965usb. Music below QRN level (Frodge-MI)

** WDOG

3/27, 2318-0210, 6925usb. Music, dogs barking and howling over the end of the song, ID, “My woman from Tokyo” with similar dogs from time to time. Into a program of rock music, talk and ID’s between every song, dog barks and howls over songs from time to time. Broadcast suddenly off between 0031 – 0035 then came back with same programming. Signal went from fair to fair to good before signal started deteriorating after 0035 re sign on before going off for good at 0210. (Taylor – WI)

3/27, 2349, 6925usb. With Barrington Hills IL kiwi sdr, fair/weak signal, hear song "sweet home Chicago", song "Allentown", switched to Dixon IL kiwi sdr with same fair/weak results, at 0016 "Waterloo sunset", improved to fair on Dixon IL kiwi sdr, CW ID (?) at 0019, the Doors "LA woman". (Hassig-IL)

3/28, 0015-0026, 6925usb. At 0015, dense rock music at S6-S9, 0019 overridden by surprise CW ID (or QRM?) as W#OG -- pretty sure of three letters but not the second one. And CW again a few minutes later, 0026 as music is ending, stops and apparently off. More logs here for WDOG: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

3/28, 0139, 4060usb. On Barrington Hills kiwi sdr, weak signal under the noise, hear song "Wichita lineman", switched to Dixon IL kiwi sdr, even weaker there so switched back. (Hassig-IL)

3/28, 0141-0150+, 4060usb. Wichita Lineman, Kansas City, New York New York & Sweet Home Chicago w/dog howls. SIO=4+54- (Frodge-MI)

** WEAK

3/27, 2143, 6933usb. WEAK Radio via Outhouse Radio, 2143, 3/27/21. Old WEAK program with punk rock, many ID’s and fake ads, part way through 2 SSTV from Outhouse (Dead head, space scene with “I miss WEAK Radio. Outhouse Radio”) then back to the WEAK program. Just before the end of the WEAK program at 2218 there was a waterfall image of Outhouse’s avatar. A few seconds later another waterfall image of Outhouse’s avatar. Off. Started out poor and improved to good with some deterioration to fair (QRN) near the end. (Taylor – WI)

3/27, 2145-2150+, 6933usb. Hard rock at tune-in to 2147 “WEAK” SID & “I’m a good monkey” into a monkey ditty. SIO=353 Probably not the same as the two different WEAKs operating in the early 2000s (Frodge-MI)

3/27, 2157, 6933usb. At 2157, dense pirate music, hard to pinpoint frequency with no carrier clue; soon ID as ``You are listening to one of the world`s weakest radios -- W-E-A-K``. Too modest, not so weak at S8-S9. More reports here: [www.hfunderground.com]

3/27, 2339, 6950usb. On Barrington Hills IL kiwi sdr, weak signal, heard male saying "weak radio" followed by punk rock tune, comedy ads then another punk rock tune. (Hassig-IL)

3/27, 2340-0030*, 6950usb. Strange ads for funerals, being cured by blow jobs, Chiquita banana. Oh, and music, too. (Hunsicker, PA)

3/27, 2344-0030, 6950usb. A show of punk music and lots of QRN. Male announcer with skit about home gym. Id at 0050. Played a cover of the Kraftwerk's song Pocket Calculator. Id as Weak Radio at 0028 and gave QSL information. Off at 0030. Fair to Poor signal (Majewski CT)

3/28, 0030, 6950usb. At 0030, ``Weak Radio`` IDs, the ``Radio`` repeatedly echoing, and some unreadable talk, and off. More here: [www.hfunderground.com] concluding with ``thanks for tuning in to the relay of WEAK RADIO -- Outhouse Radio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Yeah Man Radio

4/1, 2349-0011*, 6925am. Stopped in the middle of Black Magic Woman. Also played Green-Eyed Lady, Brother Louie, Slow Wine, Satisfaction, and Good Vibration. “Thirsty Thursday. (35342, Hunsicker, PA)


== European Shortwave ==

** KR1 (Holland)

3/29, 1611-1654, 6285am. KR1 (Holland) Program with golden oldies and ID’s. ID as “This is KR1 Radio..King of Shortwave from the jewel of Holland” and e-mail address for reports. This was heard via a SDR site in SW England. (Kusalik-AB)

** The Vault

I hear The Vault regularly, but not so well that I can actually ID it. If you live on the East Coast and don't have the noise that I do, I think that you might have some luck. I tried with a Wellbrook (Aimed at 50 degrees, which should be good for Ireland, the UK, Germany, and Bulgaria) and a DXE Engineering amplified vertical and it was very close to being "Poor" or "Fair." (Hunsicker, PA)

3/31, 2348-0006, 6985am. The Vault (tentative). Too faint to understand anything other than there was music and, at times, someone was talking. (Hunsicker, PA)

4/1, 2301-2332, 6985am. As reported on HFU. Never got an ID, Good Lovin’, but the rest was too weak to understand. (Hunsicker, PA)


== QSL ==

** Ballsmacker Radio

6960-AM, ``Get Smart`` shoephone eQSL for my 0129-0137 UT March 27 reception: [www.w4uvh.net]
or #118 via [www.worldofradio.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Enterprise Radio (Italy)

6285 Enterprise Radio, located in the northern part of Italy. Received a full data QSL Card with decals received via regular airmail, for my report way back in November of 2020. (Kusalik-AB)

** KR1 (Holland)

6285 AM KR1 replied within a short time (same day) with a confirmation letter/QSL and details. E-mail address for reports is: info@kr1.nl (Kusalik-AB)

** Misti Radio (Holland)

6380AM Misti Radio Hoogeveen Holland. QSL reply depicting a town in Peru with the volcano Misti in the background. Power is 15 watts, heard via SDR site in NW England. within two hours after posting my report too: misty.shortwave@gmail.com (Kusalik-AB)

** Radio Mushroom

Emailed QSL from Radio Mushroom which copied my emailed report and thanked me for listening. (Hunsicker, PA)


== Internet Resources ==

Free radio station contacts:
[sites.google.com]

The FRW on Facebook:
[www.facebook.com]

HF Underground
[www.hfunderground.com]

The FRN
[www.frn.net]


Regards, Lw



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/2021 07:29PM by cosmikdebris.