Free Radio Weekly #1308

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1308                          .-.
Covering Logs from 10 thru 16-April-2021       (0.0)
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EDITOR THIS WEEK: Harold Frodge              .='`"``=.

FRW No. MCCCVIII for all you Roman Pirate Enthusiasts.

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

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Our Contributors...a bunch that knows how to make good use of
free time.

Harold Frodge, Midland MI
William Hassig, Barrington Hills IL & Dixon IL remote rcvrs,
     williamhassig@yahoo.com
Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, wghauser@yahoo.com
Greg Majewski, CT
Mark Taylor, Madison WI
Larry Will, Mount Airy, MD Tecsun PL-880, Grundig Satellit
     6001, Icom IC-R-75 + various random wires & dipoles

Thank you for sharing!

Did the rest of y’all hear anything that would help with the
UNIDs or not reported here?

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NEWS: Brother Stair is still dead despite what you hear on the
radio.

OUR EDITORIAL POLICY:  What editorial policy?  Just send your
stuff in, we'll handle the rest.

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THE LOGS

(p) means presumed

      =+=+=+=+= North American Stations/Relays =+=+=+=+=

BALL SMACKER RADIO

4/10, 0059, 6960/AM. Piano IS, 0100 ID into a program starting
      with a mellow instr’l with periodic ID’s. I didn’t stay
      with it long enough to figure out the theme. Poor–fair
      (Taylor – Wi)
4/10, 0218-0222+, 6960/AM; Female, lady woman ID with bowling
      pin strike into rock ditty. SIO=4+53+ (Frodge-MI)
4/10, 0404-0410+, 4030/U; Variety tunes, jazz & rock; ID w/
      pin crash; SIO=4+44- w/trill burst QRM (Frodge-MI)

BROWNIE RADIO

4/14, 0002-0010+, 6955/U; Pop ditties; ID & TC @0008; said
      nothing posted on the HFU; he obviously didn’t check the
      Free Radio Net. Hiss QRM, SIO=3+33 (Frodge-MI)

FOX relay (p)

4/15, 2042, 6970/AM; Commentary @QRN level. (Frodge-MI)

KDOG (See Outhouse Radio/KDOG)

MIX RADIO INT’L

4/10, 2041, 6890/U; upbeat jazzy music. s5 and steady. 2044,
      music, Lilac Lane by Acoustic Alchemy. Signal improved
      to s15/s20. ID by robot female, "You are listening to
      Mix Radio International" @2048. (Will-MD)
4/10, 2115-2118+, 6890/U; Cool jazz ditty at tune-in. SIO=3+53+
      ID per cosmikdebris post on the Free Radio Net (Frodge-MI)
4/10, 2252, 6885/U; Barrington Hills IL sdr, good signal, hear
      nice instrumental tune, also good on Dixon IL sdr (storms
      in area so I'm not using home eq) @2301 another nice
      instrumental tune, at 2313 slow jazzy version of Wichita
      lineman, @2318 MRI ID then another easy jazz tune, still
      on with nice easy jazz @0024. Thanks for the music.
      (Hassig-IL)
4/10-11, 2343-0035, 6885/U; Bold signal! 55555! Lots of music.
      (Hunsicker, PA)
4/10, 2344, 6885/U. Mostly instr’l music of several genres
      including contemporary dance music, conceptual & jazz
      with periodic ID’s such as @0132. Went off about 0145.
      (Taylor – Wi)
4/10, 2310-2312+, 6885/U; Cool jazz again at tune-in. SIO=3+54
      (Frodge-MI)
4/11, 0000, 6885/U; pirate music at S9, tnx to tip from Mickey
      Delmage in AB and Harold Frodge in MI; 0014 ``You are
      listening to MRI, Mix Radio International`` into YL
      cover of Wichita Lineman, certainly not Glen Campbell;
      0020 another announcement, echoey about requests? but I
      was distracted. LOTS of logs here, apparently has been on
      all day since 1537 April 10, first on 6890-USB https://
      www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80142.0.html
      Well heard even in the daytime as far as Alberta & BC.
      As for Wichita Lineman, one logger says it`s by Paula
      West. I/we always assumed this was about the city of
      Wichita, Kansas, but wait, if she`s a lineman for the
      county, that would be Sedgwick Lineman. But wait2, there
      is a Wichita county in Kansas, west central, tiny popu-
      lation of about 2K. But wait3, there is one other Wichita
      County, the one in Texas around Wichita Falls, 200+K. Not
      to be confused with Washita, 11K in Oklahoma; or Ouachita,
      26K in Arkansas. I am not the only one questioning this
      song: [americansongwriter.com]
      wichita-lineman-behind-the-song/  Peter B., about a year
      ago: ``I like this song a lot but the lyrics don’t make
      any sense. He’s searching for an overload? What does that
      mean? Jimmy has said this was about telephone lines but
      when a phone network becomes overloaded, it doesn’t hap-
      pen out on the lines, it happens back at the phone com-
      pany. There’s nothing a lineman can do to fix it. And why
      does he work for the county and not the phone company?
      And if he works for the county, why is he naming himself
      after a city? He’s apparently way out in the middle of
      nowhere but calls himself the Wichita lineman. And what
      kind of strain do you get from snow? Enough snow with
      wind will cause lines to come down but is there a par-
      ticular section he knows about that’s prone to this (and
      not the rest of the network)? And while the line “And I
      need you more than want you” is interesting, it is far
      from romantic. Very confusing. Much more: [www].
      bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40861326 (G. Hauser, OK)

MUSHROOM RADIO

4/11, 2319-2333*, 6930/U;  Started with Black Betty, Hogan's
      Heroes Theme, Hawaii F-0 Theme & another. (35443,
      Hunsicker, PA)
4/11, 2328, 6930/U; on both Dixon IL & Barrington Hills IL
      sdr's, weak signal, a bit off freq, music from a big
      movie of some kind. (Hassig-IL)

OUTHOUSE RADIO

4/10, 0124, 6930/U. A sketch, SSTV (wide eyed cat with “WTF is
      this” then facing the other direction with “WTF was that”)
      into sketch, 0133 ID into a program of music, sketches &
      ID's, SSTV (Outhouse's avatar) off. Fair (Taylor – Wi)

OUTHOUSE RADIO/KDOG

4/11, 0005-0053, 6935/U; Rock music & SSTV transmissions (six)
      in Scottie 2. Rocky & Bullwinkle sell rubbers. (35453,
      Hunsicker, PA)
4/11, 0006, 6935/U. Riotous hard rock, SSTV (Blond woman in
      short T shirt with Covid mask & sun glasses,) KDOG ID,
      Rocky & Bullwinkle story, SSTV (“KDOG,”) hard rock, SSTV
      (2 whippets, 1st plan with “Whippet” under it, 2nd with
      a knit cap & “Whippet good”) into Whip It, SSTV (cartoon
      woman sweating & distressed “There has to be a simple
      explanation!!”) hard rock into “There is no need to fear.
      Underdog is here.” Into Underdog theme, SSTV (Underdog)
      Outhouse repeating the Underdog theme & welcome into other
      music with joint KDOG-Outhouse ID’s with Low Rider,
      “Outhouse Radio-KDOG,” off 0129. Good to very good
      signal.  Outhouse’s usual fun program. (Taylor – Wi)
4/11, 0025, 6935/U; Barrington Hills IL sdr, good signal,
      (not using my eq due to storms) hear what sounds like
      Urban Contemporary tune, @0027 SSTV/FAX, music, another
      SSTV/FAX @0031, heavy metal rock, SSTV/FAX @0053.
      (Hassig-IL)
4/11, 0124-0128:37*, 6935/U; Gruff-voiced op w/chatter & Out-
      house ID into Low Rider. SIO=453 Apparently a “dual”
      b’cast per posts. (Frodge-MI)

PEE WEE

4/11-12, 2234-0004, 6925/U. Left it running @2234 & in the mor-
      ning found that MMSSTV had collected five images B/W 8 &
      SC2 60. One IDed as Pee Wee. Operator might have some
      affection for the Oberlin College Squirrels. (Hunsicker, PA)
4/11, 2322, 6925/U; on both Dixon IL and Barrington Hills IL
      sdr's, fair signal, hear house or dance music, SSTV/FAX
      @2327. (Hassig-IL)

SYCKO RADIO

4/11, 1532-1619*, 6930/U/AM; USB marginal, but never heard the
      AM part of the broadcast although there was a robust
      carrier. Changed from USB to AM @1548. (At best 35342,
      Hunsicker, PA)   

TWO DOG RADIO

4/9, 0150, 6930/U. Hard rock fading in & out until signal came
     up @0255 with several ID’s & talk with more rock, 0204
     ID into a program of rock music with talk at breaks. Still
     going #0227 when I pulled the plug.  (Taylor – Wi)

WDOG

4/10-11, 2335-0030, 6925/U; show of music for a fantasy album
      that would have come out after the Beatles broke up.
      Nice show with Don't  come easy, Jealous Guy, Instant
      Karma, All Things must pass and others. Gave ID @2344
      (barking dog), 0001 (barking dog) & voice 0016. Fair to
      Good (Majewski CT)
4/10-11, 2337, 6925/U. Program of Beatles songs both together &
      separately with periodic ID’s such as @0004. Fair with
      some fading at the beginning, which improved to all fair
      (Taylor – Wi)
4/10-11, 2346-0030*, 6925/U; Bold signal. Howling dogs (of
      course), George Harrison & others (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

WTF RADIO INT’L

4/10, 0003-0018+, 6930/U; Odd rock ditty at tune-in into much
      more mellow Rainy Night in Georgia, then rousing Hawaii
      5-0 theme. I detect a state theme. Tune about Idaho from
      the B-52s; CCR Lookin’ Out My Back Door--Illinois. Ancr
      intro’d state before each ditty. ID @0017 into Indiana
      Wants Me. SIO=454 (Frodge-MI)
4/10, 0007, 6930/U. Rainy night in Georgia, Hawaii 5-0 theme,
      “W T F,” into a program of music with state names inclu-
      ding Indiana wants me, Kentucky woman, etc. Poor impro-
      ving to fair. No Wisconsin song heard although I was in
      & out of the room & listening to other stations.
      (Taylor – Wi)

XFM

4/16, 2344-2351+, 5185/AM; Lotsa DJ chatter; XFMshortwave@
      gmail.com. SIO=3+33- peaks w/grinder QRM (Frodge-MI)

UNIDs

4/10, 0027, 6925/U. Variety of rock instr’ls & other more
      mellow instr’ls. Good (Taylor – Wi)
4/10, 0057-0117, 6925/U; Instr’l music. Either the same selec-
      tion or very similar pieces. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)
4/10, 0100-0117, 6960/AM; Very faint music and very noisy.
      Carrier 15 to 20 dB over the noise, but I could not hear
      anything.  (Hunsicker, PA) [Ball Smacker]
4/10, 1812-1849, 6890/U; MOR music at 45544 but with very deep
      fades. All instr’l music. Never heard an ID  (45544,
      Hunsicker, PA) [Probably Mix Radio Int’l]
4/13, 0039-0047, 6955/U; Rap music, but almost completely
      unusable. (25341, Hunsicker, PA)
4/15, 0020-0036:48*, 6931.3/AM; Spooky music; 0024 book review
      The Wreck of the Titanic into a drama about the sinking
      of the Titanic w/lotsa CW. SIO=3+33- peaks w/buzz &
      blaat burst QRM. (Frodge-MI)
4/16, 2327-2334:13*, 6960/U; KIPMish ethereal music with goose
      sfx at tune-in; garbled ID? @2328 to "Welcome to Nebraska"
      into NE tune, then “Nevada” tune.  Off/on problems starting
      about 2331 & off abruptly in Mid-Nevada tune.  Maybe WTF
      again with another state theme pgm, or maybe a repeat.
      SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)

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UNIDs

4/11, 2152-2319, 6985/AM; Likely The Vault; Faint rock
      music which did not rise above faint with different
      antennas & different modes. (Hunsicker, PA)
4/16, 2351, 6985/AM; Weak music; probably The Vault, Euro-
      pirate. (Frodge-MI)

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Sordid Logs:

----- 4/10

0003-0018  WTF Radio Int’l, 6930/U
0027-0117  UNID, 6925/U
0059-0212  Ball Smacker Radio, 6960/AM
0124-0133  Outhouse Radio, 6930/U
0404-0410  Ball Smacker Radio, 4030/U
1812-1849  UNID, 6890/U
2041-2118  Mix Radio Int’l, 6890/U (moved to 6885 later)
2252-2400  Mix Radio Int’l, 6885/U (continued to 4/11)
2335-2400  WDOG, 6925/U (continued to 4/11)

----- 4/11

0000-0030  WDOG, 6925/U (continued from 4/10)
0000-0145  Mix Radio Int’l, 6885/U (continued from 4/10)
0005-0129  Outhouse Radio/KDOG, 6935/U
1532-1619  Sycko Radio, 6930/U/AM;
2152-2319  The Vault (p), 6985/AM
2234-2400  Pee Wee, 6925/U (continued to 4/12)
2319-2333  Mushroom Radio, 6930/U

----- 4/12

0000-0004  Pee Wee, 6925/U (continued from 4/11)

----- 4/13

0039-0047  UNID, 6955/U

----- 4/14

0002-0010  Brownie Radio, 6955/U

----- 4/15

0020-0037  UNID, 6931.3/AM
2042       Fox relay (p), 6970/AM

----- 4/16

2327-2334  UNID, 6960/U
2344-2351  XFM, 5185/AM
2351       The Vault (p), 6985/AM

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QSLs:

A kind thank-you from Radio Mushroom in response to an emailed
report. (Hunsicker, PA)

Recently reported e-mail addresses (Some are recent relays of
old programs & may not be valid.)

Ball Smacker Radio     ballsmacker@protonmail.com (2021)
The Beginning          thebeginning6965@gmail.com (2021)
Big Johnson Radio      bigjohnsonradio@gmail.com
Brocket 99             brocket99shortwave@gmail.com
Captain Morgan SW      captainmorganshortwave@gmail.com (2021)
CBZO                   krakerradio@pmlol.com
Celtic Music Radio     irelandfreeradio@gmail.com
Channel Z              channelzradio@gmail.com
Charleston Radio Int’l charlestonradiointernational@yahoo.com
Cool AM Radio          CoolAMRadio@hotmail.com (2020)
Cupid Radio            cupidradio@hotmail.com
CYOT                   cyotshortwave@gmail.com
Electric Circus        theelectriccircusshortwave@gmail.com
Enterprise Radio (Italy) enterpriseradio@hotmail.com
Flashback AM           flashbackam@outlook.com
FoxyAM                 FoxyAM@protonmail.com
Green Monster Radio    greenmonsterradio@gmail.com
Howdy Doody Radio      howdydoodyradio@gmail.com
Io Radio               ionradioshortwave@gmail.com
Laser Hot Hits         studio@laserhothits.co.uk
Key Radio              keyradioam@gmail.com
KR1                    info@kennemeradio1.nl
Mike Radio (Netherlands) mikeradio@live.nl
Mix Radio Int’l        Mix.Radio.International@protonmail.com
Movie Clip Radio       MovieClipRadio@gmail.com
Mystery Radio          radio21@gmail.com
Network 51             network51pirateradio@gmail.com
Nowhere Radio          nowhere.radio@yahoo.com
Panda Radio (Euro)     pandaswradio@gmail.com
Pandora Radio          pandoraradio@hotmail.com
Pioneer Radio (Euro)   PioneerAM@gmail.com (2021)
Radio 37 (Denmark)     qsl@radio37.dk
Radio 48               radio48@protonmail.com
Radio 60 (Euro)        erdenman@gmx.de
Radio 319              319report@gmail.com (2021)
Radio Casa             radiocasaam@gmail.com
Radio Corsair          radiocorsair@protonmail.com
Radio Cuckoo (Ireland) radiocuckoo@yahoo.com
Radio Delta            radiodelta6925@gmail.com
Radio Dummy Load       radiodummyload@gmx.net
Radio Diana Int’l      radio.doanainternational@protonmail.com
Radio Enterhaken (Euro) enterhaken@dmx.de
Radio Europe (Euro)    radioeurope@iol.it
Radio Free Mars        radiofreemars@gmail.com (obsolete?)
Radio Free USA         RadioFreeUSAPirate@gmail.com
Radio Harmony          harmonyqrz@gmail.com
Radio Humperdoo        drunkenradiopirate@gmail.com
Radio Igloo            radioigloo@gmail.com
Radio Jan van Gent (Euro) radiojanvangent@gmail.com
Radio Joey (Euro)      radiojoey@hotmail.com
Radio Mushroom         radiomushroom@gmail.com
Radio Northern Europe Int’l tgwtr@protonmail.com
Radio Nova (N.American) radionovausa2020@gmail.com (2020)
Radio Nova (Euro)      shortwaveradionova@gmail.com
Radio Olah             radioolah@gmail.com
Radio Piepzendar       radioqsl@hotmail.com
Radio Truth Int’l      trlinternational@protonmail.com
Radio Waves Int’l      rwaves@free.fr
Rebel Radio (Euro)     rebel.se@hotmail.com
Recycle Radio          recycleradioshortwave@gmail.com
Reggae Radio           raggaeradio@mx.net
Rock-It Radio          rockitradio@netzero.net
Sloppy Joe Radio       sloppyjoeirate@gmail.com
Space Shuttle Radio    spaceshuttleradio@yahoo.com
Speedwing Radio        speedwingradio@gmax.net
Tater Patch Radio      taterpatchradio@taterpatchradio.com (2020)
Technical Man (Euro)   technicalman@hotmail.nl
Texas Radio Shortwave  texasradiosw@gmail.com
Toynbee Radio          toynbeeradio@gmail.com
Truth Radio Int’l      TRLInternational@protnmail.com (2021)
Two Dog Radio          twodogradio@gmail.com (2021)
The Vault (Euro)       vaultshortwave@mail.com (2021)
Voice of Oz            thefoxsw@aol.com
Voice of Pearl Harbor  voiceofpearlharbor@gmail.com
Voice of Uncle Don     thevoiceofuncledon@gmail.com
Voice of Weird Al      voiceofweidal@gmail.com
WDDR Drunken DJ Radio  drunkenradiopirate@gmail.com
WEAK                   WEAKradio@gmail.com
WLG We Love Girls      stationWLG@gmail.com
WREC Radio Free East Coast WRECradio@gmail.com
XFM                    xfmshortwave@gmail.com (2021)
Zeppelin Radio         zeppelinradiosw@yahoo.com

Latest update: 16-April-2021