Free Radio Weekly #1310

Free Radio Weekly # 1310 – May 1, 2021

Covering Free Radio Activity from Apr 24 – Apr 30

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Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

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Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

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Contributors

Mark Taylor, WI

Greg Majewski, CT

Edward Kusalik, P.O.Box 253 Daysland, Alberta Canada T0B 1A0

Harold Frodge, 5525 Whitehall St, Midland MI 48642-3156

Larry Will, Mount Airy, MD

William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com

Rick Barton, AZ

Ron Hunsicker, 1238 Cleveland Ave, Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102 ronhunsi at ptd dot net

Glenn Hauser, OK

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

VOICE OF PANCHO VILLA

5185 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Voice of Pancho Villa, 0212, 4/25/21. Tuned into Poncho and his sidekick in a skit with lots of shouting and laughing. Initially poor signal which improved to good with music, sketches with Poncho, chaotic sections, music, stoned pirate announcers, periodic ID sequences often with Pancho talking about himself, 0257 ID sequence. Suddenly off, then back on with more. Pulled the plug at 0308. This was by far the best reception of the Voice of Poncho Villa broadcasts here tonight (earlier on 6925 USB & 5185 AM.) (Taylor- WI)

5185 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Voice of Pancho Villa, 2354, 4/24/21. Same program as earlier on 6925 USB today. Mostly unintelligible except for ID sequence. (Taylor – WI)

6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Voice of Pancho Villa, 2240, 4/24/21. Briefly here and gone between 2222 – 2224 with start of program which was barely audible. Back at 2240 with start of program with laughing and talking, “here we are in (?) Pennsylvania … repeated theme into man in announcer voice then man in falsetto, 2244 ID sequence and Poncho talking with his sidekick then into story. Poor, often with only snatches intelligible. (Taylor – WI)

4/24, 2309-2341(faded) 5185AM Voice of Pancho Via relayed by Mystery Pirate Radio (QSL msyterypriateradio@gmail.com) these were the Saturday night shows done at the NASWA Winterfest. The shows were done live. Nice to hear these again. Good signal for most of the time (Majewski CT)

Voice of Pancho Villa via Mystery Radio 5185AM 4/24 2326 tom 2357 Heard this special Broadcast with the usual fanfare. This heard via SDR site in North West USA (Maine) with noisy conditions (343- Kusalik-AB

VOICE of PANCHO VILLA: 5185/U, 2323-2330+, 4/24; Pancho skits. Fair till 2326:25 when covered by hiss blast then QRMed by grinding sound. (Frodge-MI)
3185/U, 0208-0213+, 4/25; Pancho with Mexitunes. SIO=4+54-peaks, but fady (Frodge-MI)

Voice of Pancho Villa, 5185am, 4-26-21, 0007utc, weak noisy signal with Dixon IL sdr, two minutes of Glenn Hauser's world of radio followed by various comedy bits including the phone number 1-800-deweycheatemandhowe, various other bizarre bits, occasional QRM from usb jammer, audio clips of the teenage girl from Sweden saying "how dare you", raucous laughing by crazy person (?), tried Barrington Hills IL sdr and much weaker there, off at 0029utc. (Hassig-IL)

Voice of Pancho Villa 5185AM 24 April 2024 2323-2334 Long radio skit by the (?) Pancho Villa Players. (Hunsicker, PA)

KIND

4182 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) , 0042, 4/24/21. Mellow ballads and singer songwriter music with Zeeky talking once in a while with ID’s. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

KIND, 4182usb, 4-24-21, 0024 on Dixon IL sdr, fair/weak signal, hear soft music. (Hassig-IL)

ENIGMA 7

5130 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Enigma 7, 0030, 4/19/21. Program of Dylan Thomas reading poetry then talking to an audience and reading some of his poetry with periodic breaks for ID’s and SSTV (painting of Dylan Thomas with “Enigma Seven World Service,”) “This is Enigma 7 calling” 0043, 0112, 0115 CW ID, “no longer in service,” ID, SSTV (“Enigma Seven” with picture of Dylan Thomas with eyes closed before a BBC microphone,) off. Fair to good. (Taylor – WI)

RADIO ILLUMINATI

5185 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Radio Illuminati, 0035, 4/25/21. Mostly segued rock. Poor to fair at moments. (Taylor – WI)

FUBAR RADIO

6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) FUBAR Radio, 0011, 4/24/21. “In the country,” man talking, “Snow bird,” ID and talk mentioning “live radio … live,” “Making me dizzy,” ID and more emphasis on live radio another ID into “Something tells me I’m into something good,” Id and checking for requests on HF Underground, starts “Flower girl” and has several starts before getting it to run more era music. Fair. Originally thought it was Zeeky, but he was on KIND at the same time. (Taylor – WI)

4/24, 0004-0057* Fubar Radio, Interesting show of music and some comedy The announcer audio at the start had a technical problem (noise and breaking up), but, got better as time progressed. 0050 signed off followed by Steppen Wolf Born to be wild. Good to Excellent signal (Majewski CT)

Fubar Radio, 6925usb, 4-24-21, 0013 on Dixon IL sdr, fair/weak signal, song "going up the country" by Canned Heat, at 0018 song by woman "snowbird", at 0020 bubble gum song "dizzy", at 0029 switched to Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair signal, song "flower girl", DJ said taking requests so I request "my boy lollipop" by Millie Small (6 Oct 1946 to 5 May 2020, RIP), at 0034 "Innagadadavida" by Iron Butterfly, around 0039 multiple fubars incl AC hum, breaking up audio, etc, at 0046 "house of the rising sun", at 0051 song "born to be wild", beginning at 0055 sound of a large animal snoring, program must be over. (Hassig-IL)

FUBAR Radio 6925USB 24 April 2021 0040-0100* House of the Rising Sun, Born to be Wild, a farting cow (?) and announcement that the farter was Anne Marie. (55454, Hunsicker, PA)

6952-USB, May 1 at 0131, yet another pirate is on tonight, S9 music; something about a tree house in the state of Washington? And ``Pooh-bah Radio`` (?); ``Sound of Silence``. Intermittent buzz as if wiggling patch cord. 0147 mentions QSL, more music. Many reports here of FUBAR Radio: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

OUTHOUSE RADIO

6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Outhouse Radio, 0000, 4/25/21. Outhouse with a long sequence of songs with some waterfall images (skull and crossbones,) finally an SSTV (Mickey Mouse doll with slit throat and lots of blood,) more rock music, ID, “Who’ll stop the rain,” SSTV (patch of “Breaker!! 10-100 with a picture of an outhouse,) lots more music (including several by CCR) and ID’s. Ended with 3 SSTV “The naked truth” painting, a parable about The Lie tricking Truth out of her clothes and the world not wanting to know the naked truth, Outhouse’s avatar with “Outhouse Radio,”) off. Fair – good. (Taylor – WI)

Outhouse Radio, 6925usb, 4-24/25-21, 2349utc, fair signal, Hollies "long cool woman", then silence. At 0001 repeat of "long cool woman" with occasional UTE QRM, at 0006 SSTV/FAX, another SSTV/FAX after song, long R rated version of song "Gloria", another SSTV/FAX, at 0045 several SSTV/FAX, at 0052 song "we gotta get out of this place", off at 0056 after final SSTV/FAX. Nice music, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

BUTTPLUG RADIO

6930 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Buttplug Radio, 2354, 4/23/21. “Lone digger,” start of another song, talk (maybe sketch) into another song, chaotic music, drunken singer with ballad, ended with an SSTV (Unicorn with rainbows, “Buttplug Radio” – poor decode here.) Poor. (Taylor – WI)

Buttplug Radio, 6930usb, 4-23/24-21, 2358utc with Dixon IL sdr, fair/poor signal, hear what sounds like comedy pop tunes, at 0004utc ID as Buttplug Radio. (Hassig-IL

WTF RADIO

6930 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) WTF Radio rebroadcast, 2352, m 4/24/21. Into program rebroadcast from a couples of weeks ago of songs about the states in alphabetical order. ID and “Now New Jersey by request,” 2 versions of “Palisade Park,” announces that this is a rebroadcast since Op “Needs to sleep once in a while” into “New Mexico,” “Going to Carolina in my mind,” and on through states. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

4/25 0006-0108* 6930USB WTF with a show of songs that about or referenced a US state. One song for every state. At 0026, gave a shout out to the posters on the HF Underground. Good to Fair Signal (Majewski CT)

WTF Radio, 6930usb, 4-24/25-21, 2338utc locally, weak but clear, hear woman singing, fair signal on Barrington Hills IL sdr, woman making announcement followed by spacey music, at 2344 said "Saturday night special", variety of rock music, off at 0108. (Hassig-IL)

TWO DOG RADIO

6936 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) , 0035, 4/25/21. Program of rock music with several Doors songs, ID’s and talk. Still going at 0207. Varying widely from poor to good. (Taylor – WI)

DEAD MOUSE RADIO

6955.6 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Dead Mouse Radio, 0125m, 4/19/21. Program of Doors songs including “Riders on the storm,” “Light my fire,” “I’m gonna love you,” and others, 0152 SSTV (mouse skull and cross bones with “Dead Mouse Radio” on ears and chin,) woman with long rabbit ears and sunglasses with short T shirt, at end sort of Minnie Mouse in singing pose.) Poor improving to fair. (Taylor – WI)

BALLSMACKER RADIO

6960 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) , 0103, 4/24/21. “Easy like Sunday morning,” “It’s not easy to fall in love,” “I’ve got a peaceful, easy feeling,” into a fade for the next song … came up to ID, proton mail e mail for eQSL into program of “easy” themed songs. Fair. (Taylor – WI)
4/24, 0058-0156, 6960AM Ball Smacker Radio, Started with some piano music, then into popular songs containing Easy in lyrics. Played Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel and others. Excellent Signal (Majewski CT)
BALL SMACKER RADIO: 6960/AM, 0126-0130+, 4/24; C&W ditty at tune-in to pin crash &ID @0129:49 into rock ditty. SIO=4+53 (Frodge-MI)
4030/U, 0203-0207+, 4/25; Op said that tunes have a theme; reports to BallSmacker@protonmail.com. S10 (Frodge-MI)

Ball Smacker Radio, 6960am, 4-24-21, 0102utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair/weak signal, nice slow tune sung by woman, then song "it's so easy to fall in love", Ballsmacker ID then bowling sound, nice variety of tunes from 1960's and 1970's, thanks for the show. After turning off computer and lying down, I turned around on my Sony 2010 and heard them fading in and out with only the rod antenna. (Hassig-IL)

Ball Smacker Radio 6960AM 24 April 2021 0057--0134 Carrier, then a piano interval signal, than the IS is played. And an ID. Easy Like Sunday Morning, its So Easy to fall in Love, Peaceful, Easy Feeling, Friday on My Mind, Easy Lover. Special theme tonight--guess what it is. (40 dB over the noise, Hunsicker, PA)

6960-AM, UT Sat May 1 at 0112 S9/+10 music, no doubt Ball Smacker Radio on its regular schedule. Too much going on at same time so not pursued further this week. More, agree: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

YHWH

7470/U, 0222, 4/27; At/under QRN but familiar voice of Josiah. Probably in AM, but only hear in USB. (Frodge-MI)
7470/AM, 0318-0325+, 4/29; Josiah ragging about the “Catholic Pope” & “Catholic Church”. In/out of QRN (Frodge-MI)
4/29, 0315, 7470/AM. 0315 In progress at tune-in. Usual monologue from Josiah, better modulation that what we recall from past receptions. At least some of the monologue sounded new. "Josiah Elias" signed off at 0415 with the I love yous and Shaloms and concluded with the playing of Days of Hard Life. Came back on after only a second and broadcasted again until 0445 (Barton-AZ)

GOAT HERDER RADIO

ZEEKY as GOAT HERDER RADIO: 6925/U, 0101-0112+, 4/29; Dire Strait’s Money for Nothing to op banter; Zeeky, “coming to you from the goat farm”. SIO=453 (Frodge-MI)
Goat Herder Radio. 4/30, 0038, 6925usb. Hard rock music. Zeeky announcing live AC/DC music and talking at 0042. "AC/DC here on the goat herder show." Digital mode transmission at 0050. Solid s9 signal. (Will-MD)

Goat Herder Radio, 6925usb, 4-30-21, 0025utc, fair signal on Dixon IL sdr, heavy metal music, announcer said "ACDC here on the goat herder show" then more heavy metal. (Hassig-IL)

Goat Herder Radio 6925USB 29 April 2021 0103-0118 Zekey. Money for Nuttin'. Something about making foreskins popular. And very, very long period reverb. Lots of banter. (Hunsicker, PA)

WASTELAND RADIO

4/26, 0211, 6925usb. Hard rock music with a fair signal and some atmospheric noise. Wasteland Radio per hfu logs. S2/s3. Improved to s5 at 0215, gravelly voiced op talking, IDs as Wasteland Radio at 0216 and immediately starts SSTV. IDs again after SSTV at 0218 and into more hard rock music. (Will-MD)

FOX NEWS RELAY

4/27, 1931, 6970am. Fox News relay with political talk. Fair but steady signal. (Will-MD)

LARD ASS RADIO

4/29, 0006, 6925 usb. Prog-style dance/hip-hop music followed by utility-like sounds (I thought this was a co-channel burbly but apparently this is a waterfall image originating from the station.) Off at 0009. Waterfall images decoded on the hfu say "Lard Ass Radio." Back on at 0018 check with God Save the Queen by The Sex Pistols. Brief transmission in digital mode, and into Anarchy in the UK by The Sex Pistols. America 0023, My Country, 'Tis of Thee and another digital mode transmission, and off again. Great signal, s9 and steady. (Will-MD)
TRI INTERNATIONAL

6925usb, 4-23-21, 2222utc on Dixon IL sdr, fair/poor signal, various bits of pop music both bubble gum pop and heavy metal, could not understand announcements, at 2231 old pop tune from 1964 Millie Small "my boy lolly pop", at 2248 sounded like woman saying "WRFW" with po box 109 BRS PA 17214 mailing address. (Hassig-IL)

SKUNK HOUSE RADIO

6928usb, 4-24-21, 2153utc with Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair sig with fading, old song "I'm sorry" by Brenda Lee followed by DJ announcing what he just played, at 2155 song "stay (a little bit longer)" then song "chain gang", so far nice selection of early 1960's tunes, tuned in locally with R-2000 & 7mhz dipole and weak and noisy, at 2200 song "you talk too much", at 2202 song Cathy's clown", at 2207 song "Alley Oop", at 2221 read posts to HFU, signal slowly fading, at 2223 Cubby Checker "the twist", at 2226 Tina Turner "fool in love", signal fading back in, song "burning bridges" then "mountain of love", at 2248 song "this magic moment", much banter by DJ (Zeke?), end of show, thanks for the oldies (I was born Feb 1946). (Hassig-IL)

Skunk House Radio 6928USB 24 April 2021 2150--2318* Zekey. Back on 41 meters because 73 meter sucks. Had to cut power due to an antenna issue. Music, mostly 50's rock. Two SSTV in Scottie 1. (35443, Hunsicker, PA)

THE VAULT

4/29, 2248, 6985am. Mellow pop music. ID at 2253. Fair to good signal, s3/s5. (Will-MD)
The Vault. 4/30, 2242, 6985am. Music, While My Guitar Gently Weeps by the Beatles. 2247, I Started a Joke by the Bee Gees. 2249, ID, "This is the Vault." s3. (Will-MD)

RADIO NOVA

6925/U, *2130:32-2234:50*, 4/30; Test tone 2130:02-2130:16, On w/bird call IS & code RADIO NOVA; 2134+ Irish-sounding music. (My apology if it’s Welsh or Scottish...I know what a big deal that is. A “reliable source” tells me it’s Quebec is in FF.) Anmts mainly uncopiable due to QRN. Accented “Radio Nova” IDs @2153:56 & 2209:54. Close by W @2232:30 w/Tnx, e-mail, code ID, voice ID & SSTV (probably tres fuzzy in the QRN); rpts to RadioNoveUSA2020@gmail.com. SIO=342+ w/buzzy QRN, peaking occ’ly to 3+43 w/buzz burst QRM @2042, 2204:40 (weak), 2212:08, 2219:38 & 2227:08 (weak) (Frodge-MI)

ZEEKY’S ATTIC

6925/U, 2317-2320:06*, 4/30; Zeeky not goat herding tonight; mentioned possible QSLs. Off after strong hiss, presume some digital thingy. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

RADIO 48

(Via PRRN) 6930USB 29 April 2021 00s58-0118 Music and an SSTV transmission in Scottie 1. ID for Radio 48 and PRRN logo in lower, right-hand corner. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

YEAH MAN RADIO

6925V-AM, May 1 at *0035 another pirate carrier comes on same frequency still tuned via NA5B remote for Mystery until 0019*. 0037 starts rock music, but distorted; carrier is wobbling severely, unlistenable in SSB mode. SAM carrier offset jumps around plus 74/63/42 Hz within a few seconds. 0040 DJ about it being Friday night, ``Light My Fire``. 0045 ID sounds like ``Ambient? Radio, 6925`` 0054 acknowledging listeners in PA, KY, Indonesia. 0100 ``Million Dollar Weekend Show``, refers to listeners on HFU. These say it`s Yeah Man Radio:[www.hfunderground.com]
[www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

NOWHERE RADIO

6974.9-AM, May 1 at 0113, S7-S8 of undermodulated music, no doubt Nowhere Radio as heard several times before on this almost-exact frequency. More here: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

VOICE OF COMMUNISM

6933-USB, May 1 at 0203 pirate music, 0204 repeating 8-note plus drum interval? Signal. That`s the *Eighth* pirate tonight, and at 0205 four of them are on at once; enough! 6933, 6952, 6960 and 6974.9. A final quick check of 4+ and 5+ MHz finds none in those areas, not even Guatemala. These say it`s Voice of Communism from the ``Soviet Union`` for May Day: [www.hfunderground.com] But I QRT before hearing any more of it. Besides all this I have been trying to get one or two TV programs (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

UNIDS

4050/U, 0153-0201:54*, 4/25; Classic rock; completely off between tunes; no ID. SIO=4+54 (Frodge-MI)

6925/U, 0020-0033:55*, 4/27; Ice-T? With Black rap plus obnoxious grinding, blurting & cooing noises—encrypted pictures? S7-8 (Frodge-MI)

6925/U, 2351-2353:30*, 4/27; Talk about the good old days of radio. Garbled at times & covered by trill blasts. (Frodge-MI)

6925/U, 0208-0216+, 4/28; Rap ditties; strong hiss @0214:50-- encrypted picture? Covered by trill burst; garbly at times & S8 peaks. Sounds like same xmtr as 6925/U abit earlier. (Frodge-MI)

4/27, 0140, 6925usb. Music, Back In Black by AC/DC. Talking over top of the music at 0142, and then some utility QRM invaded. They started the AC/DC song again, then suddenly cut the plug at 0143. Solid s9 signal and decent sound. (Will-MD)

4/29, 0012, 6975am. Mellow music. Variable signal, from just above the noise floor to s5 peaks. Still going with mellow music at 0051. Utility buzzes and beeps nearby, and lots of atmospherics. (Will-MD)

4/29, 0026, 6930usb. Pop music, Lights down Low by 3oh3. Mash-up "radio" ID at 0028 and into more music, Welcome to America by Prince. 0034, more pop music. 0037, Praise Abort by Lindemann. 0041, the same odd "radio" ID again, and into more music. Steady s7, very good. (Will-MD)

(Wasteland Radio?), 6930usb, 4-30-21, 0020utc with Dixon IL sdr, fair but slightly noisy signal, make singing C&W tune, back on at 0041 with mournful C&W tune in minor key, SSTV/FAX at 0046 followed immediately by "free bird". (Hassig-IL)

6872.1 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Unidentified, 2356, 4/18/21. Fast rock, 2359 off. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)

6875 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Unidentified, 0118, 4/24/21. Program of pulsing instrumental contemporary dance music. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Unidentified, 0006, 4/19/21. Hard rock, “I can’t stop this feeling” remix, pop tune, “Saturday in the park,” other lite pop, off 0028. Fair to good. (Taylor – WI)

6974.9 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Unidentified, 0121, 4/25/21. I had been watching a het and report on HF Underground for an S5 het here which had only snatches of music breaking through. Between 0121 – 0128 there was suddenly dreamy religious music into some drumming as the music faded back, then back to the previous snatches of audio. Someone on the HF Underground chat speculated that it was a spur of a religious station. (Taylor – WI)

6925-USB, April 30 at 2245, some pirate is already on tho Mystery Pirate Radio has publicized another set of Voice of Pancho Villa shows to start at 2300. This one is S3-S5 talking about standing wave ratio, music. 2256 DJ likes Patsy Cline and plays her greatest hit; 2259 ``Big John``, 2303 pause, off? No, back with ``Hello, Emmy Lou``. 2305 ``you are listening to ---`` but I can`t copy the name. At 2314 I switch from own R75 to NA5B remote in MD, where this is S8-S9 with songs; 2317 ``Wheels``, Zeke ID. Says he and wife have both been shot and won`t wear masks going out to eat. Nothing digital ready to play? 2318 Zekey`s Attic [Zichi?] is ``relinquishing frequency`` to another pirate, steady noise but not SSTV, and off*. More: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

6930-USB, May 1 at 0100, Mystery Pirate Radio is supposed to repeat the Voice of Pancho Villa show via a station in the West, while 6925-USB earlier was from the East. So now I bring up a northern Utah remote, but accidentally in LSB so hear only traces at first. 0106 in USB there it is underway, S9+10/15 referring to Oklahoma, sounds like Beevis & Butthead about visiting ``gh``, but then it`s a YL knocking on his door. Another episode I`ve heard before. 0109 Spanish intro as one for 1996y to follow. 0112 back to own R75 where it`s S9+10, (and no 6925). VPV still audible past 0131.I`m adding all these refs to HFU only up looked after my own writing: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)
EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS
Radio Melkbus

3940AM 4/24 1937 -2032 3940AM Nice program of modern to oldies pop, gave e-mai, address for reports too:midwave123@gmail.com. This was heard via SDR in North West Germany. (343-Kusalik-AB)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

Voice of Pancho Villa via Mystery Radio Rec'd a reply within a couple of hours after posting my report too:mysterypirateradio@gmail.com Operator indicated this: Keep an eye on the DX press because we may have a US station West of the Rockies that will relay all three programs -- every episode from 1994 to 2021 -- this next weekend. Many thanks for this speedly reply!! (Kusalik-AB)
Radio Nova; e-QSL in 59 min. from RadioNovaUSA2020@gmail.com.

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73’s & good hunting…

Dave