Free Radio Weekly #1314

Free Radio Weekly # 1314 – May 29, 2021

Covering Free Radio Activity from May 22 – May 28

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Editor This Week: Dave Turnick

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Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

David Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)

Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

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Contributors

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

- William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com

- Greg Majewski, CT

- Mark Taylor, WI

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

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

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

Zeeky's Attic

6929USB 21 May 2021 2302-2313 Zeeky chatting and playing music. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)

TRI / Radio48

6925usb, 5-21-21, 2225utc with Dixon IL sdr, fair signal with noise due to rain in that area, urban contemporary tune playing, ID at 2226 that I couldn't understand, switched to nearby Barrington Hills IL sdr and much weaker but less noisy. (Hassig-IL)

The Burry Cookie Hour

5185am, 5-22-21, 0009utc on Dixon IL sdr, weak signal, 1khz tone on upper sideband so I chose to listen in LSB, finally tone went away and I switched to sync am, barely hear music. On nearby Barrington Hills IL sdr no signal, just noise. (Hassig-IL)

5/22 0010-0045 The Burry Cookie Hour 5185AM Play a bunch of classic tunes, Steele Dan Time out of mind, Dave Grusin She could be mine, 0030, and Joshua Cookie gave the id. Faded at 0045. Poor to Fair signal (Majewski CT)

WDOG

6925am, 5-22-21, 0113 on Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair/weak signal with noise, locally barely hear carrier in ssb mode, song "walking on the moon", at 0118 "dazed and confused". (Hassig-IL)

5/22 0040-0043 6925AM WDOG, Just caught one song, Duran Duran Rio. Poor Signal (Majewski CT)

6925 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) WDOG, 0027, 5/22/21. Instrumental, “WDOG” in CW over song, dogs barking, op. with ID, “Long distance runaround” continuing with music, periodic ID’s both spoken and CW with occasional dog barks and howls over the music, 0142 CW ID and off. Fair with some fading. (Taylor – WI)

6925-AM, May 22 at 0107, pirate music S7-S9, not enough vs storm noise level; 0108 unreadable announcement. These say it`s WDOG:
[www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

WDOG. 5/27, 0100 (time approximate), 6925usb. Various music and Chuck Wagon dog food commercial. Good signal but very difficult copy using the PL-880 during a power outage. (Will-MD)

Ballsmacker Radio

6960am, 5-22-21, 0116 locally with weak signal, fair/weak with Barrington Hills sdr, at 0118 ballad sung by male crooner, at 0124 switched to Dixon IL sdr and slightly better, locally still very weak, at 0147 signal improving locally, excellent song "never say never" by Romeo Void which I heard in the 80's on WNUR 89.3 Evanston IL and contains the F word. (Hassig-IL)

6960 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Ballsmacker Radio, 0105, 5/22/21. “I’ll never find another you,” ID with bowling pins falling, into program of pop music. Listening off and on so I didn’t figure out the theme tonight. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

6960-AM, May 22 at 0107 UT, pirate music S9/+10; must be Ball Smacker Radio on regular Friday-at-8-Central sked. Yes: ID with tenpins at 0132. Better than 6925 but still too much noise. Many more logs: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

Radio Free Whatever

6955usb, 5-22-21, 2215 on nearby Barrington Hills IL sdr, good signal, hear light pop rock tunes, DJ = Dick Weed, at 2249 tuned in on Dixon IL sdr, fair signal with some light noise, banter by Dick Weed then heavy metal tune. (Hassig-IL)

5/22 2358-0005 6925USB Radio Free Whatever, ID at 0001 then into Poor Boy A Long Way from Home by the Black Keys. Bad fading Poor signal (Majewski CT)

6955 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Radio Free Whatever, 0005, 5/23/21. DJ Dickweed (DJDW) with talk and a shout out to someone who reported RFW in HF Underground, DJDW talking about the last couple of songs and music, then rants a bit into the next song. A program of Indie music with frequent ID’s and DJDW talking. Off a little after 0200. (Taylor – WI)

5/23 0107-0142 6955USB Radio Free Whatever, A lot of Indie music that I do not know, but good tunes. The audio was very good for USB. Ended at 0142 Good Signal (Majewski CT)

6955-USB, May 23 at 0003 rock music at S7; 0011 & 0018 announcements but unreadable due to high storm noise level; 0044 a canned ID but still unreadable. These say it`s Radio Free Whatever; after 2 or 3 QSYs:[www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

Yeah Man Radio

5/23 0012-0034 6925AM Yeah Man Radio, Male announcer saying I'm back. Followed by sixties rock, Guess Who Green Eye Lady, Eric Burton Spill
the Wine Dig that Girl and others. ID at 0030. Big Fade at 0034. (Majewski CT)

6924.7 PIRATE (No. Am.) Yeah Man Radio, 0040, 5/23/21. “Black magic woman,” “Suzy Q,” guitar rock into a program of rock music with short talk between sections. Nearly all of the talk with indistinct however was able to pick out an ID eventually. Poor. (Taylor – WI)

The Vault

5/23 0122 6985AM The Vault. Good signal with distorted audio. (Majewski CT)

Sycko Radio

6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Sycko Radio, 0157, 5/22/21. End of a hard rock song, ID and Sycko talking into more hard rock, “radio madness, free form radio …” sort of a chant over music into the next song. Sycko does do free form radio. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)

WTF Radio

6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) WTF Radio, 0139 Ethereal music, digital voice (couldn’t understand ID,) into WTF’s program of songs about states in alphabetical order starting with “Nebraska,” 0147 ID and into songs. Fair – good. (Taylor – WI)

Outhouse Radio

6935 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Outhouse Radio, 0230, 5/23/21. Sea shanties, SSTV (didn’t decode here,) more shanties, 2 SSTV’s (man holding something – poor decode; eye with a tear – see later,) hard rock, waterfall image then SSTV image of a skeleton on a motorcycle “Sons of arthritis. Ibuprofen chapter,” Outhouse’s avatar with “Outhouse Radio”,) nice slide blues guitar, SSTV (man with sports headset “God dammit Leeroy,”) Outhouse with “here we go,” into a Scotty DX SSTV of the eye sent earlier – the eye has a tear on the top lid and a ship sailing across the bottom lid, another slide blues, ID, SSTV (Boris and the general form Bullwinkle Show “Pee Wee sent me a blank QSL,” young woman sitting in a stream with a wet T shirt, hands with a heart “It tizz what it tizz,”) off. Fair – good. (Taylor – WI)

Goat Herder Radio

6933-USB, May 23 at 2157, pirate music, S5 vs storm noise peaks of S7 on my rx; 2212 gone? 2226 still/again music. 2231 via MO remote, S7-S9 Johnny Cash, 2235 ID as Goat Herder Radio, says will play Ian & Sylvia next; 2243 recheck off. A few more logs and a striking illustration:
[www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

Wasteland Radio

6930-USB, May 24 at 0151, dramatic narration with somber music, S9+10 heavy storm noise level obscures where the SSB peaks are, maybe S9; hard to follow, but mentions New World Order and that space travel is a ``big charade``, so safe to conclude he`s a wacko. ``Remember when ---`` over and over; 0157 just music; 0157.5 SSTV beeper, 0201 more music. These start as UnID, eventually ID as Wasteland Radio per SSTV image among several fuzzes:
[www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDS

6985 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) UnId (Identified as Earth Station 1W by others on HF Underground,) 0112, 5/23/21, Ethereal music, 0117 distorted male voice into program of ethereal music with distorted voice talking – at one point “modulation test completed” and modulation was lessened (was over modulated), then at the end something about electromagnetic spectrum. About 0127 a few words, a little music, and then ALE started just below 6985 and station went off 0128. Good signal strength, however tough listening due to over modulation and distorted voice. (Taylor – WI)

(Possibly The Vault) 5/27, 0100 (time approximate), 6975am. Rock music, fair but steady signal. (Will-MD)

5/23 0006-0010 6985AM The Vault (?) Music, never did get a good id, but the European station The Vault has been using this frequency a lot. Poor Signal (Majewski CT)


EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

Free Radio Service Holland

4909.986v, May 23 at 1845, Free Radio Service Holland in publicized Whitsunday broadcast to last until 2005*, on four frequencies at once. All are well audible via UTwente but 4910 is best at S9+20; 7700.058v tuned first at 1841, S8; 5790.038v S7-S8; 3919.923v only S9. Latest publicity via Manuel Mendez said,

``Dear FRS Friend, Next Sunday FRSH will be airing a 70s evening full of nostalgia. The broadcast will be aired on no less than 4 frequencies being: 3920, 4905, and 5790 (or a nearby channel) & 7700 kHz``

Acknowledging presumably real-time listener mail, Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki at 1852. Earlier at 1845 said printed QSL required P-mail reports only with E/$3 rp; 1847 ``more music``. Lots of production liners, jingles. 1900 TCs and ID, then ``Made in Holland`` focusing on 1970s music --- rock! What else? There is no other kind of music, is there? I guess this nostalgic stuff be significant to elder Europeans, but if it were American would not be significant to this elder American lover of classical music.

Although quite strong signals, not in skip zones, each exhibits some fading into UTwente, which might not happen if any be at ``local`` range in Holland. I keep filing FRSH under Europe since it`s a pirate, not necessarily transmitting from inside Holland, despite the name. Why don`t they get legal? Private SW stations are being licensed. WRTH 2021 page 486 International sexion shows three ex-pirate SW stations \under Netherlands (plus Mighty KBC which openly transmits via Germany).

At 1913 the DJ lists the four frequencies including ``4900`` -- what does he know? Then acknowledging reception reports from March 14. By 1917 I`ve had enough of this hyper-frenetic hype, and bail out, back to WYSU webcast for `With Heart & Voice`, sacred choral and organ music I enjoy every Sunday afternoon (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

Nada


Electronic Mail Addresses for stations
[piratedatabase.webhop.net]

73’s & good hunting…

Dave