Free Radio Weekly #1317

Free Radio Weekly # 1317 – June 19, 2021

Covering Free Radio Activity from June 12 – June 18

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Editor This Week: Dave Turnick

EDITORS:

Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

David Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)

Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

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Contributors

-Chris GAY, KY

-Rick BARTON, Sun City, AZ, Drake SW1 and longwire

-Mark TAYLOR, WI

-Greg MAJEWSKI, CT

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

-Rick BARTON, Sun City, AZ, Drake SW1 and longwire

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

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

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

-William HASSIG, williangassig@yahoo.com

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

WEZL

(About 90% sure), 6925 USB, 6/12/21, 1723-1733 UTC. Good signal at times in central KY, but deep fades often took it completely out. OM DJ, pretty sure IDed as WEZL, but HFU has nothing on it. Song "Is It Me or You" by Warren Haynes and Loudon Wainwright with "Dead Skunk". Off unceremoniously about 1733Z (Gay-KY).

YHWH

6/12, 1830, 11840/AM; Familiar voice of Josiah Elias, trashing "hybrid man-God" (Jesus), "war-mongering Catholic church", and etc. Fair on peaks, but with some long deep fades. "After the closing music, Days of Hard Life, station YHWH will cease operation of this frequency. Good night, folks”, & off. (Barton-AZ)

YHWH: 7475/AM, 0417, 6/15; Weak but unmistakable voice of Josiah. (Frodge-MI)

YHWH 6/16, 0325, 7475/AM; was in progress at tune-in, usual canned monologue with anti-Catholic church stuff and 10 Commandments. Fair level signal intermittently lighting green tuning eye on SW-2000629, but we were using indoor antenna at the time (outdoor antenna access was cut due to approaching electrical storm). Off at 0353 after playing of Days of Hard Life song – Fair (Barton-AZ)

YHWH 6/15, 0320, 7475/AM; Familiar voice of Josiah Elias, trashing "war mongering Catholic church", the "Spirit or a Ghoossst" bit, in progress at tune-in and closing at 0433 after Days of Hard Life cut. SIO 444. Monitored on Drake and longwire - (Barton-AZ)

YHWH 6/14, 0310, 7475/AM; Familiar voice of Josiah Elias, trashing "hybrid man-God", 10 Commandments bit, anti-war bit, etc. First heard on random dials can with little World Traveler portable and whip. Very Good, SIO 444 on Drake and longwire. At some point, recycled the program. Closing Ann at 0418, Days of Hard Life and "Thanks so very much for tuning into YHWH", but some audio cutouts, chopped up recording glitch (0421) and suddenly TX cut off - (Barton-AZ)

YHWH 7475, June 15 at 0416, Station YHWH is S8/S9+5 into Corinne, northern Utah SDR; tnx to tip from Eric Fetters-Walp in WA on the WOR iog. Rick Barton, AZ, was also hearing it (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

Wolverine Radio

6955 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Wolverine Radio, 0017, 6/13/21. “Rock it for me,” “A little bird told me,” ID, “Nobody loves me,” “You send me,” “Save the last dance for me,” ID, “Then he kissed me,” into a program of songs with “me” in the title, 0134 "echo" ID, SSTV (child pointing at self in mirror with "Wolverine Radio"), off. (Taylor – WI)

6955 USB Pirate-NA Wolverine Radio 0013 - 0130 13 June, A nice show of music starting with the Billie Holiday and going forward in time. Played Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Crystals, Doors, Van Morrison, Rolling Stones, and others. S9 signal with nice audio. Started to fade at 0125 (Majewski CT)

Wolverine Radio 6955-USB, June 13 at 0037, rock/soul music S9+10, suspect Wolverine Radio, and yes, quick IDs between tunes at 0111.5 and 0123.6. This week`s theme is songs with ``Me`` in the title, per monitored playlists at: [www.hfunderground.com] Still going past 0200 when it`s time for `Weekend Radio` on WCLV (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

Wolverine Radio 6955U 13 June 2021 0126-0138 Bouncy music and two SSTV transmissions which did not decode. (S9+10 dB, Hunsicker, PA)

Wolverine Radio, 6955usb, 6-13-21, 0026utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, good signal with a bit of selective fading, song "save the last dance for me", Wolverine ID, early 60's tune with the word dance in it, at 0059 fired up receiver locally and weak poor signal, too much neighborhood digital hash, on Barrington Hills IL sdr signal fell to fair, at 0106 Joni Mitchell "help me I think I'm falling", at 0114 good signal at Normal IL sdr too, at 0120utc signal improving to fair locally, at 0135utc echo ID then SSTV/FAX, announcement then another SSTV/FAX. Excellent program as usual, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

Outhouse Radio

6955 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Outhouse Radio, 0136, 6/13/21. Quick ID, start of an SSTV which aborted, another SSTV (didn’t decode here … others showed Outhouse’s avatar with “Outhouse Radio”), Outhouse with a few words, “Smooth operator,” few words Linkin Park with “In the end,” into a program of music. SSTV of a dog at the end. Poor. (Taylor – WI)

OUTHOUSE RADIO: 6955/U, 0150-0153+, 6/13; Tune-in to speech about senior citizens; ID @0151+ into Hindish ditty. S8 peaks (Frodge-MI)

Outhouse Radio, 6955usb, 6-12-21, 0039 on Normal IL sdr, weak noisy signal, and heavy metal music punching through the noise, SSTV/FAX at 0048utc, another SSTV/FAX at 0051 after short heavy metal tune, metal song "ace of spades". (Hassig-IL)

WREN

6960 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) WREN, 0145, 6/13/21. End of a song, ID, into a program of rock music with occasional ID’s. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)

WREN (or M): 6960/U, 0145-0150+, 6/13; “The finest folk songs on WREN (or M)” SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI)

WREN 6960U 13 June 2021 0139-0148 three songs by what sounded like the same artist and an ID by an OM. (Hunsicker, PA)

WREM, 6960usb, 6-13-21, 0142utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair/poor signal with some selective fading, soft rock music and ballads, nice program, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

Ball Smacker Radio

6960 AM Pirate-NA Ball Smacker Radio 0117-0207UTC 12 June, A nice show with music that have the word "ball or balls" in its lyrics, title, or artist name? 0122 gave ID with multiple ones after. Good S9 signal and audio (Majewski CT)

Ball Smacker Radio 6960-AM, UT Sat June 12 at 0215, only pirate signal is here with music, S9-S8 presumably Ball Smacker Radio`s regular Friday night broadcast from 01 UT Sat (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

Ball Smacker Radio 6960AM 12 June 2021 0123-0148 Songs about balls, including red ones, big ones, and broken ones. (45353, Hunsicker, PA)

Ball Smacker Radio, 6960am, 6-12-21, 0100utc on both Normal IL and Barrington Hills sdr's, weak noisy signal, hear soft pop music under noise, at 0105utc song "Wabash cannonball", at 0116 a blues song by Janis Joplin. (Hassig-IL)

NOWHERE RADIO

6974.9/AM; 0049-0055+, 6/12; Hard rock. SIO=3+53-; ID per cosmikdebris post on the Free Radio Net. (Frodge-MI)

Nowhere Radio 6974.930-AM, June 13 at 0103, weak pirate music, via W8BUG remote, S5 vs S7 storm crashes; with SAM reading -70 Hz offset from 6975.00; presumed Nowhere Radio as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

Nowhere Radio 6/12, 0031, 6974.9am. Nowhere Radio. Mellow spacey rock music, Asteroids by Maha Sohona. Fair to good signal, noisy conditions. (Will-MD)

RADIO GENIX

6950/U, 0136-0142+, 6/15; Low-key pop music at QRN level. ID per cosmikdebris post in the Free Radio Net. Frodge-MI)

6950/U, 0418-0427:28*, 6/16; Electric Avenue & Radio Ga Ga; 0426+ “This is Radio Genix” into SSTV & off. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

Radio Genix 6/15, 0006, 6950usb. Radio Genix. Mellow pop prog music, at 0011 song comes up with credits in Cyrillic according to Shazam. Good signal, 30dBu. (Will-MD)

WBLR POWER RADIO

6925/U, 1423-1441+, 6/12; Weird tunes at QRN level w/brief copiable up peaks; 1434+ ad for the Ink Spot in Buffalo, call 881-7594; back to unwired tune. (Frodge-MI)

WBLR Power Radio 6/12, 1521, 6925usb. WBLR Power Radio. Classic funk tune, Electric Lady by Con Funk Shun. 1524, we’re All in This Together by David Peaston. S3/s5. (Will-MD)

Captain Morgan Shortwave

6931.6AM 14 June 2021 0001-0021 Psycho Killer, and an ID.? Started at 35343 but the noise came up at 0011 and it was just too noisy for my ears. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)

It's the Pirate without a Name

6950U 16 June 2021 0048-0124* Great signal! Short hiatus between 0051 and 0054. Music and occasional IDs by an OM. Mentions posts on HFU. Closes with, approximately, "Well, HF Underground, I hope that you enjoyed the show." (55454, Hunsicker, PA)

Damn Skippy

6/13, 2213, 6930usb. Damn Skippy. Rock music, fair signal. (Will-MD)

**FM**

6/17, 1700-1800, 90.3fm. Jukebox pirate station in southern Frederick/Urbana, Maryland area, playing a mix of classic hits including Billy Crash Craddock, Rub It In; Rolling Stones, Miss You; DeFranco Family, Heartbeat It's a Love Beat; England Dan and John Ford Coley, I'd Really Love To See You Tonight; Pointer Sisters, Jump For My Love; Staple Singers, If You're Ready (Come Go With Me); Todd Rundgren, Hello It's Me, and more. Full quieting between songs. Same signal map as heard before, faded in around three miles north of I-70 and faded out at MD 85/355 in Urbana, about 10-12 miles straight line. Fair to good signal overall, except in the low area near the Monocracy River. (Will-MD)

UNIDS

6974.9 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Unidentified, 0035, 6/13/21. Instrumental New Age / Ambient music. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)

6926/U, 1937-1946, 6/12; Oldies including Fats Domino’s Blue Berry Hill, then Shirrelles’ Momma Said. At QRN level at tune-in to SIO=2+43 up peak @1940 but into the mud @1945. QRM was a buzz burst. WBLR drifting? (Frodge-MI)

6955/U, 2100-2106+, 6/12; Very weak music & SSTV. (Frodge-MI)

6955/U, 0336-0351+, 6/13; Non-pop instr’l tunes. ZZZZzzzzzzzz SIO=3+54 Still Outhouse? (Frodge-MI)

6930/U, 2131-2134:50*, 6/13; Music at QRN level; possible anmt at s/off but no copy. (Frodge-MI)

6925/U, 0142-0155+, 6/15; Sea chanties? Fair peaks o/QRN w/ trill & buzz burst QRM. (Frodge-MI)

6974.9/AM, 0014-0025+, 6/16; EZL music; not elevator genre, a tad weirder. SIO=453+ peaks; Still going @0156 but now SI=352. Is there a point? (Frodge-MI)

6925/U, 0125-0130, 6/17; Pop ditty & freq covered after a few sec. by grinder. SIO=343+ w/buzz burst QRM (Frodge-MI)

6926/U, 1937-1946, 6/12; Oldies including Fats Domino’s Blue Berry Hill, then Shirrelles’ Momma Said. At QRN level at tune-in to SIO=2+43 up peak @1940 but into the mud @1945. QRM was a buzz burst. WBLR drifting? (Frodge-MI)

6955-USB, June 14 at 0213, rock music, somewhat distorted, and vs storm noise, S9; 0227 off or pause? 0231 on past 0246. Several reports here as UnID, with SSTV but hard to decode on unstable frequency. One image shows ``UNID`` on a pirate flag! [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK,)

(Nowhere Radio per HFU) 6974.9AM 12 June 2021 0138-0153 Music and one ID, missed. Mostly "unusable," occasionally "Poor." (25331, Hunsicker, PA)

6975AM 13 June 2021 0130-0130 Male vocal (Hunsicker, PA)

6975am, 6-13-21, 0035 on Normal IL sdr, see carrier on waterfall, weak noisy signal, barely hear audio, signal improving at bit, hear instrumental dance music, occasional static crashes, storms down in central IL, fired up receiver locally and barely detect carrier in ssb mode, too much digital hash in neighborhood, BTW, why does anybody bother to come on while Wolverine is on? (Hassig-IL)

6920 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Unidentified, 0224, 6/13/21. Rock or pop music, “You are all fucked (unintelligible word)” sent 2 times in waterfall image, hard rock, off 0230 at the end of the song. Poor. (Taylor – WI)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

None reported

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

None reported

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

73’s & good hunting…

Dave