Free Radio Weekly #1319

Free Radio Weekly #1319, Saturday, July 3, 2021
Covering free radio activity from June 26 - July 3, 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 1319 - July 3 - Larry
FRW 1320 - July 10 - Dave


== Contributors ==

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

Harold Frodge
5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156
Drake R8B + 185' RW
GMC Car Radio for FMBC logs

William Hassig
williamhassig@yahoo.com

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

Mark Taylor
Wisconsin
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 ==

6/21

0010-0016 Captain Morgan Shortwave 6931am
0025-0048 Wasteland Radio 6950usb

6/25

2321-2339 Yeah Man Radio 6925am

6/26

0105-0105 Ion Radio 6870am
0118-0125 Ball Smacker Radio 6960am
2241-2337 Radio Free Whatever 6960usb
2324-2327 The Vault 6985am

6/27

0001-0008 Unid 6925usb
0007-0105 Wolverine Radio 6950usb
0012-0032 Wasteland Radio 6925usb
0102-0102 Unid 6870am
0105-0205 WDOG 6965am
0230-0300 Earth Station 1W 4033usb

6/28

0011-0130 Radio Free Whatever 6960usb
0332-0332 YHWH 7475am

6/30

0252-0259 Unid 6950usb
0417-0417 YHWH 7475am

7/2

2233-2235 Fox News Relay 6970am
2306-2338 Yeah Man Radio 6925am


== North American Shortwave ==

** Ball Smacker Radio

6/26, 0125, 6960am. Pirate music, S9 vs nearby storm noise, presumed Ball Smacker Radio on usual schedule from 0100 UT - Friday nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

6/26, 0107-0114+, 6960am. Rock ditties; Ancr said it was a theme pgm; ballsmacker@protonmail.com. SIO=3+33- w/hiss QRM that USB took out; lotsa QRN also. (Frodge-MI)

6/26, 0118, 6960am. On Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair/poor signal with static from weather, song "I'm telling you now" by Freddie and the dreamers from 1965, Ball Smacker ID at 0120 with bowling sound then another pop tune I can't ID, at 0125 song "I'm into something good" by Herman's Hermits from 1964, nice program, thanks. BTW, several other Illinois sdr's seem to be missing their antenna connections because there is nothing but hiss on their waterfalls. (Hassig-IL)

** Captain Morgan Shortwave

6/21, 0010, 6931.5am. Blues, 0016 ID sequence including “Twilight Zone” music, off. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)

** Earth Station 1W

6/27, 0230-0300+, 4033usb. Weird-spacey electro-music, one with bird calls; mainly uncopyable gruff voice; 0242 voice talking about “your ionosphere” & mentioned “Earth Station 1W” & again @0257. SIO=453+ overall w/S10 peaks (Frodge-MI)

** Fox News Relay

7/2, 2233-2235, 6970am. Political talk, dumb commercials. poor signal. (Will-MD)

** Ion Radio

6/26, 0105, 6870am. Just caught a reference to the Mothers of Invention. Fair/Poor Signal (Majewski CT)

** Radio Free Whatever

6/26, 2241, 6960usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr, good signal despite storms in area, DJ = Dick Weed reading posts, now heavy metal or punk sung by woman, at 2244 fired up receiver locally but weak under local digital neighborhood noise, at 2320 noticed selective fading, off at 2337utc after announcement by Dick Weed. (Hassig-IL)

6/28, 0011-0130*, 6960usb. A very nice show of newer (for me) Indie tunes. DJ Dick Weed had some fun. One tune that I knew was Under the Milky Way. At 0111, gave a shout out to the posters on HF Underground. Good signal the entire time. (Majewski CT)

6/28, 0042-0044+, 6960usb. ID into rock tune. SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI)

** Unid

6/27, 0001-0008+, 6925usb. Rockabilly tunes, SSTV 0006:05-0007:17 to more tunes. SIO=343 peaks w/QSB below QRN + buzz burst QRM (Frodge-MI)

6/27, 0102, 6870am. Talk & music at QRN level (Frodge-MI)

6/30, 0252-0259:42*, 6950usb. Music; off abruptly w/o ID. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

** Wasteland Radio

6/25, 0025, 6950usb. Music with SSTV and waterfall images. None decoded here until SSTV at 0048, last SSTV and waterfall images decoded with ID’s, off. Poor. (Taylor – WI)

6/27, 0012, 6925usb. Rock music, SSTV (Dead Mouse Radio – mouse skull and crossbones, B&W “WLR Wasteland Radio,) faded out several minutes, back poorly with music, SSTV (no decode,) in and out (mostly out) for next 20 minutes or so, SSTV (“WLR Wasteland Radio” with radio tower,) off. Poor to just above static floor. (Taylor – WI)

** WDOG

6/27, 0105-0120+, 6965am. 6/27; Instr’l at tune-in w/code ID & dog barks & howls; voice ID @0107:40 into Motown ditties another voice ID @0119:45 & more Motown. SIO=3+53- (Frodge-MI)

6/27, 0107-0125, 6965am. Show of Motown Tunes, Smokey Robinson, Temptations, Michael Jackson and others. Conditions were variable for this station like the others before it. Started with a good signal, then slowly faded. (Majewski CT)

6/27, 0112, 6965am. 0115 “Just my imagination,” other era songs some with dog howls and barks over music … was out of the room for a while and returned at 0144 to a clear ID, “Got a hold on me,” “Need your lovin,” off 0205. Started out poor, but good by s/ off. (Taylor – WI)

6/27, 0117, 6965am. On Normal IL sdr, weak noisy signal, hear a young Michael Jackson singing an early tune, at 0128 Otis Redding "dock of the bay", at 0132 oldie "dancing in the street", many more urban and Motown tunes, signal improved a bit by 0147utc, oldie from 1963 "he's so fine" by the Chiffons. (Hassig-IL)

** Wolverine Radio

6/26, 0007-0104, 6950usb. A show of songs with Train in the lyric or titled. Elvis Mystery Train, Monkeys Last Train to Clarksville. ID at 0030, Maryann Faithful Peace Train, Bob Dylan Slow Train, ID at 0057 Good to Fair Signal due to fading (Majewski CT)

6/27, 0008-0020+, 6950usb. Ditties featuring trains, including Chattanooga Choo Choo, Elvis’ Mystery Train & Monkees’ Last Train to Clarksville; ID @0015:53. S8 peaks (Frodge-MI)

6/27, 0017, 6950usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr, good signal, a train themed program, hear old Elvis tune "train train" then Monkees "last train to Clarksville", at 0021 a reggae train tune, at 0024 "Marrakesh Express" by CS&N, at 0034 Wolverine ID then Grateful Dead "Casey Jones (you better watch your speed)", 0039 Gladys Knight & the pips "midnight train to Georgia", many more train tunes, at 0105utc echo ID then SSTV/FAX. Excellent program as usual, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

6/27, 0020, 6950usb. “Last train to Clarksville,” “Love that train, I want to get off,” ID, “Marrakesh Express,” into program of train themed songs, 0105 “echo” ID, SSTV (train with “Wolverine Radio,”) off. (Taylor – WI)

6/27, 0049, 6950usb. Pirate music at S9/+10 including storm noise, probably Wolverine Radio; yes: convenient two-word ID interjected at 0051 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Yeah Man Radio

6/25, 2321-2339, 6925am. It was a Solid Gold Million Dollar Weekend, with Steppen Wolfe unit 2339 and the signal faded. Fair Signal (Majewski CT)

7/2, 2306, 6925am. Music, Rascals, How Can I Be Sure, Yeah Man Radio ID, and into more golden oldies, Spanky and Our Gang, Sunday Will Never Be the Same; Hollies, Bus Stop. s7/s9. (Will-MD)

** YHWH

6/28, 0332, 7475am. Anti-Christ pirate, Station YHWH registers S9 but Josiah`s intonation on thin modulation is unreadable vs noise level. Ran across him before getting Rick Barton`s tip that he was very strong into AZ at 0325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

6/30, 0417, 7475am. Familiar Josiah’s voice at QRN level. (Frodge-MI)


== European shortwave ==

** The Vault

6/26, 2324-2327, 6985am. S9 carrier with poor audio, I could just make out it was playing music. The operator needs to check his modulation. (Majewski CT)


== Otherness

** WDLW 1380 fifth harmonic

7/2, 2133, 6900am. Music, Pretenders, Don't Get Me Wrong, DJ talking, giving away a gas grill, PSAs and commercials. "1380 AM and 98.9 FM" ID matches to WDLW 1380 Lorain, Ohio; s5 on the NW8S SDR, which is in Lorain County, Ohio. Dead on 6900 AM, which is 5x1380; appears to be fifth harmonic. Clean AM sound. Rolling Stones Goodbye Ruby Tuesday at 2140. WDLW ID at 2145. (Will-MD)


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Regards, Lw