Free Radio Weekly #1322

Free Radio Weekly #1322, Saturday, July 24, 2021
Covering free radio activity from July 17-23, 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 1322-July 24-Larry
FRW 1323-July 31-Harold


== 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

Chris Gay
Kentucky

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


== In the news ==

From the Existential Issue: The Pirate Radio Capital. A sound tour with our friend David Goren, radio producer, audio archivist, and creator of the Brooklyn Pirate Radio Sound Map.

Columbia Journalism Review, 4 May 2021

"The Godfather of New York City pirates, as David calls him, was a guy named Allan Weiner. As a high school kid in Yonkers, Weiner put a couple of stations on the air using old World War II surplus receivers. He’d also share his gear with people across the boroughs. By 1982, the New York Times counted about twelve active stations in the city. The FCC was always listening. Enforcement was active back then, so in 1987 Weiner bought a ship, named it the Sarah, and invited some other local pirates to join him. They broadcast four miles off Long Island and called the project Radio New York International. It worked for about two days before the Coast Guard came in. Weiner was handcuffed and taken off the air."

Full article and multimedia at [www.cjr.org]


== Summary ==

7/16

2202-2202 Unid 6970am

7/17

0010-0050 KAT/Eye of the Kat (Zeeky) 6925usb
0050-0050 Unid 6932am
0053-0054 Unid 6925usb
0040-0141 WTF Radio Worldwide 6950usb
0043-0200 Ballsmacker Radio 6960am
0138-0138 Pirate without a name 6955usb
0201-0203 Nowhere Radio 6974.9am
0335-0341 Unid 6950usb

7/18

0118-0220 Outhouse Radio 6955usb
0034-0039 Unid (presumed Nowhere Radio) 6974.9am
0039-0042 Unid 6950usb
0042-0112 KAT/Eye of the Kat (Zeeky) 6925usb
0042-0042 Planet 4 6933.5lsb
2200-2219 New World Radio 6925usb
2315-2359 Radio Free Whatever 6960usb

7/19

0000-0119 Radio Free Whatever 6960usb
0116-0116 Nowhere Radio 6974.9am
0244-0305 Unid 6930usb
2229-2333 Unid 6875am

7/20

0335-0335 Unid 6875am

7/21

0059-0108 Unid 6974.9am
0128-0132 Unid 6974.9am

7/22

0125-0139 Unid 6925usb
0113-0127 Mix Radio International 6955usb
0119-0130 Unid 6925usb
0129-0129 Nowhere Radio 6974.9am


== A mystery station

7/21, 0027-0559+, 6885. At 0027, JBA carrier suspect NAm pirate as a pirate frequency previously; but still at 0124, 0153, 0559! So likely something else. HFU has no reports on 6885 at this time, since July 18 in the daytime, a Radio Pushka heard via remote in NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)


== North American Shortwave ==

** Ballsmacker Radio

7/17, 0043-0200, 6960am. ID at 0043, Played Blue Moon, Fats Domino Blue Berry Hill and others. With many IDs. Thanks for a good show. Fair/Good signal (Majewski CT)

7/17, *0059-0103*, 6960am. Tinkle tune IS to 0100 voice s/on w/ID & ball strike; classic rock ditties. S8 peaks (Frodge-MI)

7/17, 0102, 6960am. On Barrington Hills IL sdr, 10 over 9 fair signal, old soft rock tune by CS&N "Judy blue eyes", at 0109 Ballsmacker ID with bowling ball sound, at 0121 Elvis "blue suede shoes". (Hassig-IL)

7/17, 0112, 6960am. 80’s style pop then early 60’s pop both mentioning “blue,” ID then a program of “blue” referenced songs including “Blue suede shoes” and “Judy blue eyes,” among many more. Good. (Taylor – WI)

** KAT/Eye of the Kat (Zeeky)

7/17, 0010, 6925usb. In Normal IL and Barrington Hills IL sdr's, S7 to S9 fair signal on both, DJ talking then ID as Kat Eye Radio, now a rap(?) tune, at 0029 played the infamous tune "je t'aime" by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourge from 1969, then played "groovy kind of love" from 1965. (Hassig-IL)

7/17, 0037-0054, 6925usb. Zeeky having fun playing Bruce Springsteen songs. One that I recognized was Mansion on the Hill. Good Signal (Majewski CT)

7/18, 0042-0046+, 6925usb. Rock & R&B; Zeeky comments @0044 followed by a few sec. of transmitus interuptus. S7 (Frodge-MI)

7/18, 0012, 6950usb. Zeeky with electronic blues; talked about changing frequency from 6925U (where I heard him briefly then changed to listen to other things) due to interference. Into program of dance music and usual chat. Good. (Taylor – WI)

** Mix Radio International

7/22, 0113-0119+, 6955usb. Classic rock ditties; Let the Good Times Roll, Call Me. SIO=3+53+ (Frodge-MI)

7/22, 0127, 6955usb. Mix Radio International. New wave synth music, Are Friends Electric by Tubeway Army. s15/s20, very good. (Will-MD)

** New World Radio

7/18, 2200-2219, 6925usb. Sinatra-esque music (one artist Paul Anka) and an electronic instrumental of "Strangers In The Night". Could hear an OM DJ but no copy. ID by SSTV. Poor in central Kentucky (Gay-KY).

** Nowhere Radio

7/17, 0201, 6974.9am. Unidentified (usually been Nowhere Radio). Strong signal with dead air for about 30 seconds after t/in then electronic instrumental, dead air for about 2 minutes, then another song and dead air. Tuned out then tired of the long pauses between songs. Noticed the signal staying there for most of the night while I was listening to other pirates. Fair – good. (Taylor – WI)

7/18, 0034-0039+, 6974.9am. Ethereal music. S9, probably Nowhere Radio...another me too music pirate (Frodge-MI)

7/19, 0116, 6974.9am. Mellow music, good signal, noisy conditions. Presumed Nowhere Radio based on past loggings of this station at this time and on this exact frequency. (Will-MD)

7/21, 0125, 6974.9am. JBA music, presumed Nowhere Radio, previous pirate on this off-frequency, but always very weak here and tough to ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also unID 6885

7/22, 0129, 6974.9am. Presumed Nowhere Radio. Mellow music, fair signal, s5/s7. (Will-MD)

** Outhouse Radio

7/18, 0118, 6955usb. Outhouse with a variety of blusey and guitar rock music with many SSTV’s including muse skull and crossbones – “Dead Mouse Radio”; Squirrel with “Pee Wee”; Lion roaring; dog peeking out from under a blanket; parody label with man in chef’s hat “Boyarewe Screwed”; poor reception of a black man with African colors, poor image of what appeared to be the Koolaid character behind caution tape; a very jury rigged electronical plug; cartoon smiley face laughing, man announcer with “Goddamit Leeroy”; Parody label with illegible writing a face in the middle and “LJC” at the bottom (KFC ad parody); B&W outhouse with an antenna from the chimney with “Outhouse Radio” (characteristic ID), 0220 off. Started out good but slowly deteriorated to poor by end. (Taylor – WI)

7/18, 0127, 6955usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair S9 signal with low noise, slow pop tune, at 0129½ SSTV/FAX, more tunes and SSTV/FAX's. (Hassig-IL)

** Pirate without a name

6955 USB PIRATE (No. Am) Pirate without a name, 0138, 7/17/21. Program of mostly atmospheric electronic music with occasional ID’s by a man of “Pirate without a name,” Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)

** Planet 4

7/18, 0042, 6933.5lsb. Atmospheric music, distorted man with only a few words intelligible mentioning “Planet 4,” section from “Leave it to Beaver,” atmospheric music comes up and continues. The program continued with different sections of music, clips of TV and radio programs and the distorted man talking with soliloquy at the end about the 4th planet and dire warnings about the Earth. Off. Fair to good. Pretty sure this was the same program as was on several weeks ago, although better reception this week. (Taylor – WI)

** Radio Free Whatever

7/18, 2352-2357+, 6960usb. Music by La Luz and others. Good quality audio. Fair-to-good in central Kentucky. (Gay-KY).

7/18, 2353, 6960usb. Odd sounds and rock music. Narrow band sideband, impossible to tune on the PL-880, but acceptable on the R-75. Very good signal, s15 peaks. Radio Free Whatever ID at 0015. (Will-MD)

7/19, 0102, 6960usb. Pirate music S6-S8, DJ talx about albums, Radio Free Whatever ID; many more logs here: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

7/19, 0000-0115, 6960usb. DJ Dickweed do a nice show of Indie Rock and Pop songs. He did several new group covers of older tunes, like the Clash Train in Vain. At 0011, he gave a shout out to the posters on the HF Underground. Played a Modest Mouse song. Good signal (Majewski CT)

7/19, 0119, 6960usb. DJ Dick Weed w/rock ditty. SIO=3+53- w/some garble (Frodge-MI)

** Unid

7/17, 2202, 6970usb. Poor talk under QRN; probably Fox News relay (Frodge-MI)

7/17, 0050, 6932am. Sounds ike an old radio drama; talk w/dramatic music. Poor at QRN level (Frodge-MI)

7/17, 0052-0054:16*, 6925usb. EZL tune & off w/o ID. SIO=353+ (Frodge-MI)

7/17, 0335-0341:10*, 6950usb. Johnny Cash ditty; 10 sec. SSTV & off. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

7/18, 0039-0042+, 6950usb. Folk ditties; S8 peaks, folk ditties, another me too music pirate. (Frodge-MI)

7/19, 0244-0305+, 6930usb. Mary had a little bicycle & it’s tire was always flat; mentioned refmo; novelty tune Menomena; Swedish muppets? & more muppets; comedy blue tune; SSTVs Seems to go off between bits--transmitus interuptus? No ID offered; too bad, one of the most entertaining pirate programs on in a long time. SIO=3+43 warble QRM (Frodge-MI)

7/19, 2229, 6875am. Music, just above the noise threshold. 2230, Queen's Radio Ga-Ga. Still going at 2333 check, still playing music and just barely above the noise floor. (Will-MD)

7/20, 0335, 6875am. Music at QRN level (Frodge-MI)

7/21, 0128-0132+, 6974.9am. Punk rock ditty at tune-in, then another, Why? Peaking above QRN (Frodge-MI)

7/21, 0059-0108+, 6974.9am. Werord non-pop ditties just over QRN. Another me-too music pirate. (Frodge-MI)

7/22, 0119-0130+, 6925usb. Sinatra ditties; Summer Wind, Come Rain or Come Shine, then a non-Sinatra ditty; 33 sec. of transmitus interruptus & back w/EZL instr’l. SIO=343, buzz & hiss burst QRM (Frodge-MI)

7/22, 0125, 6925usb. Acoustic music, Call If You Need Me by Vance Joy. 0131, more mellow country/folk rock, Leaving Winslow by Jackson Browne. 0139, ditching the mellow music for some Spanish rap, Gangman Style by P.S.Y. Solid s9, very good. (Will-MD)

** WTF Radio Worldwide

7/17, 0040, 6950usb. On Normal IL and Barrington Hills IL sdr's S7 fair signal on both, 1970's pop/rock tunes. (Hassig-IL)

7/17, 0055-0141, 6950usb. Signed off at 0141. Playing deep tracks from Steve Miller Band, Nobody Loves You Like I do, Fly like an Eagle, Take the money and run and more. Good tunes, I enjoyed the show. The signal was Excellent with some periods of fading (Majewski CT)

7/17, 0103-0106+, 6950usb. Blues tune at tune-in to voice ID then rock ditty. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)


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Regards, Lw