Free Radio Weekly #1325

Free Radio Weekly #1325, Saturday, August 14, 2021
Covering free radio activity from August 7-13, 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 1325 - August 14 - Larry
FRW 1326 - August 21 - Harold


== Contributors ==

Rick Barton
Sun City, AZ
Drake SW1 & longwire, oriented for E/W rx

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

William Hassig
williamhassig@yahoo.com

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

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

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
Lost River State Park, Mathias, West Virginia
Tecsun PL-880, PL-660, and various wires


== Summary ==

8/6

2040-2058 Unid 6925usb/am
2100-2230 Radio Genix 6950usb
2347-2350 Radio Free Whatever 6980am
2344-2353 Camel Back Radio 6925usb

8/7

0000-0030 Camel Back Radio 6925usb
0004-0115 Radio Free Whatever 6980am
0017-0151 Mix Radio International 6960usb
0044-0142 Outhouse Radio 6930usb
0311-0411 WLR Wasteland Radio 6925usb
2309-2359 Camel Back Radio/Mount Radio 6925usb
2334-2359 Radio Genix 6950usb

8/8

0000-0011 Radio Genix 6950usb
0000-0030 Camel Back Radio/Mount Radio 6925usb
0010-0015 Unid 6950usb
0004-0111 Wolverine Radio 6980usb
0111-0111 WTF Radio Worldwide 6980usb
0259-0300 Unid 6935usb
0301-0313 XFM 6285am
0633-0701 Unid 6935usb
1200-1201 Unid 6935usb
1942-1959 Radio Genix 6950usb
2354-2359 Unid 6950usb

8/9

0000-0003 Unid 6950usb
0009-0112 Kind Radio 6931usb
0116-0116 Mix Radio International 6860usb
0118-0118 Nowhere Radio 6974.9am

8/10

1630-1635 Fox News Relay 6970am

8/11

0100-0105 Radio Genix 6950usb
1440-1445 Fox News Relay 6970am
1441-1614 Unid 6950usb
2100-2100 Unid 6950usb

8/12

1412-1415 Unid 6950usb
1540-1638 YHWH 11840am

8/13

1505-1638 YHWH 9630am
1535-1535 Unid 6950usb


== North American Shortwave ==

** Camel Back Radio/Mount Radio/Zeeky

8/6, 2344-0030, 6925usb. Another of Zeeky's manifestations. How does he function with all these rattling around in his head? Music, chatter, chatter about Dick Weed, and chatter about Vermont. Ruminates on Mrs. Robinson. (45444, Hunsicker, PA)

8/6, 2345, 6925usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair sig S7 to S9, soft pop ballad playing, at 0008utc C&W tune playing, at 0015 "sound of silence", at 0042 Donovan "rock upon my garden". (Hassig-IL)

8/6, 2353, 6925usb. Pirate DJ talking about a nest? S5-S6 vs noise level. Many logs here as Camelback Radio about Vermont, not Arizona; a Zekey station: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

8/7, 0012-0014, 6925usb. Played the 1964 version of Simon and Garfunkel Sounds of Silence. Good Signal (3 stations were on at the same time) (Majewski CT)

8/7, 2309, 6925usb. Camelback Radio, on Normal IL sdr, fair signal S7 with S9 peaks, talk then old pop tune from late 1960's, talk at 2319 with distorted audio then women singing about mother nature, at 2334 sounds like a song by Bob Dylan, DJ talking then at 2339 Roy Orbison "pretty woman" with audience applause. (Hassig-IL)

8/7, 2331-0015, 6925usb. 2331-0015* Nice music from Zeeky. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

8/8, 0001-0010+, 6925usb. Motown then Marty Robbins’ Ghost Train; Zeeky chatter. SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)

** Fox News Relay

8/10, 1630, 6970usb. Animated political talk, utility QRM. Fair to good. (Will-WV)

8/11, 1440, 6970am. Fox News Relay, commercials, QRM from nearby beepbuzzer. 6970 audio very wide, audible from 6965 to 6975. Very good signal, 20-30 dBu. (Will-WV)

** Kind Radio

8/9, 0009-0112, 6931usb. Playing a lot of Indie Folk songs, at 0009 ID as "My name is Kind Radio". Dead air in between songs. Nice music, all which were new to me. Nice Show. Fair/Good Signal (Majewski CT)

8/9, 0024, 6931usb. Mostly soft songs with long pauses, 0025 resuming S5 to spixe of S7-S8. Occasional quick announcements, unreadable; 0053 soft ballad; 0057 upbeat bluegrass; 0100 another pause but no ID, then as in [www.hfunderground.com] ``House of the rising Sun - The White Buffalo with Forest Rangers`` from KIND (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Mix Radio International

8/7, 0017-0020, 6960usb. Instrumental music with an ID (0019) Fair Signal (Majewski CT)

8/7, 0148, 6860usb.Mellow electronic jazz, 0151 ID mellow instrumental, ID sequence into more mellow electronic music. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

8/9, 0116, 6860usb. Rock music at S9/+10; 0120 electronic. These pirates competing with Olympix closing ceremony as delayed on NBC TV. It is Mix Radio International: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Nowhere Radio

8/9, 0118, 6974.9am. JBA music, presumed Nowhere Radio. I am still suffering from high local line noise level on LW thru MW thru most SW bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** Outhouse Radio

8/7, 0044, 6930usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair S7 signal, song: "all right now", at 0051 SSTV/FAX then more pop/rock, at 0104 SSTV/FAX followed by heavy metal tune "ace of spades". (Hassig-IL)

8/7, 0128, 6930usb. Hard rock, SSTV (late start here with “Outhouse Radio” at bottom,) back to hard rock, 0142 Outhouse talks some giving an ID at the end, electric blues, Easypal send (didn’t have it on), off. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

** Radio Free Whatever

8/6, 2347, 6980usb. On the Barrington Hills IL sdr, fair signal S9+, heavy metal tune playing, DJ=Dick Weed. (Hassig-IL)

8/6, 2350, 6980usb. At 2350 giving out a 302-area code phone number; first thought it was a MARS net, but then for call-ins to R. Free Vatever; DJ muses about forbidden Dungeons & Dragons and plays such music. I did not copy the full phone number and no one else reports it either. We may assume that 302 = Delaware is not a clue to RFV real QTH. S6-S7 vs noise level. Many more logs: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

8/7, 0004-0020, 6980am. Nice long show of good music, at 0005 identified with German accent, Radio Free Wat De Var (having a bit of fun). Gave a shout out to the posters on the HF Underground Web site, Most of the music was Indie songs. I did not know them, but, good listening. Good/Excellent Signal (Majewski CT)

8/7, 0115, 6980am. DJ Dickweed with talk ending with an ID into Indie rock, canned ID, more similar rock and a program of similar music, talk, ID’s. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

** Radio Genix (see also Unid 6950usb)

8/6, 2100-2230, 6950usb. ID at 2114. Easy-going music (35443, Hunsicker, PA)

8/7, 2334-0011, 6950usb. As prop changed, Genix went from a great signal at 2334 to garbage in 11 minutes and "unusable" in three more. Older rock. (Hunsicker, PA)

8/8, 1942-1959, 6950usb. House of the Rising Sun, Radio Gaga, others. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

8/11, 0100, 6950usb. ID “this is radio genix” twice, music, Safety Dance, People are People, IDs and email, music, Let’s Dance. 34 dBu, good. (Will-WV)

** Unid

8/6, 2040-2058, 6925usb/am. Music. Waterfall showed a spike consistent with an AM carrier but with only an upper sideband. A OM's gravely voice which I took to be the announcer, but didn't hear an ID. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)

8/8, 0003, 6950usb. Two stations were on same frequency, heard "Some always watching me" song "Like Animals". Poor/Fair Signal (Majewski CT)

8/8, 0010-0015+, 6950usb. Rock tunes. QRN level to SIO=2+53 peaks (Frodge-MI)

8/8, 0259-0300+, 6935usb. Weird music at tune=in & off before 0301 w/o ID. SIO=2+53 (Frodge-MI)

8/8, 0631-0701, 6935usb. (and likely 1200-1201, too) Low strength and noise did the broadcast no good. Bouncy music. Never heard anything I thought might be an ID. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

8/11, 1441, 6950usb. Music, Maroon 5, Animals; Eddy Grant, Electric Avenue. Solid 24dBu, very good. Still going at 1512 and 1614 checks. House of the rising sun at 1614. (Will-WV)

8/11, 1453-1500+, 6950usb. Pop ditties including Toto at QRN level (Frodge-MI)

8/11, 2100, 6950usb. BeeGees at QRN level (Frodge-MI)

8/12, 1412, 6950usb. Music by Kraftwerk. 29 dBu, very good. (Will-WV)

8/13, 1535, 6950usb. Music, Funkytown by Lipps Inc. Good signal, 30 dBu. (Will-WV)

** WLR Wasteland Radio

8/7, 0311-0411, 6925usb. I left the Elad and MMSSTV running when I went to bed and found five SSTV images the next morning. Conditions were not great and the images were pretty rough. Images at 0343 and 0400 contained IDs. (Hunsicker, PA)

** Wolverine Radio

8/8, 0004, 6980usb. On Normal IL sdr, fair signal S9 to 10 over S9, hear woman singing old blues tune with piano, various other tunes with the word "morning" in them, at 0016 black swing tune "morning noon and night", song: "good morning little school girl", Wolverine ID, song: "early in the morning", severe utility interference for a minute at 0023utc, at 0026 Joni Mitchell "Chelsea morning", at 0035utc Normal IL sdr down to S9 but Barrington Hills IL sdr up to 10 over S9, at 0044utc echo ID then SSTV/FAX, thanks for the nice program, Wolverine. After SSTV/FAX more pop tunes with the theme of "happy birthday", Wolverine ID, song: "happy birthday sweet sixteen", at 0111utc echo ID then another SSTV/FAX, thanks for the additional tunes. (Hassig-IL)

8/8, 0014-0022+, 6980usb. Tunes with “morning” in the title or lyric. Spoken ID @0021:25. SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)

** WTF Radio Worldwide

8/8, 0111, 6980usb. Came on 6980usb after Wolverine signed off and WTF Radio Worldwide came on freq, fair/poor with S9 peaks on both Normal IL and Barrington Hills IL sdr's. (Hassig-IL)

** XFM

8/8, 0301-0305+, 6285am. Ancr talking about a trip & watching TV into cool music; XFMshortwave@gmail.com for requests SIO=3+53+ (Frodge-MI)

8/8, 0313, 6285am. End of rock song, Redhat with shout out to a different Mark describing his location as “somewhere under the stars,” another shout out, ID, mentioned he will be on another hour or so, more chat, e mail, taking reports from e mail, HF Underground or Shortwave Café (?), accurate TC, ID into music, produced ID into program of more music and talk until I pulled the plug about 0330. Fair to good. (Taylor – WI)

** YHWH

8/12, 1540, 11840am. In progress at tune-in, the usual monologue, Josiah and the anti-Christian lecture. A false sign-off at 1548, playing of Days of Hard life, but then kept on going. Post-1600, Old Testament stuff, Ten Commandments, etc. At 1633, operator Josiah repeated the "cease operation" would be after DoHL, one more closing ann, then hit the red-X button at 1638. Fair to Good on peaks; long deep fades. (Barton-AZ)

8/12, 1550, 11840am. Station YHWH with ``tonight`s lexure``, anti-Christ. Tnx to tip from Rick Barton, AZ a few minutes ago on the WOR iog. As usual, AZ remote hardly hears it nor the other I check in MO; but sufficient S8-S9 at #3 of VE6JY Alberta. That should tell us something about skip distance from true whatever QTH. Left on in background noting cutoff about 1638*. He`s usually reported midday on Saturday, but also other days? 25m band
seems his favorite then, a different frequency each time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

8/13, 1505, 9630am. In progress at tune-in, the usual material At 1520 was talking of connection to Christian religion and Pagan ritual, Days of Hard Life song, final ann, & off at 1528 – Fair to Good on peaks; long deep fades. (Barton-AZ)


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Regards, Lw