Free Radio Weekly #1344

Free Radio Weekly #1344, Saturday, December 25, 2021
Covering free radio activity from December 18-24, 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 1344 - December 25 - Larry
FRW 1345 - January 1 - Harold
FRW 1346 - January 8 - Dave


== Contributors ==

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

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

Edward Kusalik
Daysland, Alberta

Larry Will
Mount Airy, Maryland
Icom IC-R75, various wires


== Summary ==

12/17 2145-2205 WHIZ 6925usb
12/17 2325-2327 Unid 6925am

12/18 0023-0028 Unid 6930usb
12/18 0210-0210 Ball Smacker Radio 4030usb
12/18 1613-1613 Radio Pushka 6919.978am
12/18 1813-1905 Rock-It Radio 6872.73am
12/18 2021-2108 Ion Radio 6955am
12/18 2222-2240 Captain Morgan Shortwave 6932.4am
12/18 2314-2359 Outhouse Radio 6935usb

12/19 0000-0020 Outhouse Radio 6935usb
12/19 2314-2314 Unid 6950usb

12/20 0117-0141 Outhouse Radio 6950usb
12/20 0141-0149 Unid 6950usb
12/20 1724-1727 Unid 6925am

12/22 2335-2343 Unid 6930usb

12/23 2117-2128 Voice of Laryngitis 6925am
12/23 2257-2306 Unid 6935am

12/24 0116-0125 Unid 6935usb
12/24 0125-0158 Unid 6930usb
12/24 1823-2020 Unid 6974.9am
12/24 2001-2008 Radio Free Whatever 6955usb
12/24 2221-2223 Radio Free Whatever 4185usb


== North American Shortwave ==

** Ball Smacker Radio

12/18, 0210, 4030usb. On Batavia IL sdr, weak noisy S5 to S7 signal, weak locally under S9+ neighborhood noise, barely heard bowling ball sound under noise, earlier I tried Barrington Hills, Normal and Champaign IL sdr's with same or worse results. (Hassig-IL)

** Captain Morgan Shortwave

12/18, 2222-2240*, 6932.4am. Distorted. Music. (35442, Hunsicker, PA)

** Ion Radio

12/18, 2021-2108, 6955am. Christmas music. Ad for Savings Bonds. Parody Christmas tunes. (45443, Hunsicker, PA)

** Outhouse Radio

12/18, 2314-0020, 6935usb. Drumming and chanting. SSTV at 2329, 2334, and 2334, CW ID's for "outhouse radio." (35443, Hunsicker, PA)

12/20, 0117, 6950usb. Outhouse Radio. SSTV in progress, into blues music. Outhouse Radio ID at 0123. SSTV at 0123 and 0131. SSTV again at 0141 with music underneath, and then Outhouse went off, revealing another music station underneath. s7 from Outhouse. (Will-MD)

** Radio Free Whatever

12/24, 2001-2008*, 6955usb. No music, just chatting about running a station, MixLR, needing money, and that Mr. Weed has Starlink. (44353, Hunsicker, PA)

12/24, 2221, 4185usb. Radio Free Whatever with music, The Boo Radleys, You and Me. "This is Radio Free Whatever" at 2223. 2224, more music, Chewy, Mathmind. Solid s9, very good. (Will-MD)

** Radio Pushka

12/18, 1613, 6919.978 AM, JBA music, presumed the very active pirate seemingly in western N America, Radio Pushka. Which means rifle in Bulgarian, or more generically, gun in Russian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also UNIDENTIFIED

** Rock-It Radio

12/18, 1813-1905, 6872.73am. Music which was mostly unusable due to a weak signal. (Hunsicker, PA)

** Unid

12/17, 2325, 6925am. On Barrington Hills IL sdr then 2327 Normal IL sdr, weak S5 to S7 signal on each, barely detect carrier in ssb mode locally, on Normal IL sdr hear weak music under noise. (Hassig-IL)

12/18, 0023-0028:30*, 6930usb. Rock ditty & off without offering an ID; SIO=2+53- (Frodge-MI)

12/19, 2314, 6950usb. Unid with rock music, fair signal, s3. (Will-MD)

12/20, 0141, 6950usb. Unid, on during the end of Outhouse Radio with music. Blinded By the Light at 0149. s1/s3, poor, faded away by 0155. (Will-MD)

12/20, 1724-1727:44*, 6925am, EZL Xmas tune; off w/o ID. SIO=454 peaks (Frodge-MI)

12/22, 2335-2343+, 6930usb. Instr’l Xmas tunes; 2341:15 SSTV. SINPO=35243- (Frodge-MI)

12/23, 2257-2306, 6935am. A carrier and some very faint bits of a male voice. (Hunsicker, PA)

12/24, 0116-0158, 6935/6930usb. Mostly Blues guitar. Switched frequencies at 0125. Less noisy on 6930. SSTV at 0140 and 0148. ("Poor" to "Unusable," Hunsicker, PA)

12/24, 1823, 6974.9am. Christmas music and spoken word bits. Back Door Santa at 1912. Dropkick Murphys, The Season's Upon Us at 1923. Santa Baby at 1936. NOFX, Xmas Has Been X'ed at 2020. Fair signal, improving to good/very good by 1909. Still on at 2200 but running open carrier/dead air. (Will-MD)

12/24, 2241, 6925am. Spoken word. Very hard copy. (Will-MD)

** Voice of Laryngitis

12/23, 2117-2128, 6925am. Vocals. NORAD tracking Santa. The "Almost Heresy Hour" and Tom Lehrer's Christmas song. (35342, Hunsicker, PA)

** WHIZ

12/17, 2145-2150*, 6925usb. Rock ditties; 2149:15 “WHIZ brought to you by Milky Way relays...much more than a candy bar.” SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)

12/17, 2152-2205*, 6925.3usb. Music and some really nasty QRM at 6926.3. (32452, Hunsicker, PA)

** YHWH

12/18, 1820, 11840, no signal from Station YHWH, anti-Christ pirate; nor anything like it elsewhere on 25m. He used to be fairly active but not always, middays, especially weekends? If anyone could have heard, Rick Barton in AZ, but his last report of Josiah was exactly four weeks ago, Sat Nov 20 until 1811*. On Sept 5, 7 and 8 he was using 9700, 9720, 9775 in the 1440/1755 period, so we should look around those too. Night frequency 7475 last reported Nov 6; previously quite active on 7470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)


== QSL ==

** ROS AM (Europe)

3905 AM ROS AM E-QSL with cover letter. Power as 100 watts into a wire antenna. Report too: rosamradio@gmail.com Reply in two days. v/s de Gert (Edward Kusalik Daysland, Alberta CANADA)

** Radio Sovereign (Ireland)

3905 AM Radio Sovereign E-QSL letter Verification rec'ed in six days for a report too: 1494radio@gmail.com (Edward Kusalik Daysland, Alberta CANADA)

** Radio Pushka (North America)

6920 AM Radio Pushka rec'ed a E-QSL card with a cover letter from the operator, with details of future transmitting plans. Sent a report too: 87.7fmradiopushka@gmail.com (Edward Kusalik Daysland, Alberta CANADA)


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Regards, Lw