Free Radio Weekly #1356, Saturday, March 19, 2022
Covering free radio activity from March 12-18, 2022
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 1356 - March 19 - Larry
FRW 1357 - March 26 - Harold
FRW 1358 - April 2 - Dave
== Contributors ==
Harold Frodge
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
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
== North American Shortwave ==
** Ball Smacker Radio
3/12, 0202, 6960am. Barrington Hills IL sdr with S9 to S9+10 signal, S-on with piano IS, woman making Ballsmacker ID then song "man on the moon", at 0207 "great balls of fire", at 0214 "love potion #9", at 0216 tuned in locally with S9+20 signal over S9+10 neighborhood noise, I think the high noise here is due to AT&T uverse sending 100megabit/sec through ordinary pairs of wires, at 0252 signal suddenly became weak and noisy on Barrington Hills sdr, locally a lost cause under high neighborhood noise, nice program, thanks. Off suddenly at 0259 in mid song. (Hassig-IL)
** Earth Station 1W
3/11, 2311, 6955am. JBA S7 talk. Many logs here as Earth Station 1W, with SF stuff and Beatles: [www].hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,94205.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KDOG
3/12, 0040, 6950usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 signal, surfer music playing, at 0050 SSTV/FAX then more guitar instrumentals, SSTV/FAX at 0119utc then growling dog then another SSTV/FAX, long program of surfer music, dogs howling at 0152 for several minutes. (Hassig-IL)
3/12, 0126-0145+, 6950usb. Pop/rock instr’l ditties; dog barks @0135. SIO=3+44 covered briefly by trill bursts. No ID offered. (Frodge-MI)
3/12, 0204-0212, 6960am. Music, ID, and Sweet Home Alabama. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)
** Mix Radio International
3/13, 2214-2244+, 6950am. Just soul ditties, no mix. ID @2244, “The station with the best music, Mix Radio Int’l”. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)
** Radio Puska
3/17, 0643, 6920-. JBA music with heavy beat and announcement, presumed the usual R. Pushka (rifle) Russian ethnic pirate on its expansive schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** Unid
3/11, 2311-2313, 6955am. Get Back, gravely-voiced OM, and then two bits of music at once. (45343, Hunsicker, PA)
3/17, 0211-0214:20*, 6955am. Talk in Non-EE, Just over QRN level (Frodge-MI)
3/17, 0215-0220+, 6925usb. Rock/pop music & political rant re Trump, WW3, etc. SIO=3+53+ (Frodge-MI)
** WFDR
3/12, 2315, 6910usb. JBA sounds like someone reading a document or speech, can`t make it out. Many reports here of the occasional pirate WFDR, an FDR speech from 1939 as war was previously brewing in Europe... [www].hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,94276.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
3/12, 2325, 6910usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr, weak S5 to S7 signal, sounds like special radio broadcast from early 1940's about FDR and WW2. Is this WFDR? Announcer talking about FDR arriving in congress to make a speech followed by applause. FDR giving speech "I have asked congress to assemble for this special occasion." Signal increasing to S9. At 2342 announcer slowly said "W, F, D, R, good night" then off air. (edit) We need another FDR along with solid Democratic majorities in house and senate as well as state governors and legislatures. (Hassig-IL)
** Wolverine Radio
3/13, 0105, 6950usb. On Barrington Hills IL sdr with good S9+10 signal, song "black magic called love" then another swing tune with the word "black" in it, song "black slacks" from 1957, song "black is black" from 1966, Stones "paint it black", Santana "black magic woman", wide variety of songs with the word "black" in them, excellent program as usual, at 0157 echo ID then SSTV/FAX, thanks for the good tunes. (Hassig-IL)
** WTF Radio Worldwide
3/14, 2055-2057+, 6955usb. New Wave ditties including Flowers by Talking Heads; voice ID! @2055+. S8 (Frodge-MI)
** YHWH
3/16, 1823, 15100am(?) At/below QRN level but clearly Josiah’s voice. May have gone off shortly after. (Frodge-MI)
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Regards, Lw
