Free Radio Weekly #1358

Free Radio Weekly # 1358 – April 2, 2022

Covering Free Radio Activity from Mar 26 – Apr 1



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Contributors


-Mark TAYLOR, Madison, Wi.



-Ken ZICHI mailto: radioguy73@gmail.com



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



-Glenn HAUSER, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 wghauser@yahoo.com


-William HASSIG, williamhassig@yahoo.com



-Larry WILL, Mount Airy, Maryland IC-R-75+G5RV


-Harold FRODGE, Midland MI, USA Icom R75 + 185’ RW for NDB logs Drake R8B + 185' RW-John SEDLACEK, Omaha, NE






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NORTH AMERICAN LOGS



CORN DESERT OUTPOST



4185 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Corn Desert Outpost, 0038, 3.20.22. Rock, SSTV (woman ... someone on HFU chat said it is Lynda Carter), CW ID into more hard rock. Program of different genres of rock with many SSTV and waterfall images. Poor – fair. (Taylor – WI)





WFDR



6920 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) WFDR, 2308, 3.19.22. FDR giving a speech about military hardware - reference to 1940 … (out of the room a while) … social welfare, economy, federal security, "5th columnists", abruptly off mid sentence. Moved to 6950 USB. (Someone else claimed 6920.) When I got there at 2347, it was a continuation of 6920U speech by FDR, Pause, 0006 "W F D R … Goodnight." Off. Both frequencies were good. (Taylor – WI)



6915/U WFDR w/radio speech from Columbus Day for all of the Americas talking about how all the people in the Americas are willing to 'fight appeasement' etc. According to HFU, there was an ID just after I gave up and tuned away! *2344-0003 tune out 19-20/Mar RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +random wire Zichi MI


6920/U WFDR FDR speech mentioning that he was talking on a "Sabbath evening" in 1940 (a fireside chat? It was long!) Talking about war preparedness, belying the 'common wisdom that war caught FDR by surprise. He bragged much about 'a few of the many things accomplished' since 1933 when his administration came into office and how bad things were at that point, and how much better it was in 1940. He also reported on how important that the 'offensive' to make social improvements (like Social Security and 'old age pensions' etc.) must continue. "There is nothingout present emergency to justify' cutting social progress, emphasizing that these changes have helped strengthen society and made us more resistant to the bad things that happened in Europe. bruptly cut FDR audio, a brief snippet of something else and then off. 4+554+4+ a 'knock your socks off' signal! 2306-2330* 19/Mar RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +random wire --Zichi MI



WFDR, 6920usb, 3-19-22, 2254utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with S5 to S7 signal, dramatic storyline with music, sounds like the old KIPM from many years ago. (Hassig-IL)



WFDR, 6915usb, 3-19/20-22, 2345 on Barrington Hills IL sdr, good S9+10 signal, more FDR speeches about the war, at 0006 announcement "W F D R, good night". Thanks for the bit of history. (Hassig-IL)



6900 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) WFDR, 0015, 3.27.22. Lend - lease era speech (appeal to give money for refugee relief in Europe, military readiness, etc.), Mutual Broadcasting Network announcement, "WFDR … Goodnight." off. (Taylor – WI)



WFDR, 6900usb, 3-27-22, 0015utc on Normal IL sdr with fair S5 to S7 signal, FDR speech about sending planes, ships and other military good to Europe, at 0047 said slowly "W,F,D,R, good night". Thanks for the interesting bit of history. (Hassig-IL)







WHIZ



6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) WHIZ, 0032, 3.18.22. Music, ID, 2 songs. Off. Fair WHIZ, 0010, 3.19.22. YL vocal, "W H I Z… wiz radio", "Blackboard, Edu" - Artie, radio signals through the galaxy … Id WHIZ is brought to you by Milky Way Relay …. , off. (Taylor – WI)



6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) WHIZ, 0000, 3.20.22. "White Sands" - Still Corners, "All about your" - The knocks feat. For the people, ID, "Under the Milky way" - Miami Horror, "My head" - Public practice into a program of more songs w/ periodic ID's. "WHIZ by the Milky Way relay. … Taking you on a trip around the Milky Way." 0033 Off. Fair. (Taylor – WI)





WHIZ (Brought to you by Milky Way Relays) 6925USB 19 March 2022 0010-0020* ID by OM at 0010. Chatter at 0019 is almost unusable due to narrow bandwidth--2.2 KHz or so. (35354, Hunsicker, PA)



WHIZ, 6925usb, 3-19-22, 0007utc on Normal IL sdr with S3 to S5 signal and 0010 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with S5 to S7 signal, I dropped Normal IL sdr, rock tunes I can't ID, some static due to storms, at 0015 heavy metal tune, apparently off air at 0020, thanks for the show. (Hassig-IL)



WHIZ, 6925usb, 3-20-22, 0007 on Barington Hills IL adr with fair S7 signal, soft rock music playing that I can't ID. (Hassig-IL)





MYSTERY SCIENCE RADIO



6935 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) , 0059, 3.20.22. Program with a wide variety of music (jazz, novelty, rock, theater organ, etc.), frequent ID’s. Many SSTV and waterfall images including several pictures of women, “Damn Skippy”, deadhead with wrenches for bones, etc. Signal was variable over time from almost good to very poor. (Taylor – WI)



Mystery Science Radio, 6935usb, 3-20-22, 0108utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair/poor S5 to S7 signal, heard male speaking followed by a version of "Popeye the sailor man" that I've never heard before, announcer said "Mystery Science Radio" and gave an email address I couldn't copy, at 0117 SSTV/FAX. (Hassig-IL)



3/25, 0059, 6928usb. Zeeky pissing and moaning against some idiots who have been harassing him on the internet. Music, Closer To the Heart by Rush, at 0101. S15 peaks. (Will-MD







BALLSMACKER RADIO



6960 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Ballsmacker Radio, 0123, 3.19.22. Rock, ID, "Gold dust woman" - Fleetwood Mac, "There she goes" - Sixpence none the richer, ID & Protonmail email address for eQSL, "Don't come around here no more" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on with mellow rock and frequent ID's. Good to very good. (Taylor – WI)



Ball Smacker Radio, 6960am, 3-19-22, 0007utc on Normal IL sdr with S3 to S5 signal and 0010 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with S5 to S7 signal, I dropped Normal IL sdr, rock tunes I can't ID, some static due to storms, at 0015 heavy metal tune, apparently off air at 0020, thanks for the show. (Hassig-IL)



6960 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Ballsmacker Radio, 0109, 3.27.22. "Fortunate son" - CCR, "Luck be a lady" - Frank Sinatra, ID, "Back in the USSR" - Beatles, "Lucky man" Emerson, Lake & Palmer, "Luck" theme for songs tonight. Very good. (Taylor – WI)



Ballsmacker Radio, 6960am, 3-26-22, 0119utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with S9+10 signal but occasional QRM de ham QSO, also S7 to S9 on Normal IL sdr, song "what a lucky man he was", at 0123 Ball Smacker ID with bowling sound, variety of tunes with the word luck or lucky in them. Thanks for the tunes. (Hassig-IL)



Ballsmacker Radio, 6960am, 3-27-22, 0100utc on Barrington Hills sdr with fair S9 to S9+10 signal, at 0107 Elvis, at 0112 Sinatra "luck be a lady", at 0123 Ball Smacker ID with bowling ball sound, luck themed program, began to fade away at 0220utc, thanks for the nice tunes. (Hassig-IL)



BALL SMACKER RADIO: 6960/AM, 0136-0137+, 3/26; EZL pop ditty, ID & pin crash. SIO=454- (Frodge-MI) 6960/AM, 0143-0145+ 3/27; Johnny Mathis’ Chances Are; 0144:35ID w/pin crash. SIO=4+54- (Frodge-MI)



BALL SMACKER RADIO 6960 AM / MAR 27 / 0157-0215+. Heard clear ID and contact info at 0158. Unfortunately heavy static prevented hearing program clearly. (Sedlacek-NE)







MIX RADIO INTERNATIONAL



6885/U Mix Radio International 'slid' down from 6890 where it was, and continued with the same show, including Mix Radio International IDs at :47 and :57 -- still going as I turned it off to do the Tip Sheet and review the recording! Also 4554+4+ -- not sure WHY they 'slid down' in frequency! *0144:14-0200+ 25/Mar From an IQ recording while I was having some 'family time' before I did this week's Tip Sheet, RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +rwire --Zichi MI


6890/U Mix Radio International with 'environmental' pop stuff, and IDs -- REALLY wide (and nice sounding!) Bandwidth/modulation. At 0144 they took about 2 seconds to 'slide down' in frequency, which looked like this in the waterfall: 4554+4+ 0046-0144:14 25/Mar From an IQ recording while I was having some 'family time' before I did this week's Tip Sheet, RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +rwire --Zichi MI



6890 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Mix Radio International, 0045, 3/25/22. Light rock, 0048 ID into "Friendly Pressure" - Maysa, "Under the Milky Way" - The Church, ( brief check of another station), 0104, "Lonely", Kim Feat & Brian Culbertson, "If you are listening to this transmission, you are listening to Mix Radio International … Mix Radio International", "Glitter" – Drumagick into other light music. Fair. (Taylor – WI)



6955 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) Mix Radio International, 2345, 3.27.22. "Eloise" - Bary Ryan, 0000 "The Boxer" - Simon and Garfunkel. Adequate signal but poor – very noisy. (Taylor – WI)



Mix Radio International, 6940usb, 3-26-22, 2226utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal, I hear opera music, on waterfall looks like a wide signal including some lower sideband, opera Carmen by Bizet, nice music, thanks. (Hassig-IL)



Mix Radio International, 6880usb, 3-26-22, 2241utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal, Bizet's Carmen again. (Hassig-IL)



MIX RADIO INT’L:6880/U, 2340-0018+, 3/26-27; Opera music. 2347 FF speakers-- part of the opera. Woman obviously in great pain singing followed by more FF speakers followed by more panful singing. Apparently Carmen as broke into the oreador Song @0016; 0017:57 robolady ID as MRI Classical Music Special. S9+ (Frodge-MI)


6955/AM, 0014-0020+, 3/28; Eve of Destruction & Wild Thing. S9 peaks w/fades to near zilch. ID per jtart post on the free Radio Net, none heard. (Frodge-MI)



MIX RADIO INTERNATIONAL 6955 AM / MAR 27 / 0145-0200*. Last few moments of broadcast with songs by Zager and Evans and Procul Harum. Fair copy under heavy static. (Sedlacek-NE)







ZEEKY



6925/U 0141-0143+, 3/27; Zeeky on Ukraine/Biden & ragging on Trump & the GOP. SIO=453 (Frodge-MI)



6928/U Zeke, tuned into a rant about how gad FM radio is, and then 'welcome to 1980s Eric Clapton' and into some 'good' music (I happen to agree with him about this one!) like "Anything for Your Love" and "Bad Love" both from Clapton's "Journeyman" album.At :59 complaining about the dude 'complaining' about him on 6935 telling him 'if you have a problem with me why don't you email me instead of the silliness' (I cleaned that up) and then into Rush "Closer to the Heart" at 0101, and continuing on with the music and chatter. At 0111, he said "anyway, Pirate (maybe Pyro?) Radio, Zeke on the Mike" and ranting about Russians with billion dollar yachts, etc. and into more music like Dire Straits, "Sultans of Swing". Etc. Rather muffled microphone audio, but the music sounded d. 3+5443+ 0046-0141:25* and back briefly at 0145-0146 w/chatter 25/Mar From an IQ recording while I was having some 'family time' before I did this week's Tip Sheet, RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +random wire --Zichi MI







SYCHO RADIO



6935/U Sycho Radio with Zeke cussing on a loop, and mention of Sycho Radio and beat box loops etc., into various other 'strange' bits like The Muppets "Martians discover Radio" bit from Sesame Street at 0129 (It's a classic!) and other less identifiable stuff. 353+3+3 -- somewhat weak. *0048-0144 when they mostly faded out 25/Mar From an IQ recording while I was having some 'family time' before I did this week's Tip Sheet, RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +random wire --Zichi MI






YHWH



15100, Sunday March 20 at 1958, anti-christ pirate Station YHWH, Josiah with his usual rants, S8/S9 into a VE6JY KiwiSDR in Alberta, SAM showing minus 12 Hz = 15099.988. Tnx to WOR iog tip from Chris Smolinski who was barely hearing him in Maryland at 1952. YHWH was also active on 15100 the daytimes of March 16 and 19, but I missed those. This time I hasten after 2000 to perform TDOA, using three sites in western N America. Eventually they agree that YHWH is in the Salem, Oregon area. I withhold the `probable` coordinates, which are unlikely to be precise anyway. Perhaps some DXer around there could track him further with a groundwave signal. But one reply [www.hfunderground.com] says he seems local in the northern Mojave Desert, California. Still on at 2008 and at 2014 I check 15100 direct to find a JBA signal; left on via VE6JY in the background, Days of Hard Life theme song at 2025, abit more talk and soon off. Or was it 2035 in my original log scribble (Glenn Hauser, OK)





BIG F**KING NUTS RADIO



6925usb, 3-19-22, 0007utc on Normal IL sdr with S3 to S5 signal and 0010 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with S5 to S7 signal, I dropped Normal IL sdr, rock tunes I can't ID, some static due to storms, at 0015 heavy metal tune, apparently off air at 0020, thanks for the show. (Hassig-IL)





WDOG



5055 PIRATE (No. Am.) WDOG, 0148, 3/25/22. Playing 60’s pop with many ID’s between songs. Songs included “Barbarian,” “Locomotion,” “You were meant for me.” Poor to fair. (Taylor – WI)





X-FM



6285 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) X-FM, 0126, 3.27.22. "I sat by the ocean" - Queens of the stone age, Redhat giving songs just played, shout outs to HFU incl. requests, ID, email address, eventually phone # 408.800.6925, canned ID, "Land of confusion" - Genesis, canned ID, "In the army now" - Status Quo, into program of well selected music and interesting talk by Redhat. Mentioned HFU including my log at 0202. Good, although with noise and periods of fading. (Taylor – WI)





WOLVERINE RADIO



6915 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Wolverine Radio, 0000, 3.27.22. "Testing 1-2-3", ID, 20’s vocal (didn’t ID with Shazam), "When I take my sugar to tea," - The Boswell Sisters, "I love to take orders from you", "Can't take that away from me" - Billie Holliday, "Take another guess" - Ella Fitzgerald, "Take out some time" - LaVern Baker, "Take these chains from my heart" - Hank Williams, "Let me take you out tonight" - Five Emeralds into program of "take" themed songs, ID's periodically, 0102 "echo" ID, SSTV ( wolverine on a branch with a film slate for scene 372, take 1 with details of the broadcast, director: Drunken DJ.), off. (Taylor – WI)



Wolverine Radio, 6915usb, 3-26/27-22, 2359utc on Normal IL sdr with fair S7 to S9 signal, S-on with "testing 1 2 3 can anybody hear me" then Wolverine ID, old acoustically recorded 78 record then song "when I take my sugar to tea", variety of songs with the word "take" in them, 0102 echo ID then SSTV/FAX. nice program as usual, thanks. (Hassig-IL)





TWO DOG RADIO



6915 USB Two Dog Radio, 0225, 3.27.22. "Get it on", rock (familiar but can't place it), ID, "Born on the Bayou" – CCR. Poor in noisy conditions. (Taylor – WI)







RADIO FREE WHATEVER



6969 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Radio Free Whatever, 2136, 3.27.22. "Dance around it" - Lucius feat, Sheryl Crow & Brandt Carlile, canned ID, "Little fix" - Spirits, canned ID, "Empire ants" - Okey Dokey. Came back later and heard DJ Dickweed sign off at 0005. Good. (Taylor – WI)



RADIO FREE WHATEVER: 6969/U 2128-2133+, 3/27; Pop ditties; IDs @2130+.
SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI)





PHILO RADIO



6925usb, 3-25/26-22, 2319utc on Normal IL sdr, weak S3 to S5 signal, slow song being sung by male, at 2322 switched to Barrington Hills IL sdr with much better S7 to S9 signal, UTE QRM at 2345utc, long program of soft pop tunes, thanks for the tunes. (Hassig-IL)



Philo Radio, 6925usb, 3-27-22, 0020utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with S7 to S9 signal, sounds like Barbara Streisand singing, also Frank Sinatra, nice tunes, then rock tunes, Zeeky talking about various things. (Hassig-IL)





XFM



6285/AM, 0145-0148+, 3/27; Ditty you are in the Army now; ID @0147:50 “XFM to the Power of X”. SIO=4+53, not their usual killer signal. (Frodge-MI)


ION RADIO


6925AM 29 March 2022 2111-2149 60's and 70's rock. Frequent IDs. SSTV at 2132 and 2144. (35443, Hunsicker, PA)



UNIDS


6975/AM, 0020-0027+, 3/28; Weird music; yet another music & o ID station. SIO=4+53+ peaks (Frodge-MI)


6925/AM, 2315-2321+, 3/29; Music peaking over QRN level; hiss pulse QRM (Frodge-MI)


6925AM 29 March 2022 2313-2338 Music. Fading, often unusable, but at times "fair." (35532, Hunsicker, PA)



6920 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) UnIdentified, 2335, 3.19.22. Just after WFDR went off, a man came on urging someone come on: "we want Pirate Radio", “play some music”, etc. Suddenly on with hard rock, pause, microphone sounds, "The Heresy" - Mushroom head, nonsense talk, off. Fair. (Taylor – WI)



6925 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) UnIdentified, 2257, 3.19.22. Documentary on Ukrainian invasion w/ announcer and hard to understand bass voiced OM (in Ukrainian?) alternating, 50's era Civil Defense instruction audio, air raid siren, off 2310. (Taylor – WI)



6960 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) UnId, 0103, 3.18.22. Music. Weak … fading in and out for the rest of the evening. Not enough signal to tell what they were playing. Poor to very poor. (Taylor – WI)



6975 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) UnId. (Nowhere Radio?), 0100, 3.18.22. Electronic music, "Chasing the wind" - Gamardah Fungus, another electronic, 0112 "3RO", "3a" MOTHO3NPOr (mirrored letters), "5e3 npaBNn" "4TO OCTaHeTC (backwards) R HaM?" - All by KAT, more electronic music, 0200 Ukraine NA, off. Back later in the evening. (Taylor – WI)


6920/U UNID On with hard grunge rock music: 44 silly dialog about 'being busy' and cats defecating on concrete, and barking dogs, and bird chirps, etc. and off. 4+5444 *2334:30-2346* 19/Mar RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +random wire --Zichi MI


6925/U UNID -- nobody on HFU got an ID either. A strange 'something' ... audio as I tuned in that was from a cold war 'nuclear war preparedness' PSA on how to prepare for a nuclear attack, and then a waterfall image in well: Off after image repeated twice.4+5444 2306-2309* 19/Mar RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +random wire --Zichi MI



6925usb, 3-19-22, 2254utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with S5 to S7 signal, dramatic storyline with music, sounds like the old KIPM from many years ago. (Hassig-IL)



6935 USB PIRATE (No. Am.) Random sounds with ID periodically, pause. Sycko comes on with talk into a program of music and talk. Fair. (Taylor – WI)



6930 LSB PIRATE (No. Am.) UnIdentified, 2356, 3.27.22. 2 minutes of “Angelic Forest” – Meditation music, off. Fair. (Taylor – WI)





6975 AM PIRATE (No. Am.) UnIdentified (Nowhere Radio?), 0006, 2.28.22. “Foggy mountain top” – Milo Marks & the Resurectors, other electronic music. Fair to good. (Taylor – WI)






EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

None reported





EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported



QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF


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UNID --Zichi, MI




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