Free Radio Weekly # 1026 10/31/15

[The Radical]

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1026 .-.
Covering Logs from 24 thru 30-October-2015 (0.0)
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Rich D'Angelo: 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing PA 19610, Ten-Tec RX-340,
Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems
Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4
Harold Frodge: Midland MI, R8B + 185' RW
Chris Gay; Lexington KY
Glenn Hauser: PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, [email protected], NRD-545
ith ALA-330S, FRG-7, PL-880, random wires
Chris Lobdell: Box 80146, Stoneham MA 02180, Eton E1, NRD-525 + G5RV
& 40 Meter Dipole
John Sedlacek: 2728 N. 45th Ave., Omaha NE 68104-4527

About 200 folks get the FRW...SHARE!

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AMPHETAMINE RADIO

10/22, 0132-0140+, 6930/U; SIO:222 IDs & rock tunes. SSTV images as
well. Poor signal in poor conditions. [Lobdell-MA]
10/29, 2110-2127:57*, 6925/U; Weird Halloween tale w/religious over-
tones; hrd 4 SSTVs while tuned in. Closed w/USNA. SIO=2+43
w/buzz burst QRM (Frodge-MI)
10/30, 0100-0110+, 6925/U; Broadcasting multiple SSTV images but con-
ditions here preventing clean capture of signals. (Sedlacek-NE)

CLASSIC PIRATE RELAY SERVICE

10/20, 2238-2256*, 6925/U; SIO:444 Relay of the parody station "Radio
Morania" which was making fun of the external service of an
Eastern European communist block station in the 1960s. Program-
ming included a lettewbox, "The Hamshack" and the visit to a
Moranian chocolate mine. A classic. CPRRS at close down.
[Lobdell-MA]

CRYSTAL SHIP

10/27-28, 2315-0043*, 6850.5/AM; "Halloween Playhouse" show featuring
poems & stories by Edgar Alan Poe & music by the The Doors,
Warren Zevon & others. Good show. Fair signal getting through
locally noisy conditions. [email protected] (Sedlacek-NE)
10/27-28, 2335-0038+, 6850/AM; SIO:333 Halloween themed music by Blue
Oyster Cult, Credence, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. Also Edgar
Allan Poe readings. [Lobdell-MA]

GERMANY CALLING

10/29-30, *2328-0020*, 6950.7/AM; Trumpet voluntary in mixed choral
anthem into big band music from WWII era. Lord HeeHaw propaganda
broadcast about Belgian surrender/Allied futility. More music
with contact and closed with opening mixed choral anthem. S/off
@0020. Fair-to-good audio/signal. [email protected]
(Sedlacek-NE)
10/30, 0006, 6950.70/AM; Bicycle Built for Two & big band music of that
era; 0013 ``Germany Calling, Reichsender, in 31 meter band,
[email protected]``. Time warp as except for the e-mail
address sounds like it`s from four-score years ago. Not as
strong as RFW on 6960; 0018 repeat same canned ID, I think,
which also mentions Hamburg, Bremen and maybe a D-callsign;
``Deutschland Über Alles``, as NA, but the lyrix sounded diffe-
rent, maybe a further verse, ending at 0020:40* and off the air.
Many other logs of this: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/
index.php/topic,24157.0.html Wish I had tuned in earlier.
Hallowe`en weekend should be a pirate festival (Glenn Hauser, OK)

NORTH WOODS RADIO
10/23, 2326-2359*, 6955/U; Nice selection of jazz/big band music between
readings of (unknown to me) writer. S/off with loon call. Good
signal/audio. (Sedlacek-NE)

OLD RADIO PROGRAM PIRATE

10/27, 0136-0141+, 6770/AM; George Burns & Gracie Allen; 1st time I've
heard them here. Good peaks with fades to. zilch. (Frodge-MI)

RADIO CASABLANCA

10/25-26, 2315-0027*, 6950/AM; SIO:343 Halloween themed tunes from the
30s & early 40s by Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Ezra Paulette, ID
& off France's National Anthem La Marseillaise [Lobdell-MA]
10/25, 2349, 6950.6/AM; Old-time music with ID via synthesized voice.
Huge signal with little fading. Very nice audio. (Gay-KY)
10/25-26, 2355-0027*, 6950.6/AM; Halloween-themed show with songs;
Whose Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, Pistol Packin Mama, Dem Bones &
other similarly themed songs. S/off with short clip from film
Casablanca & La Marsielle. Good signal despite highnoise levels.
[email protected] (Sedlacek-NE)
10/26, 0015-0027*, 6950.7/AM; Rick Blaine sentan e-mail informing of
transmission but missed most of program. Caught last 12 minutes
with 1930’s music & several IDs. Poor to fair on peaks.
(D’Angelo-PA)

RADIO FREE WHATEVER

10/23-24, 2330-0048*, 6960/U; DJ Dickweed and co-host Stavin taking
requests and gave out phone to for listener live call-ins.
Interesting show with strong signal. [email protected]
(Sedlacek-NE)
10/25, 2225-2245+, 6960/U; SIO:444/111 An "RPM" show, song Davey Croc-
kett; ID, quick fade out 2245. [Lobdell-MA]
10/29-30, 2253-0040*, 6960/U; Halloween show. Songs like Zombie Girl,
The Vampire Song, Rest in Peace & other seasonal favorites.
Fair signal, heavy QRM. [email protected] (Sedlacek-NE)
10/30, 0004, 6960/U; S9 pirate with heavy strumming, then vocal; 0010
it`s S9+10 as Dick Weed has a sidekick describing an app they
have to use after propagation fades out. Next tune to be
``Remove the Head``, by Bile (??), on Radio Free What-Ever.
Still going at 0039, discussing selling T-shirts online, only
one so far despite several refreshes; 0055 next check is off.
Many more logs of this: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/
index.php/topic,24155.0.html including Dick Weed himself:
``Find us continuing the show on http://www.mixlr.com! look for
"djdickweed" & you got RFW streaming to you!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK)
10/30, 0025-0040*, 6960/U; SIO:444 Just caught tail end of Dick Weed &
Assistant Stavin with their Halloween show. Songs such as; I Was
A Teenage Werewolf & No More Nightmares by Dead When I found Her.
Closing ID & promo for new tshirts, only 1 sold so far. Also
streaming live on http://www.mixlr.com [Lobdell-MA]

WLIS We Love Interval Signals

10/29, 2209-2215+, 6925/U; SWBC interval signals w/familiar voice of
Jack Boggan & another ancr ID. SIO=242 at tune-in, but suddenly
dropped to barely audible about 2214. Last hrd in 2002!
(Frodge-MI)

WREC

10/27, 2300, 6873.4/AM; Halloween show with rock music. Good quality
audio but very weak here. Heard it better on a web receiver in
Europe. (Gay-KY) [Possibly an old Radio East Coast pgm? Via
Europe? -- HF]

UNIDs

10/25, 0155, 6925.2/U; pirate music (Glenn Hauser, OK)
10/25, 0212, 6925.0/U; so maybe different station/transmitter, ballad &
unreadable quickened announcement by a chipmunk-voice, another
novelty song at S7; 0216 started with counting 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4.
0226 another chipmunk. Maybe he doesn`t want to be IDed? DXLD yg
members were also hearing this: ``Very strong here in San Diego at
roughly 0215 tune-in. Seems to be Spanish language versions of
standard American pop songs. IDs (or announcements) between songs
at Mickey Mouse-type double (triple?) speed Spanish that I could
not copy. By about 0225 had faded down into the mud. Bob LaRose,
W6ACU`` ``Bob, I'm hearing him quite strong here as well, in Vic-
toria, BC playing a lot of Spanish music, but not exclusively. HF
Underground thinks it might be called "Peskie Party Halloween",
but the little chipmunk IDs are impossible to decipher. 73, Walt
Salmaniw, Victoria, BC`` Was the only pirate active this evening.
Further chex of HFU find reports from all over North America,
including a `definite` ID: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/
index.php/topic,24079.0.html
10/27, 0045+, 6925/U; Song Who's Dat Down There into possible ID. Heavy
QRN on LSB affecting reception. Station possibly could have been
WAHR. (Sedlacek-NE)
10/30, 0042-0044, 6960/U; Several minutes of spooky sound effects, then
gone. (Sedlacek-NE)

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REFLECTIONS EUROPE

10/25, 2042-2225+, 6295/AM; SIO:222/333 10-25-15 Canned religious pro-
gramming, hymns, bible readings etc. Full ID web info at 2220.
Some classify this as a "private" not pirate station and may use
the transmitter that Laser Hot Hits does in Ireland. [Lobdell-MA]

UNIDs

10/24, 2302-2317+, 6285/AM; M in EE w/variety of tunes, mostly polkas.
Poor. Johnny Tobacco per HFU post. (Frodge-MI)

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Sordid Logs:

-----10/24
0000-0048 Radio Free Whatever, 6960/U (continued from 10/23)
2302-2317 UNID Euro, 6285/AM (Johnny Tobacco?)
-----10/25
0155 UNID, 6925.2/U
0212 UNID, 6925/U (Peskie Party Halloween?)
2042-2225 Reflections Europe, 6295/AM
2225-2245 Radio Free Whatever, 6960/U
2315-2400 Radio Casablanca, 6950.6-.7/AM
-----10/26
0000-0027 Radio Casablanca, 6950.6-.7/AM
-----10/27
0045 UNID (WAHR?), 6925/U
0136-0141 Old Radio Program Prate, 6770/AM
2300 WREC, 6873.4/AM
2315-2400 Crystal Ship, 6850.5/AM
-----10/28
0000-0043 Crystal Ship, 6850.5/AM
-----10/29
2110-2128 Amphetamine Radio, 6925/U
2209-2215 WLIS, 6925/U
2253-2400 Radio Free Whatever, 6960/U
2328-2400 Germany Calling, 6950.7/AM
-----10/30
0000-0020 Germany Calling, 6950.7/AM
0000-0040 Radio Free Whatever, 6960/U
0025-0040 Radio Free Whatever, 6960/U
0042-0044 UNID, 6960/U (RFW afterthought?)
0100-0110 Amphetamine Radio, 6925/U

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QSLs:

CRYSTAL SHIP; Full data, full color E-QSL for "Halloween Playhouse"
featuring scenes from scary movies. Received next day for e-mail
reception report to [email protected]. Thanks, Poet.
(Sedlacek-NE)



Amphetamine Radio, 6950usb, verified an electronic report with a full
data PDF attachment featuring a radio tower sitting on a globe in 4
days. The verie signer sent along the following information about the
station in his e-mail: “Thank you very much for the very detailed recep-
tion report & for listening to Amphetamine Radio! Amphetamine Radio
operates on the 43 meter "pirate" band, 6800-7000 kHz with most trans-
missions on 6925 or 6950 kHz. Amphetamine Radio uses USB mode & trans-
mits SSTV as well as music/voice. Most transmissions are in the evenings
during the week & on the weekend/holidays. You can find posts on HF
Underground (http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?board=3.0).
I recommend you check that forum often as reports for many US based
pirate stations are posted in real time as listeners like yourself hea
the stations, allowing you to know which frequency to tune to right
away. Amphetamine Radio operates the following equipment from a highly
secret location: Icom IC-707, MFJ "Versa Tuner", 50' longwire antenna.
Please find attached an eQSL for your reception report. Very best 73s &
hope you'll be able to hear AR in the future.” (D’Angelo-PA)

[He should check the Free Radio Net also. -- HF]

WLIS We Love Interval Signals; 6925/U, 2209-2215+, 29-Oct; E-QSL in
11 min. 33 sec. after sending e-repprt to a usual suspect.



Electronic Mail Addresses for Stations:
http://piratedatabase.webhop.net

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