Covering free radio activity from November 7-13, 2015
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 ([email protected])
Dave Turnick ([email protected])
Larry Will ([email protected])
FRW 1028 11/14 Larry
FRW 1029 11/21 Harold
FRW 1030 11/28 David
FRW 1031 12/5 Larry
FRW 1032 12/12 Harold
FRW 1033 12/19 David
FRW 1034 12/26 Larry
== Contributors ==
Please QSL and think good thoughts about our contributors, without
who, there is no newsletter!
Joe Filipkowski,JR
Warwick,RI
[email protected]
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA
MARE DXpedition, Brighton MI
Drake R8B + 500' N-S unterminated bev
Chris Gay
Kentucky
Ron Hunsicker
1238 Cleveland Avenue
Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102
610.478.0371
ronhunsi at ptd dot net
Chris Lobdell
Box 80146
Stoneham, MA 02180
Receivers: Eton E1, NRD-525
Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole
Larry Will
Mount Airy, Maryland
[email protected]
Icom IC-R75 and G5RV dipole
== North American Logs ==
** Edmund Fitzgerald Radio
Edmund Fitzgerald Radio: 6925.5 AM 11/10 2158-2229* S6-7 with a
memorial show featuring tolling bells,"Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
song and maritime comms. (Filipkowski,RI)
** Amphetamine Radio
Amphetamine Radio, 11-8-15 1518Z, 6925 USB. Rock music. Voice ID, and
CW ID several times. Some SSTV as well. Very weak, but had low noise
so got the jist of it. (Gay-KY)
Amphetamine Radio: 6925 USB 11/8 1503-1555* S4-5 with songs by The
Beach Boys,Judas Priest, ZZ Top,some SSTV and off with Star Spangled
Banner. (Filipkowski,RI)
** Captain Morgan Shortwave
Captain Morgan Shortwave, 11-8-15 2251Z, 6924.77 AM. Mostly rhythm and
blues music with many mentions of e-mail address. Poor-to-fair with
deep fading in and out. (Gay-KY)
Captain Morgan SW: 6925 AM 11/8 2245-2310 S4-7 with blues music,IDs
and Twilight Zone theme music. (Filipkowski,RI)
** Old time radio
OLD RADIO PROGRAM PIRATE: 6770/AM, 2033, 6-Nov; 2M w/low-key talk; not
much copy. Fair+ peaks; USB helps w/hiss QRM. +++ 2209, 6-Nov; Our
Miss Brooks. Fair+ +++ 1803...1831, 7-Nov; Drama w/few copiable peaks;
this may be the earliest I've heard them. +++ 1849-1901+, 7-Nov;
Western "The Frontier Settler?" to 1900 then "Tales of the Roaring
West". Much better than just a few min. earlier +++ 2203, 7-Nov; Tuned
in to hear; "I want your wife's ranch". +++ 2320, 7-Nov; Wild Bill
Hickock; Must be Western day. +++ 1208, 8-Nov; "The Adventures of
Frank Drake", mystery. Good peaks but fady (Frodge-DXP)
Old Time Radio 6770AM 7 November 2024 2013-2034. Could see a carrier
on the waterfall and could just barley discern voices. (Hunsicker, PA)
Old Time Radio 6770AM 12 November 2024 2213-2228 Faint and mostly
unusable. An advertisement for Colgate toothpaste. Music and skits.
(25342, Hunsicker, PA)
Friday, November 13, 2015, 1702, 6770 am. Radio comedy show, "The Life
of Riley." Daughter's 16th birthday party and other 50s domestic
humor. Fair signal, s5/s7.
** Rave On Radio
RAVE ON RADIO: 6925/U, 2307-2316+, 7-Nov; Typical long Grateful Dead
jam; ID + "b'casting from our studio in the woods". SIO=2+43 w/buzz
burst QRM (Frodge-DXP)
** UNID
UNID. 6925.2/AM, 0151, 7-Nov; Thumpity-thump music. Poor w/LSB pesky.
(Frodge-DXP)
UNID. 6920/AM, 2316-2325, 7-Nov; War of the Worlds per fellow listener
Ken Zichi; weak & disappeared @2325. (Frodge-MI)
UNID, 11-7-15 2030Z, 6754 AM. "Sherlock Holmes stories", then off. No
ID heard. Fair signal (Gay-KY)
unidentified (Relay of BBC Programming) 6850.3AM 7 November 2024
2237-2302 Two scientists talking about exploding stars, iron the
metal, how important iron was to the industrial revolution. Talk of
Delhi and the use of steel. The program is one of a series titled,
"The Elements." ID for the BBC World Service. (45343, Hunsicker, PA)
unidentified 6925AM 6 November 2024 2153-2156* An Elvis tune followed
by some gabble-de-gook that reminded me of the Mothers of Invention.
Questions were asked about Susie's development. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)
unidentified (This was not Old Time Radio, which was on 6770) 6754.1 7
November 2015 2011-2030* Radio play featuring Sherlock Holmes. A
doctor, nor Holmes, is stabbed and dumped in acid, purportedly by his
wife. Holmes disagrees. Talk about the Mustard King. Program note that
Sherlock Holmes had been on for three years and lists the characters
and the actors that played them. (25432, Hunsicker, PA)
unidentified 6950.2AM 7 November 2024 2230-2242* Lots of fiddle
playing and nothing else. Carrier gone at 2242. (45443, Hunsicker, PA)
unidentified 6950AM 7 November 2024 2302-2308* Choral music, then more
fiddle playing. There was the sound of whistling and a man talking to
someone in the background. Peskies, too. Carrier ended mid song.
(44443, Hunsicker, PA)
** WAZU
WAZU, 11-7-15 2011Z, 11518.25 AM. Announcer with lots of salty
language with rock music and commercials. "Z" nicely pronounced as
"zed". Ads for "Jeffery Dahmer BBQ sauce", long, boring ad for "Dr.
Gene Scotty" (parody of shortwave preacher) and ad for HF
Underground.com (for which the owner of the web site was not charged
). Rock songs like "Gudbuy T'Jane" by Slade, "Used To Be" by RoryGallagher, "There Is A Mountain" by Donovan and "Morning Glory" by
Oasis. Not loud, but a usable signal. Sign off at 2043Z (Gay-KY).
** WJD
RADIO INDIANA/RADIO INDIANA WJD/RADIO INDIANA WORLDWIDE WJD: 6925/U,
2028-2032:50*, 6-Nov; Weird rap; syn-voice ID at close w/RI ID.
SIO=2+53- distorted & sounded like b'casting from a motorboat. +++
6925/U, 2336-2341+, 6-Nov; More weird rap; "Radio Indiana WJB" ID
@2339+ into more rap. SIO=2+53- w/distortion, but at least the
motorboat was gone. +++ 6920/U, 0045-0052*, 7-Nov; George Carlin
comedy sketch; "Radio Indiana Worldwide WJD"; into SSTV? @0050:09,
sounded odd & voice distorted. This xmtr has major issues!
(Frodge-DXP)
WJD: 6925 USB 11/6 2327-2348. S3-4 with foreign hip hop music,SSTV and
distorted audio. (Filipkowski,RI)
WJD (Radio Indiana) 6920AM 8 November 2024 0017-0045* Comedy skit with
two persons. Pretty crude stuff. One ID at 0037. Then, a rap duet in
RR? Peskies, too. (35342, Hunsicker, PA)
** WMID
WMID, 11-8-15 1753Z, 6880.2 AM. Heard a couple Devo songs and IDs by
an OM. Weak. Off just a few minutes after my tune-in. (Gay-KY)
WMID: 6880 AM 11/8 2329-2348* S5-7 and noisy with "Want You So Bad"
Beatles,said "John T Arthur's second favorite radio station" and
slogan of "all music and IDs all the time". (Filipkowski,RI)
PIRATE-NA. WMID, 6880 AM, 2328-2348*, 11-08-15 SIO: 444 Mostly rock
and pop tunes by such folks as Gerry Rafferty, The Byrds, The Zombies,
Beatles.. IDs by OM announcer as "WMID, All Music All The Time" and
also mentioned this was John T. Arthur's second favorite pirate
station. No contact info but has been sending out QSLs for those
posting on the HFunderground. [Lobdell-MA]
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