Free Radio Weekly #1029 11/21/15

[The Radical]

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1029 .-.
Covering Logs from 14 thru 20-November-2015 (0.0)
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EDITOR THIS WEEK: Harold Frodge [[email protected]] .='`"``=.

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Our Contributors...a bunch that knows how to make good use of free time.

Joe Filipkowski: Warwick RI, [email protected]
Harold Frodge: 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642, Drake R8B + 180' RW
Claudio Galaz: Ovalle, Chile, Realistic DX-160 + beverage
Chris Gay: Lexington KY
William Hassig: 102 North Russel St., Mt. Prospect IL 60056-2443
Glenn Hauser: P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, [email protected], NRD-545,
ALA-330S, ICR-75, FRG-7, PL-880, random wires
Ron Hunsicker: 1238 Cleveland Avenue, Wyomissing PA 19610-2102,
ronhunsi at ptd dot net
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

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OUR EDITORIAL POLICY: What editorial policy? Just send your stuff in,
we'll handle the rest.

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THE LOGS

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AMPHETAMINE RADIO

11/14, 0437, 6925/U: Very weak SSTV noted. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/14, 2309-2317+, 6930.1/U; Hard rock tunes; IDs before & after SSTV.
SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI)
11/14, 2317-2350*, 6930.1/U: S4 at tune up to S7-8 with SSTVs, music by
Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Eagles, Metallica & Neil Young. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/14, 2340-2350*, 6930/U; SIO:343 ID by OM announcer, song Rockin' In The
Free World by Neil Young, then ID, request for reports & off after
US NA & tone. [Lobdell-MA]
11/14, 2347, 6930/U; poor, music. (Hassig-IL)
11/16, 0043-0052+, 6930/U; Rock tunes; ID @0050 into SSTV. SIO=3+53
(Frodge-MI)
11/18, 1406, 6925/U; SSTV, then ID in Morse Code, then voice ID, then
sign off with the National Anthem. (Gay-KY)
11/19, 2308, 6925+/U; Pop tunes & ID; slightly above 6925. SIO=3+43
w/LSB pesky QRM; vox muted but music OK. (Frodge-MI)

BOOMBOX RADIO

11/15, 1336-1415, 6850.2/AM: S7-9 with high energy dance music & IDs.
(Filipkowski,RI)

CAPTAIN MORGAN SW

11/14, 0451-0535*, 6924.7/AM: S5-6 & noisy with songs by Rolling Stones,
Steve Miller Band & IDs, distorted audio. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/14, 0527-0533*, 6924.8/AM; Lite pop music; IDs & drop at
[email protected]. SIO=353- fady (Frodge-MI)

CRYSTAL SHIP

11/16, 2202-2315, 6876/AM: S8-9 to fading into the noise then back strong,
music by The Doors, The Ramones, Deep Purple, Bad Company & ID as
"You are tuned to the TCS Relay Network". (Filipkowski,RI)
11/16, 2202-2230+, 6876/AM; Music by The Doors, Yes & Deep Purple. Multiple
IDs. Faint but clear signal. (Sedlacek-NE)
11/16, 2206-2216, 6876/AM; Noisy here + weak signal = difficult listening.
Several IDs, a political advertisement for Bernie Sanders, lots of
classic rock. But for the noise, it would have been very enjoyable.
(25332, Hunsicker, PA)

LIQUID RADIO

11/15, 0057, 6925.1/AM: Just bits of audio heard. (Filipkowski,RI)

OLD RADIO PROGRAM PIRATE

11/8, 0126, 6770/AM; poor, Amos & Andy episode. (Hassig-IL)
11/14, 0350, 6770/AM; poor/fair, end of Mel Blanc show, big band
instrumentals, unid comedy. (Hassig-IL)
11/14, 0513-0527+, 6770/AM; Tune-in to Murder at Midnight w/mysterious
organ music; story about a husband trying to drive his wife
insane so he can shack up with his girlfriend. She gets wise to
the plan & offs him with a letter opener. 0526 into new program
Adventure w/episode titled "The Adaptive Ultimate" (sounds like
corporate speak). SIO=3+43 w/brief pulse burst (Frodge-MI)
11/14, 2317, 6770/AM; tuned in to offer for a Nautilus submarine model
w/addy Battle Creek MI (Kellogg's?) Wild Bill Hickock & Jingles
helping with a cattle roundup. SIO=353- (Frodge-MI)
11/16, 0038, 6770/AM; Red Skelton Show. SIO=353 peaks to zilch.
(Frodge-MI)
11/18, 0008, 6770/AM; Duffy's Tavern. SIO=3+43 w/upfreq QRM. (Frodge-MI)
11/18, 2329-2332+, 6770/AM; Out of comedy pgm to Trushay ad, Blue Net-
work spot & Avalon cig ad into Avalon Time variety pgm. Fair
(Frodge-MI)

PEE WEE

11/15, 0131-0145, 6964/U: S3 with a couple of SSTVs and music by Jimi
Hendrix. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/15, 0138-0153, 6964/U; Rock, some SSTV at 0143 some Hendrix. Faded
to nothing (maybe CW at the end?) (25352, Hunsicker, PA)

RADIO AFTER DARK

11/17, 0155, 6952.62/AM; pirate music, lyric includes ``rock `n` roll``,
very poor S4. Others weren`t hearing much better, but the opera-
tor Synthetik Mayham [sic] had tipped on hfunderground: ``Radio
After Dark 6952.5 AM 01:37 UTC on: Today at 01:40 [sic] Currently
running a show at 6952.5 I apologies I have not designed qsl
cards yet or made and jingle intros strictly music stay tuned in
the near future for sstv/qsl cards All audio samples appreciated
and station reports to Canadianradioafterdark at gmail dot com
Appreciate the welcome thanks yes new broadcaster testing various
antenna configurations and xtmr designs see best results but I
agree band conditions have been Piss poor on all band lately 40m
has been ok ssb with some power but that's about it But thanks
for the welcome I operate mostly covert portable atm Smiley 35w
carrier atm And broadcast concluded at 0404 thanks for listening
for those who could`` (Glenn Hauser, OK)

RADIO FREE WHATEVER

11/14, 6965/U, 2302-2309+, 6965/U; DJ Dick Weed & asst. Stavin w/T-shirt
offer for wounded warriors & cmtry re lack of gov't treatment;
Passmore Sisters tune Difficult (didn't make the Top 40 list).
SIO=454! (Frodge-MI)
11/14, 2319, 6965/U; fair, various tunes, DJ Dick Weed, took phone
calls on air, [email protected]. (Hassig-IL)
11/14, 2325-2341, 6965/U: Very weak music right at noise level.
(Filipkowski,RI)
11/15, 2235-2308, 6950/U: S8-9 with music by The 1975,IDs then faded
away by 2308 UTC. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/15, 2238-2315 fade, 6950/U; SIO 444 to 141. DJ Dick Weed alone, no
Stavin, with tunes by The 1975, PWR BTTM, The Kings from Canada,
April Wine, etc. Good signal till 2312 then rapid fade out.
[Lobdell-MA]
11/15, 2302, 6950/U; DJ Dick Weed w/non-top-40 tunes, "RFW Classic".
SIO=454! (Frodge-MI)

RADIO INDIANA WORLDWIDE WJD

11/7, 01220, 3230/L; fair, dance music, then nothing, then SSTV/FAX at
0233. (Hassig-IL)
11/7, 2317, 6920/AM; poor sig, playing the infamous War of the Worlds
broadcast a week late, like this log. (Hassig-IL)

RAVE ON RADIO

11/7, 2307, 6925/U; fair, Grateful Dead: Truckin', other tunes.
[email protected]. (Hassig-IL)

WOLVERINE RADIO

11/14-15, 2354-0049, 6950/U: S4-5 with music in a "black" theme like
Black Is Black, Paint It Black, Black Magic Woman, definitely
not the usual powerhouse signal! (Filipkowski,RI)
11/15, 0001-0050*, 6950/U; SIO:343 Songs with the word black in them,
such as Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones. ID, SSTV image
just prior to close down. [Lobdell-MA]
11/15, 0013-0050*, 6950/U; Afflicted by much stronger Peskies until
0030 which made reception "unusable." Reception not very good,
fter 0030 either. Black Magic Woman, Old Black Water, others
missed in the noise. SSTV did not trigger MMSSTV. (25252 at
best, Hunsicker, PA)
11/15, 0014-0050, 6950/U; fair with some fades, songs with the word
"black" in them such as Santana Black Magic Woman, Hollies'
Long Cool Woman in Black Dress, SSTV/FAX at 0048. (Hassig-IL)

WRRI RANDOM RADIO INT'L

11/15, 1514-1539, 6925/U: S4-5 with country tunes by Clint Black,
Alabama, Dwight Yokam & YL IDs. (Filipkowski,RI)

XFM

11/14, 0140, 6975.01/AM; JBA music, S5, only pirate signal heard this
hour. Many other better logs of XFM: http://www.hfunderground.com/
board/index.php/topic,24487.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK)
11/14, 0144-0303, 6975 & 6965/AM: S7-9 with host Redhat playing music &
hellos to HFU posters, switched to 6965 AM about 0235, down to
S6-7 near end of listening period. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/14, 0215, 6975/6965/AM; fair, variety of pop & rock music, nice pro-
gram, sudden shift to 6965 from 6975 at 0231, he said due to
utility QRM which I didn't hear, began to fade away at 0330,
[email protected]. (Hassig-IL)
[I didn't hear the ute either. -- HF]
11/14, 0259-0307+, 6965/AM; "XFM music to the power of X"; soft rock.
SIO=3+44 w/brief chatter burst. (Frodge-MI)

XLR8

11/18, 0014-0100, 6955/U; S4 with music and IDs. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/19, 0016, 6955/U; Nice mix of rock music by The Smithereens, New
Order, Suburban Lawns, Phil Collins, others. Long, slow fade but a
very nice signal when up, with good audio (Gay-KY)

UNIDs

11/14, 0540-0549, 6925/AM: Noted the carrier then very weak audio.
(Filipkowski,RI)
11/14, 0552-0559, 6924.7/U: Very weak music and SSTV heard.
(Filipkowski,RI)
11/15, 0251-0259, 6955/U: S4-5 reggae music. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/15, 0300-0335, 6925/U: S4-5 with announcement by deep voiced OM which
I couldn't copy well, cover of Behind Blue Eyes, Redemption Song
by Bob Marley, some bluegrass & Go To Sleep Little Babe tune.
(Filipkowski,RI)
11/15, 0357-0408, 6925/AM: Bits of music rising out of the noise level,
maybe Liquid Radio? (Filipkowski,RI)
11/16, 0042, 6925.12/AM; Can just tell music there. Liquid Radio per
jtart's post on the Free Radio Network. (Frodge-MI)
11/18, 2247*, 6950/AM; S7-8 with Hotel CA then off. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/20, 0052, 6925/U; Heard some weak CW. (Filipkowski,RI)
11/20, 0103-0104, 6925/U; Weak SSTV & some music. (Filipkowski,RI)

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RADIO COMPANIA WORLDWIDE (Chile)

11/14, 0001, 6925/AM; Football soccer Chile versus Colombia. SINPO:22222
(CG-Chile)
11/17, 2353, 6925/AM; Football soccer Uruguay versus Chile. SINPO:45232
(CG-Chile)
11/18, 0021, 6925/AM; Football soccer Uruguay versus Chile, second time.
SINPO:45333 (CG-Chile)

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Sordid Logs:

-----11/14
0001 Radio Compania Worldwide, Chile, 6925/AM
0140-0231 XFM, 6975/AM
0231-0307 XFM, 6965/AM
0350 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
0437 Amphetamine Radio, 6925/U
0451-0535 Captain Morgan SW, 6924.7-.8/AM
0513-0527 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
0540-0549 UNID, 6925/AM
0552-0559 UNID, 6924.7/U
2302-2341 Radio Free Whatever, 6965/U
2309-2350 Amphetamine Radio, 6930.1/U
2317 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
2354-2400 Wolverine Radio, 6950/U
-----11/15
0000-0050 Wolverine Radio, 6950/U
0057 Liquid Radio, 6925.1/AM
0131-0153 Pee Wee, 6964/U
0251-0259 UNID, 6955/U
0300-0335 UNID, 6925/U
0357-0408 UNID, 6925/AM
1336-1415 Boombox Radio, 6850.2/AM
1514-1539 WRRI Random Radio Int'l, 6925/U
2235-2315 Radio Free Whatever, 6950/U
-----11/16
0038 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
0043-0052 Amphetamine Radio, 6930/U
2202-2315 Crystal Ship, 6876/AM
-----11/17
0155 Radio After Dark, 6952.6/AM
2353 Radio Compania Worldwide, Chile, 6925/AM
-----11/18
0008 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
0014-0100 XLR8, 6955/U
0021 Radio Compania Worldwide, Chile, 6925/AM
1406 Amphetamine Radio, 6925/U
2247 UNID, 6950/AM
2329-2332 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
-----11/19
0016 XLR8, 6955/U
2308 Amphetamine Radio, 6925+/U
-----11/20
0052 UNID, 6925/U
0103-0104 UNID, 6925/U

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QSLs:

Pumpkin Patch Radio: Nice full-data QSL featuring a field of illuminated
jack-o-lanterns. Thanks, PPR! (Sedlacek-NE)



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

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COMMENTARIOS

Chris Lobdell: Conditions improved over the past week, but the MUF is
dropping below 6925 for short hops between 2300-2330 these days.

John Sedlacek: Conditions over the last several week have been awful.
Very little has been heard. Happy Thanksgivings to all.

Ron Hunsicker: Lots of noisy, noisy conditions this week. Maybe it's
time to check the house for wall-warts left plugged-in. Maybe its time
to run a dedicated circuit to my computer and radios, too. Do you think
that the washer, dryer, water heater, and boiler all fired up at the
same time that I'm listening could be the reason for some of the noise?
If you are U.S citizen, enjoy Thanksgiving; if Canadian, enjoy the run-
up to the Grey Cup.

--723's, HF