Free Radio Weekly #1034 12/18/15

[The Radical]

FREE RADIO WEEKLY #1034: December 19, 2024
Covering Free Radio activity from Dec 12– Dec 18, 2024

EDITORS:
Harold Frodge ([email protected])
Dave Turnick ([email protected])
Larry Will ([email protected])

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Lot’s of QSL’s ….very nice.

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#1034 Contributors
Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA
William Hassig, IL
Joe Filipkowski JR Warwick,RI
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 [email protected]
Niel Wolfish 516-268 Ridley Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5M 4N3
Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing PA
John Sedlacek (Omaha,NE)
Richard D’Angelo (Wyomissing, PA)


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>>>Stations Logged <<<

Captain Morgan
XFM
Liquid Radio
XLR8
Bangladore Preacher
Moonlight Radio
Midnight Radio
Amphetamine Radio
Cold Country Radio
Radio Fusion
Happy Hanukkah Radio
Pee Wee
Old Time Radio Pirate
Radio Casablanca
Partial India Radio

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All times are UTC
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NORTH AMERICAN LOGS:
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*** XFM ***

6975am, 12-12-15, 0306utc, weak sig, pop music at low noise level, [email protected]. (Hassig-IL)

12/11/15 0059-0329 UTC 6975 AM. S7-8 with live time checks,shoutouts to listeners and playing song requests, ID as "In CQUAM stereo this is XFM" and slogans of "somewhere under the stars" and "where music sounds best". (Filipkowski, RI)

Dec 12 at 0126, JBA carrier, and still at 0150, while I am mainly listening to AWWW on WBCQ, and find a much stronger pirate on 6975, X-FM. Logs here
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 037.0.html
say 6950 was Radio True North, moving to 4070 around 0312 (Hauser-OK)

6975.0-AM, Dec 12 at 0150, rock music at S7, which wasn`t there at earlier check 0125; 0155 DJ announcement goes on for 3 minutes, talking over music, it seems. Now down to S5-S6 and can`t really copy any of it, let alone ID. But numerous logs here http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 041.0.html
say it was X-FM between 0051 and 0337, some with a very strong signal (Hauser-OK)

6975 AM / Dec 12 / 0110+. Live show with wide swath of musical genres. Strong signal hampered by heavy static. (Sedlacek-NE)



** Liquid Radio ***

6925am, 12-12-15,2300utc, weak and getting weaker below noise level, dance music. (Hassig-IL)


** XLR8 ***

12/15/15 0231-0400+ UTC 6950 USB. S3-5 with OM/YL "XLR8" IDs, wide variety of music including Limp Bizkit,Cypress Hill, some punk rock and jazzy instrumental. (Filipkowski, RI)

6950/U, 0325-0327*, 15-Dec; Tune-in to EZL tune & off w/"Accele-rate". SIO=2+54 (Frodge-MI)

12/16/15 2345-0012+ UTC 6955 USB. S3-4 playing music by Aerosmith, Steppenwolf and IDs. (Filipkowski, RI)

6955USB 15 Dec 2024 2358-0027* Magic Carpet Ride, Excitable Boy, Mona, others. Regular ID's. (25442, also, on-and-off, some really nasty, across -the-band rising and falling noise, Hunsicker, PA)

6950 USB / Dec 15 / 0212-0315+. Usual selection of music am unfamiliar with but enjoying hearing. Fair signal. (Sedlacek-NE)


*** Bangalore Poacher ***

12/14/15 2309-2320* UTC 6951 AM. S7-8 and great audio with a parody of the Lincolnshire Poacher station featuring Indian accented OM and YL repeating lots of numbers and an ad for life insurance. Funny stuff! (Filipkowski, RI)


** Moonlight Radio ***

12/14/15 2335-2356 UTC 6925 USB. S3 playing some Xmas music including "Ave Maria" and "O Holy Night". (Filipkowski, RI)

12/14/15 2249-2251 UTC 6925 USB. S3-4 with Xmas music "Grandma Got Over By A Reindeer". (Filipkowski, RI)

12/15/15 0250 UTC 6925 USB. Heard very weak music, ID via HF Underground loggings. (Filipkowski, RI)


*** Midnight Radio ***

6925USB 15 Dec 2024 2340-2355* Music, including Jingle Bell Rock. Some talk and an ID. (Faint, almost unusable, Hunsicker, PA)


*** Amphetamine Radio ***

12/13/15 1940-2055+ UTC 6950 USB. S4-6 with songs by Duran Duran,Metallica,Iron Maiden,Dio and Motorhead,some SSTVs and CW thrown in. (Filipkowski,RI)

12/13, 2133-2141*, 6925 USB, poor with Poor with Third Eye Blind song, SSTV, CW and sign off with “Star Spangled Banner”. (Wolfish, ON)

6950, 2047-2142* Dec 13, man announcer with several IDs, rock music (“Who Can It Be Now”), and slow scan TV signals on several occasions. Provided [email protected] address for reception reports. Closed with Star Spangled Banner. Good signal. (D'Angelo-PA/FCDX)


*** Cold Country Canada ***

12/13/15 1805-2120+ UTC 6969 LSB. S3-4 with songs by ELO,The Scorpions,Ram Jam, Stevie Nicks, Lou Reed and Molly Hatchet, usual YL IDs. (Filipkowski, RI)

6969/L, 2150-2153+, 18-Dec; Rock & ID. SIO=2+52+ (Frodge-MI)
12/17/15 2135-2156+ UTC 6969 LSB. S5-6 with music by Cream, Metallica, Deep Purple and CSN. (Filipkowski, RI)

12/16/15 2151-2201* UTC 6969 LSB. S3-4 playing songs by Guns and Roses, Journey and Lynyrd Skynyrd. (Filipkowski, RI)



*** Radio Fusion Radio ***

12/13/15 1529-1544 UTC 6925 USB. S7 playing Xmas songs "Funky Funky Xmas","Merry Xmas Baby" and "Have a Boom Boom Xmas", off or suddenly faded out at 1544 UTC. (Filipkowski, RI)

12/13, 2148-2152, 6925 USB, e-mail address given. (Wolfish, ON)


*** Happy Hanukkah Radio ***

12/12/15 1314-1338* UTC 6950 AM. S7-8 with peaks to S9 and great audio, replay of seasonal program with host Moishe mentioning "Breakfast with Happy Hanukkah Radio" and a special QSL for reports. (Filipkowski, RI)

1328, usual 20+ year-old program that now includes Adam Sandler’s “Chanukkah Song” and voice at the end giving an e-mail address of [email protected]. Poor. (Wolfish, ON)


*** Pee Wee ***

12/12/15 0029-0031 UTC 6956 USB. S4-5 with blues instrumental music and CW. (Filipkowski, RI)


*** OLD RADIO PROGRAM PIRATE ***

6770/AM, 0117-0127+, 15-Dec; Amos & Andy w/guest Adolphe Menjou to Harlow Wilcox ancr close @0125 into Jack Benny. Good peaks +++ 2211-2218+, 16-Dec; Tune-in to Colgate ad into (sounds like) Our Miss Brooks. Fair peaks (Frodge-MI)

6770/AM, 2250, 18-Dec; The Great Guilder-sleeve. Fair (Frodge-MI)

6770AM 14 Dec 2024 2209-2215 Our Miss Brooks, sponsored by Colgate Dental Creme. Something about escaping rabbits. (25352, Hunsicker, PA)

6770AM 15 Dec 2024 2041-2257 the usual stuff. (25442, Hunsicker, PA)


*** Captain Morgan Shortwave ***

6924.3AM 16 Dec 2024 0027-0036* Let the Monkey Ride, Last Dance with Mary Jane, and Have You Ever Seen the Rain? No ID, but I received an email from The Captain advising that this was his broadcast. (34453, Hunsicker, PA)

*** Radio Casablanca ***

6940, 2232-2343 Dec 7, several tunes form the1940’s with host Rick Blaine giving nice station ID at 2235 (“You are tuned to Radio Casablanca”). Fair signal after getting e-mail from host Rick Blaine about upcoming transmission. (D’Angelo-PA)


*** Bangalore Poacher ***

6951 2312-2320* Dec 14, numbers sequences, Lincolnshire Poacher tuning notes, catch phrases such as “the panic button” and ”beat the best prices” heard. Most in accented Indian English language. Carrier terminated with anything close to a closedown announcement. Fair. (D'Angelo-PA/FCDX)


*** Partial India Radio ***

12/18/15 2152-2214 UTC 6951 AM. S5 and noisy to start then S7-8 by 2156 UTC,very strange program with mentions of "reflections of Jay","Mount Cisco" and comedy skit by OM/YL and people laughing, played "Tears Of A Clown" by Smokey Robinson. (Filipkowski, RI)


*** Liquid Radio ***

6925.14/AM, 2248-2250+, 18-Dec; Rock & ID. SIO=2+42+w/buzz burst QRM (Frodge-MI)



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UNIDs
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12/12/15 0048-0057* UTC 6955 AM. S4-6 and noisy conditions with unknown rock music. (Filipkowski, RI)

12/12/15 0035 UTC 6925 USB. Heard some very weak music being played. (Filipkowski,RI)

7560.04, Dec 12 at 0625, S7 poor signal with jazz music, some peaks to S9; 0638 bad splash from 7570 WRMIBS – varies depending on that modulation, music or wackotalk; 0640 more like big band music; 0645 fades out and in; 0705 JBA and final check 0723 JBA carrier. Meanwhile, WRMI has gone off 7570 circa 0700 [? Earlier than usual].

Presumably a pirate, as Aoki and HFCC agree there is only one real station on 7560 for one hour a day --- 00-01, IBB Chinese via Thailand, so of course, also ChiCom jamming, CNR1 or maybe Firedragon.

At this hour what I`m hearing could be from North or South America, Europe or even Asia. Chilean pirate RCW has been reported before on 7550. I`ve been attending to 7560, since getting this from John Cooper, PA, Dec 11 at 1445:

``Glen[n], If you have your ears on right now could you please check into 7560 as a station is playing old time rock and roll that isn't listed on any schedule I have. There has been no talking just song after song. John c. ``

I didn`t, not checked until a sesquihour later when there was nothing. He replied again at 1638: ``Anyway, the station was picked up by several Pirate DXers on HF underground as UNID. The station played a really nice selection of 50's and 60's music with no ID and no talk. I just thought it was unusual. It stayed on for about 90 minutes. John c. ``

here are those reports, including a long playlist Dec 11 until 1817*:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 024.0.html
they were playing some old Radio Newyork International programs, maybe as tribute. 7560 was also reported morning of Dec 10 after sunrise. It seems no one on HFU reported it as I did above in the 0625-0723 period Dec 12.

7560, Dec 12 at 1326 and 1503 chex, I`m hearing nothing now. But another was, at 1506 Dec 12 unID:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 048.0.html (Hauser-OK)

Cooper: ``Glen[n], Yes, I did. This station was finally IDed by the guys at HF Underground as being a known[n] pirate. He was complaining about not being able to find a clear frequency in the 6800-6990 area because of two way conversations. I think that maybe some of the pirates may be moving into this area to get rid of the "Peskies."``

I am not sure which station or frequency he is talking about now, but he went on to report THX 1138 on 7540 at 2040-2056 Dec 12 (Hauser-OK)

6951.0-AM, Dec 14 at 0212, weak S5 pirate with talk at tune-in, repeating a couple words, sounds like ``fool, fool, fool`` and another; 0215 recognized ``Lincolnshire Poacher`` IS. NO logs of this on HF Underground tonight, last heard a month ago on another frequency, or rather ``Son of Lincolnshire Poacher``. Nor on Free Radio Cafe, but searching the latter forum on 6951 finds several stations in the past, most recently Frederic Chopin Radio on Nov 22 (Hauser-OK)

6951AM 14 Dec 2024 2301-2320* Rock music. Frequently, a flue playing "A Pirate's Life for me," then bunches of numbers, lots of numbers. Occasionally, a kazoo. Oh, yeah, numbers, lots of numbers. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

12/18/15 1558-2102* UTC 7540 AM. S9+10 and excellent audio playing music by The Rolling Stones,Rush,Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Police, The Beatles, comedy tunes "Fish Heads" and "Pencil Neck Geek”, marathon broadcast with no ID given. (Filipkowski, RI)


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EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN LOGS
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none reported.

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EUROPEAN UNIDs

none reported.
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QSLs RECEIVED

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6950 USB Amphetamine Radio - PIRATE STATION Full Data e-QSL received in 2 hours for an emailed report to [email protected] Power is 100 Watts into a Sloper Wire. (Ross-ON)

Bangalore Poacher: Full data New England Patriots themed sheet for the 12/14/15 broadcast. (Filipkowski, RI)

Channel X: Two full data eQSLs for the 5/15 broadcasts via HF Underground loggings. Very nice surprise! (Filipkowski, RI)

Amphetamine Radio: Full data babe eQSL for the 12/13/15 broadcast. (Filipkowski, RI)

Radio Fusion Radio: Full data Holiday 2015 eQSL for the 12/13/15 broadcast. (Filipkowski, RI)

Happy Hanukkah Radio: Full data bacon eQSL for the 12/12/15 broadcast. (Filipkowski, RI)

AMPHETAMINE RADIO full data woman lady female with tattoo on her right arm in front of radio card in about 1 hour via e-mail for a posting to the HFUnderground. (Wolfish-ON)

Northwoods Radio: Full-data QSL received via USPS for late October broadcast titled "Northern Poets." Thanks, Jackpine Savage. (Sedlacek-NE)

6940 AM, Radio Casablanca verified an electronic report with a full data “Casablanca” movie themed jpeg attachment (second in the current series of four) in one day from v/s Rick Blaine from the station’s usual e-mail address: [email protected]. (D’Angelo-PA)

6,951 AM, Bangalore Poacher verified an electronic report with a full data PDF attachment “Indian Sweet Master” (official sponsor of Bangalore Poacher) featuring “this delightful and delicious order of Gulab Jamun” in one day. (D’Angelo-PA)


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73’s. Dave