Free RAdio Weekly #1034 12/26/15

[The Radical]

Free Radio Weekly #1034, Saturday, December 26, 2024
Covering free radio activity from December 19-25, 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 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

Static Junkie
Cyberspace

Larry Will
Mount Airy, Maryland
[email protected]
Icom IC-R75 and G5RV dipole, Tecsun PL-600


== North American Logs ==

** Amphetamine Radio

Amphetamine Radio: 12/20/15 1826-1851* UTC 7575 USB. S7-8 then S4 at
1845 UTC, songs by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and some punk rock, SSTV,
off with National Anthem. (Filipkowski, RI)

Amphetamine Radio: 12/19/15 1520-1614* UTC 6925 USB. S5 with SSTVs,
music by Neil Young, Trans Siberian Orchestra and punk rock.
(Filipkowski, RI)

Amphetamine Radio, 6925 USB, 12-23-15 1432Z, good steady signal. ID by
voice and Morse, SSTV, music by The Doors, U2, Queens Of The Stone
Age, others (Gay-KY)

Amphetamine Radio: 12/23/15 1430-1529* UTC 6925 USB. S3-4 and little
noise made it very listenable, songs by Temple Of The Dog, Stone
Temple Pilots, The Doors and U2, SSTVs and off with National Anthem.
(Filipkowski, RI)

Amphetamine Radio, 6950 USB, 2054-2140*, 12-13-15 SIO: 343 IDs/TCs by
OM announcer, song "Die With Your Boots On" by Iron Maiden. Full ID,
spoken/CW, and USA National Anthem at close down. [Lobdell-MA]

Amphetamine Radio: 6925/U, 1525-1543+, 19-Dec; Instrumental music
including Xmas tunes; code & digiscreech stuff interspersed; ID @1533.
SIO=2+43 w/buzz bursts. (Frodge-MI)

** Bangalore Poacher

6951-AM, my Dec 14 0212+ log of ``Lincolnshire Poacher`` was
apparently Bangalore Poacher as several others heard on this frequency
21 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** Captain Morgan Shortwave

Captain Morgan Shortwave 6924.1AM 19 Dec 2024 2156-2236* Lots of
Christmas songs.

Captain Morgan Shortwave: 12/19/15 2156-2225 UTC 6924.2 AM. S7-8 with
peaks to S9+ with a Xmas show featuring audio clips from the movie A
Xmas Story, songs "Little Saint Nick", "Blue Xmas", "Jingle My Bells",
"Xmas Time Is Here Again" and piano music from a Charlie Brown Xmas.
(Filipkowski, RI)

** Channel Z

Channel Z 6150.6AM 23 Dec 2024 2235--2251 Christmas music: Jingle
Bells, Merry Christmas song, White Christmas, Rock 'N Roll Part 2.
(35342, Hunsicker, PA)

Channel Z: 12/23/15 2219-2252 UTC 6150.5 AM. S7-8 with noisy
conditions with the Channel Z Xmas Show, songs included "Xmas
Wrapping" by The Waitresses and a version of "White Xmas", also played
"Channel Z" by The B52s, faded away at 2252 UTC. (Filipkowski, RI)

** The Crystal Ship

Thursday, December 24, 2015, 2234-2240+, 6876 am. Presumed Crystal
Ship bubble gum music show, with Green tambourine, Yummy yummy yummy,
and other bubble gum songs. s7/s9 slight fades. (Will-MD)

The Crystal Ship: 12/22/15 2216-2337* UTC 6876 AM. S5-6 with peaks to
S7 with the "Echoes of 1968" program featuring news audio clips of the
Robert Kennedy assassination, Martin Luther King speeches, songs by
Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Cream, Simon and Garfunkle and Diana
Ross. (Filipkowski, RI)

** Cold Country Canada

Cold Country Canada: 12/24/15 2011-2027 UTC 6969 LSB. S5-6 playing
songs including "Horse With No Name" and "Let My Love Open The Door",
usual YL ID and "6969 shortwave". (Filipkowski, RI)

** Liquid Radio

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

Liquid Radio: 6925.13/AM, 2318-2324+, 19-Dec; Pop tunes & ID. SIO=242
w/buzz burst QRM, o/u QRN lvl (Frodge-MI)

** Old Time Radio

Old Time Radio 6770AM 20 Dec 2024 0139-0143 Faint. Male singer with
Irish accent (Dennis O'Connor?) (Hunsicker, PA)

Old Time Radio 6770AM 21 Dec 2024 2015-2017 Unusable. Man talking,
then a group of persons (Hunsicker, PA)

Old Radio Program Pirate: 6770/AM, 2250, 18-Dec; The Great
Guildersleeve. Fair (Frodge-MI)

Old time radio. Friday, December 25, 2015, 2359, 6770 am. Some nice
mellow fifties pop/jazz music and into the Jack Benny Show. Very weak,
just breaking in above the noise at 0000, improving to s7+ at 0002.
(Will-MD)

** Partial India Radio

Partial India Radio: 12/19/15 1454-1515* UTC 6925 AM. S7-8 with a
parody of I Love Lucy, songs "Tears Of A Clown", "The Stroke" and
repeating music clip of "Jay I Love You", gave
[email protected] for QSLs. (Filipkowski, RI)

** Pee Wee

Pee Wee: 12/24/15 0133-0142 UTC 6925 USB. S6-7 playing some
electronic/techno and bluesy rock music. (Filipkowski, RI)

Pee Wee: 12/19/15 0410 UTC 6952 USB. Heard some music below the noise
level, ID via HFU loggings. (Filipkowski, RI)

** Pirate Radio Boston

Pirate Radio Boston: 12/24/15 1407-1459* UTC 6976.6 AM. Variable
signal at S5-6 then S7-8 and back down to S5 with a replay of the PRB
Holiday Special. (Filipkowski, RI)

6925.75-AM, Dec 19 at 0118, very poor S8 signal with music. These logs
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic, 25170.0.html
say it was Pirate Radio Boston with an Xmas show at 0032-0134* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Pirate Radio Boston: 12/19/15 2153-2200 UTC 6873 AM. S7-8 then quickly
faded out at 2200 UTC, Xmas show with only a Barry Manilow Christmas
song heard then the signal was gone. (Filipkowski, RI)

Pirate Radio Boston: 12/22/15 2124-2207 UTC 6925 USB. S9+ and
excellent audio with a replay of the Xmas Special, suddenly faded out
at 2207 UTC. (Filipkowski, RI)

** Shortwave Ghost

Shortwave Ghost: 12/25/15 1428-1515 UTC 6925.7 AM. S7 with replay of
the Xmas Special. (Filipkowski, RI)

Shortwave Ghost, The 6873.6AM 19 December 2024 2053-2104" The
Christmas Special. Merry Christmas song and "The Stage is Empty
Now..." "You have listened to The Christmas Special" after a long
closing sequence. (35443, Hunsicker, PA)

Shortwave Ghost: 12/19/15 *2000-2104* UTC 6873.4 AM. Nice S9+10 signal
and great audio with his Xmas Special featuring songs "We All Need
Xmas Love", "Silent Night", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" and "So
This Is Xmas", multiple IDs and email address given, off with tolling
bells. (Filipkowski, RI)

Shortwave Ghost: 12/20/15 2032-2130 UTC 6873.4 AM. S9 at start then
fading to S5-6 by 2130 UTC, replay of the Xmas show. (Filipkowski, RI)

** Sirius XM Holly relay

Sirius XM Holly relay: 12/24/15 1939-2001* UTC 6976 AM. S7-9+ with a
relay of the Sirius Holly Xmas channel playing various Xmas tunes.
(Filipkowski, RI)

** THX1138

THX1138: 12/25/15 1710-1816+UTC 7590 AM. S7-8 with a relay of The
Crystal Ship then into own program playing songs "Putting On The
Ritz", "Long Cool Woman" and "Don't Fear The Reaper". (Filipkowski,
RI)

THX1138: 12/20/15 1727-2147 UTC 7590 AM. Killer signal at S9+10-20 and
excellent audio first relaying an old recording of WXMN 89.5 FM (an
old pirate station of Alan Weiner), gave the THX1138 ID at 1954 UTC
and at 2038 UTC the op went live talking about using 25-30 watts
output, said he has a 200 watt Heathkit amp on the way for future use,
shoutouts to HFU listeners and Amphetamine Radio for using 7575 today,
also said he has used 7540 and 7560 recently but that has proved
unreliable for pirate broadcasting due to some SWBC stations showing
up on those freqs, played music by Disturbed, Van Halen, Rush, The
Verve, Judas Priest and Toto, faded into the noise level by 2147 UTC.
(Filipkowski, RI)

** WMID

WMID 6880AM 19 Dec 2024 2105*-2149* A punk Christmas show. Uncle
Fleckstein hosts the WMID Christmas Special. Lots of punk holiday
music. Some touching and some very odd. (55454, Hunsicker, PA)

WMID, 6880 AM, *2105-2149*, 12-19-15 SIO: 343. Uncle Schlekstein's
Christmas Special. Songs including "Punk Rock Christmas", "Blue
Christmas" by The Frantic Flintstones, 12 Days Of Christmas by
Splodge. Announced as "John T. Arthur's 2nd Favorite Radio Station".
[Lobdell-MA]

** XLR8

XLR8: 12/25/15 0121-0405* UTC 6950 USB. S3-5 with very clear IDs, punk
and electric guitar solo music, "We Wish You A Merry Xmas" done in
animal noises. (Filipkowski, RI)

** Unid

Friday, December 25, 2015, 0005, 6955 usb. Various rock/punk Christmas
tunes, including Frosty the Snowman. Off at 0010. Back on again at
0032 and off at 0035. s7. (Will-MD)

UNID: 12/24/15 1502-1748 UTC 7590 AM. Heard bits of audio rising in
and out of the noise level, around 1748 UTC signal shot up to S7 for a
short time and heard OM talking. (Filipkowski, RI)

Unidentified 6873.5AM 19 Dec 2024 2237-2243 Very faint music. (Hunsicker, PA)

Unidentified 20 Dec 2024 2147-2147* Voice, music, odd noises, and some
music. (Hunsicker, PA)

6959.0-AM, Dec 19 at 0051, weak music on the R75, encouraging me to
switch to the NRD-545. But a few minutes later as in next log, it`s in
USB, so different pirate station? Maybe, maybe not, per unID logs at
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic, 25172.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6959.0-USB, Dec 19 at 0108, rock guitar music, lyric ``I don`t want to
be alone`` heard more than once, 0112 CW ``ID`` as KARMA, and then a
message, repeated which I partially copied, trying to listen to Allan
Weiner at same time, but others got it exactly on
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic, 25173.0.html
as ``KARMA KARMA IS A BITCH IF YOU ARE`` and nothing further heard
from 0113 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1805, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNID 6940/AM, 2324-2355:06*, 19-Dec; Loooooong thumper music w/occ'l
cmtry o/mx, including Johnny Depp clip from the movie Blow. Went
completely off for a few sec. a couple of times. SIO=454 (Frodge-MI)

UNID: 12/19/15 0100-0112 UTC 6959 USB. S3 with rock guitar music and
CW. (Filipkowski, RI)

** WHYP

Saturday, December 19, 2015, 0140, 3440 am. GG Allin Xmas song, 0155,
James Brownyard sings a Xmas song about noted DXers "did you log what
I logged, " and "Wolfish got run over by George Zeller." Good signal,
s7/s9. (Will-MD)

WHYP/The James Brownyard Memorial Station, 3440 AM, 0135-0210*,
12-19-15, SIO: 343 "Christmas Through The Years Retrospective" with
Host Ravi Brownyard. Christmas parody tunes by El Vez, Pansy Division
and a call from the late Jay Smilkstein. [Lobdell-MA]

** WMID

WMID: 12/19/15 *2105-2149* UTC 6880 AM. Nice S9+10 signal and great
audio with Uncle Shlekstein and the music and ID Xmas Special, played
lots of punk rock versions of Xmas tunes such as "White Xmas", "Jingle
Bells", "Blue Xmas" and "Punk Rock Xmas", slogans of "all music and
IDs all the time" and "John T Arthur's 2nd favorite radio station".
(Filipkowski, RI)

WMID: 6880/AM, 2125-2140+, 19-Dec; Annc'd as the "WMID Xmas Music & ID
Special"; including hard-rock Xmas tunes & lotsa shouting; "WMID all
music & IDs all the time"; frequent IDs. SIO=454 (Frodge-MI)

** Wolverine Radio

Wolverine Radio, 6950 USB, 0158-0215+, 12-13-15 SIO: 343 Songs with
the word kiss/kisses in them. Tunes by Jimmie Rodgers, Everly
Brothers, The Crystals, Betty Everett, Steam, etc. The usual short
"Wolverine Radio" by OM IDs and SSTV. [Lobdell-MA]

Friday, December 25, 2015, 0005, 6930 usb. Wolverine Radio with
Christmas blues music. Fine signal, s9. (Will-MD)


== European Logs ==

** Radio Underground

20 December 2015. Caught just a bit this morning on Dutch SDR, shout
outs to Dr. Tim and chat room folks, heard Simple Minds, The Cult
Sanctuary, Christmas with the Daleks, sinpo 45444, 6305 AM ~ 1645z,
band dropped off quickly as it’s wont to do this time of year.
(StaticJunkie)


== QSLs ==

SW Ghost: No data eQSL sheet for the 12/19/15 show. (Filipkowski, RI)

Captain Morgan SW: Full data "A Major Award" eQSL sheet for the
12/19/15 show. (Filipkowski, RI)

Partial India Radio: Two full data "Jay Smilkstein Memorial Show" eQSL
sheets for the 12/18 and 12/19/15 shows. (Filipkowski, RI)

The Crystal Ship: Full data Echoes of 1968 eQSL for the 12/22/15
broadcast. (Filipkowski, RI)

Received from Steve Underground, QSL from Radio Underground for 20
December 2015, 1630 on 6305 via Dutch SDR. (StaticJunkie)


== Internet Resources ==

Free radio station contacts:
https://sites.google.com/site/piratedatabase/

The FRW on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Rad ... 6592073251

HF Underground
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php

Free Radio Cafe
http://freeradiocafe.com/forum/

The FRN
http://www.frn.net/


Regards, Lw
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