Free Radio Weekly #1035 01/02/16

[The Radical]

FREE RADIO WEEKLY #1035 .-.
Covering Logs from 26-Dec 2015 thru 1-Jan-2016 (0.0)
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EDITOR THIS WEEK: Harold Frodge [[email protected]] .='`"``=.

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

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

Joe Filipkowski, Warwick RI
Harold Frodge: 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642
Chris Gay, Lexington KY
William Hassig: 102 North Russel St., Mt. Prospect IL 60056-2443,
[email protected]
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, [email protected];
NRD-545 with ALA-330S, IC-R75, FRG-7, PL-880, random wires
Ron Hunsicker, 1238 Cleveland Ave., Wyomissing PA 19610-2102,
610.478.0371
ronhunsi at ptd dot net
Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury MA; Eton E1, JRC NRD-525 + G5RV Dipole
John Sedlacek: 2728 N. 45th Ave., Omaha NE 68104-4527
Joe Talbot, Red Deer AB; JRC NRD 535D + 160' wire at 140'
Larry Will, Mount Airy MD, [email protected]; Icom IC-R75 with G5RV
Ken Zichi, 107 W Riverside St., Williamston MI 48895, DXing at Port
Hope MI

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THE LOGS

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BANGALORE POACHER:

12/26, 0107, 6951.0/AM; pirate music at S8; next check 0132, announce-
ment, ad? into CW message, copied last part of it--CHER``, back
to music; 0133 plays Lincolnshire Poacher IS and nothing more.
Must be Bangalore Poacher as on this frequency last week. HF
Undergrounders agree, http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.
php/topic,25334.0.html & myteaquinn copied probably the same
code message 10 minutes earlier, apparently with some errors, as:
A C H E R T H I S I S T H E B A N A L O R E P O A C II [sic] E R
(Glenn Hauser, OK)

COLD COUNTRY CANADA:

12/26, 0400-0448, 6969/L; S3-5 with songs by Metallica, Ted Nugent,
Tom Petty, Cream, The Cars & Elton John. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/28, 1902-1957, 6969/L; S4-5 with tunes by The Scorpions, David Bowie,
The Cars, Deep Purple & The Guess Who. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/31, 0300-0305*, 31-Dec; Presumed; Tune-in to pop tune & off w/o any
closing ID/anmt. SIO=2+53 peaks (Frodge-MI)
12/31, 1914-2027+, 6969/L; S4-5 playing music by Alice Cooper, Cheap
Trick, Golden Earring, Stevie Nicks & IDs. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/31, 1939-2022, 6965/U [sic]; Music & that occasional ID. Several
Fleetwood Mac tunes. Also Feel Like Making Love & Cocaine.
(25442, Hunsicker, PA)
12/31, 2107, 6969/L; Music, Cold Country Canada ID @2108, announcer
speaking, into more music. "Requests through the pirate radio
chat room." s7 (Will-MD)
1/1, 1754, 6969/L; Some nice mellow rock music, into Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way & Crosby Stills & Nash. Fair signal, s5
(Will-MD)

CRYSTAL SHIP:

12/24, 2240, 6876/AM; fair/poor, said "Crystal Ship bubblegum express",
songs: honey, sugar sugar, I'm a believer, [email protected]
(Hassig-IL)
12/24, 2350-2356*, 6876/AM; TCS Shortwave Radio Network, SIO:333 Last
Train To Clarksville by The Monkees, Snoopy VS The Red Baron by
The Royal Guardsman. ID by OM, then traditional pirate song
before sign off. [Lobdell-MA]

LIQUID RADIO:

12/19, 2315, 6925/AM; poor, dance music. (Hassig-IL)
12/29, 2340-2350*, 6925/AM; Pop tune, Song by The Cure, talk/short ID
by OM, then fade out. [Lobdell-MA]

MOONLIGHT RADIO:

12/26, 0022-0029+, 6930/U; SIO:222 Vocal Ave Maria by male opera singer,
short ID as “Moonlight Radio”, faded out or signed off.
[Lobdell-MA]
12/26, 0023-0047, 6930/U; S3 playing Xmas music Deck The Halls, Ave
Maria & Silent Night. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/26, 2229, 6930/U; Very faint with music, ID via HFU (Filipkowski,RI)
12/26, 2234, 6930/U; fair, blues music. (Hassig-IL)
12/26, 2333, 6930/U; Very faint with music, ID via HFU (Filipkowski,RI)
12/31, 2244, 6940/U; Music, Ding Dong by George Harrison, blues song I'm
a woman. Hip hop music at 2252. Music by Pink Floyd at 2257,
Another brick in the wall. Peskie interference. s3/s5, tinny
audio (Will-MD)
12/31, 2247-2303, 6940/U; S3-4 with songs I'm A Woman & Won't Get Fooled
Again. (Filipkowski,RI)

OLD RADIO PROGRAM PIRATE: [Appears to be on 24/7]

12/25, 1615-1616, 6770/AM; Radio play. Faint & unusable (Hunsicker, PA)
12/26, 2135-2136, 6770/AM; Radio play. Faint & unusable (Hunsicker, PA)
12/27, 2126, 6770/AM; The Lone Ranger "hi ho silver & away." Sgt. Pres-
ton, the Challenge of the Yukon, starting @2129. Fading in & out,
occasionally very good, s9 peaks. (Will-MD)
12/29, 2211-2215, 6770/AM; Our Miss Brooks, I think. Quickly faded to
unusable (Hunsicker, PA)
12/31, 2224, 6770/AM; Our Miss Brooks. SIO=3+53- (Frodge-MI)
12/31, 2240, 6770/AM; Our Miss Brooks show in progress. Very good signal,
s7/s9 with quite decent audio (Will-MD)
1/1, 1645, 6770/AM; Generally poor conditions on the band this morning,
but despite this, there is an old radio show audible here. Prell
shampoo presents The Life of Riley @1700. s5/s7. (Will-MD)

PARTIAL INDIA RADIO:

12/25, 2058, 6925/AM; noted with Billy Squier’s The Stroke. Poor.
(Wolfish-Toronto)
12/25, 2105-2153*, 6925.8/AM; Jay Smilkstein Memorial Show. Music--I
Love You, Tears of a Clown, Stroke Me & a long skit. (45444,
Hunsicker, PA)

PEE WEE RADIO:

12/24, 0123-0152*, 6925/U; SIO:222 Silent Night on Electric Guitar. ID in
CW 0148, then more Silent Night on Electric Guitar. [Lobdell-MA]
12/25, 0135, 6925/U; fair, blues-rock riffs. (Hassig-IL)

PIRATE NATION RADIO:

12/26, 1337-1849, 7590/AM; S9-S9+ fading to S7-8 @1533, music by Genesis,
Boston, Bruno Mars, Rod Stewart, The Beatles & The Beach Boys,
also played some old time radio shows including Fibber McGee &
Molly, faded into the noise by 1849. (Filipkowski,RI)

[7590 also reported to relay 89.5 WXMN; an obslete Maine call.]

PIRATE RADIO BOSTON:

12/25, *2133-2144, 6925.8/AM; Immediately followed Partial India Radio.
Charlie Loudenboomer gives a hello & plays music, including
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Lost signal at 2144.
(Hunsicker, PA)

RADIO AZTECA:

12/31, 2207-2220, 6900/AM; S7-8 at start & S5-6 by 2220, Dirty Harry
soundbyte, Rocky & Bullwinkle theme music, mailbag segment with
letters from various DXers including Skip Arey & Ken Zichi, OM
gave Box 1 Belfast NY for QSLs, great to hear Azteca once again!
(Filipkowski,RI)
12/31, 2211, 6900/AM; Radio Azteca with the mailbag. Fine signal, slight
fading, s9+. Occasional co-channel burblies (Will-MD)
12/31, 2225-2239:18*, 6899.92/AM; Bram Stoker w/pgm #6?; Bits from Tia
Betty Crockacoatla, Dr. Radio, Rocky & Bullwinkle, WLS Animal
Stories, Dirty Harry, Top 10 list (which never had 10 items), etc.
QSL via Belfast drop for excruciatingly detailed reception
reports. SIO=343- w/groan & whistler intruders. (Frodge-MI)

RADIO BINGO:

12/26, 2127, 6951/AM; poor, increased noise, male speaking & laughter.
(Hassig-IL)
12/26, 2127-2134*, 6951/AM; Lots of odd bingo calls, laughter, warning
not to throw our cards away, music--Clap Your Hands--thanks for
playing & gone. (35353, Hunsicker, PA)
12/26, 2133-2145*, 6950/AM; SIO:333 Bingo Game, won by John T. Arthur,
some audio featuring Alan Masyga, ID’d as “6955 Radio Bingo,
Steel Belted Radio”. [Lobdell-MA]
12/26, 2136-2144*, 6951/AM; S7-8 with a montage of various sound clips
including Sal Ammoniac & Dr. Shortwave, IDs. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/26, 2143, 6951/AM; Caught just the end of an old Radio Bingo episode.
Very good signal and sound, s9. (Will-MD)

RADIO FUSION RADIO:

12/25, 2339, 6930/U; fair/poor, punk & heavy metal rock, song Cali-
fornia man. (Hassig-IL)

RADIO TRUE NORTH:

12/27, 0046-0210, 6950/AM; SIO 4+,5,4+ S9+, clear with great audio.
Yl/Om ID Radio True North, Lets Go To The Hop, Go Your Own Way,
A Good Heart, Calling America, Who Can It Be Now. So clear I
could Shazam the songs off the 535D speaker. Changed frequency
around 0210 to 4070 AM.(Talbot-AB)
12/27, 0138, 6950.0/AM; as I tune in very weak S5 signal, I hear an
ID in form of e-mail Radio True North address (Glenn Hauser, OK)
12/27, 0210-0315, 4070/AM; SIO 2+,4,2+ S3-S4. Terrible QSB. Rock Me
Amadeus, The Sun Always Shines, Word Up. Buried in QRN by 0315.
(Talbot-AB)

RENEGADE RADIO:

12/26, 2210-2357, 6935.1/U; S3-4 with tunes Fire Starter, Ballroom
Blitz, Land Down Under, Mexican Radio, Behind Blue Eyes,
Frosty The Snowman. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/26, 2218, 6935/U; fair/poor, song: Mexican radio. (Hassig-IL)
12/26, 2253, 6935.2/U; Rap music, into a very old ad for Pabst Blue
Ribbon beer. Rock 'n' roll version of Frost the Snowman at
2319. s7/s9 peaks, noisy conditions. (Will-MD)

WBOG:

12/27, 2113-2123, 6925.3/AM; Heard unid music just above the noise
level, ID via HFU. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/31, 2120-2158, 6950/AM; Very tough copy with signal rising in &
out of the noise level; OM talking & playing some country
& rock music. (Filipkowski,RI)

WDDR DRUNKEN DJ RADIO:

1/1, 0147-0320+, 3440/U; Announced broadcast details on 6940 after
Wolverine Radio ended show. Music by Neil Young, Patti Smith,
Pretenders & others. Took requests from HFU posters. Signal ini-
tially fair, improved as broadcast continued. (Sedlacek-NE)
1/1, 0150-0518+, 3440/U; S7 at start S5 at 0252 & fading into the noise
by 0518, OM playing song requests from listeners via HF Under-
ground, music by Blondie, Sex Pistols, David Lee Roth & Red Ryder.
(Filipkowski,RI)
1/1, 0323-0337+, 3440/U; Rock & disco tunes & DJ chatter--apparently
drinks Molson Reserve. IDs as WDDR & Drunken DJ Radio. S20 peaks!
Tnx to tip from JohnS on the FRN. 0453 still going. (Frodge-MI)
1/1, 0446, 3440/U; Music by Led Zeppelin. Extended talk by the op.
Into more nice classic rock music. s7/s9, very good. (Will-MD)
1/1, 0507-0610*, 3440/U; Still knocking my antenna off it's insulators
with a S9+10-S9+20 signal. Playing pop oldies mostly including:
:20 Pictures of Lilly, :29 The Letter, :31 Bernadette & :51 Bill
s/off by OM Op saying "bye bye" and off at 0610. IDs w/phonetic
call & "Drunken DJ Radio" & computer voice as well as DJ giving
song title outtros. SINPO 4+5554+ THIS close to all 5s. NICE
quality signal & modulation, not to mention an interesting (and
good) selection of tunes! Thanks for the program! (Zichi-MI)

WMID:

12/19, 2105-2149*, 6880/AM; SIO:343 Music “Punk Radio Christmas”, ID by
Uncle Schlekstein mentioning this was a Christmas special show.
Played songs “Blue Christmas” by The Frantic Flintstones, ID,
then 12 Days Of Christmas by Splodge. [Lobdell-MA]

WOLVERINE RADIO:

12/25, 0045, 6930/U; good sig, pop/rock/big band xmas tunes. (Hassig-IL)
1/1, 0034-0143*, 6940/U; "World"-themed song titles: What a Wonderful
World This Would Be, I'd Love to Change the World & others.
Strong signal but somewhat "watery" audio due to prop conditions.
(Sedlacek-NE)
1/1, 0045-0055+, 6940/U; Blues & not-too-oldy pop. SIO=3+53 (Frodge-MI)

X MINUS ONE:

12/26, 0109, 6925/U; fair/poor, old time radio drama about xmas, xmas
music, big band music. (Hassig-IL)
12/26, 0110-0138*, 6925/U; SIO 2+,4,2+ S2-S3. radio play "The Christmas
Eve Ghost", Christmas mx, Jack Benny, 0132 Yl with "X Minus One"
ID & Email address. (Talbot-AB)

UNIDs:

12/24, 2345, 6950/AM; poor/weak, barely heard talk below a low noise
level. (Hassig-IL)
12/24, 2346, 6925/AM; poor/weak, dance music. (Hassig-IL)
12/26, 2135, 7590/AM; poor/noise, bits of music. (Hassig-IL)
[Pirate Nation Radio?]
12/26, 2259, 6925/AM; poor/noise/qrm, music & talk mixing. (Hassig-IL)
12/27, 1454-1519*, 6925/AM; S3-4 & peaks to S5 with songs by Golden
Earring & Soft Cell. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/27, 1508, 6925/AM; Played Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go medley
by Soft Cell, then carrier off. My log shows the exact same thing
on 1-31-15. This time, I listened a bit longer. I think the same
station came on again in about ten minutes, played another song,
then off. Very nice signal with good audio. (Gay-KY).
12/27, *2149-2226*, 6925/AM; S9 with peaks to S9+ & superb audio playing
songs I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Banditos, Little Too Late, Tell Me
Something Good & Welcome To Boomtown, repeated phrase of "We will
not let them tear it down" & off with OM saying "You gonna turn off
that **** transmitter?" (Filipkowski,RI)
12/27, 2208, 6925/AM; Big signal with pop music, sound byte "we will not
let them tear it [us?] down" & "Tell me something good" by Rufus
& Chaka Khan. s9, wideband AM. Signal took a big dive at 2213,
now just above the noise floor. (Will-MD)
12/28, 2004-2032, 6925/U; S3-4 with audio clips from Beavis & Butthead.
(Filipkowski,RI)
12/28, 2155-2215*, 6935/U; S8-9 with music by Filter, Judas Priest,
Silver Sun Pickups & Disturbed, abrupt sign off. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/30, 1944-2104, 6925/AM; S9 & great audio, off & on playing music by
Hendrix, Carole King & Mamas & Papas. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/31, 2224-2236, 6925/AM; S7-8 at start then dropped to S4-5 at 2230,
OM with music including Johnny Be Good Chuck Berry, great sounding
AM audio & just a weak carrier detected by 2236. (Filipkowski,RI)
12/31, 2226, 6925/AM; Music by Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode. A live
recording, presumably from a New Year's broadcast--he said
"happy new year" as the song was starting. s9/s15. (Will-MD)
12/31, 2240-2244:11*, 6925/AM; Female, lady, woman from Cleveland (How's
George Zeller?) w/New Year greetings & chit-chat. SIO=343-
w/buzz burst QRM (Frodge-MI)
1/1, 0055-0105:47*, 6950; Nothing to listen to--just a series of
digital screechings. (Frodge-MI)

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Sordid Logs:

-----12/26
0022-0047 Moonlight Radio, 6930/U
0107-0133 Bangalore Poacher, 6951.0/AM
0109-0138 X Minus One, 6925/U
0400-0448 Cold Country Canada, 6969/L
1337-1849 Pirate Nation Radio, 7590/AM
2127-2145 Radio BINGO, 6951/AM
2135-2136 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
2135 UNID, 7590/AM [Pirate Nation Radio?]
2210-2357 Renegade Radio, 6935-35.2/U
2229-2234 Moonlight Radio, 6930/U
2333 Moonlight Radio, 6930/U [Continuation?]
-----12/27
0046-0210 Radio True North, 6950.0/AM
0210-0315 Radio True North, 4070/AM
1454-1519 UNID, 6925/AM
2113-2123 WBOG, 6925.3/AM
2126 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
2149-2226 UNID, 6925/AM
-----12/28
1902-1957 Cold Country Canada, 6969/L
2004-2032 UNID, 6925/U
2155-2215 UNID, 6935/U
-----12/29
2211-2215 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
2340-2350 Liquid Radio, 6925/AM
-----12/30
1944-2104 UNID, 6925/AM
-----12/31
0300-0305 Cold Country Canada, 6969/L
1914-2107 Cold Country Canada, 6969/L
2120-2158 WBOG, 6950/AM
2224-2240 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
2207-2239 Radio Azteca, 6899.9/AM
2224-2244 UNID, 6925/AM
2244-2303 Moonlight Radio, 6940/U
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0034-0143 Wolverine Radio, 6940/U
0055-0106 UNID, 6950
0147-0518 WDDR, 3440/U
1645-1700 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
1754 Cold Country Canada, 6969/L
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QSLs:

The Shortwave Ghost, No Data, Halloween Special, eQSL Sheet.
(Talbot AB Canada)

X Minus One, Full Data, Futuristic City eQSL Sheet, For Dec 26th Broad-
cast. (Talbot AB Canada)

Peskie Party Radio, Date/Frequency, Manatee - So Long Thanks For The
Fish eQSL Sheet, From Tony Dpeskie and Wife, For Dec 8th Broadcast.
(Talbot AB Canada)

WBOG: QSL & program playlist for the 12/31/15 b'cast. (Filipkowski,RI)



Channel Z: Full data QSL#354 for the 12/23/15 b'cast. (Filipkowski,RI)



Personalized QSL from Partial India Radio for the Christmas Day Jay
Smilkstein Memorial Show. It arrived on 26 December. An image of a
house was said to be Smilkstein's. Further, the house is slated for
demolition. (Hunsicker, PA)

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

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