Free Radio Weekly #1036 01/09/16

[The Radical]

Free Radio Weekly #1036, Saturday, January 9, 2025
Covering free radio activity from January 2-8, 2016

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])


== 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
5515 Whitehall St.
Midland MI 48642-3156
Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie

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, Tecsun PL-600


== Programming Note ==

Amateur Radio Roundtable

Subject: Pirate Radio, meet the man

Our guest this week (January 12) on Amateur Radio Roundtable is Allan
Weiner, famous pirate radio broadcaster. Allan's radio career started
in the 1960s when he, as a teenager, built home-brew radio
transmitters and put them on the air. He had numerous stations
including AM, FM, Shortwave, and even tried putting on a pirate TV
station on in New York on Channel 6. Soon, Allan obtained world wide
notoriety when he launched Radio New York International, broadcasting
on several frequencies from a ship out in the Atlantic Ocean off the
cost of New York. After five days, the FCC, FBI, and Coast Guard
finally boarded his ship and shut down the operation. Allan and crew
were arrested. During Allan's appearance on our show, we will discuss
a wide range of topics; Allan's radio beginnings, how and why he did
it, the outcome of the raids, future pirate attempts, his collection
of military surplus equipment (including working radar systems), and
the restoration of vintage radio equipment. Did you see the MGM movie
Blown Away (Jeff Bridges & Tommy Lee Jones)? That was Allan's pirate
radio ship that was blown up. We will also discuss how Allan became
legal and now owns and operates several licensed radio stations,
including WBCQ, which simulcasts our show.The chat room and viewer
phone lines will be open

There will not be a show next Tuesday Jan 19th but we will be back on Jan 26.

Be sure to send your FCC related questions to Riley Hollingsworth,
K4ZDH, at [email protected]. Riley retired from the FCC’s Compliance
and Information Bureau as Legal Adviser for Enforcement Program. He
will answer your questions every few weeks on our "Ask Riley" segment.

Remember our show is also on international shortwave radio station
WBCQ out of Monticello, ME on 5110 Khz, Please send a signal report to
[email protected].

Amateur Radio Roundtable is a live weekly amateur radio webcast, held
every Tuesday night at 8 PM CT (0200 UTC Wednesday) at W5KUB.com. The
show covers a wide range of topics for ham radio operators and
electronic hobbyists; including balloon launches, satellite, go-kits,
emergency communications, SDR, digital modes, DXing, home brewing,
hamfest updates, and more. We also want to grow our shortwave listener
base and will be including programs that intrest those listeners as
well. Viewers will have the opportunity to ask questions via the chat
room or telephone.

[via W5KUB.com]


== North American Logs ==

** Amphetamine Radio

Amphetamine Radio: 1/2/16 1859-1914 UTC 6925 USB. Very faint copy on
SSTV,IDs and "Nice Shot" by Filter. (Filipkowski,RI)

Amphetamine Radio. Saturday, January 2, 2016, 1905, 6925 usb. Rock
music, SSTV at 1906. CW at 1908. More rock music at 1909, David Bowie,
"Suffragette City." ID "Amphetamine radio, the most tweaked out radio
on the 43 meter band" at 1912. Steady s9, very good signal. (Will-MD)

AMPHETAMINE RADIO: 6950/U, 0524-0533*, 3-Jan; Rock tune, CW,
digi-screech, QSL info & off after USNA. SIO=252+; hard rock came up
after a few sec. w/slightly better sig, but went off abruptly @0538.
(Frodge-MI)

** Captain Morgan Shortwave

Captain Morgan Shortwave: 1/3/16 0235 UTC 6924.2 AM. Weak copy on
music,ID via HFU. (Filipkowski,RI)

** Cold Country Canada

Cold Country Canada 6969LSB 2 Jan 2025 2208-2219 Music and an ID.
Notes changing propagation and that was not sure if anyone was
receiving the BC. Notes a donation of pipe to raise his antenna.
(45453 and a bit tinny, Hunsicker, PA)

Cold Country Canada: 1/5/16 1957-2003 UTC 6969 LSB. S4 playing dance
music. (Filipkowski,RI)

Cold Country Canada: 1/5/16 0120-0147 UTC 6969 LSB. S3-4 with IDs and
music by Cream,Van Halen and Led Zeppelin. (Filipkowski,RI)

Cold Country Canada: 1/6/16 2233-2318 UTC 6969 LSB. S5-6 with S7 peaks
playing tunes by Dire Straits,Van Halen and some dance tracks.
(Filipkowski,RI)

** The Crystal Ship

The Crystal Ship: 1/2/16 1717-1748* UTC 7530 AM. S9+ and superb audio
with songs by Tom Petty,Night Ranger,Meatloaf and REO Speedwagon,Free
Radio Café plug by Commander Bunny and slogan "freedom of the
airwaves". (Filipkowski,RI)

** Liquid Radio

Liquid Radio: 1/3/16 2314 UTC 6925.1 AM. Weak copy on OM talk and some
electronic music. (Filipkowski,RI)

Liquid Radio. Sunday, January 3, 2016, 2333, 6925.1 am. Upbeat dance
music, fair to good signal, s5. (Will-MD)

** Moonlight Radio

Moonlight Radio: 1/1/16 2307-2314 UTC 6925 USB. S3-4 playing music
including "Fly Like An Eagle" Steve Miller. (Filipkowski,RI)

Moonlight Radio: 1/3/16 2224-2239 UTC 6925 USB. Weak signal then
rising to S4-5 and back down again,some synthesized music and OM
vocals. (Filipkowski,RI)

Moonlight Radio. Sunday, January 3, 2016, 2218, 6925 usb. Synth/pop
music. ID at 2222. Fair signal. s5. Improved to s9 at 2229. (Will-MD)

** Network 51 Pirate Radio

Network 51 Pirate Radio: 1/2/16 1804-1849* UTC 6935 USB. S8 at start
and down to S4 by 1848 UTC,host Dave The Cat playing tunes by The
Bangles,Billy Idol,Depeche Mode,The Cars and ZZ Top,IDs and ad for a
voice processor. (Filipkowski,RI)

Network 51 Pirate Radio. Saturday, January 2, 2016, 1831, 6935 usb.
Music by Billy Idol, "Rebel Yell," ID "Network 51 Pirate Radio"
announcing songs, and into "Velcro Fly" by ZZ Top. s5, good. (Will-MD)

** Old time radio

Old Time Radio 6770AM 1 Jan 2025 2132-2136 Radio play. Just
understandable. (Hunsicker, PA)

Old time radio. Sunday, January 3, 2016, 1719, 6770 am. Cisco Kid
radio show. Fair to good signal, noisy conditions, s5/s7. (Will-MD)

Old time radio. Monday, January 4, 2016, 0123, 6770 am. Amos and Andy
show, quite listenable signal this evening. Unusual to get this one
here at this time. s5/s7. (Will-MD)

OLD RADIO PROGRAM PIRATE: 6770/AM, 2251, 5-Jan; The Great Guldersleeve
& Leroy. Poor in QRN, LSB best (Frodge-MI)

Old time radio. Friday, January 8, 2016, 1410, 6770 am. This morning
finds their signal fading in and out of the noise floor. At 1416 some
brief utility voice traffic appears co-channel on upper side band. A
patriotic themed episode of "Night Beat." Randy Stone at 1423 mentions
the atom bomb. (Will-MD)

** Partial India Radio

Partial India Radio: 1/1/16 2254-2255 UTC 6900 AM. Buried in the noise
but was able to hear "Tears Of A Clown" tune and some OM talk.
(Filipkowski,RI)

** Peewee Radio

Pee Wee: 1/3/16 0151 UTC 6950 LSB. Very faint with only bits of audio
heard,ID via HFU. (Filipkowski,RI)

Pee Wee: 1/3/16 0236-0240 UTC 6950 USB. S3-4 with SSTV and bluesy rock
guitar music. (Filipkowski,RI)

Peewee Radio, 6950 USB, 1-4-16 0040Z. Various rock songs, including a
request from the #pirateradio chat room. Also SSTV (Gay-KY)

Pee Wee: 1/4/16 0005 UTC 6950 USB. Faint music heard,ID via HFU.
(Filipkowski,RI)

** Radio Azteca

RADIO AZTECA: 6899.9/AM, 0103-0112:41*, 2-Jan; Song "You were only
f(ornicat)ing while I was making love"; Bram Stoker as Dr. Radio.
SIO=232 near QRN lvl, fady & pesky QRM. (Frodge-MI)

Radio Azteca 6900AM 2 Jan 2025 0056-0112* The melodious tones of Bram
Stoker's voice. A replay. Just a bit better than "unusable." The
difficulties of suburban RFI. (Hunsicker, PA)

Radio Azteca: 1/3/16 1349-1418* UTC 6900 AM. S7-8 with peaks to
S9,host Bram Stoker with Ask Dr Radio segment,mentioned WYMN and Radio
Beaver joining forces to form a new station,Visit With The Story Lady
bit and PO Box 1 for QSL. (Filipkowski,RI)

** Unid

UNID: 1/1/16 1945-2136 UTC 6925 AM. Seemed to be two stations on at
same time with one very weak and the other S7-8,stronger station
played some techno music from 2112-2116 UTC then went off,weak station
heard with bits of music. (Filipkowski,RI)

unidentified 6925AM 1 Jan 2025 2136-2107 Music, talking, odd noises,
sounded like someone was talking into a barrel. Also, farts, whales?
And, perhaps a horror story being told? (35444, Hunsicker, PA)

UNID: 1/1/16 2144-2151 UTC 6925 USB. S8 with lots of farting noises.
(Filipkowski,RI)

UNID: 1/2/16 2111-2132* UTC 6925 AM. Very weak with OM/YL talk,bits of
music and tolling bells. (Filipkowski,RI)

UNID: 1/2/16 0122-0142* UTC 6930 USB. S4 with someone playing audio
from the movie Mad Max 2. (Filipkowski,RI)

UNID. 7530/AM, 1536-1603+, 2-Jan; Continuous 80s pop/rock tunes; no
anmts heard. SIO=242 w/trill bursts; O=3- peaks + some apparent
on/offs. Presume this might be the station recently reported on 7590 &
earlier on 7540 & 7550 & ID'd as Pirate Radio Nation by 7590 by Joe
Filipkowski as reported in the Free Radio Weekly. ThaDood reporting on
the Free Radio Net said it might have been WAZU. +++ 2248-2312+,
2-Jan; Non-Top-40 pop/rock, some cut off & some CD sticks; no anmts.
SIO=3+53 +++ 0225, 4-Jan; Can just tell there's music. (Frodge-MI)

UNID: 1/5/16 2340-2345 UTC 6935 USB. S3-4 with rock music and weak OM
talk. (Filipkowski,RI)

UNID: 1/5/16 0109-0118* UTC 3440 AM. S8-9 playing some rock music,off
with no ID. (Filipkowski,RI)

UNID: 1/7/16 2243-2248* UTC 6951 AM. S7-8 with songs by Dire Straits
and James Brown then off with no ID. (Filipkowski,RI)

UNID: 1/8/16 1717-1827+UTC 7530 AM. S7-8 with peaks to S9 playing
songs by Tool and Pink Floyd,farm animal noises then YL religious
talk. (Filipkowski,RI)

** WAZU

WAZU: 1/3/16 1354-1401* UTC 7524.2 AM. S5-6 with host Fearless Fred
playing "Red Barchetta" by Rush,parody ad,song "Back To The Shadows
Again" and off with ID jingle. (Filipkowski,RI)

WAZU: 1/3/16 2156-2214 UTC 7519.4 AM. S7-8 and quickly faded out at
2214 UTC,music by Amboy Dukes,Asleep At The Wheel,The Who and J.Geils
Band,multiple "W A Zed U" IDs. (Filipkowski,RI)

** WBOG

WBOG: 6925.38/AM, 2225-2232+, 8-Jan; Pop & blues music; ID at 2230+.
Very variable sig from barley audible to good; QRN + pesky QRM.
(Frodge-MI)

** WDDR

WDDR/Drunken DJ Radio, 3440 USB, 0301-0505+, 01-01-16 SIO: 343
Entertaining program of chatter and tunes by the OP who runs Wolverine
Radio! Taking requests from posters on the hfunderground.com. Drinking
and celebrating the New Year in a classical pirate way.
Tunes by The Sex Pistols, Traffic, Spirit, The Rocking Vickers just to
same a few. Synthesized female voice was mocking “Skipmuck”, a
frequent poster on the HFU.
[Lobdell-MA]

** WREC

WREC: 6925/U, 0216-0224+, 4-Jan; addy [email protected], I think;
poppish music. SIO=1+52 (Frodge-MI)

WREC/Radio Free East Coast, 6925 USB, 0216-0312*, 01-04-15 SIO: 454
Nice audio and signal from this recently reactivated pirate!
ID’s/emails, rock tunes by The Sex Pistols, Blink 182, Silvers
Pickups, Rob Zombie, etc. [Lobdell-MA]

** XFM

X-FM, 6955 AM Stereo, 0210-0225+, 01-02-15 SIO: 121 Just barely
audible through the noise floor with the usual DJ chatter and songs,
live time checks and ID’s. [Lobdell-MA]

XFM: 1/2/16 0144-0220+ UTC 6955 AM. Very tough copy and mostly buried
in the noise with OM talk and rock music. (Filipkowski,RI)

XFM: 6955/AM, 0317-0324+, 2-Jan; Rock tunes & ID @0324. SIO=242
w/ticking QRM. Tnx to tip from JohnS on the Free Radio Net,
(Frodge-MI)

XFM: 7530/AM; 2207-2217+, 7-Jan; Rock tunes & IDs, "XFM music to the
powr of X"; [email protected]. SIO=3+43+ w/warble QRM (Frodge-MI)


== FM Logs ==

87.9 Midland MI; 11:50 AM-12:02+ PM, 2-Jan; The Xmas music pirate has
switched over to Jeezus pop. Sig peaks in the same area. The pop music
pirate also on 87.9 had only xmtr hum at this time. +++ 11:45 AM,
7-Jan; Now running piano jazz--the post Xmas format du jour.
(Frodge-MI)


== European Logs ==

None this time.


== QSLs ==

** Renegade Radio

Renegade Radio: Date and frequency eQSL for the 12/26/15 show. (Filipkowski,RI)

** Amphetamine Radio

Amphetamine Radio: Full data eQSL for the 1/2/16 broadcast via a HFU
logging. (Filipkowski,RI)

** WAZU

WAZU: Full data Buck McMoney eQSL for the 1/3/16 show. (Filipkowski,RI)

** Network 51 Pirate Radio

Network 51 Pirate Radio: Full data pirate cat eQSL for the 1/2/16
broadcast via a HFU logging. (Filipkowski,RI)


== 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