Free Radio Weekly #1039 01/30/16

[The Radical]

FREE RADIO WEEKLY 1039 .-.
Covering Logs from 23 thru 29-January-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
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 Avenue, Wyomissing PA 19610-2102,
ronhunsi at ptd dot net
Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, Box 80146, Stoneham MA 02180, Eton E1,
JRC NRD-525 + G5RV Dipole, 40 Meter Dipole

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NEWS:

Bram Stoker: Many Radio Azteca reports have been forwarded from the
Belfast drop. I'm trying to find my old QSL records so I can get the
QSL numbers correct. At any rate (new numbering system?), all reports
will receive the attention they deserve. Gross but tasteful Monique the
Mail Woman is on the job, assisted by Emiliano Zamboni.

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

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THE LOGS

=+=+=+=+= North American Stations/Relays =+=+=+=+=

CHANNEL Z

1/23, 1348-1459*, 6925/AM; S9 with great audio at start fading down
to S5-7 at 1419, Before They Were Famous program with tunes by
The Four Tops, John Denver, ID jingles & BRS, PA drop for a QSL.
(Filipkowski,RI)
1/23, 2250, 6150.5/AM; barely there at first but a bit stronger as
time went on, later a 500hz het from another station on 6150am,
I think pirates should avoid broadcast bands. (Hassig-IL)
1/23, 2336, 6150.5/AM; British-accented ancr with music. Very nice
signal (Gay-KY)

COLD COUNTRY CANADA

1/23, 2308, 6969/L; Classic rock. Signal strength S5-6. (Gay-KY)

HOBART RADIO INTERNATIONAL

1/23, 1801-1818*, 6925/AM; S6-7 with the Pirate Special program fea-
turing an interview with Andy Yoder, clips of Cracker Radio,
Mustang Radio & Bangalore Poacher, suddenly off at 1818.
(Filipkowski,RI)
1/23, 1808-1819*, 6925/AM; SIO:232. Pirate Radio Special produced
by the Tasmanian Based Studio Pirate. Interview with Andrew
Yoder, phony ADS, mentions of Kracker, WBNY, the Radio USA
bust in 1991. [Lobdell-MA]

MOONLIGHT RADIO

1/24, 2313-2328, 6935/U; SIO:232 Oldies such as Papa Was A Rolling
Stone by Temptations, ID by OM/YL announcers, Witch Queen Of
New Orleans. [Lobdell-MA]
1/26, 0027-0038, 6950/U; S3 playing what sounded like music from
Fiddler On The Roof, CW ID. (Filipkowski,RI)

OLD RADIO PROGRAM PIRATE:

1/23, 0236, 6770/AM; poor/weak but better than usual, ads, big band
music, Burns & Allen show. (Hassig-IL)
1/24, 2114, 6770/AM; The Lone Ranger; SIO=2+53, but source media
skipping a lot. (Frodge-MI)
1/25, 2155-2200+, 6770/AM; Tune-in to band music to ToH "Our Miss
Brooks starring Eve Arden". Fair in QRN (Frodge-MI)
1/25, 2209-2222, 6770/AM; Ad for Palmolive Soap, then the program
Our Miss Brooks. (Hunsicker, PA)

RADIO AZTECA

1/23, 1936-2030*, 6900/AM; S9-9+ & great audio w/program #4, DX parody
bit, ads for Dr Dickeys Dildos & Cozy Dick Penis Muff, funny
country music lyrics segment, Ask Dr Radio, replayed the show at
1958. (Filipkowski,RI)
1/24, 1349-1419*, 6900/AM; S3-4 at tune in S8 at 1416, replay of
show #4. (Filipkowski,RI)
1/24, 2137-2141:25*, 6999.9/AM; Bram Stoker w/pgm #4; Ask Dr. Radio
bit; Belfast drop for QSLs; off w/Rocky & Bullwinkle IS SIO=343
w/pesky QRM (Frodge-MI)

RADIO FREE WHATEVER

1/22, 2205-2235, 6950/U; S9 at start eventually fading into the noise
by 2231, Dickweed playing music including Rage Against The
Machine, said "state of emergency snowfall show", mentioned com-
puter trouble forced them to not broadcast over the holidays &
took a phone call to the RFW bunker. (Filipkowski,RI)

RADIO GAGA

1/22, 2303-2307, 6925/U; Heard weak music & difficult to tune in, ID
via HFU logs. (Filipkowski,RI)

UNDERCOVER RADIO

1/23, 0118, 6940/U; tune-in to someone saying he is ``firing things up,
hope someone is hearing me`` despite ``crappy conditions``. If so,
post on HF Underground. It`s ``Doctor Benway, Undercover Radio,
broadcasting from the Middle of Nowhere``. Says he has a complete
new setup; does it sound OK? No way to patch in music right now,
but will in very near future. 0120 says he`s going to tune back
up to XLR8, address [email protected], and apparently off
for the time being, so I also tune up to 6950 for now.
(Glenn Hauser, OK)
1/23, 0202, 6960/U; someone is glad to be heard tonight & now with
music. Sounds like Benway again on a new frequency; 0206 some-
thing about ``A-OK in the mid-Atlantic area`` (presumably refer-
ring to blizzard warnings). Now he`s S7. Refers to heavy-metal
songs; 0211 thanks for checking in to Skipmuck (an HFU regular),
John Poet, et al. (I would do so in real time, except for me,
DXing & Computing are mutually exclusive.) Full ID again as
above & address; then ``We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions``.
At HF Underground, he got two posts under 6940:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 905.0.html
and fifteen under 6960
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 906.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK)
1/23, 0203-0235, 6960/U; fair sig, host Dr. Benway, songs: dream on,
born to be wild, Lagrange & a tune by Rush, undercoverradio@
gmail.com. (Hassig-IL)

WAZU

1/24, 1629-1713*, 6950.5/AM; S5-7 with songs by The Kinks, Queen,
Opie & Anthony parody tunes, Gerbil Rooter parody ad, WAZU ID
by Buck McMoney. (Filipkowski,RI)

WEEK

1/23, 1339-1458*, 6950/AM; S7-9 & noisy playing songs with days of
the week in title like; I Don't Like Mondays, Ruby Tuesday, A
Wednesday Car, echo ID by YL voice & "the station for every day
of the week". (Filipkowski,RI)
1/23, 2104-2132, 6950/AM; S7-8 faded to S5 by 2132, songs Manic Mon-
day, Monday Monday, IDs. (Filipkowski,RI)
1/23, 2200, 6950/AM; poor at or below already low noise level, heard
some music popping up in the noise, got ID from the HFU site,
WEEK not WEAK. (Hassig-IL)

XLR8

1/22-23, 2318-0041, 6950/U; S3-4 with songs by Billy Idol, Glen Frey
& a parody of My Sharona. (Filipkowski,RI)
1/23, 0048-0157, 6950/U; An eclectic group of musical selections that
I, mostly, did not recognize. (35443, Hunsicker, PA)
1/23, 0102, 6950.0/U; ``M-F`` song at tune-in & I don`t mean Medium
Frequency or Monday-Friday. Then I log some other pirates &
licensed pirate station WBCQ where Allan Weiner is urging
pirates now to use AM, NOT SSB (see WBCQ log for more); back to
here at 0120 when blues plays, 0123 ``X-L-R-8`` ID & more
music. 0157 check, this one is off. Many other logs here:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 899.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK)

UNIDs:

1/22, 2201-2211:37*, 6925/AM; Feature about the SCR-299 xmtr for
mobile military setup; closed with patriotic music @2209 &
seemed to start into a repeat before going abruptly off. SIO=
242+, far better in USB; pesky & buzz burst QRM. No ID on
either Free Radio Net or HFU posts. (Frodge-MI)
1/23, 0103, 6925/AM; JBA carrier, jumps around slightly; At 0117
it`s on 6925.00-AM with music. At 0200, on 6925.07 variable
with announcement, unreadable. Maybe more than one station
involved over this period. These unID logs suggest Liquid
Radio & Radio Gaga:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 904.0.html
Channel Z was on frequency later before 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK)
1/23, 0158, 6935.32/AM; very poor S7 pirate signal with music,
announcement. Can`t make out anything further. No logs of
this on HFU or Free Radio Cafe (Glenn Hauser, OK)
1/23, 1430, 6935/U; Songs The Politics Of Dancing & Everybody Have
Fun Tonight, then off. No ID heard. Guessing Moonlight Radio
given weak, tinny signal, but in the log as an UNID. (Gay-KY)
1/24, 0224, 6930/U; pirate music, but stops at 0225 & some talk I
can`t make out; nothing further during next semihour nor any
other pirates noted this Saturday night. Three other logs of
it as unID; I did not find it to be Spanish:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... 931.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK,)
1/24, 1538-1547*, 6925.4/AM; S7-8 with Voodoo Chile Hendrix then
off. (Filipkowski,RI)
1/24, 2141, 6925.15/U?; Barely audible music; probably Liquid Radio
often reprted on this freq. (Frodge-MI)
1/25, 0256, 6925.0/U; soul music S9+10, 0258 another tune, now S9+20
refined to 6924.97 with some overmodulation distortion; at
0303 fades way down and/or off as I start to hear a muffled
announcement--or rather, that`s another station on LSB; when
switching to that I hear colloquial Brazuguese almost like a
broadcast, but then pause and 2-way answer; so I guess it`s
not RCW, Chilean pirate which has also used 6925. More obs of
this as unID from *0248, and also Brazilian LSB:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/inde ... ic=25960.0
(Glenn Hauser, OK)
1/25, 1605-1616*, 6925/U; S3 playing a radio drama between OM & YL,
heard "remember when you were 10 years old" & "most women who
were Catholic....". (Filipkowski,RI)
1/25, 1846-1849*, 1918-1943, 7590/AM; S4-5 and noisy with a Kiss tune
then off. Came back on S5-6 around 1918 relaying some ham radio
comms. (Filipkowski,RI)
1/26, 2200-2324*, 6925/U; Soundtrack from Sharon Stone movie Basic
Instinct? Woman plots to kill husband; hires insurance agent to
sell her an accident policy on hubby without him knowing. Agent
is wise to the plot & agrees to help. After the dirty deed,
woman has sex with the agent, then kills him with an ice pick.
Sarcastic cop said, "He got off before he got off." Off abruptly
in mid-investigation. SIO=2+43- w/buzz bursts & LSB peskys.
(Frodge-MI)
1/26, 2143-2209*, 6925/U; Sound track of the movie Sunset Boulevard;
1950, staring Bill Holden & Gloria Swanson. (45444, Hunsicker, PA)
[AHA! I thought there was more than one soundtrack in this.
Maybe Basic Instinct started after Sunset Boulevard, but got
clipped. There were some lengthy pauses, which could account for
the varied s/off times. -- HF]
1/26, 2309, 6925/U; Seemed to be some kind of soundtrack from movie, TV
or radio show. Poor signal but popped up now & then. May have been
on the air for quite awhile. No ID ever heard (Gay-KY)
1/28, 1458-2141, 6945/6940/6935/AM; S6-7 at start & S8-9 at 1924, relay
of Andy Yoder giving a forum on pirate radio,oldies music & tunes
by Ratt, Rob Zombie, Boston, Black Keys, Van Halen, Jethro Tull &
House Of Pain, switched to 6940 at 2044 & 6935 at 2108.
(Filipkowski,RI)
1/29, 1510-1815+, 6935/AM; S7-8 playing music by Fall Out Boy, Led Zepp,
Candlebox, Golden Earring & Digital Underground. (Filipkowski,RI)

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Sordid Logs:

-----1/23
0000-0157 XLR8, 6950/U (continued from 1/22)
0103-0200 UNID, 6925/AM
0118-0120 Undercover Radio, 6940/U
0158 UNID, 6935.32/AM
0202-0235 Undercover Radio, 6960/U
0236 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
1339-1458 WEEK, 6950/AM
1348-1459 Channel Z, 6925/AM
1430 UNID, 6935/U
1801-1819 Hobart Radio Int'l, 6925/AM
1936-2030 Radio Azteca, 6900/AM
2104-2200 WEEK, 6950/AM
2250-2336 Channel Z, 6150.5/AM
2308 Cold Country Canada, 6969/L
-----1/24
0224-0225 UNID, 6930/U
1349-1419 Radio Azteca, 6900/AM
1538-1547 UNID, 6925.4/AM
1629-1713 WAZU, 6950.5/AM
2114 Old Radio Program Prate, 6770/AM
2137-2141 Radio Azteca, 6899.9/AM
2141 UNID, 6925.15/U?
2313-2328 Moonlight Radio, 6935/U
-----1/25
0256-0303 UNID, 6925/U
1605-1616 UNID, 6925/U
1846-1849 UNID, 7590/AM
1918-1943 UNID, 7590/AM
2155-2222 Old Radio Program Pirate, 6770/AM
-----1/26
0027-0038 Moonlight Radio, 6950/U
2200-2324 UNID, 6925/U (Movie soundtracks)
-----1/27
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
-----1/28
1458-2141 UNID, 6945/6940/6935/AM
-----1/29
1510-1815 UNID, 6935/AM

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QSLs:

WEEK: Full data eQSL for both 1/23/16 shows. (Filipkowski,RI)



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