Free Radio Weekly #1042 02/20/16

[The Radical]

FREE RADIO WEEKLY #1042: February 20,2025
Covering Free Radio activity from February 13 – February 19, 2025

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

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This FRQ issue is coming from the NASWA Winter Fest here in beautiful Plymouth Meeting Pennsylvania.

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Please QSL and think good thoughts about our contributors, without who, there is no newsletter:

#1042 Contributors
Joe Filipkowski JR, Warwick,RI
Joe Talbot, Alberta Canada
Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing, PA
John Sedlacek , Omaha, NE
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA
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>>>Stations Logged <<<

Radio Free Whatever
Wolverine Radio
Radio Illumanti
WBOG
Pee Wee
Radio Fusion radio
Radio Azteca
Amphetamine Radio
KIPM Radio
Moonlight Radio
Rock and Roll Radio
Cold Country Radio
Pirate Radio USA
Radio Gaga
WRMI
XFM
Liquid Radio
Renegade Radio
WEAK Radio
Pirate Radio Boston
PPKD
Voice of Grease
Voice of Helium

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All times are UTC
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NORTH AMERICAN LOGS:
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*** Radio Free Whatever ***

2/15/16 0011-0021* UTC 6950 USB. S7-8 at tune in then down to S4 but very little noise at 0018 UTC,caught tail end of broadcast with song "Rock and Roll Lifestyle" and DJ Dickweed saying "Happy Valentine’s Day" then off at 0021 UTC. (Filipkowski,RI)

6950USB 14 February 2025 2306-2309 An ID, Dick noted that Stavin was not around, and some music. (55455, Hunsicker, PA)

([email protected]) 6950 USB / FEB 14-15 / 2305+. Selection of alternative music with lots of commentary. Shout-outs to HFU posters. Good signal. (Sedlacek-NE)

6950/U, 2317-2321+, 14-Feb; DJ Dick Weed w/rock tunes; acknowledged reports; [email protected]. SIO=444 w/trill burst. (Frodge-MI)


*** WOLVERINE RADIO ***

6930 USB / FEB 14 / 0139-0200*. Music by Chris Isaak & Godsmack. S/off with "My Funny Valentine." Good signal/audio. (Sedlacek-NE)


*** Radio Illuminati ***

2/14/16 1933-2133 UTC 6150 AM. Tough copy with signal in and out of the noise then rose to S4-5 at 2129 UTC,heard lots of music including tune "I Go Crazy". (Filipkowski,RI)


*** WBOG ***

2/14/16 1935-2014* UTC 6925.2 AM. Very tough copy with bits of audio through the noise,OM talking and music, some sort of siren sound effect near sign off, ID via HFU loggings. (Filipkowski,RI)


*** Wolverine Radio ***

2/14/16 0057-0154 UTC 6935 USB. S3-4 but very little noise made for decent copy, theme of the broadcast was "Walking" with songs like "I Walk the Line","Walking After Midnight”, “Walk Away Renee","Walk Of Life" and a SSTV. (Filipkowski,RI)


*** Pee Wee ***

2/14/16 0131-0157 UTC 6945 USB. S3-4 and nice sounding audio playing songs by Pink Floyd and Black Foot along with SSTVs. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/13/16 1227-1242* UTC 6925 USB. S3-4 with rock and bluesy rock guitar music along with CW. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/14, 0144-0203 Z, 6955 USB, 0144 Z SSTV, 0146 Z "Highway Song" Blackfoot, 0153 Z "Two Lane Blacktop" Rob Zombie, 0156 Z CW, 0157 Z Blues guitar instrumental. SINPO: 4,4,4,4,4 clean, clear audio, nice signal. Thank you! (Talbot-Alberta Canada)


*** Radio Fusion Radio ***

2/14/16 1429-1517* UTC 6925 USB. S6-7 and great audio with lots of spacey electronica music, “College Of Knowledge" slogan,OM IDs and YL voice for the Gmail address. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/14, 0205-0225 Z, 6925 U, S3 at best, just at noise floor, 0205 Z carrier. 0231 Z Om with tx. Didn’t hear much, Liquid Radio ??? or Radio Fusion Radio ???. Turned out to be Radio Fusion Radio, Sweet Pea Jackson sent very nice Street Art eQSL. Thank you! (Talbot-Alberta Canada).

[email protected]) 6925 USB / FEB 14 / 0220+. Very faint signal w/unid music. Originally logged as "UNID" by op sent nice eQSL from HFU posting. (Sedlacek-NE)

6925/U, 0021-0028+, 14-Feb; Long instrumentals; ID by female, lady, woman announcers at 0025. SIO=242+ just above the QRN w/buzz burst & LSB pesky QRM. (Frodge-MI)


*** Radio Azteca ***

2/13/16 2101-2209* UTC 6900 AM. S7-8 and noisy with program #7 featuring Mail Scrotum,Ajax Liquor Store comedy bit, Ask Dr.Radio,Top 10 List of why there are so many religious stations on the air and Azteca Bloopers, replayed the show at 2135 UTC. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/14/16 1308-1408* UTC 6950 AM. S7-9 and great AM audio with two replays of program #7,great to hear on a bitter cold Sunday morning! (Filipkowski,RI)

6900AM 13 February 2025 2139-2212 Identified as Program #7. New unit to gauge the quality: the Hauser. (35443, Hunsicker, PA)


*** Amphetamine Radio ***

2/13/16 1842-1905+ UTC 6925 USB. S5 with CW,SSTVs and some musicMe with station ID and live time checks. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/15, 0147-0202 Z, 6923 U, SINPO: 3,4,4,3,3. S4 at best, choppy QSB killing signal strength and audio. Was on 6925 U QSY to 6923 U to avoid QRMing station on 6927, thoughtful ! 0147 Z Frank Zappa, 0150 Z Om with ID and CW ID, 0155 Z CW ID, SSTV 0158 and 0202 Z, then off. First time hearing AR. (Talbot-Alberta Canada).

2/17/16 2258-2312* UTC 6925 USB. S4 with "Under My Thumb" Rolling Stones,SSTVs and shoutouts to WRMI on 6915 and Moonlight Radio on 6930,off with National Anthem. (Filipkowski,RI)

6925USB 13 February 2025 1831-1916* Old rock--Cheap Sunglasses--and some rap with lots of SSTV. Gave accurate UTC time checks. (35454, Hunsicker, PA)


*** KIPM Relay ***

2/13, 0132-0203 Z, 6955 U, SINPO: 3,4,3,3,3. S4 40% copy, QSB causing distorted audio, terrible QRN. 0132 Z Allan Maxwell with tx..."working simultaneously..." and background mx, 0135 Z "Adagio For Strings", more Allan Maxwell tx and mx. 0203 Z signal very weak audio inaudible. (Talbot-Alberta Canada).


*** Moonlight Radio ***

2/17/16 2259-2320* UTC 6930 USB. S3-4 playing music including Ed Sheeran, clear ID at sign off. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/16/16 2238-2243 UTC 6940 USB. S3 playing music including Frank Sinatra. (Filipkowski,RI)

([email protected])6930 USB / FEB 17 / 2253-2320*. Pleasant selection of softer rock tunes. Fair signal, easy copy. (Sedlacek-NE)


*** Rock and Roll Radio ***

2/15/16 1454-1516 UTC 6950 AM. S3-4 then into the noise playing some rock music, ID via HFU loggings. (Filipkowski,RI)


*** Cold Country Canada ***

6969LSB 12 February 2025 2254-2341 Rock music (with peskies). Regular IDs by OM and YL. Noise, peskies and prop dropped overall quality to "unusable" a few times. (33432, Hunsicker, PA)


*** Pirate Radio USA ***

6950AM 14 February 2025 1958-2145 (I checked at 2228 and the story continued.) Pirate Radio USA ID @ 2130. Before that, there was non-stop music. Started with a piece about Twisted Sister. No ID until 1930. After 2130 DJ Him and DJ Her told the story of their adventures in pirate radio. (55455, Hunsicker, PA)


*** Radio Gaga ***

6930USB 12 February 2025 2305-2326* Music, man gives a reading, a Neil Young tune, and Mighty Flynn. And and ID. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)


*** WRMI ***

6915AM 16 February 2025 2343-0004 Religious programming; perhaps The Overcomer Ministry? (Weak, then unusable, Hunsicker, PA)


*** XFM ***

6950AM 13 February 2025 2215-2258 2016 New Year's Show--The Best of 2015 on XFM. A rebroadcast, I think. Great program! (55455, Hunsicker, PA)


*** LIQUID RADIO ***

6925.1 AM / FEB 15-16 / 2300-0008+. Usual format of dance music. Faint signal. (Sedlacek-NE)

6925.1 AM / FEB 17-18 / 0040+. Bass-thumping dance music. Signal fair, better than usual. (Sedlacek-NE)

6925.15/AM, 2306, 15-Feb; Music buried. ID per post by JohnS on the Free Radio Net. (Frodge-MI)

6925.08/AM, 2331-2334+, 17-Feb; Thumper music. Buried sig as usual, but caught ID @2334. Strong LSB pesky + buzz burst QRM (Frodge-MI)

6925.15/AM; 2300, 18-Feb; Thumper music & ID @2301+. SIO=2+32+ w/pesky & buzz burst QRM (Frodge-MI)


*** RENEGADE RADIO ***

([email protected]) 6935,2v USB / FEB 14 / 2248-2320+. Classic rock tunes. Fair signal w/occasional tech issues. (Sedlacek-NE)

6935.2/AM, 2259-2317+, 14-Feb; Classic rock tunes;SIO=3+53; music clean but voice muddled--needs a new mike or twiddle a few knobs. (Frodge-MI)


*** WEAK RADIO ***

([email protected]) 6930 USB / FEB 16 / 0123-0147*. Electronic/synthesizer music. Parody ad for McDonald's "Big M**F** Meal," and multiple IDs. S/off w/faux on-air FCC bust. (Sedlacek-NE)


*** PIRATE RADIO BOSTON ***

6925.34/AM; 1352-1354:42*, 18-Feb; Tune-in to pop tune then Gmail addy & IDs. SIO=1+52 (Frodge-MI)


*** PPKD ***

6815, 0007, 0204, 0418, 17-Feb; Usual slow code ID. (Frodge-MI)


*** VOICE OF GREASE ***

6925.34/AM; *1359:25-1412+, 18-Feb; On w/flute music, presume Voice of Greece stuff; ID into songs from Grease including Frankie Valli's Grease & Olivia Newton-John's Summer Nights. SIO=242+ w/buzz burst (Frodge-MI)

2/18/16 1407-1448* UTC 6925 AM. S9 and great sounding audio playing various tunes from the movie Grease,YL voice ID "hey all you greasers and pink ladies out there in radio land,you are listening to the Voice Of Grease",off with Voice Of Greece IS. (Filipkowski,RI)

*** Voice Of Helium ***

2/18/16 *1450-1525* UTC 6932.1 AM. S7-8 The Gasman Show with music including Cream and Judas Priest,parody ads for Hooked On Helium,Nox Nixon For Gas Pro,Tree Frog Little Queens,old ACE promo,BRS,PA drop for QSLs and said "a parody production of The Fox",rough audio at times. (Filipkowski,RI)

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2/13/16 1551-1604* UTC 6925 UTC. S7-8 playing electronica music and synthesized voice at times, suddenly off at 1604 UTC. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/13/16 1915-2051+ UTC 6950 AM. S9+20 and excellent AM audio playing dramatic music into Night Of The Living Dead movie audio. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/14/16 0029-0041 UTC 6955.1 USB. S4 with punk rock, “Mexican Radio" tune and the theme from Smokey and The Bandit movie. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/14/16 1915-2237+ UTC 6950 AM. S9+10-20 excellent AM audio playing music by Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, Journey and Motley Crue,documentary about FM pirate radio in Seattle. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/16/16 2005-2136 UTC 6950 AM. S6-7 playing some Latin music and various oldies but goodies. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/15/16 1910-2234* UTC 6950 AM. S7 and great audio with music from 2001: A Space Odyssey and Pulp Fiction movies, off with some CW. (Filipkowski,RI)
6925AM 12 February 2025 2225-2247* Music with a 'friend' theme. Why Can't We Be Friends, You've Got a Friend, You've Got to Have Friends, Friendship, others. Ended abruptly, mid-song. (43343, Hunsicker, PA)

6950AM 13 February 2025 1920-2102* Sound track from the Night of the Living Dead. Quite the signal! (55455, Hunsicker, PA)

6925USB 13 February 2025 2214-2219* Odd mix of stuff, mostly annoying. (Hunsicker, PA)

6925.4AM 14 February 2025 1959-2008 Seemed to be a parody of SW preachers. (Hunsicker, PA)

6925.2AM 14 February 2025 2310-2327 Old rock, including Heat of the Moment and some Fleetwood Mac. Mostly unusable because so weak. (25341, Hunsicker, PA)

6955USB 15 February 2025 0007-0019* A story, with screams, as if tortured. Ended with some CW. (Mostly unusable, Hunsicker, PA)

6950AM 15 February 2025 1930-2034 A story told near the end of a commercial space flight, with announcements of progress of flight. Soundtrack seemed to end at about 2012 and classical music started at 2014. (barely 35343, Hunsicker, PA)

6950AM 15 February 2025 2218-2234* Rock music. Dead air at 2229 until 2234 when the carrier spike disappeared form the waterfall. (55433, Hunsicker, PA)

6915AM 17 February 2025 2030-2133 Carrier 35 dB above background with no hint of sidebands. Maybe something there, but..... A "Hey Radio" call at 2132. (Hunsicker, PA)

FEB 13-14 / 2322+ / 6950 AM. Relay of X-FM Jan 2016 show. (Sedlacek-NE)

FEB 14 / 0000-0017 / 6955.1 USB. Strong signal playing alt rock: "Holiday in Cambodia," "Copperhead Road," Bugs Bunny clip. (Sedlacek-NE)

FEB 14 / 0017-0035 / 6930 USB. "Another One Bites the Dust" followed by calliope IS then gone. Back w/American Indian chanting @ 0031 then gone again @ 0035. Not sure if same station op. (Sedlacek-NE)

6930/U, 2235-2300+, 18-Feb; Another music & no ID station.SIO=2+43 fady + buzz, rumble & pulse bursts (Frodge-MI)

2/18/16 1500-1928 UTC 6950 AM. S5-7 with blues,big band,easy listening and rock music. (Filipkowski,RI)

2/19/16 1951-2059 UTC 6915 AM. S8-9 playing tunes by Van Halen,Quiet Riot,Tesla and Cinderella,Bud Light ad and OM talking about Brother Stair. (Filipkowski,RI)


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EUROPEAN UNIDs

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QSLs RECEIVED

Radio Fusion Radio: Full data "Space Synth Music Program" eQSL for the 2/14/16 broadcast. (Filipkowski,RI)

Radio Azteca: Two full data yellow cards #818 and #819 along with a station cardboard pennant via postal mail for the 12/31/15 and 1/3/16 broadcasts. (Filipkowski,RI)

Amphetamine Radio: Two full data eQSLs via HFU loggings for the 2/13/16 and 2/17/16 broadcasts. (Filipkowski,RI)

Mike Radio: Full data eQSL for the 2/6/16 broadcast. (Filipkowski,RI)

Radio Illuminati: Full data "Valentine’s Day" eQSL for the 2/14/16 broadcast for my HFU logging. (Filipkowski,RI)

RADIO FUSION RADIO: From a posting on the HFU, received full-data color eQSL from Sweet Pea Jackson featuring a young woman portrayed on a wall mural. Thank-you Sweet Pea. (Sedlacek-NE)

Voice Of Grease: Full data eQSL via HFU logging for the 2/18/16 broadcast. (Filipkowski,RI)


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73’s. Dave