Free Radio Weekly #942, Saturday, March 8, 2014
Covering free radio activity from March 1-7, 2014
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 ==
John Brewer (freeradioweeklyreports@gmail.com)
Ragnar Danskjold (Piratesweek+FRW@gmail.com)
Harold Frodge (yukon@tm.net)
Dave Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)
Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)
FRW 942 (Mar
Larry
FRW 943 (Mar 15) Harold
FRW 944 (Mar 22) Dave
FRW 945 (Mar 29) Ragnar
FRW 946 (Apr 5) Larry
FRW 947 (Apr 12) Harold
FRW 948 (Apr 19) Dave
FRW 949 (Apr 26) Ragnar
== Contributors ==
Please QSL and think good thoughts about our contributors,
without who, there is no newsletter!
Frank Decker frank@twcny.rr.com
Christopher Friesen cfriesencet@yahoo.ca
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA. Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW
& 180 ft. center-fed RW
William Hassig, williamhassig@yahoo.com. Kenwood R-2000 and 7mhz
backyard dipole.
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, wghauser@yahoo.com. P- or
E-QSLs always welcome. DX-398 with random wire, or sometimes FRG-7
with longer random wire
Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA,
crlobdell@verizon.net. Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545 Aerials: G5RV,
40 Meter Dipole
Scott A. McArdle, 3500 S. Boulevard, Suite 18C, Edmond, OK 73013.
Jerry Rappel WWØE Davenport, Iowa, ww0e@q.com. Yaesu FT1000MP. 43'
vertical antenna.
Larry Will, 28723 Ridge Road, Mount Airy, MD 21771-4436 radio@zappahead.net
== News ==
Ron Hunsicker: Does all the snow go away when I change my clocks?
Chris Lobdell: The pirate bands have been pretty active as of late.
Christopher Friesen: Check out my soundcloud stream
(
https://soundcloud.com/rfireporter/) for more interesting pirate and
utility audio. Also, if you haven't yet, check out my article on Spy
Numbers Stations in the January issue of Radio World Magazine:
http://www.radioworld.com/article/spy-%E2%80%98numbers-stations-still-baffle-enthrall/223402 == The Fest ==
March 14-15, 2014, Doubletree Guest Suites Philadelphia West, Plymouth
Meeting, Pennsylvania: The Winter SWL Fest is a conference of radio
hobbyists of all stripes, from DC to daylight. Every year scores of
hobbyists descend on the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburbs for a
weekend of camaraderie. The Fest is sponsored by NASWA, the North
American Shortwave Association, but it covers much more than just
shortwave; mediumwave (AM), scanning, satellite TV, and pirate
broadcasting are among the other topics that the Fest covers. Whether
you've been to every Fest (all 26, starting with the first year at the
fabled Pink & Purple Room of the Fiesta Motor Inn) or this year's will
be your first, you're sure to find a welcome from your fellow
hobbyists. More at
http://www.swlfest.com Friday, March 14, 1315 - FORUM 4 - Pirate Radio Year in Review -
George Zeller (It's a secret, but I bet Snowden knows.)
== Help! ==
Help! Any idea what this was: On 3 March 2014 at 0059 UTC, I found a
very strong AM signal on 6946.6; 30 dB over S9 and SINPO 55555. I
flipped to CW mode for a zero beat. There was no obvious intelligence
being transmitted, just an the AM signal. Flipping through FM, CW,
RTTY, LSB, and USB added no insight. I listened until 0107 and then
checked in occasionally through 0146. Still no change, just a very
powerful AM signal doing nothing. Thank-you for any ideas, Ron
Hunsicker.
== North American Logs ==
** Captain Morgan Shortwave
Captain Morgan Shortwave 6925AM 2 March 2014 0234-0313 An
alcohol-themed show show-casing Big Band and Rag Time music. A rough
crowd! (Peskies in the background, but 54454, Hunsicker, PA)
Capt Morgan, 6925am, 3-2-14, 0232-0315, fair, various tunes about
alcoholic beverages incl "moonshine", "one scotch, one bourbon, one
beer", captainmorganshortwave@gmail.com. (Hassig-IL)
PIRATE-NA. Captain Morgan SW, 6925 AM, 0236-0255+, SIO: 454 Nice
program of blues tunes from The Captain including songs by The Blues
Tunes, 4 Dueces, Hot Lips Page. Frequent IDs/email address.
[Lobdell-MA]
Captain Morgan Shortwave, 3-2-14, 0228-0238, 6.925 AM, S5 to S8 with
music. (McArdle-OK)
CAPTAIN MORGAN SW: 6924.25/AM, 0219-0226+, 2-Mar; Old jazz tunes;
captainmorganshortwave@gmail.com. SIO=3+43+ w/minor pescador QRM
(Frodge-MI)
CAPTAIN MORGAN - SHORTWAVE 6925 USB February 3, 2014. 0220 UTC - music
"Kiss Your baby Goodnight. 0228 UTC ID - Captain Morgan - and then
gives e-mail address. 0231 UTC music "Hry Bartender" 0233 UTC music -
"Rightfull Living". 0236 UTC - ID, followed by "Knock It Off" music
selection. 0241 UTC Man And Alchol" music. 0250 UTC "Drinking Wine" by
Jerry Lee Lewis. Anyone have their e-mail address. Good reception for
this half hour. PLEASE QSL. (Rappel-Iowa)
** The Crystal Ship
PIRATE-NA. TCS/The Crystal Ship, 6925.5 AM, 2343-0045*, 03-04-14 SIO:
343. IDs, email, promo for the TCS t-shirt booster.com project. Tunes
mare mainly by The Doors. Off at 0045 after pirate ditty. [Lobdell-MA]
CRYSTAL SHIP: 6925.6/AM, 0011-0017+, 5-Mar; Classic rock medley to ID
& T-shirt offer; TCS relay spot. SIO=443+ w/buzz burst QRM.
(Frodge-MI)
** Jimmy Da Weasal
PIRATE-NA. Jimmy Da Weasel [tentative], 6867 AM, 2317-2340, 02-28-14.
SIO: 343. The "God Damn You" song by a male, into "It Must Be Love" by
Madness. "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby 2331, then into
conversation between and male and female of a sexual nature. Someone
must have played an old JDW program. [Lobdell-MA]
** Orion Radio
Orion? Radio March 2, 01:05-02:18* S9+30 on a random indoor wire. Some
oldies like "Wake Up Little Suzie." Data (SSTV?) at 02:12 to end at
02:18. (Decker)
** Radio Free Whatever
Radio Free Whatever, 6935 USB, 0015-0123*, 02-28-14 SIO:343 Live show
from Dick Weed's repaired transmitter, off at 0022 due to power outage
but came back on later. Nice tribute to the passing of Red Mercury
Labs' Spike at close. RIP Spike. [Lobdell-MA]
Radio Free Whatever, 6950usb, 3-2-14, 0222utc, fair, old 30's tune by
Guy Lombardo, dickweeddj@gmail.com. (Hassig-IL)
Radio Free Whatever, 3-2-14, 0221-0231, 6.950U, signal at S4 to S6.
First selection after the anthem and announcer talk is from Guy
Lombardo. (McArdle-OK)
RADIO FREE WHATEVER: 6950/U, 0226-0246+, 2-Mar; 40s tunes; Guy
Lombardo, Benny Goodman, Ink Spots, Wayne King & Glenn Miller. Tune
with the lyric, "You get no bread with one meat ball" by the Andrews
Sisters. Also ID'd as RPM Revolutions Per Minute. SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)
Radio Free Whatever 6950.02U 2 March 2014 0221-0234 A brand-new show
from the Dickweed DJ, which featured real records. The RPM-revolutions
per minute show. Used two Garrard turntables. Played a Guy Lombardo
record and other big band tunes. (Slightly distorted and uncomfortable
to listen, Hunsicker, PA)
PIRATE-NA. Radio Free Whatever, 6950 USB, 0229-0212+, 03-02-14 SIO:
343 This was an "RPM" show featuring old tunes. I heard a Guy Lombardo
and a Benny Goodman tune. [Lobdell-MA]
** Radio Marlene
PIRATE-NA. Radio Marlene, 6930 AM, 2325-2340*, 04-07-14 SIO: 343 Talk
and IDs by male. Heard songs by Robert Plant, LaBelle, Lady Ga Ga.
Said broadcasting from The Jersey Shore, anncd email:
radiomarlene@gmail.com. [Lobdell-MA]
** Red Mercury Labs
6935-USB, Feb 28 at 0117, dense hard-rock music; 0119 back-announce by
Radio Free Whatever, a ``great block of rock``, on Show #225.
Announcer gives his address dickweeddj@gmail.com and says he is a
month behind on QSL requests from Dick`s mail (sp?) sack [snicker];
invites music requests. Two different voices conversing but not clear
whether it`s really one guy making two voices; but they do manage to
exclaim in unison at 0122, ``until next time, Do, Whatever!``, but
that`s a false closing, as then mentions that Mr. Spike of Red Mercury
Labs is a ``fallen comrade``, and dedicating a moment of silence to
him. Apparently means he died, rather than just got busted? But you
never know whether pirates are serious or not. 0123 repeats sign-off
as above. {Later checking hfunderground board, latest batch of Red
Mercury Labs logs were UT Feb 22 on 6935-AM, nothing unusual} (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PIRATE-NA. Red Mercury Labs, 6925 USB, 0310-0326*, 03-03-14 SIO: 343
DJ was talking about making Shepard's pie but he forgot to add the
corn, played "Revelations" by Iron Maiden. Shoutouts to those posting
at the hfunderground.com. [Lobdell-MA]
** Renegade Radio
Renegade Radio, Date: 2 March 2014 (UTC), Time: Around 4:40 UTC,
Frequency: 6925 Khz, Signal: S7 to S9 with fading. Comments: Heard
Beastie Boys, then into ID. Hear the audio here:
https://soundcloud.com/rfireporter/renegade-radio-clip This clip is
only a minute long, the total audio I recorded runs about 15 minutes
but its too large to upload. The signal was strong most of the time I
was recording but there was some fading at times. (Friesen)
** RPM
RPM 6950 USB February 3, 2014. 0303 UTC - ID - RPM, followed by funny
DJ's talking about records, and the Foxtrot dance/Foxtrot music. Then
music - "Love Nest Melody" by Les Brown, and "I want To Be Loved" by
Gene Krupa Orchestra? 0305 UTC - This is RPM. Good reception for this
half hour that I monitored. PLEASE QSL. (Rappel-Iowa)
** Undercover Radio
Undercover Radio, 1720 AM, 0018-0034*, 02-24-14 SIO: 141 Heard Dr. B
talking and a Silversun Pickups tune. Slow deep fading from S-5 to
nothing. Good audio. [Lobdell-MA]
Undercover Radio, 6925 AM/USB, 0054-0319*, 02-24-14. SIO: 454 Dr.
Benway with a marathon show. He was playing his classic old shows from
the past, promoting his t-shirts on booster.com, requesting emails and
greeting listeners. Switched from AM to USB around 0058 UTC. Mentioned
his maildrop in Merlin, Ontario has closed. Ended show with a t-shirt
update. [Lobdell-MA]
** Turtlehead Radio
TURTLEHEAD RADIO: 6930/U, 0444-0457+, 1-Mar; Rock & rap; IDs & shout-
outs. Sed that Spike of Red Mercury Labs has passed. SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)
** Voice of Portugal
VOICE OF PORTUGAL: 6925.1/AM, 2216-2248*, 1-Mar; Pop tunes, sirens,
story about a fat pentacostal woman, with continuous cow mooing. ID
@2244 & off after sirens & more mooing; missed addy. SIO=343 w/buzz
burst QRM & pescadores after about 2228. Got e-QSL from
cowmadera@gmail.com (Frodge-MI)
VOICE OF PORTUGAL: 6925.1/AM, *2334:51-2346+, 1-Mar; Tunes, sirens,
fat lady story & continuous cow moos--sounds like same pgm as earlier.
SIO=353+; OC came up @2333:00 (Frodge-MI)
PIRATE-NA. Voice Of Portugal, 6925 AM, 2351-0010*, 03-01/02-14 SIO:
444 Tuned in to "Jumbo Go Away" by Frank Zappa, "Nantucket Sleigh
Ride" by The Phantom Surfers, "Bloat On" by Cheech and Chong, etc.
Throughout the whole show cows were mooing as well. ID @ 0006 UTC.
[Lobdell-MA]
Saturday, March 1, 2014, 2353, 6925 am. Mooing mixed with Zappa's
"Jumbo Go Away." ID "Voice of Portugal" at the end of the broadcast.
Nice wideband AM, s15/s20, some fading, good signal and sound.
(Will-MD)
** WMFQ
PIRATE-NA. WMFQ-Where's My F--king QSL?, 6925 AM, 0057-0200*, 03-03-14
SIO: 454 Heard tunes by Genesis, Culture Club, ID was shouted by a
group of males. Old Providence, RI mail announced. QSLs were quick to
come by email. [Lobdell-MA]
WMFQ (Providence Drop) 6925AM 3 March 2014 0107-0150 Lots of IDs and
lots of music, often with parts repeated for an extended period.
Particularly Midnight at the Oasis and California Girls. (Peskies were
a problem; SINPO 23342, Hunsicker, PA)
** Wolverine Radio
Wolverine Radio 6950U 2 March 2014 0152-0207* Powerful signal at 10 dB
over S9 and 55555. Music and IDs. Three images in Scottie 1 ended the
show. (Hunsicker, PA)
Wolverine Radio, 6950usb, 3-2-14, 0211utc, good, got end of bcst,
heard end of tune then echoing ID several times then 2 rounds of
SSTV/FAX. (Hassig-IL)
6950-USB, March 2 at 0121, VG pirate signal with music, altho there
was none at first bandscan before 0100; I bet it`s Wolverine Radio.
Theme of tunes soon becomes clear, titles with ``Little``. Playing as
I tune in is ``Little Darlin```, 0123 segué ``Little Betty[?]``, 0125
Wolverine Radio ID, ``This Little Girl`s Goin` Rockin```; 0127 ``Where
Are You, Little Star``, [Twinkle2]; 0130 ID and ``Little Sister``. So
Wolverine manages to keep me tuned for a dekaminute, overcoming urge
to keep bandscanning, neat stuff (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Wolverine Radio, 3-2-14, 0213-0217*, 6.950u, just tuned in for the
last 2 sstv pics. signal at S9 +5. off at 0217. (McArdle-OK)
WOLVERINE RADIO 6950 USB 0125 UTC February 3, 2014. 0129 UTC music -
"Little Sister" - Elvis. 0132 UTC music "Little bit of soap", The
Jarmels. 0134 UTC - ID, Wolverine Radio music - "You're Lost Little
Girl". 0140 UTC "Little Bit Harder" music. 0144 UTC "Little Help From
My Friends". 0201 UTC - 3 pictures sent in SSTV, Scottie 1 mode. (see
enclosed pictures). Great overall reception, booming signal. PLEASE
QSL. (Rappel-Iowa) [See the FRW Facebook page
(
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Radio-Weekly/356592073251) for
these wonderful SSTV images. --Lw]
** XLR8
XLR8: 6935/U, 0204-0214+, 3-Mar; Chanties, album rock & IDs including
one where XLR8 pronounced like "accelerate". SIO=3+54 (Frodge-MI)
6935-SSB, March 3 at 0230, fair pirate signal with music; 0233 ID as
XLR8 (= ``accelerate``). As I had also heard Feb 26 after 0104 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
XLR8 - 6035 USB 0300 UTC, February 3, 2014. Hard rock, and techno type
music played, (couldn't ID any of these songs being played). 0335 UTC
- ID, XLR8 then off air till 0342 UTC. 0342 UTC ID over music, XLR8.
0356 UTC ID - Excellerate !! 0407 UTC ID, XLR8. 0415 UTC - music by
lady singing and whistling. 0422 ID - XLR8. Anyone have their e-mail
address. Good reception, fair amounts of fading/distortion. PLEASE
QSL. (Rappel-Iowa)
** Unid
6935/U, 0503-0512:48*, 2-Mar; 60s pop tunes. SIO=343-, buzz burst QRM.
(Frodge-MI)
6935/U, 2321-2345:54*, 2-Mar; Long, somber, droning electronic
music--good background for corpse viewing; off abruptly. SIO=3+44
w/buzz burst QRM. Radio Gallifrey Int'l (p) per Ragnar. (Frodge-MI)
6925/U, 0214-0222:42*, 3-Mar; Classic rock tunes. Off w/o ID. SIO=322
fighting roar QRM, buzz bursts, ute trills & LSB pescadores.
(Frodge-MI)
6949/U, 0225-0239*, 6-Mar; Pop tunes & possible IDs; Dr. Who theme
@0235 into SSTV. SIO=322 w/ute buzz & pescador QRM. (Frodge-MI)
6925 USB - ?? unidentified, 0347 UTC, February 3, 2014. music "Star
Wars Cantina", then x-rated music. No ID given, was on and then off
air. PLEASE QSL. (Rappel-Iowa)
== European Logs
** Radio Powerliner International
PIRATE-EURO. Radio Powerliner Intl, 6305 AM, 2334-0011*. SIO: 343
03-02-14. Mark playing
Dutch beer drinking polkas and pop tunes. Frequent IDs and shoutouts
to those posting on Iann's chat. [Lobdell-MA]
** Radio Tango Italia
PIRATE-EURO. Radio Tango Italia, 6265.5 AM, 0001-0015+, 03-03-14 SIO:
333. Program of tango tunes with IDs in English, Italian and morse
code.
Signed off with music box IS at close. Report to
libertango58@libero.it brought nice email eQSL from Tony. [Lobdell-MA]
== QSLs ==
** Voice of Portugal
Voice of Portugal (pirate) date/time/freq (6925/AM) colorful cow e-QSL
#5 from cowmadera@gmail.com in 20 hr. 56 min. after posting log on
TheFRN (Frodge-MI)
E-QSL: Saturday, March 1, 2014, received Voice of Portugal E-QSL #2
"Cow Madera sends his greetings and moooooooooooooooos with this Voice
Of Portugal eQSL" (Posted on the FRN Facebook page) (Will-MD)
** Wolverine Radio
Wolverine Radio: A strong-signal SSTV QSL for a 2 March 2014
broadcast. Three pages, all emblazoned with the "Wolverine Radio"
logo. Microphotographs of critters. Round spiky, Good and Plenty
shaped, a pile of furry balls, and some pelvis-shaped. Likely all
sorts of shit that will kill you. Thank-you Wolverine Radio and
thank-you RX-SSTV (Hunsicker, PA)
== Internet Resources ==
Free radio station contacts:
http://piratedatabase.webhop.net The FRW on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Radio-Weekly/356592073251 HF Underground
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php Free Radio Cafe
http://freeradiocafe.com/forum/ The FRN
http://www.thefrn.net/vines/index.php Regards, Lw
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