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Author Topic: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017  (Read 4069 times)

Offline refmo

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Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« on: May 12, 2017, 2236 UTC »
S7 with music, very good audio.
2245 - Hymne Sovietique
2246 - DJ Dick Weed talking with ID
2250 - "Underwater" Porches
2347 - S8 to S9 with DJ Dick Weed talking about industrial rock, then "Get It Daddy" Sleeper Agent
2359 - "Passenger Side" Wilco
0049 - still S7 to S9 with "Fluffy Little Clouds" by The Orb, for radiocosmo
0057 - Dick Weed giving his rendition of Honey Badger
0058 - signing off
Thanks for the show - great signal!
« Last Edit: May 13, 2017, 0059 UTC by refmo »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2017, 2237 UTC »
2233 UTC Unid instrumental music at S3 and very nice audio
2235 UTC Signal up to S8 with same music (Shazam doesn't hit on this)
2244 UTC Ahhh....the Soviet Anthem...
2246 UTC "Greetings my radio comrades....you are now listening to Radio Free Whatever....Interval Signal...not one single person on the HFU that could positively identify the music? It's Harold Falkenmeyer from the Fletch movie soundtrack"
2249 UTC "Underwater"-Porches
2253 UTC "Stop For Nothing"-Courtship
2257 UTC Dickweed chatting about the mouse getting stuck...(Signal has dropped down to just above the noise floor  :()
2259 UTC Gone....damn! Just a trace of Dickweed talking
2300 UTC (Back up again to S7 peaks!) Forgot to turn the transmitter cooling system on! "OTL"-Little Hurricane
2304 UTC "Gravity"-Blondie
(Just looked up otl....it means "one true love" internet slang)
2310 UTC "This Is Love"-PJ Harvey (Signal up to a solid S9 during this song!)
2313 UTC "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"-Dum Dum Girls
2316 UTC "Plastic Machinery"-Charlatans
2320 UTC Dickweed...it's all junk from China....plastic machinery.... dickweeddj@gmail.com
2322 UTC "So You Know"-Bleeding Rainbow
2325 UTC "Stay Away"-Nirvana
2328 UTC "Internal World"-Cloud Nothings
2348 UTC "Get It Daddy"-Sleeper Agent
« Last Edit: December 28, 2017, 2057 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2017, 2238 UTC »
2238 Weak here, SIO 222?
2246 Russian anthem
0005 Better signal now, SIO 333. 

I have not tormented you with food pictures lately, Comrade:

« Last Edit: May 13, 2017, 0006 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2017, 2239 UTC »
2239- instrumental music  S8 and very nice audio
2241- electronic music
2244- Soviet National Anthem
2246- DJ Dickweed with RFW ID, said the music played before the RFW IS was from the movie Fletch
2250- "Underwater" Porches
2255- "Stop For Nothing" Courtship per Shazam
2257- RFW ID then DW talking about having some difficulties with the new studio setup  signal fading down to S4
2259- shout outs to HFU listeners
2300- signal back up to S8
2306- rock tune YL vocals
2309- RFW ID into a tune by PJ Harvey
2318- "Plastic Machinery" Charlatans per Shazam
2321- RFW ID then rundown of tunes played
2326- song by Nirvana  S7-8 signal now
2333- RFW ID then DW talking about mowing his lawn after work
2337- "Snakes" No Doubt
2342- Nine Inch Nails song
2352- "Systemagic" Goldfrapp per Shazam  S7 signal
2354- RFW ID into "Judy French" White Reaper per Shazam
2358- RFW ID then rundown of tunes played
0000- "Passenger Side" Wilco  S8-9 signal now
0002- "Slack Motherfucker" Superchunk per Shazam
0007- DW talking about going to court to fight a speeding ticket he got recently
0008- "Last Kiss" Minus The Bear per Shazam
0011- RFW ID into "Evil" Interpol per Shazam
0015- ID then rundown of tunes played
0020- "Heart Basel" The Drums
0023- "King For A Day" XTC per Shazam
0031- DW talking about the last song he played
0033- DW talking about the passing of Robert Miles
0035- "Children" Robert Miles  S5-6 signal now


 Thanks for the broadcast!  :)
« Last Edit: May 13, 2017, 0107 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2017, 2242 UTC »
S3 into Michigan
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2017, 2242 UTC »
2243z S9 in New Hampshire
2246z Radio Free Whatever ID from DJ Dickweed...
2300z Thanks for the shouts DJ DW
2325z Still sounding good, S9+10
« Last Edit: May 12, 2017, 2325 UTC by DimBulb »
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Re: UNID 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2017, 2246 UTC »
2245-  Soviet national anthem-- must be Radio Free Whatever
(or... The Crystal Ship.... but I'm pretty sure that isn't TCS)

Greetings Comrades!  Got ya S-6 in Lansing MI

Dickweed talking about his interval signal from 'Fletch' soundtrack
(I wasn't in time to hear that)

« Last Edit: May 12, 2017, 2248 UTC by John Poet »

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2017, 2256 UTC »
2255 UTC S5 with S7 static crashes.

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2017, 2309 UTC »
Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB S1-S7 in NY

2309: Hearing DJ Dickweed talking but very low
2310: PJ Harvey "This Is Love" (Signal up to S3 now)
2312: Radio Free Whatever I.D. into Dum Dum Girls "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
0013: Interpol "Evil" (Now S7)
0016: Dickweed trying to contain himself from salivating from Chris's photo of food
0017: Talking about a naked photo of a slut he was e-mailed by Steven Olson and she was clean shaven & had tattoos down there ; )
0018: Radio Free Whatever I.D. into The Drums "Heart Basel"
0022: XTC "King For A Day"
0026: Alt-J "In Cold Blood"
0032: Talking about the Honey Badger then going over previous songs and talking about HF Underground
0033: Dickweed noticed my request for Robert Miles "Children" in honor of him passing away on Wednesday of this week
0048: Dickweed talking about Robert Miles passing away again, pulled out his mini disc earlier in the week
0049: The Orb "Little Fluffy Clouds" (Request for Radio Cosmo)
0058: If you enjoyed the show send an e-mail, Do Whatever ! Have a good weekend everyone
0059: Off the air

Thanks for the great show DJ Dickweed !
« Last Edit: May 13, 2017, 0059 UTC by PirateSWL »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2017, 2312 UTC »
S9

2310 Heavy Rock tune playing into Tune w/YL singing. Sounding good DW!
2312 ID RFW.
2316 YL "Whatever".
2320 DW "Plastic Machinery" and email into a Bleeding Rainbow song.
2332 DW with song rundown then talking about mowing lawn and having a yellow jacket in his pants.
2347 ID
0016 DW "Fire up the grill"
« Last Edit: May 13, 2017, 0017 UTC by flexoman61 »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2017, 2357 UTC »
Tuned in at 2355utc, weak but fairly clear, hear heavy metal tune, R-2000 & dipole.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2017, 2359 UTC »
2357z ID, DW wondering about prop?
0055z Honey Badger narration, "Larvae, eww, who eats larvae... It eats larvae, that's disgusting..." LOFL
0058z s/off

s9+10 w/moderate static from approaching storms but as always, I will listen until you hit the noise floor Comrade!!!
« Last Edit: May 13, 2017, 0059 UTC by Rafman »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2017, 0007 UTC »
S9 here in NY. clearest pirate I have logged in awhile. Great signal.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2017, 0010 UTC »
S7 into AL with just a little qrn, not bad.  Sounding great!   Thanks for the tunes Comrade!
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6940 USB 2233 UTC 12 May 2017
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2017, 0018 UTC »
Raw meat seems appropriate for Dick Weed.  Maybe if Chris turned on the grill.

45444 in Wyomissing.  About to play a song by The Drums.


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