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Offline blw

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Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« on: June 27, 2021, 2343 UTC »
 Rock sounding music played for a few minutes. No id heard.
« Last Edit: June 27, 2021, 2353 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2021, 2350 UTC »
Radio Free Whatever. Great signal.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2021, 2350 UTC »
SINPO=44444, really nice signal tonight.

2350- OM (DJ Dick Weed) IDs Radio Free Whatever. He knows that the conditions are better than yesterday, and wonders if anyone can hear. IDs next song and artist, then Radio Free Whatever ID, into tune...
2351- "Crawling Home When The Morning Comes" by Sweet And Lonely.
2353- Recorded OM ID "The flagship of the pirate radio armada...[fog horn]...It's Radio Free...WhatEVER!"
2353- "Keep My Name Out Of Your Mouth" by Black Keys.
2356- Recorded OM ID "Live, via the ionosphere to you...This is Radio Free...WhatEVER!"
2356- "Everything Has Changed" by Best Coast.
2359- DJ Dick Weed IDs station, then last three songs. What's wrong with the bunker echo, he asks! He's glad to hear the signal is getting out. Scorcher there today. Stay cool in the bunker Mr. Weed (with the homemade evaporative cooler)! IDs next song and artist.
0003- "Day To Day" by Paul Jacobs.

0111- DJ Dick Weed with shoutouts to the listeners posting on HFU (thank you!) Ah glorious...Good to have good propagation. IDs next song and station, into...
0111- "I Would Find You" by Oceanator.

Thanks for the great tunes and entertainment DJ DW!
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 0113 UTC by Molvania Poacher »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 USB 2340 UTC 27 JUNE 2021
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2021, 2352 UTC »
Radio Free Whatever 6960.0 kHz USB 23:40 UTC 27 JUNE 2021

23:49 UTC - Very good +10 signal to my location with 4.6 kHz of bandwidth;
23:50 UTC - DJ Dick Weed with station ID: Radio Free Whatever;
00:00 UTC - Station ID then talking about how hot it is and keeping the "bunker" cool;
01:15 UTC - Still going on strong, hovering around S9;
01:30 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.


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« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 0213 UTC by ~SIGINT~ »

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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2021, 2352 UTC »
2351 UTC "Crawling Home When the Morning Comes"-Sweet and Lonely
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2021, 2353 UTC »
Reception Into NE Ohio:

S9  SIO 555   SINPO 55555  Booming beautiful signal!!!!!

Propagation :  Current Solar Flux report: SFI: 87 A-index: 4 K-Index: 1   Good Conditions!!!

2351 UTC Crawling Home by Sweet and Lonely

2353 ID

2353 Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth by The Black Keys

2356 ID

2357 Everything Has Changed by Best Coast


Thanks!!!!
« Last Edit: June 27, 2021, 2358 UTC by Chuck54 »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2021, 2354 UTC »
2353 S6, just in time to hear ID
0001 DJ talking about ice cooling his amplifier.
0003 "Day to Day"
0015 "Ferry" Moontype
0020 "Under the Milky Way" Miami Horror
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 0021 UTC by raypfaff »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2021, 2357 UTC »
2355 Tuned in to the end of a song and ID into more Indie rock with lots of ID's.

S8 with good audio here.
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2021, 2358 UTC »
2358 Great signal tonight, SIO 555 !
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2021, 2359 UTC »
on 6960 USB             direct in europe
2359 music
0000 talking, very weak, 0003 music again
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 0004 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2021, 0008 UTC »
Radio Free Whatever 6960 kHz USB 23:56 UTC 27 June 2021 - 28 June 2021

Excellent reception in Northern Virginia. SINPO 45444.

23:56 Song: "Everything Has Changed" by Ben Coast.
00:00 Talk by DJ Dickweed, IDs of the previous songs and the Bunker Echo. ID: Radio Free Whatever.He says it's "hot in the bunker".
00:04 "Ripe as a banana that's been left out in the sun all day". He'll take a shower after the show.
00:04 Song: "Day to Day".
00:11 Song: "Ferry" by Moontype.
00:16 Song: "Too Cold to Hold" by Bass Drum of Death.
00:20 ID: "You're listening to Radio Free Whatever broadcasting live from somewhere under the Mikey Way".
00:20 Song: Milky Way" by Miami Horror.
00:25 Song: "American Cockroach" by Deep Valley.
00:29 Song: "Radium Girls".
00:32 ID.
00:32 Song: "Ice Cream" by Teenage Joans.
00:35 Review of songs played. ID: "This is Radio Free Whatever".
00:36 Song: "Spitfire" by The Prodigy.
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 0040 UTC by WPE6HET »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2021, 0009 UTC »
S6 - S8  This evening. Howdy Dickweed
0007 - ID: "Radio Free Whatever"
0008 - "Blank Page" Klangstof
0011 - "Ferry" - Moontype
0016 - "Too Cold To Hold" - Bass Drum of Death
0019 - DJ Dickweed checking in
0020 - "Under The Milky Way" - Miami Horror
0025 - "American Cockroach" - Deap Vally
0029 - "Radium Girls" - Tom Morello & The Bloody Beetroots w/ Pussy Riot
0032 - RFW ID into: "Ice Cream" - Teenage Joans
0042 - "Isn't Everyone" - Health & 9 inch Nails
0051 - "Antidote To Being Bored" - Oscar Lang
0054 - "Moon Dogs" - Petite League
0058 - "All About You" - The Knocks w/ Foster The People
0106 - RFW ID into: "Idaho" - Slow Pulp
0111- Dickweed with shout-outs to all of us
0112 - "I Would Find You" - Oceanator
0118 - "The Trapper's Pelts" - Yard Act
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 0119 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2021, 0014 UTC »
Got it here in CT with a Good signal.  Thanks for the show.  It is music that I am not familiar with.

0020, Yeah, a song I know: Under the Milky Way, first done by the Church.
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 0025 UTC by JustGreg »
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2021, 0017 UTC »
SIO: 555 in Uniontown PA

Sounding amazing tonight. Great indie music. Do you have the song American Cockroach by Deep Valley??
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Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 usb 2340 utc 27 Jun 2021
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2021, 0022 UTC »
0000 Tune in ..... fair signal, well above the noise.
0018 Too Cold To Hold - Bass Drum Of Death.
0019 Chatting by DW, warm beverage "Broadcasting From Somewhere Under The Milky Way".
0020 Under The Milky Way - Miami Horror.
0026 American Cockroach - Deap Vally a request from Big Badfish Al!
0120 The Trapper's Pelts - Yard Act --- still nice and strong, better than you were at 0000.
0126 Big Bang - Cherry Glazerr
0129 IDs and goodbye's from DW.  Great show DW!
0130 *
« Last Edit: June 28, 2021, 0131 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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