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Title: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: refmo on December 23, 2019, 2256 UTC
2256 - Russian anthem, S7
2257 - DJ Dick Weed with ID, and mentioned the Channel Z broadcast.
2258 - talking about being pre-diabetic.  [you should try the keto diet]
2301 - "Fortune" Wye Oak, new one for me - adding to my list
2306 - "Southern Sky"
2308 - "Good Luck" Broken Bells
2314 - DW with ID and talking about board games (a tangent from the song that just played, "Sorry").  Down to S6 now, but still pretty good copy.
2320 - "Killer" Palehound
2338 - "How Can A Head" The Flaming Lips, S5 and good audio
2354 - DW with shoutouts.  back up to S6
0008 - DW talking, somehow the subject has turned to bodily fluids (another tangent from the previous song, "Love Goo").  Good copy
0014 - "Get Out Of My Head" Sofia Bolt [another one to add to my list]
0020 - M.E. METZ, S8 to S9 now, sounding very good
0022 - "False Anthem" Summer Cannibals
0035 - "Sweet Sweet Midnight" Stef Chura
0038 - "Every Flower I See" Young Guv, back down to S6
0049 - still doing good, S9 peaks with occasional fades to S6 with "Mouthbreather" by Saltwater Sun
0118 - having Spotify problems [nice rant!] and yes, it is Edgar Winter Group
0122 - "Elf Curse" by Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band [it does remind me a bit of EWG]
0143 - "Fault Is Me" Sleepwalkers, S7
0145 - "Cut The Quick" Telekinesis
0153 - "I Want You Back" Hoodoo Gurus, for Big Badfish Al

Thanks for the entertainment!
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 23, 2019, 2300 UTC
2300 Tuned in live. Very weak, SIO 222?

Now listening to the SDR recording...

2258 Dickweed talking about his pre-diabetic diagnosis, problems with trying to go vegan (going vegan is unfortunately a great way to get pre-diabetes or make it worse). Then into the music
2353 Talking about not being into Christmas.  Much stronger signal now, SIO 444.
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Radio Star on December 23, 2019, 2302 UTC
S5-S6 here in eastern mass
Merry Christmas Dickweed. Hope you are doing better!

2256 - DJ Dickweed behind the mic. Saying he is pre-diabetic. No more carbs and bread.
2300 - "Fortune" - Wye Oak
2304 - ID: "Radio Free Whatever" into: "Southern Sky" - (Sandy) Alex G
2308 - "Good Luck" - Broken Bells
2311- "Jealous Guy" - Sorry
2314 - DW behind the mic (too much info there DW!)
2316 - "Gretel" - (Sandy) Alex G
2319 - "Killer" - Palehound
2323 - "Against The Day" - Wolf Parade
2327 - DW behind the mic. Prefers 90's music.
2329 - "Gold" - All The Saints
0000 - "Boats" - The Aliens
0002 - ID into: " Eyes Of Green" - Anyway Gang
0006 - "Love Goo" -  Bull
0008 - DW behind the mic proclaiming the RFW Studios are "DNA free"!
0010 - "Hardly To Blame" - Sheer Mag
0013 - "Get Out Of My Head" - Sofia Bolt
0017 - "M.E." - METZ
0022 - RFW ID into: "False Anthem" Summer Cannibals
0025 - DW behind the mic. HFU shout-outs and info on posting here
0027 - "I Melt With You" - Surfer Blood (I like it!. Good cover)
0032 - "Sweet Sweet Midnight" - Stef Chura
0037 - "Every Flower I See" - Young Guv
0041 - RFW ID into: "High" - Slow Pulp
0043 - "Show Me" - Mikal Cronin
0048 - DW behind the mic
0049 - "Mouthbreather" - Saltwater Sun
0052 - "Get Jealous" - ShitKid
0059 - DW chatting about his health issues.
0100 - "Coca Cola" - Divino Nino
0104 - DW talking about audio processor (thought your audio was fine)
0108 - "Ferryboat Of The Mind" - Clinic
0110 - "Seconds" - LCD Soundsystem
0115 - DW experiencing "Technical Difficulties"
0120 - "Elf Curse" - Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band
0123 - "Nuthin's Fair" - Illiterate Light
0127 - "Porsche Majeure" - TVAM
0131 - DW chatting
0134 - "Honeysuckle" - Pom Pom Squad
0137 - "Paper Thin" - Gang Of Four
0141 - "Fault Is Me" - Sleepwalkers
0145 - "Cut The Quick" - Telekinesis
0149 - "Sdvb" - Le SuperHomard
0153 - "I Want You Back" - Hoodoo Gurus
0156 - DW chatting, email address given. Holiday greetings.
0159 - OFF

Thanks for the great music as always Dickweed. Merry Christmas!
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: flexoman61 on December 23, 2019, 2306 UTC
2305 Not moving S meter but fair copy, music playing.
2311 ID
2327 DW with song run down, some fade now. Talking about a unreleased Nirvana song, but don't have one.
2335 ID
2342 ID and song run down. DW, "Not much into Christmas music".
0008 DW, "Bunker is free of bodily fluids". Some fading out.
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Bali_Frank on December 23, 2019, 2313 UTC
Very good signal (S9+) on the KIWI-SDR operated by the Pennsylvania State University
23.11 ID
23.11 song
23.14 ID + talking by man
23.16 song
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: bandarr3000 on December 23, 2019, 2318 UTC
2317 - SIO 444 into west Michigan. Nice audio. 
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Azimuth Coordinator on December 23, 2019, 2318 UTC
23:18z  Dickweed Talking into song   S9  SDR CT/MA border  Happy Festivus !!
Title: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2328 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Skipmuck on December 23, 2019, 2328 UTC
2328 UTC DJ Dickweed chatting about liking 90's music despite growing up in the 80's (S6 here with moderate noise and light fading)
2330 UTC Dickweed says an unreleased Nirvana song....Shazam says "Gold"-All the Saints  8)
2335 UTC RFW ID, into "Get Bleak"-Ducks Unlimited
2338 UTC "How Can A Head"-The Flaming Lips
2342 UTC DJ DW chatting about the songs played....(yes, it did sound really grungy!) DW doesn't like holiday music...."I'm here to give you what you don't have"....
2344 UTC "X'mas Time(Sure Don't Feel Like)-Letters to Cleo
2348 UTC "If You Just Didn't Do It"-That Dog.
2351 UTC DJ DW chatting...tongue gets caught on the microphone and all hell breaks loose...
Thanks for the shoutouts DW!
2356 UTC "Boats"-The Aliens (Whoa! Excellent tune! I love it!)
0002 UTC RFW ID, into "Eyes of Green"-Anyway Gang
0006 UTC "Love Goo"-Bull
0008 UTC DJ DW chatting  ;D
(Yes, I can still hear you here)
0010 UTC "Hardly to Blame"-Sheer Mag
0013 UTC "Get Out of My Head"-Sofia Bolt
0017 UTC "M.E."-Metz
0022 UTC RFW ID, into "False Anthem"-Summer Cannibals
0025 UTC DJ DW chatting/shououts, into "I Melt With You"-Surfer Blood
0031 UTC RFW ID, into "Sweet Sweet Midnight"-Stef Chura
0038 UTC "Every Flower I See"-Young Guv
0040 UTC RFW ID, into "High"-Slow Pulp
0043 UTC "Show Me"-Mikal Cronin
0048 UTC DJ DW chatting, into "Mouthbreather"-Saltwater Sun
(Interesting propagation....signal has recovered nicely and hitting S8 peaks now!)
0052 UTC RFW ID, into "Get Jealous"-ShitKid
0057 UTC "Wander"-Tara
0059 UTC DJ DW chatting about being pre-diabetic with a slight beer belly, into "Coca Cola"-Divino Nino
0104 UTC DJ DW chatting.....(You're audio sounds just fine!)
0108 UTC "Ferryboat of the Mind"-Clinic
0110 UTC "Seconds"-LCD Soundsystem
0115 UTC DJ DW chatting about issues with the computer  ;D
0120 UTC "Elf Curse"-Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band
0123 UTC RFW ID, into "Nuthin's Fair"-Illiterate Light
0127 UTC "Porsche Majeure"-TVAM
0131 UTC DJ DW chatting/Played part of previous song again
0134 UTC "Honeysuckle"-Pom Pom Squad

Time to hit the sack here....been a long day....thanks for the marathon show DW!
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: DimBulb on December 23, 2019, 2344 UTC
Great signal in New Hampshire, S9

2343z DJ Dickweed talking about playing Christmas music (not)
2353z DJDW explains why he's really not much interested in Christmas hype
2354z Thanks for the shout DJDW
0002z "Flagship of the Pirate Radio Armada"
0009z DJDW says no love goo on the walls of his new bunker (watches xxx videos elsewhere now) so you're free to visit without such concerns...
0013z Still S9 here in NH

0034z Bye for now DJDW, thanks for the show - Still S9
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: digitalmod on December 24, 2019, 0004 UTC
 8)   An all sunshine signal here. Just got done my hard boiled egg supper.
    Signal is S9- no pre-amp, fast and shallow fades -0004 UTC
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: JCMaxwell on December 24, 2019, 0012 UTC
0011z

SIO - 344

Good evening DJ.  Thanks for the show
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Markokpik on December 24, 2019, 0029 UTC
Briefly listened at 2335 with S5, then went to dinner.  Came back at 0018 to rock, 0022 canned ID into more music, DJ Dickweed announcing last several records, ID, some shout outs to folks here into more music.

S6 and good here.

Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: MDK2 on December 24, 2019, 0031 UTC
0030 Very odd - no signal here, no signal in Berthoud Colorado at a kiwi SDR there, but just a little bit further north, Fort Collins SDR's are copying the signal. So that's how I'm listening. Thanks for the show!
0037 now tuned in via Elida OH kiwi SDR where the signal is much better, but finally copying some audio on my own equipment.
0104 Audio seems OK to me....
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: hammarhead on December 24, 2019, 0032 UTC
S7 signal with very nice audio in NE Ohio at 00:30 UTC.
- Nice selection of music DJ, thanks for the show!
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Big Badfish Al on December 24, 2019, 0034 UTC
Tuned into 4185 USB at 0030 Radio Free Do Whatever's old frequency and was surprised to heat the legendary
DJ Dickweed and Radio Free Whatever live with some great tune. I love this cover of Melt With You.
Thank you for the tunes DJDW and if have can you play the classic. Yoko Ono's Walking On Thin Ice or some
Hoodoo Gurus. Happy Holidays in the bunker and DO NOT EAT the fruit cake there.

DAMN YOUR SIGNAL IS NOT FADING HERE IN FACT IT IS SOUND BETTER NOW THAN LIKE 30 MINS AGO.

SINPO: 33333 to 44444 via Uniontown PA sdr. Thanks for the broadcast.   

Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: tennessee on December 24, 2019, 0055 UTC
Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 0054 UTC 24 December 2019

s9 on a 160/80 meter fan dipole using a Yaesu ft-890. Audio sounds like a microphone put in front of a speaker. Sounds awful. Heard "Radio Free Whatever" more than once.
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: JCMaxwell on December 24, 2019, 0107 UTC
Way to go Tennessee!
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: tennessee on December 24, 2019, 0110 UTC
Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 0109 UTC 24 December 2019

Yep. That's an improvement.

Great signal strength.
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Davep on December 24, 2019, 0158 UTC
0158 Just in time to hear Dick weed talking about qsls and sign off !


S7
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Dick Weed on December 24, 2019, 0206 UTC
After signing off I'm hearing another station on this frequency in USB and I swear I heard the OM say "DJ Dickweed" but maybe I'm just having a nervous breakdown and imagining it. Is anyone else hearing any of this? The signal was very very faint. Sub S unit level and almost not there....fading on the fringe.
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Pigmeat on December 24, 2019, 0207 UTC
Tennessee,do you have tuxedo? If you do, there's a fella I want you to meet.
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: tennessee on December 24, 2019, 0216 UTC
I heard the weak signal, as well. No s meter bump, though. Sounded like rock music, but I could be wrong.

Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: Pigmeat on December 24, 2019, 0245 UTC
Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 0054 UTC 24 December 2019

s9 on a 160/80 meter fan dipole using a Yaesu ft-890. Audio sounds like a microphone put in front of a speaker. Sounds awful. Heard "Radio Free Whatever" more than once.

Tennessee, I knew of two very well known, and well heard different pirates, who taped the key down their handheld mics and ran the audio in via one side of a pair of headphones taped to the mic.  One never wised up, the other did, and sounded about as good as you could tx'ing in SSB in those days, like squawking gulls over a dump.
Title: Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2256 UTC 23 Dec 2019
Post by: tennessee on December 24, 2019, 0256 UTC
I'm enjoying the pirate listening near amateur bands. I'll soon be making some more dipoles, especially for 40 and 75 meters. My current antennas are coax (75 ohm CATV) fed and cut for the CW portions.