Blog Logs - pirate radio

More bizarre and weird from the world of pirate radio. Todays logs are a sampling from recent Free Radio Weekly newsletters.

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Big Dog Radio
6925USB, 0020-0031* *0037-0100 SIO=141/242. Program of rock music such as Steppenwolf with occasional barking dog with the IDs. Seemed off for six minutes, but then came back with more classic rock by Jefferson Airplane and others. Mentioned Sunday, August 23, 2009, which was not today's date. Asked for repts to both FRW and FRN. Very weak at first, although audible on peaks. Better level by the close. (Zeller, OH/FRW 707)

6925 USB, 2215, SINPO 35333. Rocky Mountain Way. Audio is on 6925 USB, with a bad hetrodyne on 6924.7 LSB ? Big Dog ID with dog bark at 2220.(Ragnar/FRW 707)

Channel Z
6925, (presumed) 2357-0100.+ Music by Cat Stevens, Moody Blues, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66, and others. Male announcer with extensive comments on the music between sets. Partial IDs at 0014 and 0026. Signal fair-ggod. (Wood, TN/FRW 709)

KXKVI
6924.75Am, 0033-0048. SIO 233. Station ID as, "from the deepest recess of a warped mind KXKVI Interplanetary Radio" No address given. (Smith, OH/FRW 707)

MAC Shortwave
6850.69AM, 0046-0055.+ Paul Starr Show with popular oldies. Email as, macshortwave@yahoo.com . Greetings to FRN (FRW likes greetings too!). SIO 353. (H Frodge, MI/FRW 707)

Outhouse Radio
outhouseradio@gmail.com
6940 USB, 0303-0332.+ SINPO 35433. Esso ad and parody songs, including Behind Red Eyes. Also techno song Operator. Tuned out during a long radio play. (McClintock, OH/FRW 706)

6925USB, 1706-1728.+ Signal weak 1706-08 at QRN level and seems to be going off/on. Tuned back at 1719 to find SIO 253 signal with wide variety of tunes cut short. Magnificent Seven theme at 1723+. Station ID. (H. Frodge, MI/FRW 707)

Playback International Radio (Euro pirate)
6220AM, 2329-2354.+ Poor signal due to static. Female announcer with a British accent. Pop music, Crimison and Clover and a John Melencammp tune. (Majewski CT/FRW 707)

Radio Ga Ga
6925USB, 0029-0035. Fair signal just caught end with Jim Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner, then SSTV. (Majewski CT) 2310-2323*, 6925/USB. SIO 242. Program of rock music with an anti-war slant, including Country Joe and the Fish. Digital SSTV transmisison for the last two minutes, followed by a clear announcer ID. (Zeller, OH/FRW 706)

Radio Mushroom
mailto:radiomushroom@gmail.com
6925USB, 0120. SINPO 35323. Love the One Your With song. Fast signal fades. (Ragnar/FRW 706)

Undercover Radio
6925USB, 0005-0045. Fair signal, Repeat of the 20th Anniversary show with the story of putting up an antenna in an apartment building. Dr. Benway gave undercoverradio@gmail.com for reports (Majewski CT/FRW 709)

WEAK/Weak Radio
6925USB, 1934-1949.+ Wide variety of tunes of female rap, non-Elton John version of Rocket Man and X-rated rap. Station ID at 1949. SIO 152 with peaks at 253. Tough copy, thought it was in AM at 1st but only copyable in USB on peaks. (Frodge-MI)

WMPR
6925AM, 1335-1352. Fair signal for show of Techno music with WMPR identification at 1346 (Majewski CT) 6955AM, 2322-2357.* Good signal with the usual music. ID was given as WMPR by male and 6955 by female. (Majewski CT/FRW 709)

Pirates Week with Radnar Daneskjold www.piratesweek.info/

Pirates in the news this week include a story about Pirate Cat Radio. Atlantic 2000 International will be on the air today, Radio 99 has a new URL, and Dr. Tim caught several pirates making the hop across the pond. ‭Select postings from the Free Radio Network, HF Underground and note stations logged per the Free Radio Weekly Check out KXZI ‭Off Air Recordings include the stations of: Outhouse Radio, Eccentric Shortwave, 9-12 Radio, WMDR and MAC. ‭Background music from the Podsafe Music Network by the artists; Leaving Richmond, Sinfonia Electronique, Saro Tribastone, and Mario Tomic.