Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Another round of logs tonight for our readers...this time from the pirate chasers of Free Radio Weekly. Don't forget to check for more pirates on shortwave (6220, 6924-6950 AM/USB) during the Christmas and New Year holidays as many operators gear up for special programming.
Gayle Van Horn

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Captain Morgan Radio
(presumed)6924.2/USB. 12/13, 0030-46; SINPO 25322; Magic Carpet Ride, Captain Morgans trademark Twilight Zone Theme & Captain Morgan song, twilight zone, signal slowly faded down to 6924.0 but improved in strength over time (Ragnar-MI)

Mac Shortwave
macshortwave@yahoo.com
12/6, 2103-2120, 6950.5/AM. Interval signal to station ID with email address by female announcer with British accent, into "A Pirates Life For Me"; 2107 (obscure) vocal song, continuing with the Ultraman Christmas Special. Hello to FRN, Ragnar & anyone listening. ID :10 Jingle Bells Vocal, :12 Jimmy Durante's Frostie the Snowman, :15 outtro for music by young boy, with email and another round of hellos as above. :17 Holly Jolly Christmas & :18 ID Christmas on MAC, into Silver & Gold, :20 audio from Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer animation Misfits still going at :46 recheck w/Alvin & the Chipmunks Christmas tune. SIO 444 but fading gradually to 343+ by 2120. (Zichi-MI)

Mystery Radio

12/13, 2142-2215+, 6220/AM; poor with utility QRM. Show of dance music with female artists. Just caught the CW ID. Conditions were poor. (Majewski CT)

WTCR 20th Century Radio

P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711

Per a FRN postt here is a "test" mailbox at morbius@nyms.net. -- HF):12/14, *0126-0225*, 6925/U; sign-on with ID and email address which I didn't catch; songs and ID's throughout program, heard CCR, Rolling Stones amongst others. Gave Belfast drop at end of program for QSLs. Signal S4 to S9+5 with QSB. (McArdle, OK)

(Source: FRW # 671)

Additional pirate logs

6225, 12/14, 0530+ US-sounding AM or FM relay, bit of mx, complete ad, then off. I guess it was a ship-to-shore guy goofing around? (Yoder,PA)

Euro-pirate

6305, 12/13, 2145 Heard carrier and some pop music. I tuned a bit, trying to center on the carrier and found the next one on 6307. It was an announcement of “This is Radio ----, broadcasting on...” Just as I was getting the computer program up to record it, it went off the air. Man! I think the two stations were QSOing. The second sounded like a Dutch DJ...maybe Boomerang? (Yoder,PA/Cumbre DX)

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Channel Z Radio

6925AM 9/7 *1316-1433* SIO=333. Announced as a program of exclusively instrutmental music, and then that is what they aired. Usual slogan IDs of "the last channel that you'll ever need." Some of the tunes were obscure, and I remembered few of the titles. Program also contained a contest. A "special prize" offered to the DXer who sends in the most correct song titles from the show. Reports and contest entries should be sent via the Blue Ridge Summit drop. (G.Zeller-OH)

Liquid Radio

6925.5 AM 09/16 22:00-42 SINPO 24322 Liquid Radio ID at 22:02, Into dance music I Wanna Dance, and many others I am not familiar with. Many IDs given but a mediocre signal in medium to high static levels punctuated with crashes and the occasional utility signals made for a hard listen. Liquid Radio is using the Corsair transmitter. (Ragnar-MI)

6925.5 AM 09/17 01:00 SINPO 35322 Quick ID at 01:01. Typical dance music, gone by 01:13 (Ragnar-MI) 6925.5 AM 09/18 23:00-23:46 SINPO 25322 dance music with a Latin vibe, Pac Man Music, into a slower ballad. ID at 23:13 Liquid seems to be playing a slightly different play list and musical style tonight.(Ragnar-MI)

Radio Jamba International/Sycko

6926USB 9/7 0113-0125(faded out) Good signal while it lasted. Rapmusic with a request to post on the Pirate Radio IRC channels. Lots of profanity. (Majewski CT)

6925USB 9/8 0030-0134 Good signal. The show started with Radio Jamba ID and later went to Sycko Radio ID. It was the usual maddness with singers like MoJo Nixon. At one point, Sycko was talking with another operator about the Corsair transmitter. (Majewski CT)

6925USB 9/8 0026-0055 ID followed by live interview with Bad Andya bout experimentation and building Corsair equipment. Fair with occasional deep fades. (D'Angelo-PA)

Wolverine Radio

6925USB 09/14 02:03-02:20 SIO 25422 Behind Blue Eyes faintly comingin. A quick Wolverine Radio ID then into Won't Get Fooled Again. Faint but steady signal in low noise. SSTV after sign off. (Ragnar-MI)

(Source: FRW # 657 & 658 via Greg Majewski)

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Dead Cat Radio
6925USB *1449-1530 8/23/08 SIO 242. On and off several times during the times listed. Beatles' Polythene Pam and other rock music. Changed briefly to CW mode at 1520, followed by a meowing cat. Clear ID at close. No address announced. (Zeller-OH)

Hello One
8/15-16, *2358-0027*, 6925.4/USB. SIO232. Combination of novelty music and clicking percussion noises. Station ID at 0017 as Hello One, but this was not much of an ID as it was mixed into test counts. Some rap mx and semi-African music. One rap song was about Brazil. No address announceand even the ID was slightly tentative. (Zeller, OH)

Radio Appalachia
8/17, 0015-0103, 6924.8v/AM. Signal fair-weak with weak modulation. Signal was nottrue AM, but USB plus a carrier. Tinny audio like mic in front of speaekr. Many gospel tunes by Johnny Cash and family some I'd never heard before. Noted broadcasting from high above Moundsville, Virginia. Frequency drifted up from 6924.7 to 6924.87, off suddenly in mid song. (Hassig-IL)

Radio For the Common Man
6924.5 8/24/8 01:52 SIO 232. Fanfare tune to an ID, but I couldn't make it out, I Get Knocked Down, noted someone on 6925 made a comment, but it was too far off frequency to understand.Sixties tune, Your Feet's Too Big. Now up to SIO 434. Big signal, theme and ID at 02:02 (Fansome, PA)

Sycko Radio syckoradio@yahoo.com 8/16, 0243-0250, 6925/USB. Station ID heard as “sycko Radio 69-25". Tune Old McDonald Had a Farm. Not much else readable. Poor signal qualtiy (Wood, TN).

The Wave
6925USB. 8/24/8 02:15 SIO 232. Some difficulties, now Anchors Aweigh. Statio ID at 02:19, Belfast malidrop drop, I Wanna Marry a Lighthouse Keeper song, SIo 434. Rock the Boat with morse code on 6926 interfering, Give Me the Beat Boys, station off with Anchors weigh. (Fansome, PA) 8/24/08, 0223, 6925USB. Rock the Boat, another water themed Motown song, ID. Anchors Aweigh tune. Station off at 0229. Noted back at 0245, and off shortly thereafter. Fair (Taylor-WI).

Wasabi Pea Man Radio

6925.1a 8/23/8 02:49. SIO 131. Lots of talking, but too faint to make out until the end, when I caught the "Wasabi Pea Man Radio." Station ID. (Al Fansome, PA)

Wind-Up Radio
8/19, 0200, 6925/AM. Signal noted in-out of the static, music that sounds like a sea shanty. Faded back in at 0204 with mellow music. Wind Up Radio ID at 0206, We're all wound down, and off. SIO 222 at best. (Will-MD)

Wolverine Radio
8/17, *0228-0315*, 6925/U; SIO 242+. Sign-on with Help Me 1,2,3; riff interval signal. Two blues tunes then oldies rock including Donovan's Sunshine Superman and Steppenwolf tunes. No address announced. (Zeller-OH)
(Source: FRW # 654 via Harold Frodge & FRW # 655 via Edward Kusalik)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Thanks to FRW crowd for the latest newsletter - here is a sampling of what the pirate chasers are hearing. Enjoy!

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Ann Hoffer Radio
6925USB, 08/03/08 22:00-35 SIPNO 34333. Ann Hoffer live playing her guitar. Slight and fleeting UTE QRM. off with 73's from Ann (Ragnar-MI)

MAC Shortwave
6850AM 8/10 0108-0126 Good signal The show started with John Guitar Man playing music by the likes of Gensis/Phil Collins. The Ultraman show came on next. The audio was much lower for Ultraman. (Majewski CT)

Real Pirate Radio
6925USB 2334-0028* 8/9-10/08 SIO=242. Sttion sign-on with classical orchastra music, followed by a program of mainly rock music. The old Convoy CB novelty tune, Boston's More Than A Feeling and other rock music. ID's given twice by announcer. Phonetic #s station parody at 2337. Gave no address, but asked for reception reports on FRN. (Zeller-OH)

WBNY
6925 08/08/08 23:08 SINPO 35233 August show with drum cadence and random audio clips. Political speech from Cmdr. Bunny (Ragnar-MI)

Euro Pirates
Holland: Radio Delta, 6310, 0030-0105+. 10 August. Europops, dead air, then into Dutch polkas and USA C&W mx. Full ID by OM giving address as P.O. Box 65, 7260 AB, Ruurlo, Holland. SIO: 343. [Lobdell-MA]
(Source: FRW #653 via Bill Finn)

Additional pirate log
Sycko Radio
6925USB 0243-0250. 16 Aug 08. English. ID as "Sycko Radio 69-25," "Old McDonald had a Farm," and not much else readable. Poor. (Wood, TN/NASWA Flash Sheet # 342).

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Northwoods Radio

6925USB 0134-0202*. 19 July 08. English. A show featuring biting political satire and rhetoric. Several IDs. Nicely done show. F-G. (Wood, TN).

7/19, 6925USB. 2222 to 2255 sign off. Interesting program of political commentary, with mention of Barak Obama, Ron Paul and a “message of hope for you from tri-forgetting.” Announcer noted that by the year 2100, there will be only five smart people left on earth. (He is optimistic, as I would put the number at zero) Full ID at 2228: “This is Northwoods Radio broadcasting freedom from the Great Lakes.” Final program ID at 2255, including Morse code beeps. SIO=353, heavy static bursts, but readable signal. (Insinger, NJ) Northwoods R. and WBNY- 6925USB 0116-0120 7/19/08 SIO=242/141. Loon noise Interval signal at sign-on , but immediately into a discussion of the election by Commander Bunny. This could have been a Northwoods Radio relay of WBNY. The signal deteriorated greatly at 0120, so a more definitive ID was not feasible. (Zeller-OH)

Sycko Radio syckoradio@yahoo.com
7/13, 0130-0138, 6925USB. Program of music at tune-in. Had difficulty cleaning up the signal &and finally settled on 6925.4. Sycko appeared to have modulation problems tonight, though I was able to make out a clear ID at 0138: Sycko Radio All Right. Then played Jefferson Airplane.
SIO=353/2. (Insinger, NJ)

The Wave

6925 USB, 0019-0031+, 20 July. SIO: 444 Usual format of pop mx including "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot. [Lobdell-MA]

7/20/8 6925USB 22:45 sio232 via remote radio in central Florida, "What I Am" Tiny Tim singing "Good Ship Lollipop", Belfast maildrop address. (Fansome, PA)

Voice of Brian Wilson

7/12, *2300-2306*, 6925/USB; SIO=141+. Fable about an male who finds a radio in his attic. A new station for me. No address announced. (Zeller-OH)7/12, *2321-2333*, 6925/USB; SIO=242. Continuation of fable from their 2200 broadcast, but more elaborate story this time. A young prince finds a magic transistor radio in his attic that puts out beautiful music & magic colors. His mother hides it, and he loses it for a while, but eventually finds it again, and enjoys it with his brother. No address announced. (Zeller-OH)

WBNY

P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711 rodentrevolutionhq@yahoo.com):7/13, *0110-0113*, 6925/USB; SIO=141+. Commander Bunny with "the most important anmt of your lifetime" for the monkey boys. Commander Bunny is running for President. He promises that when he is elected he will provide everybody with nude photos of the Supreme Court justices. No address announced on this show. (Zeller-OH)

WMPR Micro-Power Radio

7/12, 0127-0207+, 6925/AM; Fair/Good Signal A show of dance music with WMPR male and female IDs. One ID had a Cat's Meow after it. (Majewski CT)

(Source: Free Radio Weekly # 649 & 650 via Harold Frodge and Edward Kusalik)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Today's pirate logs are a sampling from Free Radio Weekly's last two editions.
Gayle VH

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MAC Shortwave
6850AM 6/22 0040-0110 An excellent signal (S9 to +10). Show with songs by Jackson Brown, Eric Clapton and others. Johnny Guitarman was announcer. (G. Majewski CT)
6850AM 6/22 2338-0000 An excellent signal (+10 to + 20 over S9). Heard Niel Young, Moody Blues and Jefferson Starship. (G. Majewski CT)

Northwoods Radio Northwoodsradio@yahoo.com
6925USB *2132-2146* 6/15/08 SIO=242-. Odd program of mostly novelty music. Squealing noises at times and some garbled talk. No ID until the close, when they gave an ID with their slogan of broadcasting from the Great Lakes. Generally poor intelligibility. No address heard. (Zeller-OH)

Radio Maple Leaf
6925USB 6/22 2340-0015 (presumed per entry at HFUnderground) There was a break in the middle, so I'm not sure if I heard 1 or 2 stations. Lots of music by Blue Rodeo, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, making me wonder if this is from Canada. 40 meters has been quite noisy lately,
and had to use my transceiver's filtering just to hear anything. Announcements by OM. PSE QSL (will reimburse). (J. Miller, MI)

Real Pirate Radio
6925USB, 2140-2202*, 17-June; Beatles’ & other pop tunes & bits; "This is real pirate radio." Off with "Vote Vegetarian...this is Ed Wynn for RPR." Peaks at SIO=353 but very fady & mainly at QRN level. (H. Frodge-MI)
6925USB 2153-2200*. 17 June 08. English. Mentions of Cdr. Bunny and his presidential campaign. Partial ID and slogan-“Vote Vegetarian”. Very
faint. (J. Wood, TN).

The Crystal Ship
5385 and 6700. 6/23 0151 Both pretty bad in Greenback. (Wood TN).
5385.5 AM 0258-0330+ 6/23/08 SIO=433/232. Program of classic rock including Age of Aquarius from Hair, the Turtles Happy Together, Green Tambourine, Henry the 8th with Herman's Hermits, and similar tunes. IDs by male/female,less political material than usual. Announced // on 6700 was nothing but a het here. Eventually faded out. (G. Zeller-OH)

WBNY
6955USB 0219-0227. 20 June 08. English. Replay of the Commander’s Presidents’ Day show. Talk of Cdr. Bunny’s run for President. Fair. (J. Wood, TN).
(Source: Free Radio Weekly # 645 & 646 via Ed Kusalik and Greg Majewski)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weely

Thanks to the gang from Free Radio Weekly for this week's newsletter edition. A bit of news first from two active pirate stations, followed by a sampling of logs. Enjoy!
Gayle VH

Per an FRN post, Pigmeat says he will be moving to morning transmissions during the summer, 1100-1400 UTC, on 6875, 6925, 6950.

Per an FRN post, Northwoods Radio says he will be active over the next few days, including Monday the 16th, on 6850, 6925, 6950 & 6955 in AM.

Logs

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BOB
6/11, 0335, 6925/USB; Lots of Subgenius-like Bob mixes in a suspiciously Sycko-like mix. Station is definitely there. Seady signal, but really weak amidst heavy atmospheric noise. SIO 212. (Will-MD)

Crystal Ship
mailto:tcsshortwave@yahoo.com

6/5 ...0210+, 7575.1 //6250.6/AM; SIO=232. Program of rock music and commercial for Barack Obama & Tarzan yell. On different freqs than usual, and the reception conditions were unusual because both freqs were audible here. Also, the weeknight bcst was somewhat unusual. (Zeller-OH)

Maple Leaf Radio
radio.mapleleaf@gmail.com

6/6, 2314-2357*, 6925/USB; SIO=131/232. Program of classic rock music, said to be program of Canadian music. Canada national anthem at 2330 mid-show, not at sign-on and QRT as this station normally does. No address announced. (Zeller-OH)

6/7-8, *2348-0029*, 6925/USB; SIO=141. Program of some rock but mostly folk rock music by Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. O Canada national anthem at sign-on. No maildrop address announced. (Zeller, OH)

Not the BBC

No known e-mail or mail drop address

6/6, 2143-2154*, 6925/U; SIO=232-. Many repeats over & over of the BBC. Instrumental music theme song. Thre or four station identifdications by male announcer saying, "this is not the BBC." No address announced. (Zeller, OH)

Relaxation Radio

No known e-mail or mail drop address

6/13, 0100, 6925/USB; SIO 433 via remote radio central FL, Tunes including, Goodbye Sweet- heart (?), Mr. Sandman, Sukiyaki (Fansome, PA)

6/13, 0100-0111*, 6925/USB; Station ID. Oldies heard such as, Goodnite Sweetheart and Sukiyaki. Another station ID and off the air. SIO: 444 (Lobdell-MA)

The Wave

P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 1471

6/1, 0010-0018*, 6925. Rock music with IDs. Fair to good signal but muffled audio. (D'Angelo-PA)

WHYP

try whypradio@gmail.com

6/11, 0139, 6925/AM; Devo's Whip It tune. James Brownyard sounds! James Brownyard at 0141 mixed with tune Whip It. SIO 212 s3-5. James Brownyard Northeast mentioned at 0144, into more music. Signal variable, by 0144 up to S7 with lots of noise. Chili Peppers music at 0150. "WHYP" ID at 0151. Signal fading in and out after 0155, still there at 0205. Back at 0208 with really nice audio and heavy metal song. "WHYP" ID at 0210. Station off with old JB at 0214. Thanks for the show! (Will-MD)

WTCR 20th Century Radio
P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711

6/8, *0144-0307, 6925/USB. Opened after Maple Leaf closed with 20th Century Fox theme music. Station ID and rock music program. Music included tunes by Beach Boys, CCR, Elvis, Carol King and others. Fair signal but dropped out completely for a period around 0156. (D'Angelo-PA)

Radio New York International via WBCQ relay

6/9, 7415 at 0140 with an excellent program from The Doo Wop Cafe. Great doo wop music from the Platters, the Dell Satins and Bobby Day’s big hit Rockin’ Robin. They have a web site:http://www.doowopcafe.net/. (Insinger, NJ)

Radio Jamba International via WBCQ relay

6/9, 7415 following the Doo Wop Cafe via Radio New York Int'l. Mix of island and C&W music, very enjoyable. Station ID as "Jamba Jamba Jamba" several times during program. Funny bit of PR News at 0215. Triple ID as "Radio Jamba International, Radio New York, this is Kracker Radio." Wow, could this possibly translate into three verifications? A radio lover’s dream! Good signal from WBCQ. (Insinger, NJ)

(Source: Free Radio Weekly #644 via Harold Frodge, MI)

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Crystal Ship
(mailto:tcsshortwave@yahoo.com )5/27, 0209-0236, 6945/USB; A varity of music, heavy metal, techno, Wild Thing. New operator. Lots of static crahes. Fair (Rohde-OH)6/2, 0125-0149+, 6945/USB; Irish/Scottish (maybe even Welsh) tune; variety rock tunes; IDs at 0132 & 0141; gave e-mail as kahn@whoever.com (Works!). SIO=353 (Frodge-MI)

Liquid Radio
(wwrbfm@gmail.com) per Mike Rohde)6/3, 0206-0230, 6925/USB; Lots of noise tonight. Was lucky to get the ID at a high peak in the fade. The usual great music form this operator. Thanks for the show! Poor. (Rohde-UH)

Maple Leaf Radio
(radio.mapleleaf@gmail.com )6/4, *0110-0135*, 6925/USB; Interval signal, ID, Song about Canada. ID. Nice & strong. SIO:454 [Lobdell-MA]

Mashup Radio
(No drop or e-mail, reported in FRW)6/1-2, 2340-0002, 6925/USB; SIO 322, very noisy, sounds like clips from a real radio show, but hard to make out, short cuts from various songs, WKLH identification. Commander Bunny campaign ad, id at 0002 (Fansome, PA)

Radio Jamba International
(P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711)5/27, 0035-0102, 6925/USB; lots of funny stuff! Paul Harvey promoting the sale of bongs! Lots of cracking on Kracker. Good (Rohde-OH)

Voice of Prozac
(voiceofprozac@yahoo.com )5/27, 0119, 6955; (Rohde-OH)6/2, 0121, 6955/AM; SIO 121, very noisy, signal very weak, have to use USB, can just tell that there's a station there, flute music, ID from Starchat #pirateradio (Fansome, PA)

WBNY Radio Bunny
(P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711, rodentrevolutionhq@yahoo.com )6/1, *2257-2259*, 6925/USB; SIO=242. Four repeats of the WBNY People Power jingle ID. No pgm followed. (Zeller-OH)
(Source: Free Radio Weekly # 643 via Harold Frodge)

Pirate activity from Free Radio Weekly

Today's pirate logs are a sampling from the last two Free Radio Weekly newsletters. Thanks to the FRW gang.
Gayle VH

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Captain Morgan
6925USB 5/18 0100-0125* Fair to good signal. ID as Captain Morgan in the pirate zone. Transmitter had some drift to lower frequencies. Songs by Jimmy Hendrix, Buffalo Springfield and a parody song Hillary with other sixties and seventies music.
(Majewsk CT)

MAC Radio
6850.84AM,5-11-08,0130. Signal poor with static. Music tune "It's So Easy To Fall In Love" and others. (Hassig-IL)

Maple Leaf Radio
6925USB 5/11/8 23:21 SIO 423. SIgnal very noisy, but strong. "Clap for the Wolfman" to ID at 23:23, "No Time", "These Eyes". Station off at 23:31 with ID.(Fansome, PA)

Radio Appalachia
6924.8AM 5/11/8 00:15 SIO 231. Just above the noise with Jerry Garcia and bluegrass music. No ID noted, this is very similar to their last broadcast. Stooges “Quiet numbskulls, I'm broadcasting". Station ID at 00:42 (Fansome, PA)

The Wave
6925USB 0106-0116 5/18/08 SIO=141+. Program of rock mx including Riders on the Storm by the Doors, I'm Your Captain by Grand Funk Railroad, and other rock tunes. IDs during show by male announcer giving the Belfast address and mentioning the 6925 frequency. I was actually unid on this transmission, but it was followed by a repeat of the same show, where the IDs were definite. (Zeller-OH)

Voice of the Angry Bastard
6925.3 AM 05/14/08 23:43 SINPO 25332. Tuned in to hear "Hell Yeah, Your listening to the Voice of the Angry Bastard." Into very angry punk music. Gloria, faint signal in lots of noise. (Ragnar-MI)

Wolverine Radio
6925USB 05/15/08 00:10- SINPO 43434. Hey Hey Goodbye, Strange Love, Do You Realize, Into The Mystic. Strong signal with a slight AM hum of second station playing techno music. (Ragnar-MI)

6925USB 5/18 02:27 SIO 333. Been listening for quite a while now,program of Motown music, several IDs. "What's Going On", "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" (Fansome, PA)
(Source: FRW #640 via Ed Insinger & FRW # 641 via Greg Majewski)

Additional pirate logs:

Channel Z
6925USB 0227-0233*. 25 May 08. English. First log of this station. The last few minutes of the bx. Music by Alice Cooper, “Elected”and The Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the UK.” ID and uncopied email address. SIgnal fair to poor quality. (J Wood, TN)

International Shortwave
6925USB 0237-0249/0311-0315. 25 May 08. English. First log of this station. “Turn up the Radio” heard twice along with “Funky Town.” Several IDs. Signal fair-poor. (J Wood, TN)

Liquid Radio
6925,000.0 0227-0248, May 17, English, Poor signal quality. I was QSLed on this one, Transmitter power is 4 watts. (Rohde-OH/NASWA Flashsheet #329 via Rich d'Angelo)

Radio First Termer
6925USB 1740-1936. 25 May 08. English. First log of this station. Male announcer “Dave Rabbit” with show reminiscent of AFRTS Vietnam era broadcasts. IDs as “Radio First Termer, 69 megacycles.” music included items from Bloodrock, Led Zeppelin, Three Dog Night, Jimi Hendrix, and others. Faint but clear signal that improved in strength as the show progressed. Fair. (J. Wood, TN).

The Crystal Ship
5385.0 0052, May 12, English, No sign of them on 6.845, Obama sound bits, "Rock & Roll All Night" by KISS to "Cat Scratch Fever". Fair signal quality. (Rohde-OH/NASWA Flashsheet #329 via Rich d'Angelo)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Looks like the pirate gang from Free Radio Weekly, has spent a busy week chasing pirate stations on shortwave radio. The logs below are a sampling from this weekends newsletter. Nice logs guys!

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All Your Base are Belong to Us
6925 USB, 3/19/08 20:40-:50 SINPO 35323 Parody song of Bohemian Rhapsody, "All You Base Belong to Us" with techno music mix, ID in CW (Ragnar-MI)

Captain Morgan
6925USB 3/15/8 20:54 SIO 121. Very faint music, Twilight Zone theme so it must be Captain Morgan, and is the station I heard underneath the unidentified earlier, Pink Panther theme to The Wind Cries Mary, drifting a bit.(Fansome-PA)

East Coast Radio
6925USB, 03/21/08 22:20- SINPO 35323 Next Contestant, Here Without You, "Welcome to East Coast Radio, eastcoastradio@hotmail.com " music is a little tinny 23:39 second station came on playing old station jingles (Ragnar-MI)

Mash Up Radio
6925 USB, *1945-1954*, 15 Mar 08. "Sweet Home Alabama", ID by announcer several times, John Wayne bit to Do It To Me Baby. SIO: 444 [Lobdell-MA]

6925 USB, 2131-2140*, 15 Mar 08. Station ID to mix of Ghostbusters with Michael Jackson, off abruptly at 2140 UTC SIO: 454. [Lobdell-MA]

Radio Azteca
6925USB 2042-2101 3/10/08 SIO=141/343. Bram Stoker with a typical program from this veteran pirate. Ask Dr. Radio segment. A story told by the Story Lady. A python snake eats a dog. No maildrop address announced, but they use the Belfast drop. (Zeller-OH)

Radio Foxtrot
6925USB 3/15/8 22:12 sio333. Punk-like music to station ID at 22:15 Radio Foxtrot?, Tunes Incense Peppermints, Green Tambourine, Journey to the Center of the Mind, and Over Under Sideways. Station ID and off at 22:26. (Fansome-PA)

Relaxation Radio
6925USB, *2253-2304 Mar 15. Hard to tell when Foxtrot closed and this opened by all of a sudden instead of hearing Radio Foxtrot I was hearing a woman with "Relaxation Radio" followed by a man with several repetitions of station ID. Opening music was Goodnight Sweetheart followed by Mr. Sandman. Several IDs at 2304 tune out. Fair to good signal. (D'Angelo-PA)

Tangerine Radio
6925.6USB 2333-2346 3/10/08 SIO=242. Return of this old-time pirate. Raucnhy Rick with his "anti-religion" program. Among other things, he said that the Rev. Jim Jones, Jesus, and others were cult leaders. The station goes back to 1984, and in those days it used Wellsville, which is now Belfast. This was my second weekday night pirate this week, constituting an unusually large volume of weeknight pirate activity. (Zeller-OH)

Voice of Juliet
6925/USB, 2236-2251+, 20-Mar. Rock tunes; spot for the New Cannibal Cookbook--If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em; Patriarchy sucks; Roseanne bit--men can pee out a campfire better than women; Merlin drop. SIO=3+43+. Old show? Logged here in 1996-98 via NAPRS! (Frodge-MI)

Wolverine Radio
. 6925USB, 0145-0230. 16 March 08. English. Wolverine Radio playing Neil Young, David Bowie and a whole bunch more that I could not identify. Male announcer mentioned that some of the music was from a Swiss band. IDs at 0204 and 0212. Faint signal-close to unreadable. (Wood, TN).

WSTD
6925, 3/15/08, 2305-2355, SIO=353. Music, National Lampoon Radio, IDs of "WSTD - the pirate station you don't want to touch". (Pls QSL, Lee Silvi, Ohio)

WTCR
6925 USB, 03/15/08 00:00-58 SINPO 45344 on with fanfare, WTCRTtwentieth Century Radio you music from the Twentieth Century, Day dreamer, Paperback Writer, Lay Lady Lay, My Best Friend's Girl, Drift Away, Sign off at 00:56 (Ragnar-MI)
(Source: Free Radio Weekly # 632 via Bill Finn)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Thanks to the pirate chasers at Free Radio Weekly for the latest newsletter Enjoy this sampling of pirate logs.
Gayle VH

All times UTC *sing-on sign-off*

Artificial Intelligence Radio
6925USB, 1650-1700* 1/27/08 SIO=141/141+. A new one for me, just barely fished out of the noise with a weak signal. A discussion between from two males with a chipmunk voice about the digital future of the planet. Plenty of new age space music. One phone call to the aliens who made some remarks toward the end. (G. Zeller, OH)

Captain Morgan
6924.5USB 2111-21151* 1/27/07 SIO=141/242. A very confusing production of some rock music, but mainly cell phone calls from amale in the toilet of a restaurant who calls the waitress to get some toilet paper into the bathroom, which he needs. Another phone call to the waitress about a customer who went nuts after drinking coffee in the restaurant and then got arrested by the cops on the way home. The male calling wants $250 from the waitress to bail
the guy out of jail. Outer Limits TV audio here and there. The show went all the way until 2141 until it had an ID of "Captain Morgan in the pirate zone." A confusing program. No address announced. (G. Zeller, OH)

Long Range Radio
6925USB 0120-0211* 1/26/08 SIO=444. Lengthy program f almost an hour w/a comedian right there in the studio. The comedian was some guy from Hoboken, NJ. He told jokes, and the host laughed. There were several episodes of why the internet is better than the radio. A few novelty tunes were mixed into this comedy extravaganza. The comic told a story about a woman's dogs who were playing tug of war with a pair of her panties. One of his better jokes was about baseball. He said that rooting for the Yankees was like going into a casino and rooting for the house. No aaddress announced during the long broadcast. (G Zeller, OH)

Maple Leaf Radio
6925USB 1/17/8 17:16 sio232, weak, with a lot of noise, some sort of skit, followed by sign off Canadian anthem at 17:18, back on again at 17:40 or so with "Snowbird" (A. Fansome, PA)

Puxatawney Pothead
6925USB, 1713-1746*. 02 Feb 08. English. First log of this station. Puxatony Phil’s annual broadcast on Groundhog Day. Mentions of broadcasting from Puxatawney Pennsylvania. USA. Several ID’s and music by the Stones and others. Address given as P.O. Box 1, Belfast NY 14711, USA. (J.Wood, TN).

WBNY
6925 USB 01/30/08 21:35- SIO 444 Monkey Boy repeated with sound clips, Dark Side of the Moon and echo. (Ragnar-MI)

Wolverine Radio
6925 USB 01/16/08 01:00-02:13 SIO 444. Bob & Tom skit, song from Heywood Banks, ID at sign off (Ragnar-MI)
(Source: Free Radio Weekly #625 via Ed Insinger)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Another round of pirate logs have come in this week, and here's a sampling from the FRN newsletter.

Ann Hoffier Radio
6950U 01/06 2132-2136* Ann singing live songs like "White Wedding Day" and others. Wished the pirate radio community a "Happy New Year". An excellent sing. (Majewski CT)

MAC

6850 01/05/08 16:15-17:40 SIO 323 S7 Quick talk about health care, MAC sounding ID, Not your stepping stone. Paul Starr rant, Along comes Mary, Life Would be a Dream, Pictures of
Lily, Paul Harvey talk about global warming, Ultra Man, signal up to S9 with quick fades by 16:55 when Paul signed off & UltraMan came on the mic for MAC. Jump'n Jack Flash, smoke on the water, Highway Star, (Ragnar-MI)

Undercover Radio

6925 usb 01/06/08 16:40-17:19 SIO 344 S5 New Years show 2008. Dr. Benway talks about his various adventures & talks about broadcasting from way far out there. speech from
William S Burroughs, Dr. Benway on live at the end thanking the posters on the FRN. repeated at 21:00 (Ragnar-MI)

Pirate QSLs
WTCR

6925 kHz Full data UFO card in 42 days from Dr.Morbius, for $2 U.S. (Pimblett-AB)

Undercover Radio

6925 kHz Full data QSL card and CD of show in 31 days from Dr.Benway for an e-mailed report. (Pimblett-AB)

Maple Leaf Radio

Emailveri in 14 hr, 10 min. from Johnny Canuck for e-mail to radio.mapleleaf@gmail.com ; R code beacon on 6923.5 (Frodge-MI)
(Source: Free Radio Weekly # 622 via Bill Finn)

Pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly

Sampling of logs from this week's newletter. Thanks to the Free Radio Weekly gang.
Gayle VH

Captain Morgan
6925U 12/29/07 2137-2210 SIO=343/222. Program of largely rock music with some Outer Limits TV audio noises mixed in here and there. Modest level in local QRN. Mentioned the FRN, but otherwise gave no QSL addr that I heard. (Zeller-OH)

"Parody of Oxygen Channel" or "Radio By Pop Sex or similar" 925 USB, 12/29/07, 1805-1822 UTC, SIO 555. Taking phone calls from listeners for sexual advice, warning that this program contains sexual material and viewer discretion is advised. Thx to Joe Wood for tip. PSE QSL (Miller MI)

The Crystal Ship
6700AM 01/01/08 2347-0041 Also broadcasting on 3431 Khz. Both signals were poor. This was the first time, I could hear both frequencies. A show of World War II music. (Majewski CT)

WTCR, Twentith Century Radio
6925U 12/28/07 *1528-1604* SIO=242. Usual slogan of 20th Century Radio but this program was a mixture of old novelty rock and country Christmas tunes, somewhat out of their normal format. Belfast addr. (Zeller-OH) 6950 01/01/08 0422-0542* Female vocalists followed b Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello and others. Fair signal (Majewski CT)

Unid
6925U 12/29/07 1500-1534 SIO=242/121. An odd combination program of Halloween and Christmas in the same show. A contest was won by Wendy. Discussion of digging up bodies for unseemly necrofilia purposes. Weak level and I never caught an ID. (Zeller-OH)
(Soutce: Free Radio Weekly #621 via Greg Majewski)