December 2001 on Shortwave Radio

THE logbook from which these notes are transcribed show Christmas to New Year week at the close of December 2001 to have been productive days for radio listening.
For my logs of Shortwave broadcasts heard Autumn (September-October-November) 2001, click here.

Welcome to My DX Archive: December 2001.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

December 2001: Shortwave

• 25 December [2001]: 1735 UTC: 11725 kHz: Radio New Zealand International Bill Withers 'Ain't No Sunshine' Female host with time check: "Twenty two minutes to seven" Music. Good to fair reception "Fourteen minutes to seven", 'Cultural moment' / 'Soulful moment'. "Ten minutes to seven". Music: Moody Blues 'Go Now'. "News at Seven".
• 25 December: 1814 UTC: 11655 kHz: Radio Netherlands to Africa via Madagascar. Strong to good reception. Female host with hymns for Christmas on 'Music 52-15' English to Africa.

Cover of a foldout Radio Kuwait QSL card.

• 25 December: 1833 UTC: 11990 kHz: Radio Kuwait to Europe and America. Strong to good reception. Male and female hosts with news headlines: Kuwaiti Government, interim Afghan Government, Israeli attacks, India-Kashmir-Pakistan battles. ID. George W Bush Christmas message. Pope John Paul II message.
• 28 December: 1040 UTC: 15175 kHz: Radio New Zealand International Strong to good reception. Music: Mike Harding, folk musician from the UK. Plymouth mentioned. Male host, time check: "Twenty minutes to twelve". Music: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash 'Girls From The North Country'. Music: Ray Charles. info @ rnzi.com
• 28 December: 1517 UTC: 9785 kHz: China Radio International Fair reception. English to South Asia mentions CRI 'Messenger' magazine. 'News and Reports' Male host: Australian Bush fires, ID for station and programme. New investment for railways.
• 28 December: 1747 UTC: 11655 kHz: Radio Netherlands Fair reception. English to Africa via Madagascar 'Newsline' Female host, mismanagement of a railway network, Slobodan Milosevic stands trial at the Hague. letters @ rnw.nl
• 29 December: 1342 UTC: 11705 kHz: Voice of America Good reception. English to Far East Asia, South Asia and Oceania. 'Communications World' Video technology in aircraft cockpits. Kim Andrew Elliott and Glenn Hauser review broadcasting year 2001.
• 29 December: 1542 UTC: 12070 kHz: Radio Netherlands Good to fair reception. English to Asia, Far East, Pacific 'Roughly Speaking' male host, music from Glory Box 'Blue Light EP'. Glory Box are based in Denmark. ID, contact details. News: Dutch skinheads, Slobodan Milosevic, Campaign against headscarves.

Calendar stickers for 2002, issued by Radio Netherlands.

• 29 December: 1613 UTC: 12095 kHz: BBC World Service Football: Newcastle 1 - Chelsea 2. Leeds v Southampton. Premiership and Nationwide League scores, rugby union scores, relay of BBC Radio Five Live 'Sport on Five'. Arsenal 1 - Middlesbrough 1 'Sportsworld' West Ham 1 - Liverpool 0. Good reception.
• 29 December: 1846 UTC: 13605 kHz: All India Radio General Overseas Service to Europe, Africa, Middle East. English. Female host with music, male host with ID, music. Strong to good reception via Bangalore? Music.
• 29 December: 1905 UTC: 13640 kHz: Voice of America 'Special English' hosts: Max and Kathy. Interview with Simon Tompkins, photographer, who went on assignment to Santa Fé, New Mexico. 'New Dynamic English' Strong to good reception. 'Special English' to Middle East, Asia via Briech, Morocco.
• 29 December: 1931 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Netherlands Good to fair reception. English to Africa via Flevoland 'Sound Fountain' Christmas music.
• 29 December: 1948 UTC: 13710 kHz: Voice of America Fair reception. English to Africa via Udorn Thani, Thailand. 'Our World' via 'VOA News Now' Alaskan astronomer.
• 29 December: 2015 UTC: 13820 kHz: WYFR Family Radio Okeechobee Florida USA. Fair reception. English to Europe, Africa via Juilich, Germany. Male host, music, readings from Matthew Chapter eleven to Chapter thirteen. Prophecy of Isiah. "Blessed are eyes and ears" 'Family Bible Reading Fellowship'.

WYFR Family Radio QSL Verification card, 2001.

• 29 December: 2039 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR-2 Nashville TN USA. Fair-Good-Fair reception. Dr Gene Scott / University Network to Africa, English, discussing miracles.
• 29 December: 2106 UTC: 14670 kHz: C H U Canada Strong to fair reception "C H U Canada. Coordinated Universal Time. Twenty-one hours, ten minutes..." Male voice, interference from Voice of America. Ticks and bleeps every second, male announcer every one minute. Email: radio.chu @ nrc.ca
• 29 December: 2136 UTC: 15040 kHz: Radio For Peace International Costa Rica. Fair to poor reception. English to America, Europe. Male speech "Ecological ideas... We were very close... presentation... he... millions of dollars... created a new environmental area... forest". Radio For Peace International ID 'Earth and Sky'.
• 29 December: 2157 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to fair reception 'People on politics' Andrew Marr met Roy Jenkins.

Thank you for visiting this post on Reporting From The Fox Tower!

📻