My AM Archive: April 2003

Letter acknowledging reception of BBC Scotland, April - May 2003.

SPRINGTIME 2003 is the source of the following Medium Wave logs, heard 12 April 2003.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2002-2003 can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

April 2003 : Medium Wave

• 12 April [2003]: 1903 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland Excellent to good reception. Dumfries transmitter. 'Take The Floor' Programme dedicated to Scottish dancing. 'Diary' feature, send contributions to 'Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen' or by email. Music, conversation with guest bands.
• 12 April: 1955 UTC: 585 kHz: RNE 1 Madrid. Good reception. 200 kW transmitter. Football: Barcelona v Deportivo La Coruna.
• 12 April: 2056 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four Excellent to good reception. Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2 kW. 'The Classic Serial'.
• 12 April: 2111 UTC: 612 kHz: RTE Radio 2FM Excellent to good reception. Athlone transmitter, Ireland, 100 kW. '626 Live' John Power. 'Late Night Session' Music: Lisa Lashes. Music: Afterburn 'Summer Sun'. Ad break. Tel: 1850 715 922. Chuck D / Public Enemy. Giles Paterson. Website.
• 12 April: 2200 UTC: 630 kHz: BBC Three Counties Radio Fair to poor reception. Lewsey Farm transmitter, Luton, 0.2 kW. Male host speaking to female listener. Letters. Reviewing 'Clockwork Orange'. Contact: PO Box 3CR, Hastings Street, LUTON LU1 5XL Telephone: 01582 637400 / 01582 441000 "Check our website".
• 12 April: 2243 UTC: 630 kHz: NRK Vigra, Norway. Excellent to good reception. Music: Shania Twain "That Don't Impress Me Much".

That concludes the logs for April 2003.

Letter verifying reception, BBC Three Counties Radio, 12 April 2003, 2200 UTC, 630 kHz.

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