Sunday, July 18, 2021

My AM Archive: February 2011

QSL Verification, Evangeliums-Rundfunk, November 2010.
TWENTY ELEVEN and the second month thereof, feature in this thread of My AM Archive, a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.
Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Autumn 2010, can be found here.
[The Evangeliums-Rundfunk broadcast, verified by the QSL card to the right, features in the Autumn 2010 post]

If you would like to learn more about Medium Wave listening, then Europe's Premier Medium Wave DX Club - The Medium Wave Circle - May be of interest.

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

February 2011 : Medium Wave
  • [Sunday] 6 February [2011]: 1320 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Male speech, poor signal - Occasional fair to good reception.
    BBC Radio Scotland for South West Scotland via Dumfries, 2 kW.
    [Contact details: BBC Radio Scotland, Elmbank, Lover's Walk, Dumfries DG1 1NZ
    Telephone: 01387 268008
    BBC Scotland HQ: 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA]
    Logged to 1330 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1428 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four  'Gardener's Question Time' Chaired by Peter Gibbs in Lavenham, Suffolk. Male speaks of soil types. Female with question, male responds.
    Good reception via Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wrekenton, 2 kW.
    Speech regarding house and garden, by River Severn, Bristol.
    Logged to 1435 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1454 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service  Music, male speech.
    Poor to unusable reception. BBC World Service English to Europe via Orford Ness, Suffolk, 500 kW.
    Logged to 1507 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1525 UTC: 675 kHz: Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen  Music: Baritone male choir. Female speech, Dutch language.
    Poor reception via Lopik, HOL [Holland], 120 kW.
    Programme: 'Katholiek Weekjournaal'.
    Logged to 1545 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1556 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  News headlines: Formula One driver [Robert Kubica] crashes in a rally, Egypt Muslim Brotherhood.
    Live football: Craig Burley, Alan Green, Mike Ingham and Colin Murray prepare for kick-off at Chelsea v Liverpool, Stamford Bridge. Yellow card for Chelsea in first minute or two. Fernando Torres makes his debut for Chelsea.
    Good reception, most likely to be Stagshaw, Northumberland to North East England, 50 kW.
    Logged to 1615 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1644 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio Four  'Poetry Please': Music is the subject of the speech.
    Poor reception, most likely Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland, 10 kW.
    Logged to 1652 UTC.
Promotional card for Anne Hopper, BBC Radio Cumbria.
  • 6 February: 1706 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Music: Duet by male and female vocalists, big band music. Anne Hopper's Music Box on BBC Radio Cumbria.
    Fair to poor reception via Carlisle, 1 kW.
    Logged to 1722 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1805 UTC: 756 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  Female speech includes ID for Deutschlandfunk, female speech, ID by male, female speech, speech by males regarding President Mubarak of Egypt. All speech in German language. Egyptian elections.
    Good to fair reception, 100-200 kW via Ravensburg / Braunschweig, Germany.
    Speech regarding unrest in Egypt. Female with new items: Preparations for Tour de France, fireworks, short piece by male in English language.
    Logged to 1815 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1839 UTC: 783 kHz: MittelDeutscher Rundfunk  Male speech, German language, MDR Info.
    Fair reception via Leipzig, Germany, 100 kW, on 783 kHz / 383m.
    Logged to 1850 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1900 UTC: 792 kHz: France Info  ID, speech by female and male.
    Fair to poor reception via Limoges, 300 kW.
    Female on telephone, male in studio. Football: Lille, Bordeaux, PSG, Toulouse. Sports news: Motor racing, NFL Super Bowl.
    Logged to 1910 UTC.
  • 6 February: 1918 UTC: 801 kHz: Bayern Plus  Back to back music, including 'A Little Bit of Soul'. ID for Bayern Plus.
    Fair to poor reception.
    Logged to 1927 UTC.
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