Sunday, August 22, 2021

My AM Archive: October 2011

 A SHORT post, taking a look at Medium Wave broadcasts heard October 2011.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer 2011, 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.

October 2011 : Medium Wave
  • [Monday] 24 October [2011]: 1953 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  Fair to poor reception. Speech via Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland. Rock music, male speech regarding song played. Link into next song; Music.
    Logged to 20 UTC.
Letter verifying reception of BBC Radio Ulster on 1341 kHz Medium Wave.
This letter verified reception dated Saturday 13 August 2011.
The log can be found at the foot of the Summer 2011 post.
  • 24 October: 2016 UTC: 1359 kHz: Unidentified broadcast;
    24 October: 2020 UTC: 1368 kHz: "Propagation [on this frequency] is making the broadcasts I can hear on this channel difficult to identify..."
  • 24 October: 2032 UTC: 1377 kHz: France Info  Male speech in the French language, includes a report from Great Britain with a speech by [British Prime Minister] David Cameron, translated into French, regarding economic matters. Silvio Berlusconi. Sport update: Football.
    Extended speech on a telephone line regarding a police chief officer.
    Excellent to fair reception.
    Report regarding Libya National Transitional Council. Female speech. Male speech.
    French language via Lille, France.
    Football scores, reports from French football.
    300 kW transmission.
    ID, male speech, propagation, female speech, music, male speech.
    Logged to 2047 UTC.
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