My AM Archive: July 2015

 SUMMER 2015 provides the memories of Medium Wave broadcasts in this post on Reporting From The Fox Tower.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: April 2015, 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.

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

July 2015 : Medium Wave

[ (Friday) 3 July (2015): 1925 UTC: 999 kHz: Unconfirmed logs of broadcasts, most likely to have been Rock FM 2, Preston, though possibly Gold Nottingham or BBC Radio Solent. Poor to fair reception. Logged to 1943 UTC. ]

• 3 July: 1952 UTC: 1008 kHz: Groot Nieuws Radio  Music; Heavy propagation.
  Music with English lyrics: Female lead vocals, male backing vocals. Fade out by propagation.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Logged to 1958 UTC.

[ 3 July: 2012 UTC: 1035 kHz: Unconfirmed logs of broadcasts, possibly being Lyca Dilse, Crystal Palace, London; BBC Radio Sheffield; NorthSound 2 (Aberdeen); West Sound (Ayr). Music: Bob Marley. Fair to poor reception. Logged to 2028 UTC. ]

• 3 July: 2035 UTC: 1044 kHz: SER  Female and male speech in the Spanish language.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Transmission: 10 kW via San Sebastian, Spain.
  Logged to 2041 UTC.
• 3 July: 2044 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  Ad break: Vodafone. Content: NatWest T20 Cricket. Football World Cup; Tour de France; Steve McClaren; Tweets.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Transmission: Up to 500 kW via Droitwich.
  Logged to 2051 UTC.
• 3 July: 2059 UTC: 1071 kHz: TalkSport  Speech, ID, news headlines. Sport: Wimbledon Tennis: Heather Watson (GB) takes Serena Williams (USA) to three sets; Williams wins.
  Fair to poor reception via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1 kW.
  Logged to 2104 UTC.

• 3 July: 2108 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport  Males in conversation. Films. Birthdays. Slaven Bilic.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  Up to 400 kW via Moorside Edge (North England).
  Logged to 2113 UTC.
• 3 July: 2127 UTC: 1107 kHz: AFN Europe  [American Forces Network Europe] Speech; Music: Neil Diamond 'Song Sung Blue'. Speech in an American accent.
  Transmission sites: Amberg, Grafenwoehr, Vilseck, all Germany.
  Logged to 2133 UTC.

[ 3 July: 2138 UTC: 1116 kHz: Unconfirmed logs of broadcasts, possibly being BBC Radio Derby (1 kW) or BBC Radio Guernsey (500 watts). Female speech. Logged to 2204 UTC. ]

• 3 July: 2214 UTC: 1125 kHz: RTBF Viva Cite  Tentative reception of Wavre, Belgium. Speech.
  Logged to 2220 UTC.

[ 3 July: 2230 UTC: 1152 kHz: Unconfirmed logs of broadcasts, possibly being LBC (London); Clyde (Glasgow); Free (Birmingham); Metro (Newcastle-upon-Tyne); Key (Manchester); Smooth (Norfolk / Plymouth). More than one broadcast audible. Music: Rose Royce 'Love Don't Live Here Anymore'; Whitney Houston 'Didn't We Almost Have It All'. Logged to 2238 UTC. ]

• 3 July: 2245 UTC: 1161 kHz: Tay 2  Music: Crowded House 'Fall At Your Feet'; Dionne Warwick 'All The Love In The World'. Male speech; Female ID: "This is Tay 2".
  Good to fair reception; Tay 2 for Dundee via Greenside Scalp, 1.4 kW [Transmission site pictured below].
  Music: Brenda Russell. Male host; Male ID. Promo, ad break: Homebase; Yamaha motorbikes.
  ID; 23 UTC news bulletin (IRN: Independent Radio News).
  ID; Music: Elton John 'Rocket Man'. ID; Music: Dexy's Midnight Runners 'Geno'; Gerry Rafferty 'Baker Street'; Chris Rea 'Auberge'; David Bowie 'Let's Dance'. Ad break: Motorbikes for sale website. Music: George Harrison 'My Sweet Lord'.
  Logged to 2325 UTC.

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