My Short Wave Archive: June 2009

 MIDSUMMER Day 2009 - Father's Day - was a day of listening to broadcasts on my Short Wave radio.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: April 2009, 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.

June 2009 : Short Wave

• [Sunday] 21 June [2009]: 1120 UTC: 9510 kHz: Nexus - International Broadcasting Association  American voices, male and female, speak of Bible verses James, Chapter 5, Verse 1-3 and Revelations, speak of collapse of banks around the world, speak of European leaders, a 'new world order', reading of Psalms - Prayer to Lord Jesus Christ.
  This is IRRS - Shortwave, Milan, Italy.
  Postal address for the broadcast: Box 704, Troy, Michigan.
  The programme was Jack Impe Ministries.  [See sticker, below]
  Good to fair reception; English to Europe and Middle East via Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia.
  ID at 1130 UTC.  Postal address: IRRS, PO 10980-20110 Milan Italy.
  New broadcast: Music.
  Logged to 1140 UTC.
• 21 June: 1157 UTC: 9895 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  Good reception; Dutch language to France, Spain, Portugal and Balearic Isles after 12 UTC.
  Male speech, music, news headlines at 12 UTC: Iranian election results. Pakistan and Middle East.
  Sport: British Grand Prix, Silverstone, Volleyball, Wimbledon, Feyenoord (football).
  Music: 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' (female vocalist).
  Sport updates from Barcelona and British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
  Logged to 1215 UTC.

[Lunch break]

• 21 June: 1310 UTC: 9895 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  continues.
• 21 June: 1320 UTC: 9970 kHz: RTBF International  To South Europe.
  French language female, music from Bananarama: 'Venus' [ID] and 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'.  Female speech, music clips, ID.  Female speech, music.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1335 UTC.
• 21 June: 1402 UTC: 11725 kHz: Radio Svobodna [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty]
  Male speech, referencing BBC, Iran, audio report for Midsummer's Day from Stonehenge, Salisbury.  ID.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1412 UTC.

Sticker from Jack Van Impe Ministries - Heard via Nexus - International Broadcasting Association.

• 21 June: 1425 UTC: 11770 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Country music, ID, rock music.
  Excellent to good reception.  Music with German language vocals.
  Logged to 1440 UTC.
• 21 June: 1500 UTC: 12040 kHz: Voice of Russia  Excellent to good reception.
  English to Europe, Middle East, Asia via Moscow.  Female with news: Tehran election violence, US soldiers killed in Iraq, Hugo Chavez to visit Belarus. ID. Moscow International Film Festival.
  Russian women are second in World Basketball Championships.
  Anniversary of invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany. News from Russia. Summer Solstice.
  'Moscow Mailbag' Colin and Olga. 'How many rivers are in Russia?' 'How many mobile networks are in Russia?' 'What is the Oblast?' (Government division). Russian weddings.
  Logged to 1515 UTC.

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