Thursday, January 19, 2023

My Short Wave Archive: Christmas Eve 2010

 A FESTIVE Friday night, listening to Short Wave radio broadcasts, as shared here.

The broadcasts shared in this post date from Christmas Eve 2010: Friday, 24 December, 2010.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: October 2010, 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.

December 2010 : Short Wave

Benedict XVI, interviewed by Vatican Radio on a flight to Cyprus,
4 June 2010.  Image: Vatican Radio QSL card.

  • [Friday] 24 December [2010]: 1920 UTC: 4005 kHz: Vatican Radio  Speech, introducing the signature music of Vatican Radio.  Male and female speech, music.
    Poor-Fair-Poor reception.
    German language to Europe and the Mediterranean.
    Logged to 1936 UTC.
  • 24 December: 1948 UTC: 4780 kHz: Radio Djibouti  Male and female speech, Arabic language, music with vocals.
    Fair reception.
    Logged to 1955 UTC.
    [See video: 'Radio Djibouti 4780 kHz received in Germany' heard by senderjaeger 25 November 2009, on YouTube]
  • 24 December: 2022 UTC: 5960 kHz: China Radio International  Good reception.
    English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Albania.
    Report regarding Christmas in Chinese schools.  Music: Saxophone with backing instruments: 'Rock With You' (Michael Jackson song).
    'China Drive'  Christian Bale to star in a movie being made in China.  Male and female hosts.
    Microsoft announce new bug or problem.  Traffic engineering in Canada, regarding blind people.
    Logged to 2036.
  • 24 December: 2057 UTC: 6030 kHz: Radio Ukraine International  Female speaking of a centre of learning.  English to Europe.  Male with broadcast frequency details.
    Good to fair reception.
    Logged to 2100 UTC.
  • 24 December: 2107 UTC: 6030 kHz: Radio Romania International  Excellent to good reception.
    French language, female and male speech.
    Logged to 2120 UTC.
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