My AM Archive : September 2019

 TRANSMISSIONS received on the Medium Wave (AM) radio wave band, heard September 2019, feature in this post, here on Reporting From The Fox Tower.

A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated March 2019, can be found here.

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

Receiver used: Sangean ATS-405.

September 2019 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 1 September [2019]: 1941 UTC: 1197 kHz: Absolute Radio  Documentary regarding the band Oasis, as it is ten years since the band broke up. Music featured: 'Cast No Shadow', 'Talk Tonight'. Ad break. Interview with the band official photographer; with Creation Records' Alan McGee. Music: 'Wonderwall'.
  Good to fair reception. Absolute Radio transmitter sites broadcasting 1197 kHz:
   •  1.1 kW via Brighton (Southwick)
   •  500 watts via Trowell, Nottingham
   •  300 watts via Gloucester
   •  250 watts via Oxford
   •  250 watts via Fern Barrow, Bournemouth.
  Music: 'Don't Look Back In Anger'. Possibility of an Oasis reunion? Music: 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out'.
  Logged to 1953 UTC.
• 1 September: 1957 UTC: 1215 kHz: Absolute Radio  Oasis documentary: Fans view, comments by Paulo Hewitt, photographer of the band and contributor to sleevenotes. Final notes by Ben Burrell (presenter). Documentary was called 'Live Forever'.
  Promo: Dave Berry Breakfast Show. Ads: Clio car. Open University. Specsavers. Nissan car.
  Strong to good reception.
  ID for The Sunday Night Music Club with Danielle Perry, music: The Clash 'London Calling'.
  [Up to] 50 kW via Moorside Edge (Huddersfield).
  ID. Music from a new album by Pixies; Prince: 'Cream' from 1991 album 'Diamonds And Pearls'
  Logged to 2008 UTC.

From the Archive: RTL Radio sticker -
RTL was better known as Radio Luxembourg.

• 1 September: 2019 UTC: 1233 kHz: Absolute Radio  Ad break: McDonald's, Macmillan Cancer Research. Open University. ID: 'New music, live music, and more'. Music: Style Council 'Walls Come Tumbling Down'.
  Fair reception. Originally thought to be 300 watts via Sheffield; was 500 watts via Northampton (King's Heath).
  ID. Music.
  Logged to 2028 UTC.
• 1 September: 2030 UTC: 1242 kHz: Absolute Radio  The Sunday Night Music Club playing Pulp 'Something Changed'. ID: 'Danielle Perry, The Sunday Night Music Club'. Music.
  Fair reception. 1 kW via Stockton-on-Tees (Hardwick), Teesside.
  Link on air by Danielle Perry - New music from Elbow soon. Ad break: New movie 'Ad Astra'. Barbeque at McDonald's. Car. Foster's. TSB Bank. Car. ID. Music: Blondie 'Union City Blue'. Music: U2 'New Year's Day'.
  Logged to 2101 UTC.

My AM Archive : March 2019

 SIX years since originally heard, I present logs of Medium Wave (AM) broadcasts, heard March 2019.

A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated early 2019, can be found here.

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

Receiver used: Sangean ATS-405

March 2019 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 18 March [2019]: 2002 UTC: 1134 kHz: COPE (Spain)  Male speech in Spanish language, with clips of vox pops recordings.
  Echoes and propagation; Fair reception (COPE broadcasts from multiple sites across Spain).
  Female speech in English language, dubbed into Spanish language. Music.
  Logged to 2011 UTC.
• 18 March: 2027 UTC: 1152 kHz: SRR Radio România Actualitați  Music: Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus 'Nothing Breaks Like A Heart'. Time marker for 2030 UTC (pips), female speech from Bucharest, Romania. Male speech.
  Fair reception (Co-channel music from UK broadcasts on low power).
  Logged to 2037 UTC.
• 18 March: 2041 UTC: 1161 kHz: Tay 2  Music: Boy Meets Girl 'Waiting For A Star To Fall' Male host, talks of songs coming up, including Culture Club. Segue into showbiz news - ID for Tay 2. Speech regarding BBC drama series. Ads.
  (Fade out into Smooth Radio [Details below])
  Tay 2 reception: Strong to fair. 1.4 kW to Dundee via Greenside Scalp.
  Music: Blondie 'Heart of Glass'. Tay 2 ID. Music: Annie Lennox 'Little Bird'.
  Logged to 2050 UTC.
  [Smooth Radio : Playing Enrique Inglesias 'Hero', male talks of Mother's Day coming up, music: Elton John 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight'. ID for Smooth Radio. Music: Lionel Richie.
  Fair reception. 160 watts to Wiltshire via Blunsdon, Swindon.]

From The Archive: 1494 kHz Asfaltstelegrafen - The Asphalt Telegraph QSL, 2019.

21 UTC: Tea ☺

• 18 March: 2113 UTC: 1170 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio  Music: Genesis 'I Can't Dance' ID for Greatest Hits Radio - Playing Genesis for dance school in Liverpool. Music: Mike Oldfield 'Moonlight Shadow', Wings 'Live and Let Die'.
  Strong to good reception. 320 watts via Hardwick transmitter, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside.
  Music: Culture Club 'Karma Chameleon'.
  Logged to 2122 UTC.

Listening to 10cc 'I'm Not In Love'.

• 18 March: 2132 UTC: 1179 kHz: SER (Spain)  Male and female speech, Spanish language.
  Strong to good reception.
  Round table discussion programme.
  Logged to 2141 UTC.
• 18 March: 2151 UTC: 1197 kHz: Absolute Radio  Female and male speech, this is a low(er) power broadcast from Absolute Radio. Female and male talking about a band and album. Female host was joined in the studio by George Ezra. Female host signing off, back on air tomorrow evening. Music: Paul Simon 'You Can Call Me Al'.
  Strong to fair reception. This signal is relatively clear, possibly 400 watts via Wallasey, Merseyside (Absolute Radio recently turned off / reduced power on AM).
  Ad break, ID, no news at 22 UTC, music: The La's 'There She Goes'.
  Logged to 2205 UTC.

My AM Archive : January - February 2019

 RETURNING to where one left off, and proceeding with logs of Medium Wave (AM) broadcasts heard January 2019, plus test transmissions from Sweden, heard February 2019.

A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated October 2018, can be found here.

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

Receiver used: Roberts R881.

January 2019 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 12 January [2019]: 1458 UTC: 999 kHz: Greatest Hits Radio  Ad break: Morrisons food stores. ID: 'Across Lancashire, Greatest Hits Radio' News at 1500 UTC: Rory Stewart wants short prison spells scrapped, Chris Grayling warns against voting against Brexit plan, explosion in France, women could miscarry if exposed to petrol / diesel. Sport: West Ham 1 - Arsenal 0. Sky News Radio.
  Greatest Hits Radio. Music: Queen 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
  Good to fair reception. 800 watts via Longton, for Preston / Blackpool.
  ID: 'Good times sound like this, Greatest Hits Radio' Music: Prince '1999'. ID: 'Greatest Hits Radio, good times sound like this' Music: Alannah Miles 'Black Velvet'.
  Logged to 1515 UTC.

From the archive: Südwestrundfunk (SWR) QSL, 2009.
SWR broadcast on 576, 666, 711, 828, 1017 and 1485 kHz.

Cup of tea time!

• 12 January: 1548 UTC: 1035 kHz: Lyca Dilse 1035  Music, ad break, website, telephone number, music.
  Lyca Dilse 1035, 2.5 kW via Crystal Palace, London.
  Female and male speech for an Asian audience.
  Strong to fair reception.
  'The Afternoon' (Saturday) with Bali Brahmbhatt.
  Sky news at 4pm: Rory Stewart wants prison reform. Arrests following robbery in Manchester. Sport: Football. Weather report by Southall Travel. Travel report.
  Logged to 1606 UTC.
• 12 January: 1609 UTC: 1044 UTC: SER (Spain)  Multiple voices, in the Spanish language, with lots of sound effects.
  Good to fair reception.
  Logged to 1616 UTC.
• 12 January: 1623 UTC: 1053 kHz: talkSport  'Matchday Live' - Poorly synchronised transmitters, many echoes.
  [Most likely] 500 kW via Droitwich + 10 kW via Dumfries.
  Signals settle.
  Strong to good reception.
  Logged to 1632 UTC.
• 12 January: 1637 UTC: 1071 kHz: talkSport  Latest football results on 'Matchday Live': Premier League, Championship, League One.
  Fair reception; [most likely] 1 kW via Wrekenton for Newcastle upon Tyne.
  Faded since first reception.
  Logged to 1645 UTC.
• 12 January: 1651 UTC: 1089 kHz: talkSport  'Matchday Live' Full Time updates at football.
  Good to fair reception - Echoes from transmitters up to 1 second apart!
  [Most likely] 400 kW via Moorside Edge + other high powered transmitters in north of England / Scotland / Northern Ireland.
  Logged to 1702 UTC.

Break.

Note: 12 January: 1930 UTC: 1098 kHz: Speech from a female, with music from a female opera singer. Female speech, music, speech, music. Good to fair reception. Could be any of Iran (200 kW), Saudi (100 kW), Slovakia (25 kW), Spain (10 - 25 kW), Italy (100 watts).
Logged to 1935 UTC.

From the archive: Radio Asia 558 AM, which broadcast to Greater
London via Spectrum Radio 558 AM
('Spectrum International 558')

• 12 January: 1954 UTC: 1134 kHz: COPE (Spain)  Low power transmissions from COPE (Spain), multiple synchronised transmitters, same power, very slight echo.
  Fair reception.
  Logged to 1957 UTC.

"Closing this Roberts R881 DX on the frequency of 1134 kHz at 20:00 UTC. Goodnight! ☺"

February 2019 : Medium Wave

• [Tuesday] 19 February [2019]: 0124 UTC: 1494 kHz: The Asphalt Telegraph  Test transmissions (from Sweden) on new frequency of 1494 (ex - 1476) kHz. Low power of 300 watts. Heavy music (continuous rock music).
  Fair to poor reception (at best).
  Peaks during music, not heard an ID.
  Transmission site is Boras, Sweden.
  Best audio at 0133 UTC, sustained through to 0135 UTC. Speech at 0136 UTC - ID? Music. Bass sounds good.
  Signing off at 0140 UTC.
  Receiver used: Sangean ATS - 405.
• [Sunday] 24 February [2019]: 0119 UTC: 1494 kHz: The Asphalt Telegraph  Test transmissions from Sweden, on air on 1494 kHz on power higher than 300 watts.
  Rock music: Iron Maiden 'Run For The Hills'
  I hear ID for The Asphalt Telegraph with drum track!
  Contacts: 1494 kHz at gmail dot com or radio sweden international dot com
  Male speech.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Male speech and idents for The Asphalt Telegraph. Music at 0126 UTC.
  Transmission via Boras, Sweden.
  Music at 0128 UTC.
  Logged to 0130 UTC.
  Receiver used: Sangean ATS - 405.
  ["Music continues - I'm saying goodnight at 0135 UTC - Thank you Sweden!"]
  

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