My AM Archive : October 2020

 BROADCASTS heard on the Medium Wave band feature in this post, covering broadcasts heard October 2020.

A previous post of Medium Wave logs, dated September 2020, 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.

October 2020 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 24 October [2020]: 1746 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio 4  Folk music, male vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica. Very much in the style of Bob Dylan.  Tré Burt was the artist.
  Interview with Mark Radcliffe regarding a new Folk music chart. ID for BBC Radio 4. Mark Radcliffe has also published a new book.
  Strong to good reception, 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
  Mark Radcliffe talks about Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath).
  'Loose Ends' was the show, Clive Anderson was the host.
  [Listen via BBC Sounds]
  Logged to 1757 UTC.
• 24 October: 1804 UTC: 612 kHz: RNE Radio 1  Two male commentators at a football fixture - GOAL! Spanish broadcast, stadium music. Goal for Pamplona v Beti Onak - Music, sound effects, the works.
  RNE Radio 1 via Vitoria, Spain. Good to fair reception. 10 kW transmission.
  Logged to 1816 UTC.
• 24 October: 1823 UTC: 621 kHz: RNE Radio 1  continuing the football commentary.
  Fair to poor reception via Canaries (300 kW) or Spanish Isles (10 kW).
  Logged to 1830 UTC.
• 24 October: 1840 UTC: 639 kHz: CRo2 Dvojka  Music: Phil Collins 'In The Air Tonight'. Speech by females. Music: Female vocal, piano, guitar, drums, bass.
  This broadcast is CRo2 Dvojka, Prague, CZE. Strong to good reception. Liblice transmission site, 750 kW. Co-channel interference from RNE Bilbao (Spain).
  Female speech, music: Christina Perry 'Jar of Hearts'.
  Logged to 1855 UTC.
• 24 October: 1858 UTC: 639 kHz: RNE Radio 1  Bilbao, Spain. Strong to good reception.
  Male commentators at football (Stadium noise evident). La Coruna transmission site, 300 kW.
  Co-channel interference from CRo2 Dvojka.
  Logged to 1906 UTC.

  

  From the archive:
   Radio Netherlands
  Long Distance Medium Wave Listening guide
  by Steve Whitt, April 1994.

  
  
• 24 October: 1916 UTC: 648 kHz: Radio Caroline  Steve Miller Band 'Climb Aboard A Jet Plane', Status Quo 'Paper Plane' from the album 'Piledriver'.
  Male host, ID for Caroline.
  Strong to fair reception. 1 kW transmission via Orfordness.
  Music: Mike & The Mechanics, ABC 'The Love Inside The Love'. Vocals from Olivia Sparnenn on 'Breathing Space', a song by the band Mostly Autumn. ID jingle. The host of the show is named Lee. Ad break: Meditech, Suffolk Car Company, ACS car sales, Inflight goods website. ID, music.
  Logged to 1936 UTC.
• 24 October: 1939 UTC: 657 kHz: RNE Radio 5  Spanish speech, males and females. Male on telephone speaking of music.
  RNE Radio 5 via Madrid transmission site, 100 kW.
  Strong to good reception, co-channel interferences and fading (propagation).
  Logged to 1945 UTC.
• 24 October: 1953 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE Radio 1  Football, male and female speech, ID.
  Strong to good reception, Sevilla, Spain, 200 kW transmission.
  Logged to 2000 UTC.
• 24 October: 2005 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live  Stephen Nolan is on air on BBC Radio 5 Live; Wales has entered into a Covid-19 lockdown, originally due to last two weeks, but now extended to seventeen days.
  Strong to good reception - Most likely 50 kW via Stagshaw, Northumberland (up to 150 kW via Droitwich, Worcester). Co-channel interference by RNE Radio 1.
  Logged to 2015 UTC.