My Short Wave Archive: May - November 2015

 JOURNALS should not be neglected, which sadly, this one has been. That's myself reprimanded, so let's move on with today's post, continuing the thread of my logbooks of broadcasts heard via Short Wave radio.

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: March 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.

Note: This post takes us through 2015, from May to November, as some logs later in the year contained little detail, or broadcasts were not heard on the selected listening days.

May 2015 : Short Wave

• [Thursday] 7 May [2015]* : 1540 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR Nashville TN [USA]  Male speech, reciting a conversation between Jesus and Pilate. This is a Baptist Church / CBC NYC broadcast, also trailers for Words of Hope and Bible Hour.
  This is WWCR Nashville TN, good to fair reception, English language broadcast to Europe, Middle East, Americas via WWCR-1 Nashville TN.
  Male speech regarding Saul and passages from the Bible. Interference at 1546 UTC from another broadcast, possible overspill from 15820 kHz.
  WWCR programming was Tell It From Calvery (David Epstein), on air from 1530 UTC, followed by Radio Bible Hour, on air from 1545 UTC. ID for Radio Bible Hour with their contact details.
  ID for WWCR Nashville.
  Logged to 1555 UTC.
• 7 May* : 1617 UTC: 17790 kHz: Radio Africa (Pan American Broadcasting)  Music: Female vocalist with piano accompaniment. Vocals in English.
  Fair reception, English language broadcast to Africa via Okeechobee FL (WRMI transmission site) [USA].
  Logged to 1626 UTC.

*Thursday 7 May 2015 : UK General Election day.

July 2015 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 11 July [2015]: 1922 UTC: 17855 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Music on the 16 metre Band, female speech.
  Fair to poor reception, this is Radio Exterior de Espana [Spain] broadcasting to the USA.
  Speech in both Spanish and English.
  Logged to 1934 UTC.

Screenshot of BBC News Hausa, 30 June 2024.

• 11 July: 1945 UTC: 17885 kHz: BBC World Service  Two males in discussion, studio and telephone. Fair to poor reception, this is BBC World Service, on air 1930 - 2000 UTC, 7 days a week, Hausa language broadcast, 250 kW transmission, 55° via Ascension Island to Africa.
  Males continue speaking for a number of minutes. Female speech, music to end of broadcast.
  Logged to 2000 UTC.

September 2015 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 14 September [2015]: 1455 UTC: 25000 kHz: Tentative reception of a time signal broadcast on this frequency: MIKES [Finland] or WWV [USA]. To 1459 UTC.

November 2015 : Short Wave [Tropical Bands]

• [Tuesday] 24 November [2015]: 2011 UTC: 3415 kHz: Shannon Volmet [Ireland]  Continuous weather reports for the airport in Shannon. Female speech.
  Logged to 2022 UTC.
• 24 November: 2044 UTC: 3955 kHz: KBS World Radio [Seoul, South Korea]  Speech from males and females in the German language - This is KBS World Radio, fair to poor reception, German language broadcast to Europe via Woofferton transmission site [UK].
  Music, sport update: boxing. Music, male speech.
  Logged to 2051 UTC.
• 24 November: 2123 UTC: 5000 kHz: WWV [Time signal station, USA]  Fluttery signal.
  Fair to poor reception. To 2125 UTC.
• 24 November: 2128 UTC: 5050 kHz [Spurious broadcast] China Radio International  'Roundtable' programme, English language. Fair to poor reception. To 2137 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: March 2015

 INTERNATIONAL radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave, received Tuesday, March 10, 2015.

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: January 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.

March 2015 : Short Wave

• [Tuesday] 10 March [2015]: 2057 UTC: 15490 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Spanish language football commentary, via the new scheduled broadcast on this frequency, 19 - 23 UTC, Monday to Friday, to Middle East / Asia.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Coverage of Real Madrid v Shalke, which is being played tonight, UEFA Champions League Round of 16, Leg 2 of 2. The score is 3-3 on 67 minutes (5-3 on aggregate).
  Programme: Tablero deportivo via Radio Nacional de Espana. [Programme website]
  Logged to 2113 UTC.
  [Record of the match from UEFA can be found here]
  
  

  

  Assignment editors discuss the latest story developments in the VOA newsroom in Washington, D.C.

• 10 March: 2119 UTC: 15580 kHz: "Music - LOUD music - on Short Wave!"  Voice of America  Female vocalist, singing in English, the track was Ariana Grande 'The Only One'. Male host with news the family of Marvin Gaye are suing Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for plagiarising a Marvin Gaye song for 'Blurred Lines' - Playing now.
  [Link: Marvin Gaye estate vs Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams]
  Music: Rihanna 'Don't Stop The Music'.
  Strong to good reception. English to Africa via Greenville, NC, USA (IBB site).
  Music: Mark Ronson 'Uptown Funk'.
  Programme: 'Border Crossings' / 'Top 10' show. Presenter: Larry London. Music: Fergie 'LA Love'. One Direction 'Little Things'.
  Logged to 2139 UTC.
• 10 March: 2143 UTC: 15610 kHz: WEWN  Birmingham AL [USA]  English language broadcast with a studio based female holding a telephone interview with a male guest; Studio based male holds a telephone interview with a male regarding persecution of Christians in Libya.
  WEWN (EWTN - Catholic programming) to Europe and Middle East. Good reception.
  Programme: 'Kresta in the Afternoon' "brought to you from Catholic Business Pages dot com" [sic].  Live broadcast; Close of the show prior to the top of the hour.
  IDs for EWTN Radio WEWN, broadcasting from Birmingham AL.
  Announcement of frequency for this hour: 15610 kHz for 2200 UTC.
  'News Link': The Vatican. Statement from Pope Francis.
  Now on air, for the next two hours: 'Catholic Answers Live'.
  Logged to 2200 UTC.
• 10 March: 2209 UTC: 15770 kHz: "Speech carries over the airwaves from Okeechobee, FL, USA"
  WRMI  World Radio Miami International  - The broadcast is the voice of Brother Stair on the Overcomer Ministry, broadcasting from Okeechobee to Europe and America. Includes a break for music.
  Fair reception.
  English to Europe and America via Okeechobee FL USA.
  Brother Stair talking about the Second World War, the Japanese attack on the American base Pearl Harbour. Break for music. Continued speech.
  Logged to 2221 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: January 2015

 GREETINGS, welcome to memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Sunday, January 4, 2015.

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: May 2014, 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.

January 2015 : Short Wave

• [Sunday] 4 January [2015]: 1237 UTC: 10000 kHz: WWV Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  Fluctuating signal, good to fair reception [Time signal station].
  To 1249 UTC.
• 4 January: 1252 UTC: 11520 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL (USA)  Music, followed by speech from male, thanking listeners for tuning to WEWN - Part of the EWTN Network - confirming we are listening to WEWN, reminder to retune to 15 MHz for the next broadcast starting very soon. Signing off this frequency - Frequency closed.
  Fair reception, English language broadcast to Europe and Middle East on an alternative frequency.
  Frequency closed at 1257 UTC.
• 4 January: 1324 UTC: 11640 kHz: "Classical music programme - with speech between pieces - Speech from a male, which I believe to be Chinese. Has a slight lilt of French, too! Oh, I am so confused. I think this could be an Unidentified for me, but did sound most like Chinese. Lovely music, though."
  Fair reception, logged to 1332 UTC.
  [Most likely to have been China Radio International]

EWTN [WEWN] QSL, September 2012.

•    4 January: 1335 UTC: 11730 kHz: "I can hear a broadcast, drowned out by noise - Jammed broadcast?"
  Logged to 1339 UTC.
  [Possibly Radio Free Asia]
• 4 January: 1352 UTC: 12085 kHz: Radio Australia  Male speaking of multi-cultural communities in Australia and speaking of the same in South Africa. Corresponding speech from male guest [in studio] - or on telephone.
  Female with news headlines at 1400 UTC, including sport - Tennis results and the weather.
  New programme now on air, music from The Who 'My Generation' used to illustrate piece, about a child and grandparent. Programme about generations.
  Focus on the life of a priest in World War One at the Vatican.
  Fair reception, English language to Asia and Austaralasia via Shepparton (Australia).
  Logged to 1417 UTC.
• 4 January: 1450 UTC: 12115 kHz: Reach Beyond Australia  Females with verses from the Bible. 'Cynthia found her home in Christ'. Female continues with a reading. Bible references. Continuing to 'Spread the word'. Reading from Corinthians II.
  1500 UTC: ID? The broadcast that has just ended was 'Words To Live By'.
  On air now: Male speech.
  Fair reception; Logged to 1510 UTC.
  
• 4 January: 1523 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR-3 Nashville TN USA  Female speaking of God, on a broadcast with propagation. The vocation of following Christ to God.
  This is University Network via WWCR-3 Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  English language to Europe and America.
  Fair to poor reception; "Not very audible."
  Logged to 1535 UTC.
• 4 January: 1554 UTC: 15420 kHz: BBC World Service  Male speech in English "One final thing", "Thank you Andrew" Speech being lost in the propagation. ID at 1557 UTC during a promo.
  1600 UTC: Time pips, news headline: Events in Nigeria.
  'Sportsworld' with Caroline and guest Mark Lawrenson. Football: FA Cup Third Round weekend: Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa v Blackpool. Mark Lawrenson gives his reaction to the fixtures. Live match commentary coming up from Huish Park in the third round of the FA Cup: Yeovil Town versus Manchester United. Also playing today: Chelsea v Watford, Stoke v Wrexham. Southampton also play today.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Sheffield United have beaten Queen's Park Rangers.
  English to Africa (East and South Africa) via Seychelles.
  Loss of reception at 1617 UTC; regained at 1620 UTC, with a report from Huish Park: 0 - 0 at half time.
  Logged to 1637 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: May 2014

 FRIENDS, welcome to another post of the continuous thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: March 2014, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Saturday, May 24, 2014.

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.

May 2014 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 24 May [2014]: 2258 UTC: 9855 kHz: "I hear English language voices - Radio Australia was listed on this frequency during the previous hour, unless the schedule has changed and they continue on this frequency - Co-channel interference too? [Man-made interference and noise] Will refer back following a look at the Radio Australia schedule online."
  To 2305 UTC.
• 24 May: 2312 UTC: 9965 kHz: Music "with that mystical influence" - Radio Cairo broadcasting English to America. Time pips for 15 minutes past the hour. Female voice - Station ID for Radio Cairo. Female speech. Speech regarding Russia - Speech becomes distorted. Poor reception. Speech includes "Government leaders".
  To 2322 UTC.
• 24 May: 2327 UTC: 10000 kHz: "The unmistakeable broadcast from the Time Signal station" WWV Boulder, Colorado, USA. Fair reception. Time pips.
  To 2329 UTC.

"Closing this DX at 2330 UTC on the frequency of 10000 kHz Short Wave.  A reminder that Eden FM launches on 107.5 FM on Friday 20 June 2014.

Football results from today: Championship Play-Off final at Wembley Stadium: QPR 1 - Derby County 0.

Champions League final in Lisbon: Real Madrid 4 - Athletico Madrid 1. Goodnight; 2335 UTC."

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My Short Wave Archive: March 2014

 EXTENDED warm wishes to another post of the continuous thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: May 2013, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Thursday, March 27, 2014.

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.

March 2014 : Short Wave

• [Thursday] 27 March [2014]: 1615 UTC: 7265 kHz: China Radio International  Male speech, followed by ID - Presumed China Radio International, broadcasting in Russian? Fair reception.
  Female speech, news broadcast? Speech regarding François Hollande, President of France.
  Logged to 1620 UTC.
• 27 March: 1632 UTC: 9410 kHz: BBC World Service  Football speech - European football - On the BBC World Service. Football season is coming to a close - Bayern Munich are Champions of Germany, Paris Saint-Germain favourites to be Champions of France, Juventus favourites to be Champions of Italy? [Real] Madrid and Barcelona lead the charge to the title in Spain.
  Fair reception, English language to South Asia via Kranji, Singapore.
  Premiership title race in England lead by Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea.
  World reaction to football news on 'Sport Today', presented by Ian Payne.
  Logged to 1650 UTC.
• 27 March: 1654 UTC: 9435 kHz: China Radio International  Learn to speak Chinese on China Radio International. "I won't go to the company today". "Supermarket".
  Excellent to good reception, English language via Kashi, China.
  Programme comes to a close with the announcement of the contact email address.
  Off air at 1658 UTC.
• 27 March: 1712 UTC: 9500 kHz: Radio Australia  Music programme, broadcast is parallel to 12085 kHz. Music programme with a selection of tango tunes, such as 'Blind Man's Ally'. Male host.
  Fair reception, English to Asia and Australia via Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
  'Daily Planet' programme: 'Tangalo' were the featured band (Link on the Radio Australia website).
  Logged to 1730 UTC.
  [Short Break]
  [1755 UTC: 9500 kHz: Broadcaster playing the piece of music 'Puffing Billy' by Eric Coates! (Railway nostalgia music).]

[Break]

• 27 March: 2245 UTC: 9575 kHz: Medi 1 Morocco  High tempo music with African flavour, speech, clips of music by Dire Straits, Santana, Michael Jackson, speech in French language.
  Female speech, ID as 'Medi Un' - This is Medi 1, Morocco.
  Good reception.
  Male speech, French language, "Come with us" in English language, speech in French, music: Bob Marley 'Is This Love' on the 'Album Story' programme (Link on the Medi 1 Radio website).
  Logged to 2255 UTC.
• 27 March: 2309 UTC: 9855 kHz: Radio Australia  Female host meets a Samoan cricket team, who were talking about community interaction with the teams and the history of cricket in Samoa.
  Fair reception, English to Asia and Australia via Al Dhabbaya, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  One of the visiting cricketers has brought a cricket bat into the studio.
  Logged to 2325 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: May 2013

 DEAR Friends, thank you for returning to a continuous thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio. 

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: March 2013, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Monday, May 27, 2013.

What is Short Wave Radio?

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.

May 2013 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 27 May [2013]: 1948 UTC: 5950 kHz: Voice Of Tigray Revolution  [Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]  British DX Club shows this broadcast on air with Horn of Africa music at this time.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Continuous music.
  Logged as a tentative reception to 1954 UTC.
• 27 May: 2000 UTC: 5960 kHz: China Radio International  'Beyond Beijing' (Male voice ID) News: China creates links with Germany, links with the USA and a visit to the USA. European political ministers gather to discuss Syria. Chinese man sentenced following murder of baby. Statistics show businesses in profit. Membership cards are discussed by Chinese political parties. News by Rebecca Hume.
  'China Drive' presented by Mark Griffiths. Topic of conversation: designers. Weather: Beijing: cloud. Shanghai: rain. Hong Kong: rain. World weather outlook for Tokyo, Sydney, London. Health: World Health Organisation reports a health gap between developed and developing countries has narrowed.
  Strong to good reception.
  English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Albania.
  Logged to 2013 UTC.
• 27 May: 2030 UTC: 6080 kHz: Voice Of America  Male host with IDs for Voice Of America.
  'Africa Beat' contact details include an email address. Music from Nigeria.
  Strong to fair reception.
  English to Africa via Botswana.
  Logged to 2040 UTC.

[Cup of tea break]

Original notes logging International Radio Serbia, Monday, May 27, 2013, 2058-2116 UTC, 6100 kHz.
Good to fair reception, English to Europe via Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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My Short Wave Archive: March 2013

 CONTINUING the thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio, takes us back to March 2013. Coincidentally, this post, bringing the first logs of 2013, is composed on the first day of 2024.

The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: September 2012, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Saturday, March 16, 2013.

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.

March 2013 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 16 March [2013]: 2057 UTC: 2325 kHz: Australian Domestic Radio Services  Flute and whistle music, very low reception [Presumed].
  Logged to 2100 UTC.
• 16 March: 2207 UTC: 3415 kHz: Shannon Volmet, Ireland.  Female voice with weather reports: wind and visibility reports.(Based at Shannon airport, I believe).
  Good reception (Off channel: 3413 kHz).
  Logged to 2215 UTC.

Irish Aviation Authority Shannon Aeradio [Shannon Volmet] QSL card.
Photographer: John Power.

• 16 March: 2237 UTC: 3905 kHz: Radio Alice, Netherlands.  Music: The Clash 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go'. Iggy Pop 'Lust For Life'. ID: "On short wave, this is Radio Alice from the Netherlands". AC/DC 'Whole Lotta Rosie'. ID. Van Halen 'Jump'. Strong to good reception.
  Logged to 2250 UTC.
• 16 March: 2322 UTC: 5000 kHz: WWV Boulder CO [USA]  Rapid-fire 'ticks' from the Time Signal station.
• 16 March: 2329 UTC: 5050 kHz: WWRB Manchester TN [USA]  'DX Corner' The history of IRRS, broadcasting from Milan, which relaunched as Nexus-IBA in 1990. Content regarding BBC, CRI [China Radio International], VOA [Voice of America], UN Radio, UNESCO Radio.
  Strong to good reception, via Global-II transmitter-antenna, serving Australia.
  China has been condemned for jamming shortwave broadcasts. Australian Broadcasting Corporation has launched a new news-based website. 'DX Corner' broadcast closes - 'Back in 2 weeks time'.
  Logged to 2350 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: September 2012

 BETWIXT Christmas and New Year is where we find ourselves at the moment of this post being composed; A dark, stormy, late afternoon in December 2023.

Welcome to a continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.  The previous post of the thread, My Short Wave Archive: May 2012, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Sunday, September 16, 2012.

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.

September 2012 : Short Wave

• [Sunday] 16 September [2012]: 1150 UTC: 15430 kHz: Radio Romania International  Good reception, English language to Europe and Africa. Female speech, greetings from the studio manager, music.
  'The Cooking Show' Local produce in jars, cellophane, string. Onions, carrots, peppers, tomatoes.
  Frequency announcements, satellite broadcasts, contact details, interval signature tune, off air at 1156 UTC.
• 16 September: 1226 UTC: 15450 kHz: The Voice of Turkey  Piano interval signature tune, female speech: "This is The Voice of Turkey". Strong to good reception, English to Europe, 1230 - 1330 UTC. Time signal, intro, announcement of email address: englishdesk at trt - world dot com
  News: Turkish Prime Minister visiting Bosnia-Herzigovina. Turkish Foreign Minister speaks to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on the phone. Turkish Prime Minister receives an award; Visits Sarajevo. Foreign Minister and Secretary of State Clinton speak of events in North Africa and Middle East. Attacks in Syria: Aleppo, Damascus. UN-Arab League met with Assad. Memories of martyrs; Remembrance ceremony. Democracy martyrs 1960, hanged September 16, 1961. Sudan rejects US marines to protect embassy in Sudan. ID: 'Voice of Turkey, Ankara'.
  'Review of the Turkish Press' Prime Minister visiting Bosnia-Herzigovina. Turkey would like no more than five children in each family. Turkish aircraft on show at Berlin airshow. Unrest over US video. Child left at home. Underground ceremony in Paris.
  Website address, email address.
  Logged to 1248 UTC.
• 16 September: 1307 UTC: 15575 kHz: BBC World Service  Male speech.
  Moderate to barely audible reception, English to Middle East via Cyprus.
  Signal fade up: Speech of Assad, President of Syria.
  Logged to 1310 UTC.

Radio Exterior de Espana Programme Guide, 2012

• 16 September: 1311 UTC: 15585 kHz: Radio Exterior de España  Hip-hop style music, followed by male and female speech in the Spanish language, music. This is the Spanish language service of Radio Exterior de España, with the programme 'Mundofonías 2' (World music programme).
  Strong to good reception, Spanish language to Europe.
  Male speech, female speech, music at 1322 UTC.
  Logged to 1328 UTC.
• 16 September: 1335 UTC: 15615 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL
  Male host speaking to a male guest regarding prayer and confession. Male guest has written a book about prayer, confession and Saints.
  This is WEWN Birmingham AL (USA), English language to Asia via EWTN - Catholic Programmes. The programme is 'EWTN Bookmark'.
  Strong to good reception, English to Asia.
  The guest's book also considers spirituality. 'Adventures of Daily Prayer' is the name of the book.
  Logged to 1350 UTC.

[Break at 1400 UTC]

• 16 September: 1450 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR  Music, male speech from 'The Temple of Jesus Christ'; The speaking male is leading singing in prayer. Passionate speech from the male: "Jesus said 'No one reaches the Father without passing through me'", readings from Genesis and the Old Testament.
  This is WWCR-1 Nashville TN (USA), English to Europe, Middle East, America.
  Strong to good reception.
  This broadcast is 'A Temple of Jesus Christ' with Cleveland Waters.
  Logged to 1520 UTC.
• 16 September: 1526 UTC: 17510 kHz: WHRI  Male speaking of God, his faith and the gift of the Evangelist.
  This broadcast is 'MFC Worldwide' readings from the scripture by the male; A reminder of the website address [m f c ministries dot net] and broadcast times: Sunday, 1030 Eastern Time, 1530 UTC; Wednesday 0030 UTC. Hosts are Father Joe and Pastor Reno. A reminder of the email address [media at m f c ministries dot net], Greetings to the Porosic family. 'MFC Worldwide' has come to a close. Music. IDs for the website whr dot org and the email address whr at lesea dot org
  This is WHRI - Cypress Creek SC (USA), English to Europe, Africa, America.
  A feature broadcast by the son of the founder of WHRI, Mr L Sumrall.
  Strong to good reception.
  Logged to 1545 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: May 2012

 AUTUMN has given way to Winter, which is an appropriate opening to this blog post, as the previous post was uploaded in Summer!

The previous post in the continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio, My Short Wave Archive: February 2012, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Friday, May 4, 2012.

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.

May 2012 : Short Wave

• [Friday] 4 May [2012]: 0942 UTC: 11520 kHz: WEWN Birmingham AL [EWTN Global Catholic Radio / EWTN Shortwave Radio (WEWN)]
  Group prayers, including the Lord's Prayer, 'Holy Rosary with Mother Angelica and the Nuns of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery'.
  Good reception, English to Africa - Asia - Middle East - Europe.
  Logged to 10:00 UTC.
• 4 May: 1055 UTC: 13635 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  Two tracks of pop-style music up to 1100 UTC, time pips at the top of the hour, male speech, news - a story from Australia? Don't recognise the language. Male speech, music, female voice.
  Good reception.
  Logged to 1115 UTC.
• 4 May: 1124 UTC: 13650 kHz: China Radio International  Male host, telephone interview regarding the investment of British breakfast cereals in China. Peter Smith hosts 'The Beijing Hour'.
  Break: Male speaks of the Needham Research Institute.
  Strong to good reception, English to Europe, Asia, America via Albania.
  China and South Sudan have dialogue. China's population rises.
  [Headlines] Al-qaeda operatives killed. US publishes documents collected after Bin Laden raid in May 2011. Beijing news, press review. Stories from Shanghai. Presentation team: Emily Hennessee and Peter Smith. Report on dating parties in China.
  Logged to 1140 UTC.
• 4 May: 1258 UTC: 13665 kHz: Radio Rossii  Male speech with cheering children, ID, short speech by female, time pips for 1300 UTC, male with ID - Off air.
  Good reception.
  Logged to 1300 UTC.
  
  

  

  By VGRTK - https://vgtrk.ru/logos, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=141988097
  Radio Rossii logo.

  
  
• 4 May: 1306 UTC: 13670 kHz: China Radio International  Female speech over soothing piano music, female and male speech with oriental music, so nice!
  Good reception, Chinese language.
  Logged to 1320 UTC.
• 4 May: 1330 UTC: 13710 kHz: China Radio International  French language service, female speech with backing track.
  Good reception.
  Interviews dubbed into the French language.
  Logged to 1342 UTC.
• 4 May: 1349 UTC: 13790 kHz: China Radio International  Good reception, English to Europe, Asia, Australia, America via Urumchi, China.
  Male speech about top 10 boring jobs! Trail for CRI broadcasts on the 'Beyond Beijing' show. Learn Chinese on 'Chinese Studios'.
  Logged to 1355 UTC.
• 4 May: 1405 UTC: 13820 kHz: BBC World Service  Fair to poor reception. English to Middle East via Cyprus. Female host of 'World Briefing' with story of Chinese dissident allowed to stay in a Beijing hospital, as he campaigns to be allowed to travel to the USA. Male reporter.
  Logged to 1412 UTC.
• 4 May: 1418 UTC: 13845 kHz: University Network via WWCR-3 Nashville TN.
  Larry from Arkansas in on the air, to Europe and America. Female and male speech.
  Fair to poor reception. Female host: "Let's go to John in Missouri".
  Logged to 1426 UTC.
• 4 May: 1450 UTC: 15190 kHz: IRRS - Shortwave Milan, broadcasting The Overcomer Ministry to Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, via Romania.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Brother R G Stair talks of the trials of faith, which test humanity before the Lord comes.
  Logged to 1500 UTC.
  
  

  

  2011 Overcomer Ministry QSL card.

• 4 May: 1505 UTC: 15190 kHz: Radio Africa  Female speech regarding the habib and the Koran.
  This is Radio Africa via Malabo.
  Strong to good reception. English to Africa.
  Female speaking in defence of the Koran and Islamic Law.
  Logged to sign off at 1515 UTC.
• 4 May: 1520 UTC: 15200 kHz: KTWR - Trans World Radio  Male speaks in praise of God. Group of singers. Male speech: "May God bless you. Email the station. Tune in tomorrow".
  Trans World Radio via Agana, Guam.
  Good to fair reception, English to Asia via Guam.
  Logged to close of broadcast at 1522 UTC.
• 4 May: 1535 UTC: 15245 UTC: Voice of Korea  Male speech: "We owe nothing to the Soviet Union, and invited us to the Soviet Union in 1939, when invasion by Japan seemed imminent. At this point, the Koreans and the Soviet forces were prepared for the Japanese invasion of North Eastern China" - These are the memories of a man being translated.
  This broadcast is Voice of Korea, Pyongyang.
  Homage to The Great Leader President. ID: "This is Voice of Korea". Male and female speech, music.
  Good reception, English to Europe, America.
  The memories were those of the Great Leader President.
  Male host concludes broadcast with times and frequencies; "Goodbye, this is Pyongyang".
  Logged to 1555 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: February 2012

YOU are warmly welcomed, on a wet July day, to another post in the continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: November 2011, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard [Valentine's Day] Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

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.

February 2012 : Short Wave

ERT The Voice of Greece QSL Verification Card.

• [Tuesday] 14 February [2012]: 1830 UTC: 9420 kHz: The Voice of Greece  Music from a female vocalist with piano accompaniment, male speech (host), music from female vocalist with varied instrumentation. New track.
  This is The Voice of Greece. Excellent to good reception. Greek to Europe, America, Atlantic Ocean.
  Speech from male host, music from female vocalist with instrumentation. Another female vocalist with instrumentation, 1845 UTC.
  Male vocalist, guitar. Speech from male host. More music from male vocalist.
  Logged to 1850 UTC.
• 14 February: 1855 UTC: 9430 kHz: BBC World Service  Speech from female host, bringing in a caller from Africa to talk about their standard of living in Nigeria, talking about Valentine's Day on BBC World Service, male studio guest with female host.
  Fair reception. ID for BBC. ID for 'You & Yours' every weekend with Bridget Kendall.
  Time Signal for 1900 UTC. Male speech. News from Nigeria. World News: Security operations in Bahrain.
  This hour: English to West & Central Africa via Woofferton, Shropshire, UK (Babcock transmitter site).
  News from the USA, The White House regarding the forthcoming presidential elections, austerity measures. News from Pakistan. Speech from female on a declining signal. Eurozone countries. Bailout plan. 400 million Euro shortfall. News from Iraq. UN.
  ID for BBC World Service.
  Logged to 1910 UTC.
• 14 February: 1910 UTC: 9445 kHz: All India Radio  Male interviewing male, on location, "What do you think of the financial problems between the East and the West?", "What are your plans for the future?", "I have worked in institutions and foundations since the 1960s - 1970s".
  Professor from Boston was the guest.
  "You are tuned to the General Overseas Service of All India Radio".
  All India Radio, Good reception, English to Europe and Africa.
  Music: Male vocals, with instrumentation.
  Logged to 1925 UTC.
• 14 February: 1930 UTC: 9500 kHz: Radio Australia  News from the Japan power stations; Power station in Gaza Strip has shut down as it ran out of fuel.
  Cricket: Sri Lanka v India, interview with Sri Lanka captain. Adelaide Oval.
  Cycling: Andre Greipel wins latest stage of the Tour of Oman. Update on Australian cyclists.
  Weather reports from Melbourne, Canberra, all over Australia.
  ABC News. Breakfast! 15th February 2012, 0636 in Australia.
  Female host interviews representative from Abacus organisation, regarding credit unions and Building Societies not following banks to alter interest rates. Guest is calling from Melbourne.
  Radio Australia. Excellent to good reception. English to Asia and Australasia via Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
  Louise Peschler was the guest from Abacus. Mutuals were not following the big banks.
  Quarter to seven on breakfast. Natasha Mitchell on air later today. Mr Oakshott on air for interview soon. Interview with Shane, regarding dental care. "Ten minutes to Seven".
  Rob Oakshott joins us from Parliament House. Business news.
  Radio National, Fran Kelly.
  Logged to 20:00 UTC.
• 14 February: 2015 UTC: 9515 kHz: Family Radio  Speech by male, I believe in prayer to Allah, Arabic language.
  British DX Club suggests Family Radio via Nauen [Germany] at this time?
• 14 February: 2025 UTC: 9600 kHz: China Radio International  Male host with report regarding Valentine's Day on China Radio International. Music.
  Excellent to good reception. English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Kashi, China.
  'China Drive' : 'Media Scan' ? Investigations into the use of the Apple iPad in China, over concerns of approved usage of the name 'iPad' in Hong Kong and other areas of the Chinese mainland.

Adventist World Radio verification letter, 2012

• 14 February: 2045 UTC: 9655 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Female host with news headlines and focus on a film festival and Angelina Jolie, spot with a website address for Glee?
  Report regarding a newly elected leader with focus on the need of clean water within a community; Hip-hop festival to draw attention to these requirements.
  British DX Club shows Deutsche Welle.
  People knocking on doors, asking for food. Shanty town.
  Fair to poor reception. English to Africa via Kigali, Rwanda (Deutsche Welle transmitter).
  Deutsche Welle confirmed.
  Website; "Thank you to our studio team, Nigel... Goodbye" Music.
  Logged to 2100 UTC.
• 14 February: 2120 UTC: 9830 kHz: Adventist World Radio  Male speaker proclaiming that God is up on high and the Spirit and the Lord are all of heaven. This is Adventist World Radio.
  Fair reception. English to Africa via Moosbrunn, Austria.
  "I give my Spirit to him, Hallelujah"
  Music. Contact address: 96300 Adventist World Radio Ghana. Male speech with contact details, brief speech by female, speech by male. Trumpets.
  Off air at 2130 UTC.
• 14 February: 2145 UTC: 9915 kHz: BBC World Service  Discussion regarding radio and audio - Will radio still be the same in ten years time?
  This has been the BBC World Service programme 'Click' - Science and technology.
  Feature regarding London: Part 1 'Home'.
  Excellent to fair reception. English to West & Central Africa via Ascension Island.
  Overspill from All India Radio on 9910 kHz.
  Logged to 2200 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: November 2011

XENODOCHY, or Welcome, to another post in the continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.

Apologies for my absence!

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: September 2011, can be found here.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Monday, November 28, 2011.

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.

November 2011 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 28 November [2011]: 1951 UTC: 7485 kHz: Voice of America  Special English
  Excellent to good reception.
  'VOA Special English' with a male and female host, with a programme regarding 'rhetoric', with speech regarding the Presidential TV debate between Nixon and Kennedy; Martin Luther King 'I Had A Dream' speech, Ronald Reagan speaking at the Berlin Wall, with words directed to Mr Gorbachev.
  Speech by Eleanor Roosevelt, recorded December 9, 1948.
  Content from the American Rhetoric website.
  President G W Bush speaking in Florida on September 11, 2001.
  Off suddenly at 20:00 UTC.
• 28 November: 2040 UTC: 7550 kHz: All India Radio  Vocal singing by a female and a male with guests on All India Radio.  Good atmosphere.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Vocal singing; No instruments.
  Announcement of frequencies at 2048 UTC: 7550 kHz; 9445 kHz; 11670 kHz. Broadcasting to Australia on 9910 kHz.
  Review of the Indian Press. Proposal to liberate visa regimes between India and Pakistan.  India - China border talks, with respect of the border between India and China.  India treats the Dalai Llama as a spiritually respected leader.
  This is the English Service of the General Overseas Service of All India Radio. ID. Music.
  2100 UTC: Male host: 'Please stand by for the news': Parliament was adjourned regarding an issue. India and Bulgaria have signed an agreement regarding medical services. Court proceedings in India. Elections taking place for the 'Lower House' of Egyptian Parliament. Resignation over corruption in Kuwait. Nineteen killed by suicide bomb outside prison in Iraq.
  Headlines. ID. Political commentary: Justice has been done over the Mumbai attacks - The men who carried out the attacks are in Pakistan. News read by female; Political commentary by male host.
  ID. Hindustani instrument and music. 'Faithfully Yours' feature; Postal address: P O Box 500, Post Code 110001. All India Radio email address also announced.
  Logged to 2110 UTC.
• 28 November: 2116 UTC: 7560 kHz: Voice of America  English to Afghanistan.
  Feature at 2140 UTC: Programme regarding the life and music of Johnny Cash!
  Music included 'Jackson', 'Hurt', 'I Walk The Line'.
  Fair reception.
  Logged to 2200 UTC.
• 28 November: 2212 UTC: 7580 kHz: Radio Farda  Music, female voice with ID, music.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Female speaking over music bed, with a telephone ringer at beginning and end of item. Male speech with ID, speech in Persian language, music.
  Logged to 2220 UTC.
  
• 28 November: 2250 UTC: 9420 kHz: The Voice of Greece  Music, female host with fast speech.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Female host, Greek language, continued speech between female and male, news at 2300 UTC, music. Time check, ID.
  Greek language to Europe and America (Atlantic Ocean).
  English language ID!
  Logged to 2310 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: September 2011

 WELCOME all, to another post in the continuing thread of memories of radio broadcasts, heard via Short Wave Radio.

This post brings memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Sunday, September 18, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: July 2011, 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.

September 2011 : Short Wave

• [Sunday] 18 September [2011]: 1139 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Host and guest discussing politics in Germany in September and October.
  Excellent to fair reception.
  ID, music.
  German to Europe via Rampisham [UK], 49m Band broadcast.
  Fluctuating man-made noise.
  Report regarding Pope Benedict's visit to Germany; Memories of his time as Cardinal Ratzinger. The Pope hailed from Germany.
  'Magazine' programme; music.
  'Deutsche Welle Sport'  Bundesliga football, Lukas Podolski, Leverkusen. Borussia Mönchengladbach, Werder Bremen. Hoffenheim, Ryan Babel. Jose Mourinho, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich.
  Increase in man-made noise, Deutsche Welle ID to 1200 UTC.
  Logged to 1200 UTC.

[Lunch break at 1210 UTC]

• 18 September: 1321 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle still on the air, German to Europe via Rampisham [UK].
• 18 September: 1332 UTC: 6190 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  via Berlin
  Good to fair reception.
  German male speech. Choirs and Classical music. Speech at 1338 UTC in German language by male and female.
  German language to Europe via Berlin. Classical choir music.
  Contact details: 50968 Cologne, Germany.
  Transmission: 6190 kHz via Berlin, 17 kW.
  Logged to 1347 UTC.
• 18 September: 1405 UTC: 6295 kHz: Reflections Europe  Jack Van Impe Ministries
  Voices in praise of Jesus Christ. Rexella Van Impe speaks of Russia and China building up their missile defences; speaks of population increase around the world.
  Jack Van Impe quotes from the Bible; speaks of cyber war as a global conflict: References from the Pentagon and BBC News.
  Contact details: PO Box 7004, Troy MI 48007-7004 USA
  ID for Reflections Europe.
  Logged to 1430 UTC.
• 18 September: 1439 UTC: 6305 kHz: Radio Merlin International  Music: Transvision Vamp 'Baby I Don't Care'; Men At Work. Distorted speech. Music: The Real Thing 'You To Me Are Everything'.
  Fair reception.
  Music: Scissor Sisters; Beats International 'Dub Be Good To Me'; Derek and the Dominoes 'Layla'. Male speech: Apologies for the interference.
  ID; Music: 'Wig Wam Bam'; The Specials 'Ghost Town'; Boney M 'Rivers of Babylon'.
  ID with contact address; Music: Gary Newman 'Cars'; ID with 6305 kHz frequency!
  Music: The Love Affair 'Everlasting Love'.
  Logged to 1530 UTC.

Irish Music Radio QSL, September 2011

• 18 September: 1550 UTC: 6930 kHz: Irish Music Radio  Dance music.
  Female host with ID; Details of messages sent to the studio, via email. Music.
  Good to fair reception.
  English language speech, female host, ID '...in the west coast of Ireland', Dance music: Amelie 'I'm Into You'.
  Female speech, music: The Bee Gees 'Massachusetts'; David Guetta 'Glad You Came'.
  Logged to 1615 UTC.
• 18 September: 1639 UTC: 7250 kHz: Vatican Radio  Fair reception.
  Slovenian language to Europe, male speech, act of worship, music, female speech.
  Logged to 1645 UTC.

[Break at 1650 UTC)

• 18 September: 1745 UTC: 7250 kHz: Vatican Radio  Slovak [language] to Europe.
• 18 September: 1800 UTC: 7275 kHz: Radio Exterior de España  Excellent to good reception; Spanish to Europe.
  'Tablero Deportivo V' Football programme; Commentators at sporting arenas with loud PA systems, playing The Beatles 'Money Can't Buy Me Love' and Queen 'We Will Rock You'. Fast moving speech from commentator, over the PA announcer. Football team announced: Sergio Ramos, Di Maria - I think this is a Real Madrid match.
  Reporter at Valencia. Music. Speech from Malaga and Villareal.
  Sergio Ramos and Di Maria have scored goals for Real Madrid.
  Logged to 1822 UTC.
• 18 September: 1840 UTC: 7290 kHz: The Overcomer Ministry [Brother R G Stair] via IRRS [based in Milan, Italy]  Fair to Poor reception; English language to Europe and Middle East, via transmission sites in Slovakia or Romania.
  Brother R G Stair, with readings from the scriptures.
  Broadcast interference from Radio Exterior de España and other stations.
  Brother R G Stair speaks of the future of America: "Troops massing on US-Mexico border, for alleged 'invasion of Mexico'". "George W Bush did not understand climate change". "Climate scientists believe Texas - North Mexico area may, in the future, become desert".
  "Worldwide water shortage ~ Farmers crops, including pumpkin, have been destroyed".
  Announcement of postal address for Milan; "IRRS signing off".
  Logged to 1900 UTC.

[Darkness fell at 1900 UTC, 8pm BST]

• 18 September: 1922 UTC: 7400 kHz: Radio Bulgaria  I can hear the German language service.
  Fair reception; German language to Europe.
  Male speaking with frequent references to Deutschland. Female host with female guest on telephone.
  Logged to 1930 UTC.

Radio Bulgaria QSL, 18 September 2011 [1922-1930 UTC; 7400 kHz]

• 18 September: 1945 UTC: 7485 kHz: Voice of America  VOA Special English programme 'Words and their stories': In the dog house, dog days, raining cats and dogs.
  'People in America' Louisa May Alcock, writer, author of 'Little Women'. Born in Pennsylvania, 1832. Died 1888.
  Good reception; VOA Special English to Middle East via Iranawila, Sri Lanka (IBB transmission site).
  Logged to 20:00 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: July 2011

 VERY warm welcome, on a cold, snow day (March 9th!) to memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts heard Friday, July 8, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: May 2011, 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 2011 : Short Wave

• [Friday] 8 July [2011]: 0825 UTC: 17730 kHz: Broadcasting Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  Poor reception; Propagation on this frequency, with audio, very low power, male speech, possibly music.
  Arabic language, 500 kW to North Africa.
  Logged to 0831 UTC.
• 8 July: 0843 UTC: 17790 kHz: BBC World Service  To Asia via Oman (English service).
  Poor reception.  Barely audible speech; Also music.
  Logged to 0848 UTC.
  [See BBC Eastern Relay Station on Google Maps, below]

• 8 July: 0854 UTC: 17830 kHz: BBC World Service  Fair to poor reception.
  English to West Africa via Ascension Island.
  Male host in heated debate with Prime Minister David Cameron regarding News International.
  Time 'pips' at 0900 UTC, male speech.
  Logged to 0906 UTC.
• 8 July: 0916 UTC: 17880 kHz: Radio Sawa  Female speech, music.
  Radio Sawa via Kuwait; Good to fair reception.
  Arabic speech from female, music ranges from pop to traditional, with vocals.
  250 kW to North Africa.
  Contact details include via Facebook, by phone or email.
  Logged to 0941 UTC.

[Break at 0950 UTC]

• 8 July: 1213 UTC: 21540 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Spanish language, confirmed by ID.
  250 kW to Africa. Excellent to fair reception.
  Programming: ID, female host, ID, male speech, continued speech from female, co-host with male. Politics in Spain. Male speech. Female speech.
  Spanish language to Equatorial Africa.
  Logged to 1232 UTC.
• 8 July: 1232 UTC: 21540 kHz: Radio Kuwait  Male speech.
  Good to fair reception.
  Mixture of male speech and music; Continuing speech by male (Arabic language).
  500 kW to Europe.
  Logged to 1238 UTC.
• 8 July: 1243 UTC: 21610 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Excellent to good reception; Spanish language to Middle East.
  Female host with political news, including UK: 'News of the World' newspaper to publish for the last time this Sunday; Recording of a statement by Prime Minister David Cameron; Speech by male, including mention of Rupert Murdoch.  Speech by male and female. New topic discussion led by female, regarding France and Spain.
  350 kW transmission.
  Logged to 1253 UTC.
• 8 July: 1300 UTC: 21840 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Broadcast comes to a close; German language broadcast.
  Deutsche Welle via Sines, Portugal; German language broadcast; 250 kW to South Asia.

Letter from MIKES Centre for Metrology and Accreditation, Finland, July 2011.

• 8 July: 1310 UTC: 25000 kHz: MIKES Centre for Metrology and Accreditation  (Espoo, Finland)
  Fair to poor reception.
  Time Signal station; Low-power broadcast of a Time Signal, which was a 'tick' every half second.  Signal levels fluctuated; Poor reception.
  Logged to 1316 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: May 2011

UNIVERSALLY received radio broadcasts aren't as commonplace in 2023, sadly, though just over a decade ago, broadcasts from around the globe could be heard with ease, on the Short Wave radio band.

This post brings memories of radio broadcasts heard Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: March 2011, 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.

May 2011 : Short Wave

• [Wednesday] 4 May [2011]: 1950 UTC: 15610 kHz: WEWN Global Catholic Radio  Male host, Father Mitch, taking calls on 1-800-585-9396, callers with their questions with regards to the Bible, callers ask regarding Body of Christ / Blood of Christ, the Hebrew scriptures and a call from Charlie, a regular caller.
  ID: EWTN, WEWN Global Catholic Radio.
  Break in transmission, changing direction of target area, switching on and off at 1955 UTC.
  Excellent to good reception, English to Middle East.
  Programme returns at 20:04 UTC, now broadcasting to Asia.  Female caller speaks to Father Mitch. Male caller speaks of a new book regarding confession: 'Go In Peace'.
  Break, trailers for programmes coming up on EWTN Radio.
  Father Mitch on 'Openline'.
  Logged to 2010 UTC.
• 4 May: 2024 UTC: 15630 kHz: Voice of Greece  Spanish language, male speech.
  100 kW transmission.
• 4 May: 2030 UTC: 15695 kHz: WYFR Family Radio  German language, male speech.
  100 kW transmission from Okeechobee, Florida.
• 4 May: 2035 UTC: 15825 kHz: ['The unmistakable sound of'] WWCR Nashville TN  Music, sponsor announcement. The Pat Boone Show. Music: 'In Remembrance of Me'. ID for 'The Pat Boone Show'.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Sponsors messages. Christian music by Jesse Rose 'This Road To Follow' on 'The Pat Boone Partyline'.
  WWCR-1 Nashville TN : English to Europe, Middle East and America.
  Speech: 'Trust in God' by Debbie Boone. Pat Boone signs off, instrumental harp rendition of 'Abide With Me'.
  Logged to 2050 UTC.
• 4 May: 21:11 UTC: 17560 kHz: Radio Havana Cuba  Male and female speech, Spanish language.
  100 kW transmission.

Radio Havana Cuba envelope, 2006.

• 4 May: 21:17 UTC: 17595 kHz: Radio Exterior de Espana  Portuguese language broadcast to South America. Female host with female guest. News broadcast.
  350 kW transmission.
• 4 May: 2125 UTC: 17605 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  Excellent to good reception.
  Dutch to South America.
  Male speech, news report, sports report, website link, Dutch national anthem to close on the half hour.
  Schedule announcement in 'Holland Summertime' - Off air at 2128 UTC (22:28 BST; 2328 'Holland Summertime').
  250 kW transmission from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
• 4 May: 2151 UTC: 17680 kHz: CVC La Voz Cristiana  Spanish language.
  100 kW transmission from Chile.
  
• 4 May: 2155 UTC: 17725 kHz: WYFR Family Radio  French language broadcast, male speech.
  Good to poor reception.
  Music (Guitar and flute) to close of this French language broadcast at 2158 UTC.
  2200 UTC: Female speech in the Portuguese language. Music: Baritone vocals. Reception is not clear.
  140° transmission from Okeechobee, Florida. 100 kW.

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My Short Wave Archive: March 2011

 TAKING time to reflect on memories of Short Wave radio broadcasts, heard Spring 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: January 2011, 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.

March 2011 : Short Wave

• [Monday] 7 March [2011]: 1352 UTC: 11735 kHz: Voice of Turkey  Music with male vocals.
  Good reception. English to Asia.
  Male speech with music. Profile of Alexander Linokov. Music, speech. Reference to World War 1, 'Turkish war of independence'. Close of programme.
  Voice of Turkey ID.
  'Did You Know That?' Question of the month.
  Food recipe. Female speech. Music. Female speech.
  Logged to 1411 UTC.
  
  

  

  Sticker from Voice of Turkey, March 2011.

  
  
• 7 March: 1420 UTC: 11750 kHz: Radio Farda  Music in a Middle-Eastern style and language, this is Radio Farda via Germany, in the Farsi language.
  Music with vocals, whistling and scratching!
  Male speech with email address and ID.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Music with male vocals. Female host with ID. Music with male vocals, a ballad.
  Logged to 1430 UTC.
• 7 March: 1444 UTC: 12150 kHz: Voice of America  Female host with speech regarding Indonesia, male host 'Asia is most disaster-prone area' quote.
  Europe: France: Jacques Chirac to stand trial for fraud.
  USA: Washington: Federal agency spending. Senator John Kerry appeared on CBS 'Face The Nation'.
  Good to fair reception.  English to Asia via Iranawila, Sri Lanka (IBB transmitter).
  Male reporter: Californian 'Humming Bird' drone planes; The 'Nano Humming Bird'.
  Female host with programme credits.
  'Editorial' regarding the USA finding common interest with the World.  The President is due to visit Latin America.
  Postal address and website contact details.
  ID "From Washington, this is VOA News".
  1500 UTC: Libyan airstrikes on a coastal city.  Handover of security to Afghan agencies.  South Korean internet activity disrupted - by North Korea.  Western Somali militants flee.  Ivory Coast protests and violence.  Buildings burned in Sudan.  Jacques Chirac to stand trial, regarding allegations of corruption, when Mayor of Paris.  NASA Discovery to return from space.  Indian corruption.  World markets. 'VOA News Centre'.
  Now on air: 'Border Crossings' on 'VOA Music Mix': Music: Justin Bieber. Male host: Larry London. Justin Bieber spoke to 'People' magazine about his relationship with Selena Gomez.  Request for a Justin Bieber song.  Request from Kuwait for Hootie and The Blowfish.  Promotion for the 'Border Crossings' Facebook page.  Request for Celine Dion.
  Logged to 1520 UTC.

[Cup of tea at 1520 UTC]

• 7 March: 1552 UTC: 13640 kHz: Radio Tirana  'Sports Roundup' Football results include a Quarter Final of a competition.  Tirana football team.  Penalty kicks.  Preview of the 'Semi Final round of the Cup of Albania'.  Goals and scorers in other fixtures.
  Female host.  Music.
  Good to fair reception.  English to America.
  "You have been with our English programme for today; Goodbye from Albania" (Female speech).  Signature tune.
  Off air at 1559 UTC.
• 7 March: 1623 UTC: 13845 kHz: WWCR-3 Nashville TN  Male host speaks of the unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, with male telephone caller.  Male host speaks of the threat of terrorism in the United States;  Male host hopes God will protect Israel.  Male telephone caller speaks his views on Israel, comments on Egypt and Palestine.
  Ad break: 'John' speaks of his health; Military surplus supplies; Sports water filtration systems; Food ordered direct; e-books.
  ID 'GCN Radio Network'.  Male host introduces male telephone caller.
  Good to fair reception.  English to Europe and America.
  'Genesis Communications Network' (GCN) Radio Network + University Network.
  Male telephone caller speaks his views on Middle Eastern matters, Condoleeza Rice, Israel and Palestine.
  Ad break: Health support; gold brokers; Offshore asset management; Protect yourself from violence and terrorism in the USA; 'Heart and Body Extract' Blood pressure.
  Logged to 1650 UTC.
• 7 March: 1704 UTC: 14670 kHz: C H U  Canadian Time Signal station CHU emitting one second ticks, with a male voice 'C H U...' changes in tone, possible co-channel interference.  Some of the clicks include a double click.
  Good to fair reception.
  Possible spurious co-channel interference from Voice of America.
  Logged to 1714 UTC.
• 7 March: 1721 UTC: 15000 kHz: W W V  American Time Signal station WWV Fort Collins Colorado USA.  One second ticks, followed by rapid-fire ticks.  Co-channel interference from amateur radio users?
  Fair reception.
  Logged to 1733 UTC.

WWV QSL card, March 2011.

• 7 March: 1744 UTC: 15235 kHz: Channel Africa  Male host, recording of a male in a room with a good echo, combined with speech hard to follow due to signal levels.  English speaking males.
  ID for Channel Africa, Johannesburg.
  Female host 'You're listening to Africa Digest'  Male with news headlines.  Programme email address.  Music.
  Fair to poor reception.  English to Africa via Meyerton, South Africa (Sentech transmitter).
  Logged to 1751 UTC.
• 7 March: 1803 UTC: 15365 kHz: Radio Canada International  Discussion regarding obese Canadian children.  Report regarding Canadian soldiers who served in Afghanistan 2003-2006.
  ID for Radio Canada International; News desk in Montreal.
  Female host with 'The Link'  Homelessness; Longest winter road.  Promotion for a feature with Marc Montgomery.  Government study to help Canadian homeless, including submission from the Mental Health Commissioner of Canada to be included in the study.
  Good reception.  English to Africa via Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
  Music from Arcade Fire.
  Logged to 1815 UTC.

[Supper break: 1820 UTC]

• 7 March: 1950 UTC: 15365 kHz: Radio Canada International  Good to fair reception.  French language service to Africa.
  Report from an outside broadcast: Females speaking.  Speech from male in studio.
  Off air at 1959 UTC.
• 7 March: 2007 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service  BBC Arabic Service correspondent tells male host of the military situation in Libya.
  Excellent to fair reception.  English to West Africa via Ascension Island (BBC transmitter).
  Residents of Benghazi speak to BBC correspondent.  Studio guests discuss the 'pros and cons' of a Libyan no-fly zone.  'Newshour'  Sarah Palin, USA.  News headlines at 2020 UTC: Libya;  Police Chief of Mexico dismissed.
  Logged to 2020 UTC.
• 7 March: 2032 UTC: 15520 kHz: WYFR Family Radio  Male host reads passages from Genesis (The first book of Moses, Old Testament).
  ID.  Jonah's message to man, the land was flooded.
  WYFR via Ascension Island;  Good to fair reception;  To Africa.
  Reading from the Book of Jonah  'May God have mercy on you'.
  Postal address for Family Radio;  Email address;  Also international postal addresses and PO Box numbers for Family Radio, accessible for listeners in South Africa and India.  Music.
  Programme: 'Teaching Book Reading Programme': 'I Hope God Will Save Me' by Harold Camping.
  Logged to 2045 UTC.
• 7 March: 2053 UTC: 15580 kHz: Voice of America  Up-tempo music for Africa from Voice of America via Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (RNW transmitter).
  Excellent to good reception.  English to Africa.
  'African Beat'  Voice of America ID.  Link to the close of the programme from the male host.
  Off air at 2059 UTC.

[Cup of tea break: 2105 UTC]

Letter cover from WEWN (EWTN) March 2011

• 7 March: 2116 UTC: 15610 kHz: WEWN  Birmingham AL (EWTN - Catholic programmes) to Africa.  Fair to poor reception.
  Speech from both a male and a female; Female reads out a telephone number by which you can contact the show.  Music.  Male speech regarding Church.  Male speech with website details.
  Logged to 2125 UTC.

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My Short Wave Archive: January 2011

 SHORT Wave radio listening, on the final Saturday of January, 2011.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: December 31, 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.

January 2011 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 29 January [2011]: 1455 UTC: 7585 kHz: Vatican Radio  Male broadcaster, speech with music, this is the Hindi / Tamil / Malayalan / English block broadcast from Vatican Radio to Asia via Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1510 UTC.
• 29 January: 1556 UTC: 9420 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  "I have been listening to a football based broadcast for a while, appears to be based around the English football leagues, Championship, League One, League Two, also non-league football in England and the Premier and football leagues in Scotland. Seems to be Spanish language?"
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1610 UTC.
• 29 January: 1613 UTC: 9475 kHz: Radio Australia  Female host with a female guest, speaking about a writer, or writers, I do believe they are speaking about a male writer, "published in 1998", fair signal, "What did they find in the novel..." question.  "A poet, an author, a doctor".
  Good to fair reception.
  English to Asia, Australasia via Shepparton Victoria, Australia.
  Speech: "Into a musical all that time ago". "Thank you for listening...".
  Music, sounds like a song from a musical or stage show.  Female speech, regarding the music "South Pacific".  'Books and Writing' programme.
  Logged [with reception report sheet] to 1630 UTC.
• 29 January: 1650 UTC: 9545 kHz: Deutsche Welle  Female host speaking to a male guest via telephone; Female speech, new feature.
  Broadcast to South West Europe via Nauen. 500 kW. German language.
  Good to fair reception.
  Female speech, joined by male speech at 1655 UTC.
  Logged to 1700 UTC.

[Break at 1700 UTC, 9545 kHz]

• 29 January: 1850 UTC: 9580 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  "Nice music, seems to be in the style of traditional African music, British DX Club shows Radio Australia for this frequency.
  Male voices on this music.
  Good to fair reception.
  I did hear a female voice, speech, I don't think this is an English language broadcast from Australia. [British DX Club] 'HF Logbook' has nothing listed for this frequency...
  Male speech in the French language?"
  Logged to 1900 UTC.

BBC World Service eQSL, received December 2022.

• 29 January: 1911 UTC: 9615 kHz: BBC World Service  Female host, report from a male who is an expert on the workings of Tunisia, following unrest in Tunis recently. Female host links to to female reporter in Egypt, reporting unrest in Cairo; Casualties in Cairo.
  Good reception.
  BBC World Service to West Africa via Skelton, Cumbria, UK (Babcock transmitter).
  'Focus on Africa': Reporter in Ethiopia. Ivory Coast. Rebel forces, Sudanese armed forces.
  Logged to 1928 UTC.
• 29 January: 1936 UTC: 9725 kHz: RTT Tunis, Tunisia  Middle Eastern style music, female speech, brief with echo - Arabic? Music, followed by hearty applause.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1941 UTC.
• 29 January: 1948 UTC: 9840 kHz: World Harvest Radio International  Nice music, male speech, live programme devoted to God and the Bible. Reading from James.
  WHRI Cypress Creek [South Carolina] USA to Africa and America.
  Speech regarding Judas. "Abraham said 'I will not take a thread'"
  Fair to poor reception.
  English language. 'Call To Worship' programme? [Use reception report sheet]  Male speech, music.
  Logged to 20:00 UTC.

[Cup of tea time]

• 29 January: 2041 UTC: 9870 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  Middle Eastern Arabic style music, with speech from male and female hosts.
  ['Checked schedules from Iran, Cairo and Kuwait, nothing compatible.']
• 29 January: 2053 UTC: 11615 kHz: Family Radio  Male preacher "What if a child, who died unsaved, faced eternal wrath and torment?" Reference to James 2 Chapter 10.
  This is Family Radio (WYFR) via Ascension Island (to Europe, Africa, Asia, America).
  ID by male "Sowing the Gospel seed, this is Family Radio".  A congregation sings a hymn.
  Excellent to good reception.  English language.
  Male with details of programmes on air tomorrow. Music.
  "Thanks for listening to Family Radio. To God be the Glory". Music.
  Logged to off air at 2100 UTC.

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