My Short Wave Archive: Summer 2008

 TRANSCRIBED from my original notes, here are pieces of news, notes and logs of radio broadcasts heard on the Short Wave band during June and August 2008.

The previous post featuring Short Wave broadcasts, My Short Wave Archive: March 2008, 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 2008: 'News & notes from the internet!' : Postal address for National Radio Company of Ukraine - Radio Ukraine International, 26 Khreschatyk St, KYIV 01001  Ukraine

E-mail: English section: vsru @ nrcu . gov . ua ]

June 2008 : Short Wave

• [Saturday] 21 June [2008]: 1900 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep  Live commentary from Euro 2008 [football] Quarter Final: Holland v Russia. Dutch language.
  Excellent to good reception.
  Logged to 1925 UTC.

Radio Nederland Wereldomroep postcard.

 August 2008 : Short Wave

• [Thursday] 21 August [2008]: 2130 UTC: 2805 kHz: A spurious broadcast from Radio Sweden!
  Musical ID interval signal 'To The Wide Wide World', followed by intro by George Wood.
• 21 August: 2205 UTC: 3985 kHz: Voice of Croatia  Female speech, male speech, music.
  Spanish language broadcast.
  Logged to 2220 UTC.
• 21 August: 2230 UTC: 4005 kHz: Vatican Radio  Interval signal, English Feature programme with Philippa Hitchen. Tenth anniversary of Omagh bombing, 15 August 1998. Lydia O'Kane interview.
  Good reception.
  English Feature programme to Europe, Europe 1st Programme.
  Bishop Seamus Heggarty.
  Logged to 2240 UTC.

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My AM Archive: BBC Radio Cumbria, Summer 2008

 MY AM Archive is a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: May Bank Holiday 2008, can be found here.

Logs in this post date from Summer 2008, specifically June 8 and August 25.

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

June 2008 : Medium Wave

Sunday 8 June 2008: 1924 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Carlisle transmitter, live relay of Rokker Radio, programme for Gypsies and Travelling People, live from Appleby Horse Fair, presented by Jake Bowers. Interview with musician Catherine Ashcroft, regarding her live performance of her album 'Take Flight & Follow' on Fair Hill, Appleby. Interview with lady regarding the attitude of local authorities to gypsies and travelling people. Project called 'Education On The Hoof'. Appleby Horse Fair is the largest gathering of gypsy and travelling people in the world.
Rokker Radio is usually based in Luton and broadcast to the east & south of England.
Excellent to good reception.
Interview with a gentleman regarding the history of the fair. Interview with Landlord of the White Hart Hotel, Boroughgate, Appleby-in-Westmorland.
Chris (lady) from Colchester, regular listener to Rokker Radio, in Appleby, would like to see more bins, more toilets.
Travel news: J17 M25 Essex. M25 Wycombe Bishops. Cumbria: A6 Penrith, Tynedale Drive. Railway: Carlisle - Glasgow, Carlisle - Edinburgh on Virgin Cross Country. Trailer for BBC HD.
ID: Rokker Radio with Jake Bowers. Story: Vale of Whitworth. Collecting the rubbish. Billy Welsh: Attitude of authority. Inheritance issues. Final song: Live rendition of Johnny Cash song 'Folsom Prison Blues' at Appleby Horse Fair. Miss Price closes this edition of Rokker Radio. Email address for Jake Bowers.
Next in the east of England: Keith Skues. Close of programme at 9pm (20 UTC), BBC Radio Cumbria news.

BBC Radio Cumbria postmark, May 2007.

August 2008 : Medium Wave

Monday 25 August 2008 (August Bank Holiday Monday): 1520 UTC (1620 BST): 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Excellent to good reception, 1 kW via Carlisle.

'Bank Holiday Sport' Live commentary with James Phillips: York City v Barrow, 1-1 at 62 minutes, attendance: 2664. Live from KitKat Crescent / Bootham Crescent, York. 409 Barrow fans in the crowd.

Full Time at Borough Park, Workington: Workington 4 - Burscough 1.

York v Barrow in the 90th minute, 3 minutes stoppage time at KitKat Crescent / Bootham Crescent. Nicholas Rogan wins a corner for Barrow, shot on goal - past the post. 93rd minute.

Full Time: York City 1 - Barrow 1. To 1555 UTC.

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