Wallpaper of the Week, 26 June 2017

TAKING you down memory lane to a recent stop - August 2016 - for Wallpaper of the Week.
The image is of Christ The Redeemer in the foreground, with the Rio 2016 Olympic Stadium in the distance, with colours of the nightlights peppered throughout. Enjoy the image.

Best of Luck, Katy!

ONE of the athletes who competed at #Rio2016 was Katy Sealy, (pictured above, at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games) representing Belize. Reporting From The Fox Tower first introduced Katy on March 28 with the 'Meet The Olympian!' post, followed by the '...5 Gold Rings' post on April 2.

Katy is currently in Tegucigalpa, Honduras for the Central American Senior Championships, taking place this coming weekend. Here is a Tweet from Katy, in Honduras!

pic.twitter.com/6ltPMm795J

— Katy Sealy (@KatyBelize) June 26, 2017

The picture was Tweeted June 26. For more of Katy on social media, here she is in training for the hurdles, shared on Vimeo:

katysealyvideo1 from D Sealy on Vimeo.

Finally, I hope you have learned a little bit more about Katy and join me in wishing her well for the Championships.
If you want to find out more about Katy, visit her website. If you would like to make a donation to assist Katy in reaching her targets, visit her GoFundMe page. Keep up to date with Katy via her social media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Good Luck, Katy!

A Midsummer Night's DX (June 2017)

FIRST of all, I recently found the above spinning globe on the internet and thought it would decorate a post about radio broadcasts traveling the world quite nicely, so I have given it the privileged position at the top of the post.

The previous post of radio activity, logging Medium Wave, can be viewed here. That post opened with "It is raining!" - The weather cannot be anymore different, as this weekend is the hottest days of the year so far!

Let us move on to the subject of this post: A log of broadcasts received on the Short Wave band of the Roberts R881, Monday 12 June 2017.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and transmission powers in watts or KiloWatts (kW).

A QSL from Radio Peking, which would become Radio Beijing, latterly China Radio International.

• 12 June: 1908 UTC: 7385 kHz: China Radio International, China. Good to moderate reception, 500 kW via Kashi-Saibagh, China. Albanian language including male and female speech, current music (Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake). To 1922 UTC.
• 12 June: 1927 UTC: 7395 kHz: China Radio International, China. Good to moderate reception, 500 kW via Kashi-Saibagh, China. German language including male speech, music, female speech, instrumental music (Vanessa Carlton 'A Thousand Miles'), live music. To 1945 UTC.
• 12 June: 1950 UTC: 7415 kHz: China Radio International, China. Good to moderate reception, 500 kW via Urumqi, China. Czech language 'Learn to speak Chinese' programme, off at 1955 UTC.
• 12 June: 1957 UTC: 7415 kHz: China Radio International, China. Strong to moderate reception, 500 kW via Kashi-Saibagh, China. English language with 20:00 UTC news: Leaders of China and the Philippines meet; New military award created; EU are ready to discuss Brexit with the UK, though a new UK Government is yet to be formed, following the June 8 election; President Macron takes control in France; UK Government announces Cabinet reshuffle. Other news: Military plane crash. Chinese passenger plane returns to Sydney airport, following discovery of engine casing damage. Weather: Hong Kong gale warning. Feature: Paul James presents 'Chinese Theatre', touring China, looking at a Chinese television series. To 2012 UTC.
• 12 June: 2037 UTC: 8700 kHz: Spurious broadcast from Radio Romania International! English language, male speech, Romanian ties with US President Donald Trump - The Romanian President visited Trump at the White House. To 2042 UTC.
• 12 June: 2056 UTC: 9420 kHz: Voice of Greece [ERT / Helliniki Radiophonia], Greece. Strong to moderate reception, 170 kW via Avlis, Greece. Greek language including female speech, music - A Zither! Female vocals. Male and female speech, music. Male speech. To 2120 UTC.

A QSL from ERT The Voice of Greece.

Until the next time, enjoy!

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A Somer Holiday.

Lost in paradise ↠ @somerfieldswim

A post shared by RENEE SOMERFIELD (@reneesomerfield) on Apr 3, 2016 at 2:33am PDT

Renee Somerfield

Lost in paradise

for Somerfield Swim.

Season 2016/17: The Ups and Downs

THE 2016 - 2017 Football season has finally come to a close, with the UEFA Champions League Final in Cardiff on Saturday evening.  Here are the placings that matter throughout the divisions, as well as the teams that lifted the trophies this season:

Premier League:
Champions: Chelsea (pictured above)
Relegated: Hull City, Middlesbrough and Sunderland.

EFL Championship:
Champions: Newcastle United
Promoted: Brighton and Hove Albion
Play-Off Winners: Huddersfield Town
Relegated: Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United.

EFL League One:

Champions: Sheffield United (pictured above)

Promoted: Bolton Wanderers

Play-Off Winners: Millwall

Relegated: Port Vale, Swindon Town, Coventry City and Chesterfield.

EFL League Two:

Champions: Portsmouth

Promoted: Plymouth Argyle and Doncaster Rovers (pictured below)

Play-Off Winners: Blackpool

(Carlisle United finished 6th; Losing on aggregate to Exeter City in the Play-Off Semi-Finals)

Relegated: Hartlepool United and Leyton Orient.

Doncaster Rovers celebrate promotion.

National League:

Champions: Lincoln City

Promoted via Play-Offs: Forest Green Rovers

(Barrow finished 7th)

Relegated: York City, Braintree Town, Southport and North Ferriby United.

Trophies (in chronological order, throughout the season):

EFL Cup: Manchester United

EFL Trophy: Coventry City

UEFA Europa League: Manchester United

FA Cup: Arsenal

UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid.

Real Madrid, 2017 Champions League Winners.

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Ten Years On: Elton John at Brunton Park

BRUNTON Park, Carlisle has played host to Olly Murs and Louisa Johnson this [Saturday] evening, the second night of music, as UB40 and Level 42 performed on Friday night. Other recent concerts at Brunton Park have included Rod Stewart, but Saturday [3rd June] marked the tenth anniversary of Elton John at Brunton Park.

For the Elton John & His Band setlist, thoughts, memories and reflections on an evening attended by over eighteen thousand, take a look at the original Elton John at Brunton Park post on Reporting From The Fox Tower, by clicking here.  Enjoy.

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