My DX Archive: Winter 1992-93

ALLOW me to take you back, twenty-five years, to the radio broadcasts I listened to on Short Wave and Medium Wave, mostly using a Hitachi TRK-5854 E, over the course of the winter of 1992-93.

[Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz), MegaHertz (MHz) and/or metrebands (m). Logs transcribed from the original notes.]

November 1992

• 19 November [1992]: 1137 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Netherlands 'Newsline' followed by 'Media Network', presented by Jonathan Marks: Voice of America plans conference, TRT Turkey on satellite & Short Wave. Testing the Sony ICF-SW-33. Radio Luxembourg. End of show at 1225 UTC.
• 23 November: 1848 UTC: 6045 kHz: BBC World Service "Multitrack 1: UK Top 20": "Yesterdays" by Guns 'n' Roses.
• 23 November: 1915 UTC: 7260 kHz: Radio Australia : Sports.
• 23 November: 2001 UTC: 7/8 MHz: KOL Israel Radio : News of deaths of soldier & boy, Jerusalem road tunnel. Headlines.
• 23 November: 2030 UTC: 7510 kHz: Christian Science Monitor News: World Markets. Monitor Radio feature on Windsor Castle.
• 23 November: 2158 UTC: 12 MHz: Deutsche Welle with opening signature tune, Announces German broadcast relayed via Malta.

The Xrobb l-Għaġin transmission site, Malta [Archive image]

December 1992

• 16 December: 1918 UTC: 5 MHz: Radio Australia Sports: Rugby Union, Motor Racing, Golf. International Olympic Committee plan for Atlanta 1996 Olympics. "One World" Environment programme, broadcast to the Pacific.
• 16 December: 1944 UTC: 5945 kHz: Radio Austria International Reports by Nigel Jones and David Ward.
• 16 December: 2247 UTC: 7/8 MHz: Radio Ukraine International "Ukraine And The World, from Kiev".
• 16 December: 2312 UTC: 7 MHz: Radio Moscow "Commonwealth Update" Reviewing one year of independence of Khazakstan.
• 25 December: 2136 UTC: 1179 kHz [Medium Wave]: Radio Sweden "Radio Sweden Christmas Special" Presenter speaks to Scandinavians in Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. (Christmas Day, Friday 25 December 1992).

The Stockholm skyline

January 1993

• 14 January [1993]: 1931 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Austria International : Austrian newspapers review: Bombing in Iraq, nuclear weapons, Bosnia.
• 14 January: 2004 UTC: 15590 kHz: BBC World Service news: Malcolm Rifkind, Bosnian leader to go to Geneva to see the UN. Search & rescue of a Polish ferry called off by Germany. UN nations sign treaty to stop manufacture of chemical weapons. Chernobyl fire.
• 14 January: 2040 UTC: 7510 kHz: Christian Science Monitor (WCSN) : Saddam Hussein, New York, Cuba.
• 14 January: 2108 UTC: 5930 kHz: Radio Prague English news: Chemical weapons, Czech President's election comments. 'Press Review' by Jeremy Smith: 'Telegraph' story regarding a homeless charity.
• 29 January: 1130 UTC: 9535 kHz: Swiss Radio Europe Music request programme: Michael Jackson "Heal The World", request for Sandra Jones in London: KWS "Rock Your Baby", Sadé, end of show at 1145 UTC (1245 Central European Time / CET) Programme address: Swiss Radio Europe (Swiss Radio International), 3000 BERNE - 15 SWITZERLAND.

February 1993

• 5 February: 2009 UTC: 5800 kHz: Radio Australia "International Report": Relations between Iran and Turkey. Killings in Turkey. Rockets fired at people in an Islamic state. Interference.
• 5 February: 2034 UTC: 5955 kHz: Radio Netherlands broadcasting in an international language.
• 5 February: 2116 UTC: 6235 kHz: Radio Sofia Bulgaria Young people looking for work, sports news to 2130 UTC.
• 5 February: 2228 UTC: 7510 kHz: Christian Science Monitor - WCSN "Letterbox" PO 860, BOSTON MA 02123 USA , K. Shippey trails up coming WCSN shows.
• 11 February: 1955 UTC: 1197 / 1260 kHz Medium wave: Voice of America - VOA Europe "Magazine Show" Chuck Wich reviews the "Chaplin" movie. Barbara Klein anchor. News at 20 UTC, Valentine's Day message. Music from Cher "Love & Understanding".

Thank you for joining me on this journey back to the winter of 1992-93. Until the next time, 73s, Good DX and enjoy this lovely image of Homer Simpson beside his radio.

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