Short Wave: Summer 2018

LOGS of Short Wave broadcasts, received Sunday 15 July 2018, listening to the Sangean ATS-405.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 2018: Short Wave

• [Sunday] 15 July [2018]: 0937 UTC: 6070 kHz: Channel 292 Male speech in the German language, music: Robbie Williams 'I Love My Life'. Moderate to poor reception. Channel 292 via Rohrbach, Germany, 1 kW transmission. Music: Cyndi Lauper 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'. Programme: Radio DARC [Deutscher Amateur Radio Club], 100 kW via Moosbrunn, Austria.
• 15 July: 0959 UTC: 6150 kHz: Europa 24 Male speech in English, promoting an album called 'Revelation', music from Ryan Webb. Moderate to poor reception. Europa 24 via Datteln, Germany, 250 watts. Music: 'My Religion' by Ryan Webb. Programme: Radio Marabu.
• 15 July: 1023 UTC: 6205 kHz: Laser Hot Hits Music and male speech. Moderate to poor reception. Music: Boston 'More Than A Feeling', male speech, music: Status Quo 'In The Army Now', Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 'Don't Go Dragging My Heart Around' To 1045 UTC.
• 15 July: 1059 UTC: 6285 kHz: Coast FM Tenerife. Music, extended IDs and jingles - "From the Sky News centre at midday" - 11 UTC news bulletin: Theresa May, Novichok in Wiltshire, England football team finish 4th in 2018 World Cup in Russia. Wimbledon. Music: Boy Meets Girl 'Waiting For A Star To Fall', Kings Of Leon 'Sex On Fire'. Moderate to poor reception. Music: Beats International 'Dub Be Good To Me'.
• 15 July: 1119 UTC: 6305 kHz: Radio Merlin International Music: Blancmange 'Living On The Ceiling'.

• 15 July: 1208 UTC: 9610 kHz: Radio Romania International Pop music, female speech, ID, music. Male speech, ID - Fanfare! Radio Romania International Arabic Service, Strong to moderate reception. Music. Broadcast to Middle East. To 1223 UTC.
• 15 July: 1328 UTC: 9830 kHz: Deutsche Welle Female and male speech. Deutsche Welle on this frequency via Sao Tome in Hausa language. Female speech, music, ID. Moderate to poor reception. Broadcast to West Africa. To 1340 UTC.
• 15 July: 1345 UTC: 9840 kHz: Tentative reception of Voice of Turkey Female speech. Moderate to poor reception. Brief male speech. Believed to be Voice of Turkey, Turkish language via Emirler, Turkey, 500 kW. To 1355 UTC.
• 15 July: 1418 UTC: 11530 kHz: Dengé Welat via Moldova in Kurdish language. Music. Strong to moderate reception. Music. To 1428 UTC.
• 15 July: 1450 UTC: 11560 kHz: All India Radio Music. Female speech. Moderate to poor reception. Extended speech, music. Programme: Pushto language to Afghanistan. To 1459 UTC.
• 15 July: 1502 UTC: 11600 kHz: Overcomer Ministry Brother R G Stair is on the air and he wants to "Make America Great Again"! Brother R G Stair asks if this is a world we want to live in, a world of fighting, which is fighting against God. This is Overcomer Ministry to Europe via Spaceline, Kostinbrod / Sofia, Bulgaria. "Don't judge yourself by others" Good to moderate reception. "Are you ready for the Lord's coming?" "We are all God's people" English to Europe via Bulgaria. Brother Stair wants listener to confirm when they hear a broadcast - Email and telephone please. To 1517 UTC.

The Overcomer Ministry studio.

• 15 July: 1525 UTC: 11610 kHz: China Radio International Female and male speech in the English language. China Radio International (worldwide) via Kashgar (Kashi), Xinjiang, China. Ad break! Strong to moderate reception. Weekend edition of 'Today'. Logged to 1540 UTC.
• 15 July: 1750 UTC: 11630 kHz: China National Radio Female speech, male speech, music. Moderate to poor reception. Music to top of the hour, time pips, music. Kazakh language, 100 kW via Lingshi, China. To 1802 UTC.
• 15 July: 1808 UTC: 11635 kHz: Tentative reception of Cuba - Music, female speech, poor reception. To 1812 UTC.
• 15 July: 1814 UTC: 11645 - 11650 kHz: China Radio International Female speech in German, with male guest on telephone. Music. Strong to good reception. Via Urumqi, China. To 1832 UTC.
• 15 July: 1837 UTC: 11695 kHz: China Radio International Female and male speech, music. Good reception. French language broadcast, 150 kW via Cerrik, Albania. To 1840 UTC.
• 15 July: 1846 UTC: 11775 kHz: China Radio International Male and female speech, music, German language broadcast, strong to good reception. Female speech. 500 kW via Kashi, China. To 1852 UTC.

• 15 July: 1854 UTC: 11800 kHz: Deutsche Welle Male speech, music, female speech, music. Deutsche Welle sport update: France have beaten Croatia 4-2 in the 2018 Football World Cup Final. Donald Trump in the news. Strong to good reception. Music. Hausa language, 250 kW via Issoudun, France. Broadcast off air at 19 UTC.
• 15 July: 1901 UTC: 11800 kHz: "This is Adventist World Radio, The voice of hope" - "Visit us at awr.org" Arabic language programme. Female with the intro, male host, upbeat programme with music and speech. Strong to good reception. Female and male speech, music. Alwaad Arabic to Middle East and North Africa. To 1911 UTC.
• 15 July: 1915 UTC: 11820 kHz: Radio Saudi Male singing, strong to good reception. Arabic language via Riyadh, 500 kW. To 1917 UTC.
• 15 July: 1923 UTC: 11860 kHz: Radio Sanaa / Republic of Yemen Radio Arabic speech, male and female voices, broadcast via Saudi Arabia. Good to moderate reception. To 1926 UTC.

A mixture of broadcasts I haven't heard for a while, as well as broadcasts heard for the first time!

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