My DX Archive: Autumn 1999

Housekeeping notes: This post features logs of radio broadcasts heard on the Short Wave radio band. Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.
The previous post, A Short Wave Summer: August 1999, can be read here.

September 1999: Short Wave

• 26 September [1999]: 1800 UTC: 11990 kHz: Radio Kuwait Strong to good reception. Arabic music, English intro, music, Programme schedule: 'The rebuilding of Kuwait in the aftermath of destruction' will be followed by music from the 'Superstation' channel, closing with 'Martyrs'.

October 1999: Short Wave

• 25 October: 1838 UTC: 5920 kHz: Radio Slovakia International Strong to fair reception. English to West Europe 'Slovakia Today' Female host, 'Slovak Weather View', geographical history of Slovakia. Host meets a visitor from London, Ontario, Canada. Statues. Interference from broadcasts in Dutch and French. Alan Jones with tourism news.
• 25 October: 1909 UTC: 6025 kHz: Radio Budapest Strong to fair reception. English to Europe (I. Broadcast) 'Hungary Today' Business news: Exchange rates. Stock exchange. Vodafone goes digital in Hungary. Music: Jazz. Weather.
• 25 October: 1935 UTC: 6035 kHz: Radio Polonia Strong to fair reception. 49.71m. News: Miners trapped underground. Criminal ring smashed. Music: 'Jazz Jamboree'. Report from an art auction.
• 25 October: 1952 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to good reception. English to Europe, Africa, Middle East, 'Sixty Degrees North' Gaby Catz. 'Sports Scan' Sports massage trainee. George Wood frequency details. Music.
• 25 October: 2012 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. English to Western Europe 'Newshour' (2018 UTC) Chinese delegation visit to France, arrests.

• 25 October: 2026 UTC: 6950 kHz: China Radio International Good reception. 'Current Affairs'; 'Press Clippings', English to Europe 'Macau's Insights'; 'Across The Lands', 'Inside Joumin'.
• 25 October: 2108 UTC: 7235 kHz: Radio Canada International Strong to fair reception. CBC English to Europe, Africa, Middle East via Skelton, Cumbria, UK. 'CBC The World At Six': Payne Stewart, golfer, is dead. Arson 'strike force' in Winnipeg. Swiss physician in court in Ottawa. Film industry tax breaks. Air Canada takeover. Presidential Elections 2000.
• 25 October: 2140 UTC: 9400 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Fair to poor reception. English to Europe.
• 25 October: 2146 UTC: 9635 kHz: Radio Tirana Strong to good reception 'The Cultural Activities of The Week': Theatre festival in Sarajevo. English to Europe. Music. 'Sports Roundup': Football, Basketball.

Notes: The Overcomer Ministry / Brother Stair, Walkerboro [sic], SC 29488, USA. Tel: 1-800-397-3892. Catholic Worship.

• 25 October: 2240 UTC: 11565 kHz: Radio Taipei International Strong to good reception. English via Okeechobee, Florida, USA. Female host discusses sexism in Taiwan. Taiwan Airline competition. 'Let's Learn Chinese' lessons series.

• 25 October: 2307 UTC: 11700 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Strong to good reception. English to North America. News: Military links with Poland. Weather report. 'Events & Developments': Elections, employment and politics.

Notes: Radio KOMA, Box 1520, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.

Season 'B-99' Winter 1999 - 2000.

November 1999: Short Wave

• 12 November: 2134 UTC: 6010 kHz: Wales Radio International Fair reception via Skelton, Cumbria, UK. Jenny O'Brien hosts 'Celtic Notes'. Breakfast in Pembrokeshire: Mike Nichol, Millennium breakfast. Music. ID. Redevelopment at Cardiff Bay. Peter Jackson's partridge recipie [sic] on website. Punch & Judy at Llandudno. Competition. Trip to Wales. Eisteddfod: Llanelli 2000.

Notes: Address: Wales Radio International, Pros Kairon, Crymych, Pembrokeshire SA41 3QE

Tel: 01437 563361 English to Europe: Fridays, 2130 UTC, 6010 kHz Short Wave.

• 16 November: 2002 UTC: 5845 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Good reception. English to Europe. News: Parliament. EU: Helsinki Summit: Bulgaria invited to join the European Union. Nuclear Power. Bulgarian Prime Minister writes an article. President Clinton to visit Bulgaria. Weather. 'Events & Developments'.
• 16 November: 2025 UTC: 6000 kHz: Voice of Russia Strong to good reception 'This Is Russia' Debts: IMF talks. Arms makers invent new scanner gun. Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' on display. New theatre project. English to Europe. Swimming. Pesticides and health. New exhibitions by media. Music.

• 16 November: 2053 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to fair reception. English to Europe, Middle East. 'Newshour' sport: Boxing World Champion Lennox Lewis.
• 16 November: 2106 UTC: 7250 kHz: Vatican Radio Strong to fair reception. English to West Europe 'Post Card From Rome' Shiela Staffsbury speaks of Islam and Muslims in Europe and tells story of a character named 'Orlando'. To 21:10 UTC.
• 16 November: 2139 UTC: 7195 kHz // 7215 kHz: Radio Romania International Good to fair reception. English for Europe 'Radio Newsreel' Report regarding students and children. Music: The Cranberries 'Ode For My Family'. Internet Cafe.
• 16 November: 2201 UTC: 7235 kHz: Radio Canada International Fair reception. English to Europe & Africa 'CBC The World At Six' Two male hosts. Racially motivated killing. Financial news: Tax breaks. Nickel redevelopment. Gas distribution contract agreed. Airline merger. Reform party. Air Crash 990 report. 17 year old prostitutes. Hospitals. GM food. £20 million robbery. Boy, 11, murder charge.
• 16 November: 2230 UTC: 7325 kHz: Radio Sweden Fair reception. English to Europe 'Sixty Degrees North' News: Defence merger. Norwegian peace campaigner protests Serb bombings.
• 16 November: 2249 UTC: 7345 kHz: Radio Prague Strong to good reception 'Talking Point' Veteran's wartime memories (1939). November 17: Velvet revolution.

• 16 November: 2330 UTC: 7580 kHz: World Harvest Radio International Strong to good reception. English to Europe via WHRI - Indianapolis, USA, 'Angel 2'. 'For The People' hosted by Chuck Harter, phone calls in the USA, ad: DWM Shortwave. 'For The People', Box 150, Tampa FL 33601.
• 19 November: 2133 UTC: 6010 kHz: Wales Radio International Strong to fair reception 'Celtic Notes' Jenny O'Brien. Ancestor - hunting in Wrexham. Music: Gwenda Owen 'Whispering The Word'. ID: male vocal, singing ID. Celtic Film and Television Festival 2000 in Aberystwyth (The Jones Family). Lynne Broudie: Vegetarian restaurant & guest house. Copper mine in Llandudno.
• 26 November: 2135 UTC: 6010 kHz: Wales Radio International Good reception. English to Europe 'Celtic Notes' Jenny O'Brien. Phillipa Large lives on an island near Tenby. Mark O'Brien plays organ music at Tenby. Peter Jackson's website recipie [sic]. 'A Taste of Wales' home cooking ('Bread of Heaven' in New Zealand). Contest: www.homecomingwales2000.com CF24 0UY wri.cymru,net [websites no longer active]
  [Appropriate link: 'Plea for Welsh millennium return' on BBC News (June 1999): Click here.]

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THE 'Weeping Window' installation, Carlisle Castle, 29 June 2018.

A Short Wave Summer: August 1999

CONTINUING with the temporary title for My DX Archive, the previous post of which (June 1999) can be found here.
Housekeeping notes: This post features logs of radio broadcasts heard on the Short Wave radio band. Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

August 1999: Short Wave

• 7 August [1999]: 1909 UTC: 5880 kHz: Vatican Radio Strong to good reception to Target areas 'NA' (Europe, UK). Italian.

Radio Budapest QSL, August 1999

• 7 August: 1915 UTC: 6025 kHz: Radio Budapest Strong to good reception to Europe. Hungarian poetry - 'Spotlight' with poetry including a work by a poet entitled 'Cosmopolitan', highlighting an area of Buda. The poet is named Baranski.
• 7 August: 1941 UTC: 6035 kHz // 6095 kHz: Radio Polonia (Polish Radio Warsaw) 49.71m // 49.22m Good to fair reception, co-channel interference from the Voice of America. News: International Monetary Union, International Olympic meetings on 'Europe East'. Religious shrine, Polish Catholic pilgrims.
• 7 August: 1958 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to fair reception to Europe, Africa, Middle East. Swedish news, sport, music programme: Backstreet Boys, Westlife, A1, dance mix of ABBA's 'Super Trouper'.
• 7 August: 2018 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. English to Europe, Middle East and EurAsia. 'Newshour' James Marshall is the host.
• 7 August: 2034 UTC: 6950 kHz: China Radio International Fair to good reception. English to Europe. Atmospheric noise. 'Report From Developing Countries' (male host), 'China Scrapbook' regarding Tibet (female host) and 'Music from China' (female host).
• 7 August: 2100 UTC: 9625 kHz: Radio Romania International Good to fair reception. Romanian to Europe. Atmospheric noise. Data. Intro to programmes with music, female host.

Radio Bulgaria QSL, August 1999

• 7 August: 2119 UTC: 9400 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Strong to good reception 'Views Behind The News': Nationalism; Increase in bears on the Bulgaria-Greece border hinders conservation or development. Male and female host. 'Keyword Bulgaria': Unemployment in Bulgaria. Jobs with BNFL.
• 7 August: 2143 UTC: 9430 kHz: Radio Sweden Strong to good reception. Atmospheric noise. English to Europe, Africa, Middle East: 'Weekend' hosted by John Lawrenson with male and female guests, featuring a report from Leeds, England.
• 7 August: 2159 UTC: 9535 kHz: Voice of America Strong to good reception 'Feature': UK introduces 'pet passports', close of broadcast at 2200 UTC.
• 7 August: 2221 UTC: 9705 kHz / 9770 kHz: Voice of America Good reception. Atmospheric noise. English to East and South East Asia and Oceania 'VOA News Now': 'US News': Statement from the Governor of Oklahoma, 'Sports': Tennis, 'US Feature' visits New Orleans. Co-channel blockout by Deutsche Welle from 2230 UTC.
• 7 August: 2247 UTC: 9880 kHz: China Radio International Strong to good reception. Atmospheric noise, digital data 'Music From China' Operatic, choir, classical music, female host.
• 7 August: 2309 UTC: 11700 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Strong to good reception. English to North America 'Views Behind The News' male and female hosts, report regarding nationalism.

Homer loves his radio!

• 7 August: 2327 UTC: 11800 kHz: Radio Netherlands Fair reception, co-channel interference, atmospheric noise. Spanish service, male host, brief interview by male with a female named Gloria. Time signal at 2330 UTC.
• 7 August: 2344 UTC: 11830 kHz: Radio Romania International Strong to good reception. Atmospheric noise. Story of the relationship between a blue bird and its owner. Tourist sites in Bucharest: Hotels and casinos.
• 8 August: 0005 UTC: 11745 kHz? All India Radio - General Overseas Service. Fair to poor reception, co-channel speech, atmospheric noise. Male speaks on behalf of a Development agency.
• 8 August: 0024 UTC: 7315 kHz: World Harvest Radio Good reception. Atmospheric noise. 'Country Style' Music.

Notes: Sackville transmitter site telephone number (Canada): 1-506-536-2690 (or 2691). (Prefix with 00- from UK).

Jüilich transmitter site direct address: Deutsche Telekom AG, Rundfunksendestelle Jüilich, Merscher Höhe, D-52428 JÜILICH, GERMANY.

• 31 August: 1945 UTC: 15235 kHz: Voice of America 'Border Crossings' music request show, live, hosted by Judy Massa or Ray Freeman. Call 00-1-202-619-2715 from 1900 UTC for a request, write to VOA, Washington DC, USA.

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