Season 2019/20: The Season So Far - Part 5

A WIN would be nice...

Reporting From The Fox Tower, supporting Carlisle United Football Club.

Results: December 2019

Saturday 7th [December]: League Two: Morecambe 1 - United 1

Tuesday 10th: FA Cup (Replay): United 1 - Forest Green Rovers 0
Saturday 14th: League Two: United 0 - Grimsby Town 0
Saturday 21st: League Two: Colchester United 3 - United 0
Thursday 26th: League Two: United 0 - Bradford City 0
Sunday 29th: League Two: Walsall 1 - United 2

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Fixtures: January 2020

Wednesday 1st [January]: League Two: Crewe Alexandra v United (3pm)

Saturday 4th: League Two: United v Newport County (Postponed)

Saturday 4th: FA Cup: Cardiff City v United (3:01pm)

Saturday 11th: League Two: United v Plymouth Argyle (3pm)

Saturday 18th: League Two: Oldham Athletic v United (3pm)

Saturday 25th: League Two: United v Walsall (3pm)

Tuesday 28th: League Two: Forest Green Rovers v United

United visit Cardiff City for the Third Round of the FA Cup on Saturday 4th January.

All Third Round fixtures kick off one minute late, hence the (3:01pm) start time, as part of the 'Heads Up' mental health campaign. For more information, click here.

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My DX Archive: September 2002

IF you are looking for something to take your mind off the build up to Christmas 2019, welcome to Reporting From The Fox Tower.
This post brings you memories of radio broadcasts heard at the onset of Autumn 2002, during the month of September. These broadcasts were heard on the Shortwave band.
The previous post, Summer 2002, 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.

September 2002: Short Wave

• 28 September [2002]: 1500 UTC: 13675 kHz: UAE Radio Dubai. Female host, Arabic broadcast, music. Strong to good reception.
• 28 September: 1514 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Strong to good reception. Female and male hosts, Dutch broadcast, lengthy discussion regarding Vojislav Costunica, leader of Yugoslavia.
• 28 September: 1534 UTC: 15205 kHz: Voice of America 'Our World' Good to fair reception. English to Europe, Middle East via Woofferton, Shropshire, England. The US space travel program. Computers and modern life. Report from Peter Myers, New York.
• 28 September: 1601 UTC: 15255 kHz: Voice of America Good to fair reception. English to Europe, Middle East via Kavalla, Greece. 'VOA News Now' headlines: War on Iraq, Zimbabwe, Senegal. News in details: War on Iraq.
• 28 September: 1620 UTC: 15445 kHz: Voice of America Special English. Strong to good reception. English to Africa via Botswana.
• 28 September: 1632 UTC: 15485 kHz: BBC World Service Good to fair reception. English to Europe via Skelton / Rampisham, UK. 'Sportsworld' Ryder Cup coverage: USA 6½ Europe 6½ live from the Belfry, UK. Football: Bournemouth 3 - Carlisle 1 (Peter Murphy). Attendance: 5103.

WBCQ QSL verification card, September 2002

• 28 September: 1745 UTC: 17495 kHz: WBCQ Montecello Maine USA. Fair reception. English to America 'Old-Time Dance Hall' music, 'Box 583 Connecticut USA'
  1800 UTC: 'Rare Recordings of Elvis': Elvis singing 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm', 'High Hopes' and 'US Male'.
• 28 September: 1845 UTC: 17650 kHz: WHRA-5 Greenbush Maine USA - World Harvest Radio. Strong to good reception. English to Africa 'Search The Scriptures Daily' PO Box 7019, Oregon USA.
• 28 September: 1915 UTC: 17810 kHz: Deutsche Welle Fair reception. English to Africa via Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Report from Finland regarding tracker dogs.
• 28 September: 1925 UTC: 17830 kHz: BBC World Service Strong to good reception. English to Africa via Ascension Island 'Westway'. Details of the 'African Performance 2003' contest. 'World Learning' at 1930 UTC includes a discussion panel in Accra, Ghana.
• 28 September: 2037 UTC: 18980 kHz: WYFR Okeechobee Florida USA. Good to fair reception. English to Europe, Africa: Family Radio.

That concludes my radio logs for September 2002.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

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Images of 2019: Eden Valley Railway, Warcop.

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IMAGES from a visit to the Eden Valley Railway, Warcop, lunchtime on Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019.

Find out more about the EVR by visiting their website. Eden Valley Railway are also on social media: Twitter and Facebook.

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Taylor Swift: Saturday Night Live, October 2019.

CELEBRATING Taylor Alison Swift's Birthday with her live performances from Saturday Night Live, October 2019.

#HappyBirthdayTaylor

#Thirtay

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Images of 2019: The Cumbria Easter Rally

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IMAGES from the 21st Cumbria Easter Rally, Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 April 2019, which featured vintage commercial vehicles, exhibitions, free bus rides between sites in Kirkby Stephen and Brough, local shops, display stalls, crafts, food and drink and the road run via classic bus on the Saturday evening.

The 2019 event was organised by Encounter Eden, who you can follow on Twitter.

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#WallpaperWednesday: Dales Countryside Museum.

#WallpaperWednesday The Dales Countryside Museum.

Exterior of the building, located at Station Yard, Burtersett Road, Hawes, North Yorkshire.

The Dales Countryside Museum on Social Media:

Website: Link

Instagram: Link

Twitter: Link

Facebook: Link

Image taken 18 March 2019, 3:40pm, following a visit to the Museum.

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Season 2019/20: The Season So Far - Part 4

"THERE may be trouble ahead... Let's face the music - And dance"

Results, news and fixtures for Carlisle United Football Club.

Results: November 2019

Saturday 2nd [November]: League Two: United 2 - Macclesfield Town 1
Friday 8th: FA Cup: Dulwich Hamlet 1 - United 4
Tuesday 12th: Football League Trophy: Morecambe 3 - United 1

The defeat at Morecambe brought United's involvement in the Football League Trophy to an end.
The following day, at the insistence of the Board, Steven Pressley left the Club. Gavin Skelton took charge of first team affairs. Read the Club Statement.

Saturday 16th: League Two: Port Vale 2 - United 1
Saturday 23rd: League Two: United 0 - Cambridge United 0

On 26 November, United announced the appointment of Chris Beech as Head Coach, with Gavin Skelton continuing in his role of assistant coach. Read the Club Statement.

Saturday 30th: FA Cup: Forest Green Rovers 2 - United 2

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Fixtures: December 2019

Saturday 7th [December]: League Two: Morecambe v United (3pm)

Tuesday 10th: FA Cup (Replay): United v Forest Green Rovers (7:45pm)

Saturday 14th: League Two: United v Grimsby Town (3pm)

Saturday 21st: League Two: Colchester United v United (3pm)

Thursday 26th: League Two: United v Bradford City (3pm)

Sunday 29th: League Two: Walsall v United (3pm)

Enjoy the festive football!

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