My DX Archive: September 2002

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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.

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