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

21:02 is the current time, on the evening of Saturday 29 February 2020. Welcome to the February results and March fixtures for Carlisle United Football Club!

Results: February 2020

Saturday 1st [February]: League Two: Mansfield Town 2 - United 2

Saturday 8th: League Two: United 1 - Swindon Town 1

Tuesday 11th: League Two: United 0 - Cheltenham Town 1

Saturday 15th: League Two: Crawley Town 0 - United 0

Saturday 22nd: League Two: United 2 - Morecambe 2

Saturday 29th: League Two: Cambridge United 1 - United 2

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Fixtures: March 2020

Saturday 7th [March]: League Two: United v Colchester United (3pm)

Tuesday 10th: League Two: United v Newport County (7:45pm)

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

Tuesday 17th: League Two: Northampton Town v United (7:45pm)

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

Saturday 28th: League Two: Macclesfield Town v United (3pm)

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As always... C'mon Ye BLUES! 🦊

My DX Archive: Autumn 2003

AUTUMN 2003, represented here by September and November 2003 (Nothing for October 2003 here, sorry), is where My DX Archive takes us on this occasion.
If you would like to learn more about DXing, click here [I would like to credit Instructables for the web link].
Broadcasts heard July 2003 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 2003: Short Wave

• 7 September [2003]: 1932 UTC: 11860 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Strong to fair reception. English to Europe, Middle East, Africa. Interview with Martin Cowin.

Radio Netherlands QSL, September 2003.

• 11 September: 1829 UTC: 13700 kHz: Radio Netherlands Good to fair reception. English to Africa via Flevo. News with Dave Durham: America remembers. Israel - Palestine peace process: Hamas. Libya to compensate French air crash families. Syrian man arrested, links to al-qaeda in Spain. Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh dies.
• 11 September: 1922 UTC: 13740 kHz: The Voice of Vietnam Very faint English broadcast to Europe. Music : 1924 UTC. Poor to fair reception.
• 11 September: 1935 UTC: 13760 kHz: World Harvest Radio WHRI - 2 South Bend. Fair to poor reception. English to Europe, America via Noblesville, INDIANA USA. 100kW. Bible programme for Europe, Africa, Middle East, as well as America. To 1950 UTC.
• 11 September: 20 UTC: 13765 kHz: Vatican Radio Good to poor reception. English to Africa via Santa Maria dia Galeria. News of Pope John Paul II visit to Slovakia. Meeting in Germany. Bishops of Nigeria express satisfaction at recent elections. 'Africa Today' 40th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr 'I Have A Dream' speech.
• 11 September: 2041 UTC: 14670 kHz: C H U Canada Fair to very poor reception.
• 11 September: 2047 UTC: 15000 kHz: W W V - USA Fair to very poor reception.

Two QSL verification cards from WYFR Family Radio, to mark their 30th anniversary.

• 11 September: 2053 UTC: 15195 kHz: WYFR Okeechobee Florida. Good reception. English to Europe, Africa. Dr J Adams on 'Family Radio, The Sound of the New Life'. Music, off air at 21 UTC.
• 20 September: 1442 UTC: 9645 kHz: Vatican Radio Strong to good reception 'Carnaby Street' Male host, Italian language, British music!

November 2003: Short Wave

• 22 November: 1657 UTC: 15300 kHz: Radio France Internationale Strong to fair reception. ID. 17 UTC French language broadcast. 40th anniversary of the death of John F Kennedy. Sport: Today's Rugby World Cup Final : Australia 17 - England 20, Telstra Stadium, Sydney. Wilkinson, Robinson.
• 22 November: 1717 UTC: 15355 kHz: Radio Japan Music: ABBA 'Dancing Queen' Male & Female host, phone call out to listener. Good to poor reception 'Hello From Tokyo'.
• 22 November: 1735 UTC: 15400 kHz: BBC World Service 'Focus on Africa' Profile of President Mubarak, Egypt. Use of mobile phones in Freetown. Headlines: Kenya. Church of Uganda. 'Sportsworld Extra' with Russell Fuller, football: Arsenal v Birmingham City. English to Africa via Ascension Island. Strong to good reception. Cheltenham Town 2 - Carlisle United 1.
• 22 November: 1756 UTC: 15420 kHz: BBC World Service 'Sportsworld Extra' Bundesliga results. Premiership roundup. Rugby World Cup Final result: Australia 17 - England 20. Strong to good reception.

Memories of 22 November 2003...

© Getty Images: 22 November 2003: England celebrate winning the Rugby World Cup.

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Photo Gallery: The 49th Beamish Run

Andrew Grabham, Wellington, Somerset: 1935 Austin 7 Arrow.

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Darryl Pollard, Old Penshaw: 1933 Alvis Firefly (slightly obscured).

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Charles Dodd, Chorley, Lancashire: 1946 Ford Anglia 8.

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William McCall, Rowlands Gill: 1949 Triumph Roadster 2000cc (Slightly obscured).

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Michael Letherland, Stanhope: 1953 Austin Healey BN4 Prototype.

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IMAGES from the 49th Beamish Run, 16 June 2019.

The Beamish Museum is the start and finish point for the run; Over the course of the day, the run visits Stanley, Iveston, Lanchester, Wolsingham, Woodland, Bowes Museum, Langthwaite, Muker, Bainbridge, Askrigg, Keld, Tan Hill, Brough (where the above images were taken), Romaldkirk, Bollihope Quarry, Stanhope and Waskerley, before returning to Beamish via Lanchester.

For more information, visit the Northern Echo for the full list of competitors and visit Beamish for information about the event.

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My DX Archive: July 2003

RADIO broadcasts from the preceding months of March and May 2003 can be found here.
The broadcasts in this post were heard on the Short Wave radio band, 15 July 2003.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 2003: Short Wave

• 15 July [2003]: 1910 UTC: 12060 kHz: Voice of the Mediterranean English broadcast from Malta. Good to fair reception. English to Europe via Moscow, 240 kW. Male host talking to Alfredo regarding Italian opera performed in Malta. Interference from Russia.
  [This would be the last broadcast I heard from Malta]

Voice of the Mediterranean [Malta] frequency table, March - October 2003

• 15 July: 1935 UTC: 12070 kHz: Voice of Russia World Service English stream, cultural news on 'This Is Russia' Anniversary of twinning of St Petersburg & Manchester, UK. German art show in Moscow. Russian Institute of Sciences. Strong to good reception.
• 15 July: 2006 UTC: 13580 kHz: Radio Sweden Swedish language stream, news: Iraq, mobile phone market regarding Ericsson, Sony Ericsson and Phillips. Male and female hosts. Music. Strong to good reception to Europe, Africa, Middle East, 220° transmission. 500 kW transmission.
• 15 July: 2030 UTC: 13610 kHz: Radio Damascus Good reception 'News and views from Radio Damascus' Male host reviews events in or surrounding Iraq. Music. 'Press Review' Male host. 500 kW transmission. Middle East affairs.
• 15 July: 2103 UTC: 13630 kHz: China Radio International Strong to good reception. Music to East & South Africa via Mali.
• 15 July: 2119 UTC: 13665 kHz: Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran Arabic Service. Good reception. Two male voices.

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