Sunday, March 8, 2020

Spring - Summer 2004 on Short Wave Radio

Radio Bulgaria QSL verification card, April 2004.
April 2004: Short Wave

  • 14 April [2004]: 2042 UTC: 5800 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Strong to good reception. French to Europe, male host, news: Bulgaria links with Paris. Israel & Turkey. Music at 2046 UTC.
  • 14 April: 2128 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden English to Europe. Strong to good reception. Bill Schiller, news: Danish troops in Iraq. Swedish Ministry of Defence. Norway's King Harald. '60° North'.

May 2004: Short Wave

  • 30 May: 5815 kHz: 2145 UTC: World Music Radio - Denmark. Strong to good reception, 10 kW via Karup, Denmark. Boston, Boy George, Boy Meets Girl.
June 2004: Short Wave

  • 18 June: 1848 UTC: 5815 kHz: World Music Radio Denmark: Jingle "WMR - World Music Radio" Strong to fair reception via Karup, Denmark. WMR, P O Box 112, DK - 8900 RANDERS  DENMARK  wmr @ wmr . dk  10 kW transmission. Music: The Rolling Stones 'Don't Stop'.
  • 18 June: 1912 UTC: 6065 kHz: Radio Sweden Swedish to Europe, Africa, Middle East via Hörby, 500 kW. Strong to fair reception. Male and female hosts, speech regarding politics.
  • 18 June: 1943 UTC: 6075 kHz: Deutsche Welle German language service. News from Sao Paulo, Brazil, news from South America. Strong to good reception. To 1948 UTC.
World Music Radio QSL verification card, Summer 1994.
  • 18 June: 2004 UTC: 6155 kHz: Radio Österreich 1 International (formerly Radio Austria International) ["German only these days"] News: American hostage beheaded in Saudi Arabia by al-qaeda. 'Nachtjournal' to 2014 UTC, 'Kontext'. Strong to good reception to Europe via Moosbrunn.
  • 18 June: 2030 UTC: 6195 kHz: BBC World Service News: New European Union constitution. Los Angeles pays tribute to the Late Ray Charles, tributes from Stevie Wonder and B B King. Clare Balderstone with 'Newshour': Paul Johnson, American hostage, beheaded by al-queda in Saudi Arabia. Strong to fair reception.
  • 18 June: 2047 UTC: 7150 kHz: Wales Radio International 'Celtic Notes' reports from a slate quarry near Bangor, North Wales. Strong to good reception via Moosbrunn, Austria. Website for Welsh Slate.
August 2004: Short Wave
  • 8 August: 1426 UTC: 7265 kHz: Sudwestrundfunk Germany. Speech from two male hosts. Strong to good reception.
  • 8 August: 1447 UTC: 9400 kHz: Radio Bulgaria Russian language service to Europe. Music, male & female hosts. Fair reception.
  • 8 August: 1504 UTC: 9410 kHz: Radio Sweden Swedish service to Europe. Female host, news. Strong to good reception via Hörby.
Radio Sweden QSL, June 2004.
  • 8 August: 1530 UTC: 9545 kHz: Deutsche Welle German language service, male host, Islam in Germany. Strong to good reception.
  • 8 August: 1549 UTC: 9630 kHz: Radio Finland (Y L E) Female host, Finnish language. Strong to fair reception. To 1557 UTC.
  • 8 August: 1559 UTC: 9645 kHz: Vatican Radio Good to fair reception. 16 UTC: French - English edition. News headlines in French.
  • 8 August: 1750 UTC: 11500 kHz: Radio Bulgaria English to Europe, 'Events and Developments' male host. Good to fair reception.
  • 8 August: 1813 UTC: 11600 kHz: Radio Sweden Swedish service to Europe. Female host, outside broadcast. Strong to good reception.
  • 8 August: 1823 UTC: 11615 kHz: Radio France Internationalé Good to poor reception. French language service, music programme, news headlines.
Radio France Internationalé
  • 8 August: 1840 UTC: 11625 kHz: Vatican Radio Rosary to Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, 1st and 2nd Programme. Strong to good reception. To 1845 UTC.
  • 8 August: 1852 UTC: 11630 kHz: Voice of Russia English to Europe, Middle East, Africa. Religious programming. Strong to good reception.
  • 8 August: 1909 UTC: 12070 kHz: Voice of Russia World Service 'Sunday Panorama' News headlines: Georgia - Russia separation. Strong to good reception. Russia G D P increase. Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, accuses USA of developing "mini-nukes" on the 59th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. News from Iraq.
  • 8 August: 1928 UTC: 13590 kHz: Deutsche Welle English to Middle East and Africa via Wertachtal, Germany. Fair to poor reception. Rick Faulker with classical music.
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Thank you for taking an interest in my radio listening logs from April - August 2004.
The previous post was logs from Autumn 2003, that can be found here.
Finally, if you found some of the terms above needing more clarity, then I hope these housekeeping notes are of use:
Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

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